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NEVERMORE Guitarist Says New Material Is 'A Little Bit More Wide Open Musically'

The German edition of Metal Hammer magazine conducted an interview with NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The chat can now be viewed at this location. When asked if his instrumental solo album, "Zero O...

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Death... The Brutal Way

Anyone who came up in the early 1990s death metal scene and was paying attention knows the place of honor that ASPHYX hold. "The Rack" stands alongside "Left Hand Path", "Cause of Death" and a select few other indisputably classic band- and genre-defining albums. These groups took what was thought t...

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The Fire Within

Give Ronny Munroe credit for equal parts work ethic and brass balls -- stepping in as METAL CHURCH's third vocalist, he joined a franchise in tatters and went a long way toward restoring it to its classic metal glory, if not its record sales. The gruffness in his vocal belies his impressive range, a...

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NEVERMORE: First Footage From The Studio Posted Online

NEVERMORE's Van Williams entered a studio on August 7 in the band's hometown of Seattle with producer (and SOILWORK guitarist) Peter Wichers (who previously worked with NEVERMORE vocalist Warrel Dane on Dane's solo debut, "Praises to the War Machine") to begin recording the drums for the band's new...

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KEITH CAPUTO Talks About His New EP, Poetry Debut

Video footage of LIFE OF AGONY frontman Keith Caputo at the Vondelpark in Amsterdam, Holland talking about the most recent developments in his musical career can be viewed below. Keith talks about his solo record, "A Fondness for Hometown Scars", and the videos made for that album — "Crawling" and t...

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'Guitar Hero: Van Halen' Official Trailer Available

The official trailer for Guitar Hero: Van Halen can be viewed below. The fourth (and probably) Guitar Hero game of 2009 will hit shelves just in time for Christmas on December 22. David Lee Roth will be at the mic. According to IGN, Activision (via MTV) has unveiled the complete song lineup for ...

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KORN Frontman Featured In INFECTED MUSHROOM Video

KORN's Jonathan Davis is featured in the new video, "Smashing the Opponent" (see below),from the Israeli-bred, Los Angeles-based electronic duo INFECTED MUSHROOM. The song is the first single from the eighth studio album from INFECTED MUSHROOM, "Legend Of The Black Shawarma", which is due on Septem...

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Former AFTER FOREVER Singer To Perform With RED LIMO STRING QUARTET

Former AFTER FOREVER singer Floor Jansen has issued the following update: "On Sunday the 9th of August, I will do an exclusive live show with the RED LIMO STRING QUARTET [at the Summer Darkness festival in Utrecht, Holland]! Last year we did a similar show, and after many positive reactions, we will...

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CLAWFINGER To Re-Record 'Deaf Dumb Blind' For 20th Anniversary

Nasso Ruskov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with vocalist Zak Tell of the Swedish rap/metal combo CLAWFINGER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Tangra Mega Rock: What's new in the CLAWFINGER camp then? Zak: Hmm…. That's a hard question to answer, but I'...

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KEITH CAPUTO: New Rehearsal Footage Posted Online

Video footage of LIFE OF AGONY singer Keith Caputo and his solo band rehearsing for their upcoming tour can be viewed below. Caputo's latest video, "Bleed For Something Beautiful", was directed by William Rot and was shot in Malibu and in Silverlake, California with Julie Becker, "the brilliant and...

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'Guitar Hero: Van Halen' Track Listing Revealed

According to IGN, Activision (via MTV) has unveiled the complete song lineup for Guitar Hero: Van Halen. The fourth (and probably) Guitar Hero game of 2009 will hit shelves just in time for Christmas on December 22. David Lee Roth will be at the mic. Songs from VAN HALEN will dominate the list, ...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN To Appear In 'Two And A Half Men'

According to Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider, legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen will play himself in an episode of "Two and A Half Men" when the CBS comedy returns September 21, executive producer Chuck Lorre confirmed. Lorre approached the guitarist after learning he was a big fan of the...

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THE GATHERING: Czech Republic Video Footage Posted Online

Video footage of THE GATHERING's recent trip to Prague, Czech Republic to play the Sazava festival can be viewed below. Commented the band: "The festival was outside the city in a little village, really pretty with lots beautiful nature in the surroundings. We had a great time there and the gig went...

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AGUA DE ANNIQUE: New Album Title Announced

AGUA DE ANNIQUE, the Dutch band led by ex-THE GATHERING vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen, has set "In Your Room" as the title of its new album, tentatively due this fall. Anneke says, "URBAN DANCE SQUAD drummer Michel Schoots helped me organizing all of my ideas (I've seen an awful lot of URBAN DANCE...

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NEVERMORE To Enter Studio This Week

NEVERMORE's Van Williams will record the drums for the band's new album, "The Obsidian Conspiracy", between August 7 and August 14 in the band's hometown of Seattle with producer (and SOILWORK guitarist) Peter Wichers (who previously worked with NEVERMORE vocalist Warrel Dane on Dane's solo debut, "...