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DREAM THEATER Singer Talks New Solo Album With JUMP METAL (Audio)
Jump Metal recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER singer James LaBrie and guitarist Matt Guillory about LaBrie's new solo album, "Impermanent Resonance". You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. "Impermanent Resonance" sold around 2,200 copies in the United States in its...September 30, 2013
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DOWN, OPETH, OVERKILL, ARMORED SAINT Featured On ROCK HARD's Covermount Live CD
The September 2013 issue of Rock Hard magazine will include an exclusive live CD (recorded at Rock Hard Festival) that will be not available in record stores. "Archives - Best Of 2007-2012" is the follow-up to many outstanding recordings Rock Hard released with the magazine (KREATOR, OPETH, OVERKILL...September 26, 2013
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Dethroned & Uncrowned
KATATONIA and OPETH have historically been muttered in the same breath as fellow impresarios of fugue metal, even if the former hasn't been anything remotely close to metal in quite some time. Of course, the bands shared Mikael Åkerfeldt through the Nineties, so they were bound to share the spotligh...September 23, 2013
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Ex-MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA Working On 'Very Heavy' New Project THE ATOMIC DISINTEGRATOR
On September 20, Honduras rock journalist Alvaro Villatoro (a.k.a. Lemmy Simmons) of Hard Heavy conducted an interview with former MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Asked about his 2002 solo album "Life Afer Death", Menza said: "Putting so...September 21, 2013
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AMON AMARTH To Tour U.S. With ENSLAVED, SKELETONWITCH
Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH will embark on a U.S. headlining tour in January in support of their newly released album, "Deceiver Of The Gods". Very special guest on the dates will be ENSLAVED, with additional support from SKELETONWITCH. Comments AMON AMARTH frontman Johan Hegg: "After our su...September 16, 2013
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SINHERESY: 'Paint The World' Album Trailer Available
A trailer for "Paint The World", the forthcoming debut album from Italian symphonic metallers SINHERESY, can be seen below. The CD, which will be released on September 30 via Bakerteam Records, was mixed and mastered at Fascination Street Studios in Varberg, Sweden by Johan Örnborg and Jens Bogren (...September 15, 2013
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NOIRE Signs With DEATHBOUND RECORDS
Deathbound Records has announced the signing of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada's NOIRE. The band's debut album, "Dark Reverence", will be made available on October 1. NOIRE, a progressive black metal band founded in 2012 by Andrew Lawes (vocals, guitar and piano) and Bob Fitzgerald (guitar),was joined...September 11, 2013
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CRYSTAL EYES Completes Work On New Album
Swedish metallers CRYSTAL EYES have completed work on their new album, "Killer". Songtitles set to appear on the CD (in no particular order): * Killer * Hail The Fallen * Warrior * Forgotten Realms * The Lord Of Chaos * Solar Mariner * Dreamers On Trial * Spotlight Rebel * Dogs On Holy Ground The .....September 6, 2013
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NIGHTWISH/REVAMP Singer FLOOR JANSEN To Guest On New MAYAN Album
MAYAN — the band featuring EPICA guitarist/songwriter Mark Jansen alongside Jack Driessen (ex-AFTER FOREVER) and Frank Schiphorst — recently entered the studio to begin recording 11 new songs for its sophomore album, tentatively due in January 2014 via Nuclear Blast Records. The concept for the CD i...September 6, 2013
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DREAM THEATER Singer Discusses New Solo Album On 'Iron City Rocks' Podcast (Audio)
Episode 214 of the "Iron City Rocks" podcast features an interview with DREAM THEATER singer James LaBrie and guitarist Matt Guillory about LaBrie's new solo album, "Impermanent Resonance". You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. "Impermanent Resonance" sold around 2,200 copies...September 4, 2013
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Of Breath And Bone
One of the most touted bands of the metal underground is Australia's BE'LAKOR. 2009's "Stone's Reach" made as many insiders' Best Of lists as THE OCEAN's "Pelagial" likely will this year. Of course, it's almost a given BE'LAKOR's third release "Of Breath and Bone" will be in the running as well. If...September 3, 2013
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OPETH Mainman Says Next Album Will Have 'More Sinister-Sounding Riffs'
This coming Friday, September 6, Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will set sail on Melloboat 2013, a two-day cruise between Stockholm, Sweden and Riga, Latvia featuring performances by a number of progressive cult bands and heavy hitters, including Morgan Ågren (featuring a guest appearance by De...September 2, 2013
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GORGUTS Mainman On New Album: 'I Wasn't Interested In Sticking To Traditional Song Structures'
Raymond Westland of Ghost Cult Magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Luc Lemay of Canadian technical death metallers GORGUTS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ghost Cult Magazine: GORGUTS disappeared from the scene almost a decade ago. What happened? Luc: A...August 30, 2013
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DREAM THEATER Singer Interviewed On 'Behind The Mask' Podcast (Audio)
On August 26, "Behind The Mask" podcast (web site) conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER singer James LaBrie and guitarist Matt Guillory about LaBrie's new solo album, "Impermanent Resonance". You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. "Impermanent Resonance" sold around 2,200 cop...August 28, 2013
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OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT To Curate 2014 ROADBURN Festival
Guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH has agreed to curate Roadburn Festival 2014 on Friday, April 11 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, The Netherlands. As curator, Mikael will personally select the bands for his special event, and play a headline show with OPETH, too...August 27, 2013
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