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RHAPSODY OF FIRE: First 'Dark Wings Of Steel' Trailer Released

Italian symphonic metallers RHAPSODY OF FIRE will release their new studio album, "Dark Wings Of Steel", on November 22 in Europe and December 3 in the USA via AFM Records. The CD was produced by keyboardist Alex Staropoli, with all songs composed by Staropoli and Manuel Staropoli, with assistance f...

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JON OLIVA Interviewed On 'Mars Attacks' Podcast (Audio)

Episode 79 of "Mars Attacks" podcast (web site) contains an interview with Jon Oliva (SAVATAGE, JON OLIVA'S PAIN, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA). You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Having released albums with SAVATAGE first and JON OLIVA'S PAIN later, this first Oliva solo album...

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APOCALYPTICA: 'Ludwig Wonderland' Video Released

APOCALYPTICA — the groundbreaking Finnish orchestral rock group — will release "Wagner Reloaded - Live In Leipzig", an epic live collaboration with the acclaimed MDR Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, November 19 on BMG. The album's release is perfectly timed since 2013 marks the 200th anniversary of the b...

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PARADISE LOST: 'Gothic 2013' Song Available For Streaming

From the harrowing doom of their 1990 debut, "Lost Paradise", to 1991's genre-defining "Gothic", to 1995's break-out masterpiece "Draconian Times", to 1997's electronically tinged "One Second", to 2007's return to a heavier form "In Requiem", to last year's opus "Tragic Idol", British gothic metal p...

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DETHKLOK's 'Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem A Klok Opera' Coming This Month

Created by Brendon Small, the animated one-hour special "Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem A Klok Opera" airs Sunday, October 27 at midnight (ET/PT) on Adult Swim. This once-in-a-lifetime DETHKLOK experience includes special guests Jack Black, Mark Hamill, Malcolm McDowell, and CANNIBAL CORPSE's G...

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TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK Announces New ESP Signature-Series Guitars

Long regarded as one of the world's finest guitar players spanning multiple genres of music, Alex Skolnick has now joined the ESP family of endorsees. Additionally, ESP has announced the introduction of the ESP Alex Skolnick EC and LTD AS-600 signature series guitars, which will be available at the...

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ROYAL HUNT: More New Album Details Revealed

Danish/American hard rockers ROYAL HUNT will release their twelfth studio album, "A Life To Die For", on November 29 in Europe and December 3 in North America via Frontiers. The CD is described in a press release as "a concept album not in the lyrical sense but musically, which sees the band expand...

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DEIMOS: 'Beyond' Album To Feature Guest Appearances By SAVATAGE, EXTREMA Members

Italian metallers DEIMOS will release their new album, "Beyond", before the end of the year via Revalve Records. The will feature guest appearances by Chris Caffery (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SAVATAGE) — who contributes a "stunning" guitar solo on "The Three Storms" — as well as Tommy Massara (EXTRE...

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JOE SATRIANI Interviewed By DAILY-ROCK QUEBEC (Audio)

Daily-Rock Quebec recently conducted an interview with the incomparable guitar aficionado Joe Satriani. You can now listen to the chat in eight parts below. Satriani last month kicked of an extensive U.S. tour, and first-ever cross-Canada trek, supporting his new album, "Unstoppable Momentum". The t...

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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist: 'We Feel That This Is One Of The Best Albums That We've Done'

Brian Giffin of Australia's Loud magazine recently conducted an interview with keyboardist Jordan Rudess of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Loud: Does releasing a self-titled album mark some sort of new beginning for DREAM THEATER? Rudess: I t...

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ROYAL HUNT: 'A Life To Die For' Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Danish/American hard rockers ROYAL HUNT will release their twelfth studio album, "A Life To Die For", in November through Marquee/Avalon (Japan and Southeast Asia) and Frontiers (Europe and North America). The material has been described as a continuation of the band's last CD, "Show Me How To Live"...

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DREAM THEATER Singer To Take Part In Q&A At Toronto Screening Of 'Live At Luna Park'

Vocalist James LaBrie of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER will take part in a question-and-answer session at the 6:15 p.m. screening of "Dream Theater: Live At Luna Park" on October 5, exclusively at Cineplex Yonge and Dundas Cinemas in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Tickets go on sale this Friday,...

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PARADISE LOST To Release 'Loneliness Remains' Limited-Edition 10-Inch Single

From the harrowing doom of their 1990 debut, "Lost Paradise", to 1991's genre-defining "Gothic", to 1995's break-out masterpiece "Draconian Times", to 1997's electronically tinged "One Second", to 2007's return to a heavier form "In Requiem", to last year's opus "Tragic Idol", British gothic metal p...

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EPICA: 'Retrospect' Trailer Available

Dutch symphonic metal band EPICA celebrated its 10th anniversary with a one-night-only event, dubbed "Retrospect", on March 23 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The band was accompanied by the seventy-piece Reményi Ede Chamber Orchestra and the Miskolc National Theatre Choir, playing an unforgettable t...

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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...