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CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS Announces Cooperation With INSIDEOUT MUSIC And SUPERBALL MUSIC

One of the world's most renowned and successful labels in the field of heavy music, Century Media Records, has announced a worldwide cooperation with InsideOut Music and Superball Music, two prominent labels featuring the finest classic acts and hottest newcomers in progressive rock/metal, post-rock...

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AGUA DE ANNIQUE To Release 'In Your Room' In October

AGUA DE ANNIQUE, the Dutch band led by ex-THE GATHERING vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen, will release its new album, "In Your Room", on October 30. The 12-song effort was written entirely by Anneke except for two tracks: "Just Fine" was co-written with Devin Townsend and "Adore" was composed by AGUA...

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AHAB Guitarist Forced To Sit Out German Tour

AHAB guitarist Christian Hector will be forced to sit out the band's upcoming tour with DORNENREICH for "personal reasons." Filling in for him on the trek, which is scheduled to kick off on September 10 in Nürnberg, Germany, will be Markus Sailer, who plays the axe in THE EXORIAL. AHAB's sophomore a...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT: 'Addicted' Details Revealed

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) is preparing to release "Addicted", the second in a series of albums to be made available under the DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT moniker. Commented Townsend: "With 'Ki' [the first DEVIN TOWNSEND PRO...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Guitarist PARKER LUNDGREN Is Living A Rocker's Dream

Melanie Lockhart of Washington's PTLeader.com reports: Ever since his teenage years, Parker Lundgren has dreamed of taking music to a professional level. But even in his wildest dreams, he never imagined that he'd eventually play guitar in front of 70,000 screaming metal fans. The 22-year-old Port T...

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CONTRIVE Mixing New Album With DEVIN TOWNSEND

Australia's CONTRIVE is putting the finishing touches on its as-yet-untitled second album. The follow-up to 2006's "The Meaning Unseen" was recorded at Toyland Studios in Melbourne with producer Adam Calaitzis and is currently being mixed by Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST...

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JED SIMON On TENET's 'Very Straight-Up, Right-In-Your-Face Style Of Metal'

Metal-Experience.com recently conducted an interview with Jed Simon (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, ZIMMER'S HOLE) about his TENET project, which also features Steve "Zetro" Souza (EXODUS) on vocals, Glen Alvelais (FORBIDDEN, TESTAMENT) on lead guitar, Byron Stroud (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, FEAR FACTORY) on bass...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT: Footage From The Studio Posted Online

Video footage of acclaimed Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) laying down a guitar track for song called "Stand" — to be included on the third DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT record, "Deconstruction" — can be viewed below. Also availabl...

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BLEEDING THROUGH's MARTA, RYAN Interviewed By VIMBY; Video Available

Marta Peterson and Ryan Wombacher of Southern California's BLEEDING THROUGH were interviewed by Vimby this past spring when the band played the Key Club in West Hollywood, California. Watch the chat below. BLEEDING THROUGH recently inked a deal with the Portland, Oregon-based independent record labe...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT: 'Coast' Video Released

"Coast", the new video from the DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Konrad Palkeiwcz. The song comes off "Ki", the first in a series of albums from acclaimed Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR)...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND To Guest On Tonight's 'Talking Metal Live'

Acclaimed Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR),THE FLOOD and THE TREWS will be the featured guests on tonight's (Tuesday, July 21) episode of "Talking Metal Live". Hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy will also be joined by "Tal...

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CONTRIVE Taps DEVIN TOWNSEND For New Album Mix

Australia's CONTRIVE has tapped Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR) to mix its second album. The follow-up to 2006's "The Meaning Unseen" was recorded at Toyland Studios in Melbourne with producer Adam Calaitzis. Commented drummer Andrew Haug: "Unless you live in a cave,...

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DELIVERANCE/FASEDOWN Guitarist To Release Solo Album

Roxx Records has set an October 13 release date for the debut solo CD from the axeman that helped define the sound of both DELIVERANCE and FASEDOWN, Michael Phillips. Entitled "Mirrors within Mirrors", the album is described in a press release as "an eccentric piece of work that if you had to define...

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The Eternal Return

It is the end of an era for Washington, D.C.'s DARKEST HOUR and what a way to close the chapter. After around a decade with Victory Records, the band wrote and recorded its sixth album, "The Eternal Return", with an ear to its earlier sound, mainly the riotous attack of "Hidden Hands of a Sadist ...

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Ki

I could ramble on forever about the many faces of Devin Townsend. Filling the bulk of this review with discussion of his introduction to the world via Steve Vai's "Sex And Religion" to the skull-crackery of the STRAPPING YOUNG LAD collection and onto the sheer musical genius exhibited on his body of...