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EVANESCENCE's AMY LEE Says 'Synthesis Live' Tour Is 'Really Special'

EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee spoke to Forbes about the fan response to the band's "Synthesis Live" tour, which features a reimagining of some of EVANESCENCE's best-loved songs with the spotlight on full orchestra, electronics combined with the band and her virtuoso piano and voice. "I think our fans l...

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AXL ROSE Pays Tribute To 'Chinese Democracy' Arranger And Orchestra Conductor PAUL BUCKMASTER

Axl Rose has paid tribute to Paul Buckmaster, saying that he feels "very fortunate" to have met the half-British, half-Italian string arranger who died Tuesday at age 71. Buckmaster worked on orchestral arrangements for GUNS N' ROSES' 2008 studio album "Chinese Democracy", contributing to the tracks...

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Watch EVANESCENCE Perform With Orchestra In Baltimore

EVANESCENCE performed at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland on November 8 in support of its fourth album, "Synthesis". Like the disc, "Synthesis Live" features a reimagining of some of EVANESCENCE's best-loved songs with the spotlight on full orchestra, electronics combined with the band...

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Heavy Metal Singer Becomes Virginia's First Openly Transgender Legislator

Danica Roem, who on Tuesday (November 7) became the first openly transgender person elected to a U.S. statehouse seat, is a longtime lead singer of a metal band called CAB RIDE HOME. Democrat Roem, a former journalist for the Montgomery County Sentinel and a lifelong resident of Manassas, Virgina, d...

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EVANESCENCE's AMY LEE Awarded Attorney Fees In Dispute With Management Company

According to TMZ, EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee was awarded more than a million dollars in legal fees in connection with a lawsuit brought against her by her former management company. 110 Management Inc. sued Amy last year for unpaid commissions and fees. 110 originally sought $1.5 million from the si...

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ENTOMBED: 'Clandestine / Malmö' 2CD Plus DVD To Be Released In November

The new lineup of Swedish metal veterans ENTOMBED played its groundbreaking 1991 album, "Clandestine", in its entirety at Malmö Live in Malmö, Sweden on November 12, 2016. Sitting in first with conductor Josef Rhedin and the hundred-plus-member Malmö Symphony Orchestra for Thomas Von Wachenfeldt's...

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Shopping With COREY TAYLOR At Hollywood's Amoeba Music (Video)

SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor is featured in Amoeba Music's "What's In My Bag?" segment in which he talks about some of the records, books and movies he is into. In the clip below, he can be seen shopping at Amoeba in Hollywood, where he talks about various records from ELECTRIC LIG...

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EVANESCENCE's AMY LEE Talks About LINDSEY STIRLING's Guest Appearance On 'Synthesis' (Video)

The fourth in a series of webisodes featuring footage from the making of EVANESCENCE's next album, "Synthesis", can be seen below. In the latest episode of "Inside Synthesis", we explore the making of "Hi-Lo", one of the two new tracks on the album, featuring a guest performance by famed violinist L...

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EVANESCENCE Singer Is 'So Glad' To Finally Release Rap-Free Version Of 'Bring Me To Life'

EVANESCENCE's Amy Lee spoke to Australia's News.com.au about her decision to re-record the band's old material with a full orchestra and heavy electronics for the "Synthesis" album. The disc, which is due on November 10, includes a re-imagining of the group's breakthrough 2003 hit "Bring Me To Life"...

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II: Become the Storm

Where did five years go? Brendon Small is back, not that he ever left. "Metalocalypse" may have finally succumbed to a death it cannot revive from, though its co-creator's since found much to do in the way of comedy, animation, podcasting, guest shredding and so-forth. In 2012, Small debuted the fir...

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EVANESCENCE Releases Orchestral Version Of 'Lacrymosa' From 'Synthesis' Album

EVANESCENCE has released a new version of its song "Lacrymosa". Taken from the band's next album, "Synthesis", which is due on November 10, the track features full orchestration in a completely synthetic world of beats and sounds, with help from arranger and composer David Campbell. "Synthesis" will...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO: 'Feels Like Forever' Video Released

The official video for the song "Feels Like Forever" from Jeff Scott Soto can be seen below. The track is taken from his new album, "Retribution", which will be released on November 10 via Frontiers Music Srl. Says Jeff: "Here it is, finally — one of the two clips we created for 'Retribution'. This...

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Video Premiere: BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION's 'The Last Song For My Resting Place'

BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION's official music video for "The Last Song For My Resting Place" can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's fourth album, "BCCIV", which was released on September 22 via Mascot Records. This is BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION's first studio album since 2013's "Afterglow". B...

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EPICA Frontwoman: 'It's A Majestic Feeling To Be Onstage With An Orchestra And Choir'

Musik Universe conducted an interview with frontwoman Simone Simons of Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA prior to the band's September 1 show with LACUNA COIL at Metropolis in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On EP...

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Former SLAUGHTER Drummer BLAS ELIAS Joins TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA

Former SLAUGHTER (and current Blue Man Group) drummer Blas Elias will join the West Coast touring lineup of TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA this winter. He'll perform alongside TSO staples Johnny Lee Middleton (SAVATAGE),Jeff Scott Soto (SONS OF APOLLO, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TALISMAN) and Al Pitrelli (MEGADET...