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A 60-second preview of the track recalls "(I Want To) Come Home," a song McCartney penned for the 2009 film Everybody's Fine which starred Robert De Niro, reports Billboard.

The event at Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot saw the band deliver an 18-song set that featured the two lead tracks from the album - "Hardwired" and "Moth Into Flame" - ahead of the project's release on November 18.

Almost half of the show presented material from 1986's "Master Of Puppets" and the self-titled "Black" album alongside tracks from throughout their career.

"You know, I don't take for granted that people just admire what we do, so whatever we do they'll admire," says Peart. "No. I feel like - in fact, this is very true - every audience I feel like we have to earn them."

Dailor's gesture follows the song Aunt Lisa, which features on their latest album as a tribute to his late aunt who died of leukaemia. Mastodon's 2009 album Crack The Skye was also written in memory of the drummer's late sister, while 2011's The Hunter was based on guitarist Brent Hinds' brother, who died while hunting in 2010.

He says: "Just played my Grandma Jeanne's bass on our new album. Thanks to my best friends @bhinds@butterslax @mastodonrocks and especially Troy Sanders for letting me pay tribute to a very important person in my life. RIP."

Their reactions ranged from, "They're scary looking," "I wouldn't give them a penny" and "There's no beauty in it" to "It gives me energy and it gets me moving" and "It's like a release of frustration."

System Of A Down's sound left a lot to be desired among the elders panel. But frontman Tankian's "anti-establishment" lyrical message and commitment to raising awareness of the Armenian Genocide in 1915 received the silver surfers' seal of approval.

One man adds: "It's extremely important if that's their message. I'm the son of a Holocaust survivor, so I get the importance of the Armenian Genocide - but it doesn't have to be pounded into your head!"

He tells Blunt Mag Australia: "We're rehearsing at the moment, and I left the room and was having a listen to the rest of the band play. I said to the sound guy, 'Can you believe that people actually listen to this?' It just suddenly hit me - we are all over the place with different parts that sound nothing alike, it's just total chaos.

The Dark Queen is said to be based on "the legend of the evil Queen of the Land of the Black Isles, who had been turned to stone by the wizard, Zadoc. She was released from her spell by a gypsy boy called Hassen. When the queen came back to life she took Hassen's life and then went on to destroy Zadoc's followers, burning their homes."

He tells KaaosTV: "I come from the old-school underground when there was no internet, tape-trading with my old band Dominus and a lot of old-school bands who are still here today. It's something I'm very proud of.

"We'd ride bikes, putting up black-and-white posters with glue. I kinda miss those days as a way to promote yourself. There was just a different soul about it."

NXT founder Triple H confirmed the news of the artists on Twitter, saying: "NXT TakeOver Toronto will feature themes from three of the loudest artists in the world, Parkway Drive, Beartooth and Turnstile."

Wrestler Seth Rollins is fan of Parkway Drive, and tweeted: "Freakin' loud. Stoked Devil's Calling from my boys Parkway Drive is a NXT TakeOver theme! Get familiar!

The Outpost is released through Denovali Records on November 25. The album, which features artwork from Steve Wilson collaborator Lasse Hoile, takes inspiration from many 80s horror and science fiction films.

And Bumblefoot's early solo material was, by his own reckoning, progressive as it comes. He says he has moved away from that genre somewhat in recent years, but playing alongside Downes has brought it all back.

He tells TeamRock: "We were doing all music from all our backgrounds. Gene's 72, I'm 47...he didn't know what to expect. Like I'm from Guns N' Roses, he expected me to be spilling Jack Daniel's all over his shoes.

"We all got along and bonded so well. Every single guy in this group that I grew up with and was, to me, really something special. Hopefully we'll do more in 2017.