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Pelagial
THE OCEAN (aka THE OCEAN COLLECTIVE) remains one of the great optimisms in progressive metal. They've established their own class of embellishment that strays from wanking and instead reaches to first caress the soul then throttle it once the listener has reached a certain level of coziness. Orchest...May 15, 2013
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Black Out the Sun
SEVENDUST is one of those rare bands that generally gets a pass from the metal community no matter how much they've veered towards AOR. Part of it is because the band's riffs are historically tighter than a double stitch and thicker than a lug nut. Part of it's because Lajon Witherspoon is the defin...May 15, 2013
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Ghosts of Proxima Centauri
Charlottesville, Virginia's CORSAIR is one of those bands whose vintage sound could just as well have been recorded last week or in 1971; which is why the somewhat ass-backwards reissue of their 2011 EP, "Ghosts of Proxima Centauri", shortly after the release of a self-titled full-length through Sha...May 15, 2013
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Aetherial
Metal has become such an evolved beast in the past decade-plus the stakes continue to rise by the year, if not month. Those who make a genuine impact these days are those who can effectively marginalize cliches and maximize cross-bred techniques with such fluidity the entire genre is held to nearly...May 15, 2013
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LAMB OF GOD Frontman Urges Fans And Concert Promoters To Act Responsibly
LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe — who was found not guilty of manslaughter on March 5 by a panel of Czech judges in the concert death of one of the Richmond, Virginia-based metal band's fans — has posted the following blog entry entitled "Be Carefully": "When I was a little boy, just learning to ....May 15, 2013
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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Interviewed At U.K.'s 'The Dames Of Darkness Festival'
Valkyrian Music editor Nico Davidson conducted an interview with Austrian/Greek symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS at The Dames Of Darkness Festival on May 11 at The Robin 2 in Bilston, near Birmingham, England. You can now watch the chat below. VISIONS OF ATLANTIS released its new album, "Ethe...May 13, 2013
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SHADOWS FALL Frontman Interviewed In Puerto Rico (Video)
MetalPR.com conducted an interview with vocalist Brian Fair of Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL on April 27 at La Respuesta in San Juan, Puerto Rico. You can now watch the chat below. SHADOWS FALL tapped Willis Mathiasen of 2CENTS to sit behind the drums for some of their shows at the end of 201...May 8, 2013
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SHADOWS FALL Drummer Interviewed By METAL RULES! TV (Video)
Metal Rules! TV recently conducted an interview with Jason Bittner of SHADOWS FALL. He spoke about touring, helping out ANTHRAX and joining up with the cult band TOXIK after reading about their drummer search on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. You can now watch the chat below. SHADOWS FALL tapped Willis Mathiasen...May 2, 2013
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VOLBEAT, HIM, ALL THAT REMAINS And AIRBOURNE To Join Forces For 'Rock Allegiance Tour'
If there was ever any question about rock 'n' roll being alive and well, the answer has arrived in the form of Monster Energy's Rock Allegiance Tour. The late summer trek will feature four game-changing rock bands from four different countries, with VOLBEAT, HIM, ALL THAT REMAINS and AIRBOURNE on th...May 2, 2013
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ANTHRAX Drummer 'Would Hate' To Play Entire 'State of Euphoria' Album
Billy Gamble of DigBoston.com recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. DigBoston.com: Why did ANTHRAX decide to cover "Among The Living" live [on the "Metal Alliance" tour] instead of "Persistence Of Time"? Benante: I don'...April 22, 2013
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DISTURBED Frontman's DEVICE Confirmed For This Year's GIGANTOUR
Joe D, host of "Saturday Night Scream", which airs Saturday nights on 95X in Syracuse, New York, spoke with Dave Mustaine of MEGADETH earlier this week about the band's new album, "Super Collider", and this year's edition of Gigantour, the critically acclaimed package festival founded in 2005 by Mus...April 18, 2013
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Place of No Pity
Tasmanian devils? Cliche. However, it has to be said that this Aussie black-death metal hybrid from Hobart, Tasmania have their style down to such fierce revolutions one can safely assume it's something in the air of their native land. These days, RUINS has expanded beyond the principal duo of Alex...April 14, 2013
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Video: ALICE IN CHAINS Members Talk 'The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here' Album With FUSE
ALICE IN CHAINS members Jerry Cantrell (guitar) and Sean Kinney (drums) recently spoke to Fuse about their new album, "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here", and the current state of rock and roll. "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" is scheduled for release on May 28. Those who can't wait that long to hear new...April 10, 2013
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METALLICA, PEARL JAM, Ex-GUNS N' ROSES Members Featured In Spoof ALICE IN CHAINS Documentary
Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo of METALLICA, Ann and Nancy Wilson of HEART, Mike McCready of PEARL JAM, Kim Thayil of SOUNDGARDEN, Duff McKagan of GUNS N’ ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER, and others make cameo appearances in "AIC 23", a new skit from Funny Or Die which tells the story of Alan Poole McLar...April 3, 2013
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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: New Audio Interview With MAXI NIL
On March 25, PowerOfMetal.dk conducted an interview with Greek singer Maxi Nil of Austrian symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. VISIONS OF ATLANTIS released its new album, "Ethera", on March 22 via Napalm Records. The CD was produced and...April 2, 2013
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