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Avenged Sevenfold are currently on the festival circuit around the US and guitarist Synyster Gatestook some time to chat withRevolverbefore tearing up the stage atRock On The Range!

Synyster Gates talked about his festival do’s and don'ts as well as revealing what his extra-curricular activities are!

Inspired from our article last week where we discovered that The Pope Blessed Exorcists, we decided to go ahead and make anExorcise This Spotify playlist, with the best tunes to perform an exorcism to.

Even Obama thinks it’s a good idea, check out the playlist below!

Philip Anselmo always has something that he’s working on and at the moment he’s touring his new solo projectPhilip H. Anselmo & The Illegals. While he was atHellfest he caught up withTV Rock Live to talk about how his new album was born, what life is like on tour, why writing pop songs is boring and why he hates rock stars!

We always knew thatMastodon’s Bill Kelliher was awesome but we didn’t know that he was also a massive Star Wars freak! In a recent interview withRolling Stone he talks about wanting to turn his house into aStar WarsMuseumand the time he went to his kid’s school dressed asDarth Vader.Check it out below!

Matty Mullins and Cory Elder of Memphis May Fire recently caught up with Loudwire to talk about their new album Unconditional!The guys discussed how they came to the themes and ideas, what their influences are and the importance of spirituality in their lives.

Read below!

Congrats on the new record. Did you had any ideas going into it and how close did you come to what ended up being the final product?

Some people have too much time on their hands, and those people really help to enrich every day of our lives by bringing us things like this gem below -

Who else can’t wait forDevilDriver to tear it up on theirAustralian tour this September?! Front manDez Fafara caught up withThe AU Review to talk about the tour, who his influences are and what he’s listening to at the moment!

It came as a surprise from everybody when a few months ago,Trivium released a statement outlining that the band will be playing with a new drummer instead ofNick Augusto. This was most surprising as the band were in the middle of a tour and have gone on to play shows as though nothing has even happened.

Ice-TfromBody Countwas recently interviewed by Radio.com to inform you who Body Count are and what they’re all about, explain why the band’s new albumManslaughteris about the death of manhood and his relationship with the police!

Check it out!