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ENSHINE Signs With RAIN WITHOUT END RECORDS

ENSHINE, the new death/doom project featuring Jari Lindholm (guitar, formerly of SLUMBER, ATOMA) and Sébastien Pierre (vocals, also in FRACTAL GATES and INBORN SUFFERING),has inked a deal with Rain Without End Records. The band's debut album will be released on May 15, 2013. The CD was recorded ove...

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PITCH BLACK PROCESS' 'Deceiver' EP To Feature Song From IN FLAMES Guitarist

Turkish metallers PITCH BLACK PROCESS have completed work on their new EP, "Deceiver", for an early 2013 release via Sliptrick Records. The effort features three new songs, including the title track, which was written by Swedish guitarist Niclas Engelin of IN FLAMES and ENGEL. "Deceiver" was produce...

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ADLER On SLASH: 'I'm Thankful That He's Proud Of Me Enough For Me To Be A Part Of His Life'

Anthony Morgan of Metal Forces recently conducted an interview with ADLER members Steven Adler (drums) and Lonny Paul (guitars). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On ADLER'S APPETITE: Steven: "That's no longer. That was just something… the whole GUNS N' ROSES just happened and ended t...

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ALESTORM Mainman's GLORYHAMMER: Debut Album Details Revealed

GLORYHAMMER, the "heroic fantasy power metal" project led by Christopher Bowes, the mastermind behind pirate metal sensation ALESTORM, with a desire to explore the more symphonic and epic side of metal, will release its debut album, "Tales From The Kingdom Of Fife", on March 29, 2013 via Napalm Reco...

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KORN, SLAYER, ANTHRAX, SCORPIONS Drummers To Take Part In 'Bonzo Bash NAMM Jamm 2013'

Bonzo Bash founder and S.U.N. guitarist Brian Thomas Tichy (also of WHITESNAKE) recently said, "As I sit here in a dimly lit room with my headphones from 1977 cranked, staring at the LP cover of 'Physical Graffiti', spinning a drum stick, hypnotized by the flanged snare drum in 'Kashmir', I smile t...

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BLAZE BAYLEY Trains For Zombie Outbreak (Video)

This past weekend, British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) took part in Zombie Bootcamp, a real action event based on a perceived realistic setting, with a convincing storyline. The scenario puts each participant in the frontline in tackling the threat of a zombie outbreak...

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Former FOZZY/STUCK MOJO Guitarist MIKE MARTIN Releases Christmas Single

Guitar virtuoso Mike Martin (ex-FOZZY, STUCK MOJO) has released his new Christmas single, "Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel", digitally on iTunes and CDbaby. Commented Martin: "Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year. "As a child, growing up in New England, I was always singing in the church choi...

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BLAZE BAYLEY, THOMAS ZWIJSEN Set Release Date For 'Russian Holiday' Acoustic EP

British heavy metal singer Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) will release his upcoming collaborative acoustic EP with Belgium-based classical guitarist Thomas Zwijsen, "Russian Holiday" on February 5. The effort, which is available for pre-order in Basic, Silver (name mentioned in the booklet) a...

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Silverthorn

A few years back, I was stranded outside a venue as guest of a band opening for symphonic metallers KAMELOT. My hosts had been detained at customs on the same day as the gig, hence their late arrival. Fortunately for me, I'd interviewed former KAMELOT vocalist Roy Khan a week prior and the band spie...

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Temporal

It's hard for me not to interject a personal note whenever discussing ISIS, so humor me a minute, if you will. To me, this was never a "post metal" band, a stupid, supercilious term I've always objected to in the first place. ISIS was an empirical, cinematic symposium of darkness and light, a sterli...

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VOLBEAT To Tour North America With DANKO JONES

Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT will embark on a North American headlining tour in the spring. The trek, which will feature support from DANKO JONES, will kick off on March 6 in Dallas, Texas. Confirmed dates: Mar. 06 - Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom Mar. 07 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ball...

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GALLOWS Interviewed In Chicago (Video)

Sami Jarroush of the Rock It Out! Blog conducted an interview with GALLOWS on November 13 at Subterranean in Chicago, Illinois. You can now watch the chat below. Released on September 10 through the band's own label Venn Records (in partnership with [PIAS] Recordings),GALLOWS' third and self-titled...

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DRAGONSCLAW '98% Done' With New Album

Australia-based "epic, aggressive" metallers DRAGONSCLAW are "98% done" with their second album, "Judgement Day", which is scheduled for release in early 2013. The band states, "David Reece [ACCEPT, BANGALORE CHOIR] has delivered an amazing guest vocal on the track 'Watching My Every Move'... Jack S...

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THY WILL BE DONE Performs With Fan In Houston (Video)

Rhode Island's THY WILL BE DONE invited a fan onstage to play the song "Subversion Of The Sleep" with them on November 17 at the Scout Bar on the Houston, Texas date of the "Party To The Apocalypse" tour. Thomas Ebers, who happened to also be a guitar player in one of the local opening ...

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NONPOINT Frontman Interviewed By MusicTourReviews (Video)

Peter Lizano of MusicTourReviews recently conducted an interview with NONPOINT vocalist Elias Soriano. You can now watch the chat below. The new self-titled album from NONPOINT sold 7,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 62 on The Billboard 200 chart....