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Phil Demmel onstage in 2012

Phil Demmel: “I wanted to do five really good songs that were like rapid punches to the face and then get out ”

By Jon Wiederhorn published

On their blazing new EP, Let the World Burn, Phil Demmel and co. capture the aggression of the thrash stalwarts’ early work

Phil Demmel

Thrash metal is alive and well – just listen to Vio-lence's furious comeback single, Flesh From Bone

By Sam Roche published

The high-octane track – in which Phil Demmel throws the kitchen sink at an utterly jaw-dropping guitar solo – is the group's first in 29 years

quarantine STP jam

Watch members of System of a Down and Vio-lence deliver a crushing cover of Stone Temple Pilots’ Dead & Bloated

By Richard Bienstock published

Shavo Odadjian and Phil Demmel among the players taking on the grunge classic