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Menza suffered a heart attack died last month at the age of 51 while performing with current band Ohm, which also featured former Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland. Plans had been put in motion to hold a memorial concert, with the proceeds to be donated to Menza's family.

EonMusic spoke with Mustaine about Menza and the publication says that the Megadeth frontman said that the concert was now unlikely to happen. He told them, "There's some stuff going on right now where the family is doing a Gofundme page, and I'm not involved in that. If they need our help they know where were at - we love them and want the best for them, so we'll find out".

Following a spring run across Europe that included a March 27 stop at London's Roundhouse, the band kicked off shows in US and Canada last month before Bixler-Zavala ran into some issues with his throat this past week.

The band cancelled a June 15 show in Washington, DC, saying: "Cedric has been fighting off a cold and has now lost his voice making it impossible for us to play for you tonight."

A June 17 show at New York City's Terminal 5 was shut down just two hours before showtime as the vocalist continued to deal with the health issue.

McKagan tells Jonesy's Jukebox (via BraveWords), "Me and Slash and our ladies went over to London just to surprise Axl, and to see the AC/DC thing at the new Olympic stadium. And it was amazing. We got to see him do that thing with AC/DC, and it was magical.

Ulrich tells Citizens Of Humanity: "It definitely sounds like Metallica. It's probably a little less frenetic than the last record. The last one Rick Rubin really encouraged us to, for the first time, be inspired by our past. It was the first time we sort of looked in the rearview mirror.

"This time around it's a little bit of a different thing. We're not working with Rick, we're working with the engineer from the last record, who's producing, Greg Fidelman.

The testimony came from music economist Michael Einhorn during the fourth day of the trial in Los Angeles, before judge Gary Klausner. Another expert said that the chord sequence at the centre of the case is at least three centuries old.

With an acclaimed collection of records behind them, the Birmingham band refuse to rest on their laurels. Halford tells KBAD 94.FM: "We're making another record right now, which should be ready when it's ready. But this'll be our umpteenth record, hundreds of metal songs later.

Vocalist and guitarist Cory Brandan Putman tells NPR: "We worked really hard to match the emotion of these songs to the content behind them, and tried to conjure a specific feeling with each track.

The project marks the first full-length record in four years from the trio of vocalist Jaren Johnston, percussionist Neil Mason and lap steel player Kelby Ray, with a pair of UK-only digital EP's issued in 2014 and last year.

But Dickinson has revealed that his flight to Gothenburg for tonight's show in the Swedish city would be his last - even though their mammoth trek still has 20 shows remaining.

Before the flight, Dickinson says: "This is my last flight on Ed Force One. Myself and Steve are going down to Gothenburg and when she gets there, she's going to go back with the Icelandic flight crew onboard to Iceland.

He tells the BBC: "We started with 120. It's crazy. I mean, it's just every song we've done. And then we gave up and realized that was stupid and got it down to about 60 or 70, and we played 24 songs a night. So there's a lot to choose from."

He reports the reason for focusing on such a large number was to keep the live set "fresh and interesting" and adds: "It drives our crew crazy, as you might imagine, because they don't know what to do with the lights.

The film also stars Michael Potts, Slaine, William Lee Scott, and Michael Shamus Wiles. Directed by Corey Asraf and John Swab, the shock-rocker told Rolling Stone he had to immerse himself in the role. He said: "I am part Indian. I just had to observe the level of poverty and, I guess, white trash element to the story.

Aquostic II: One More For The Road follows 2014's Aquostic (Stripped Bare) and 2015 live follow-up Aquostic!. Its October 21 launch comes before their last-ever full electric UK tour in December.

The band describe the album as "a carefully-curated collection of reimagined Quo classics along with three exclusive tracks." It includes In The Army Now, Hold You Back, Roll Over Lay Down and Ice In The Sun.

Status Quo revealed in February that they'd end their electric era with the UK shows. Francis Rossi said: "It's getting harder for us to play these shows. It doesn't mean we won't do other things, perhaps the odd special - but we're agreed that the moment has come.

Burkett says: "This is Samuel. He was 20. He hit his head on the ground at our show in Copenhagen. He was nauseated and dizzy, but decided to go home and sleep. He never woke up. Our hearts go out to his mother and friends.

Ice T says: "With our last album Manslaughter, we tested the waters and got a great response from the fans and critics. Now it's time to go kill it and make a more aggressive album and keep the Body Count style intact.

The band confirmed last week that 12th title Sorceress would arrive later this year via their imprint Moderbolaget Records, through Nuclear Blast. Akerfeldt said the deal had been done during a 150pmh drive in a Porsche, adding: "We're happy to be part of the NB team and look forward to a fruitful relationship."

The promo was produced by Norwegian production company Bacon and directed by Jakob Marky, It was filmed in Faro, a Baltic Sea island off the south eastern coast of Sweden where filmmaker Ingmar Bergman lived and died.

The song honors next month's 100th anniversary of the Battle Of The Somme as fought by the British and French empires against Germany in France during the First World War and considered the largest battle on the Western Front that saw more than 1 million wounded or killed in action.

Other artists added to the list are The Word Alive, Ghost Town, Four Year Strong, With Confidence, Safe To Say, Veil Of Maya, Teenage Bottlerockett, Secrets and Assuming We Survive.

He does, however, believe the band is a road to help him know himself better. Nergal tells The Strombo Show: "I think that Behemoth is all about loneliness. A good friend of mine, she is also my coach, she said that if it wasn't for music that I would probably be in jail or I would just kill someone or be a criminal or something.