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'So cool! This looks like an import... I mean a bootleg... I mean a bootleg import,' Hammett says.

'We are all devastated. God Bless his family God Bless Richard Bateman. RIP Brother,' posted the band.

'It doesn't get more blasphemous than this,' said frontman Nergal.

Members of Hellyeah, Five Finger Death Punch, Korn, Godsmack, Deftones, Shinedown, Sevendust, GWAR, Bullet For My Valentine, Body Count and more are set to perform.

'All I care about is my peace of mind, which is leaving me. So I need to stop and recalculate myself,' Hinds said.

'I think that we're gonna do something in San Francisco next year,' said vocalist Steve 'Zetro' Souza.

The acoustic strumming Christ-loving Maiden fans are Peter and Teofil and they reside in the Tuman Monastery in Eastern Serbia.

'There’s been, like, this rebirth of people noticing the band … and it makes you hungrier,' said bassist Frank Bello.

In a new video on the band's Facebook page, Satchel plugs into, performs on and gets oral about the first edition of the pedal.

'The Showbox was the most legendary club in Seattle,' McKagan said. 'Imagination just kind of ran wild.'

Gene Simmons also played bass on the tracks 'Your Wish Is My Command' and 'Without You I’m Nothing' for the upcoming release.

The late Mother Love Bone vocalist is being saluted with a statue commissioned by Jeff Ament at Pearl Jam's 'Home and Away' exhibition in Seattle.