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SIGHT OF EMPTINESS: 'Burning Silence' Video Released

"Burning Silence", the new video from Costa Rica-based melodic extreme metal band SIGHT OF EMPTINESS, can be viewed below. The clip was filmed on May 9, 2010 when SIGHT OF EMPTINESS supported MEGADETH in front of 15,000 metalheads at Autodromo La Guacima in San Jose, Costa Rica. This was not be the...

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KATATONIA: Montreal Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of KATATONIA's September 12, 2010 headlining performance in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be viewed at this location. A couple of the clips are available below. KATATONIA kicked off its North American tour — dubbed "Night Over North America" — on September 8 in Baltimore, Mar...

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OPETH Keyboardist's MOJOBONE To Play First Show In Seven Years

MOJOBONE, the project consisting of OPETH's Per Wiberg on lead vocals and guitars and Marcus Källström (SKY HIGH, STONECAKE) on drums, will perform tonight (Wednesday, September 15) at Stockholm, Sweden's Göta Källare in Medborgarplatsen. The band will be joined by OPETH's lead guitarist Fredrik Åke...

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OPETH: Another 'Royal Albert Hall' DVD Preview Clip Posted Online

Another snippet from the extra footage that is included on OPETH's "In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall" DVD can be viewed below. The clip takes us behind the scenes at the show and we see part of the interview with frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt and hear him talk a little about the experience of .....

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MIKE PORTNOY: 'It Would Be A Tragedy If I Never Got To Be On Stage With DREAM THEATER Again'

Former DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy discussed his departure from the band for the first time during an appearance on tonight's (Friday, September 10) edition of Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM. A BLABBERMOUTH.NET transcript of the chat follows below (only...

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OPETH: Clip From On-The-Road Documentary Posted Online

A clip from the the behind-the-scenes documentary, "On Tour with Opeth", which appears on OPETH's "In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall" DVD can be viewed below. The DVD is scheduled for release on September 21 via Roadrunner Records. Twenty years and nine records into their legendary career, OP...

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MONSTER MAGNET, NAPALM DEATH, PESTILENCE, KATATONIA Confirmed For AALBORG METAL FESTIVAL

MONSTER MAGNET, NAPALM DEATH, PESTILENCE, KATATONIA, IMMOLATION, AMORPHIS, ILLDISPOSED, MACABRE and STUCK MOJO are among the confirmed bands for this year's Aalborg Metal Festival, set to take place November 5-6, 2010 at Studenterhuset in Aalborg, Denmark. The festival billing is shaping up as follo...

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NIGHTWISH, MESHUGGAH, SOILWORK, EVERGREY, CLAWFINGER Members Record Anti-Bullying Song

A number of Swedish metal musicians have come together to record and release a song as a way of raising awareness and taking action on the topic of bullying and harrassment in schools. Members of such renowned metal bands as MESHUGGAH, NIGHTWISH, SOILWORK, EVERGREY and CLAWFINGER have joined forces...

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ACCEPT Guitarist: UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Couldn't 'Write A Guitar Chord' Or 'A Sentence Of Lyrics'

Pat Prince of Goldmine magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Goldmine: The new album is just the right thing for old ACCEPT fans. The sound is a combination of "Restless and Wild"...

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OPETH: 'In Live Concert At The Royal Albert Hall' DVD Preview Clip Available

Professionally filmed video footage of OPETH performing the song "Dirge For November" on April 5, 2010 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England can be viewed below (courtesy of Classic Rock magazine). The clip comes off the band's "In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall" DVD, which is due on Se...

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MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project

PORCUPINE TREE's Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt from OPETH have set "Storm Corrosion" as the working album title of their much-anticipated collaboration project. In a brand new interview with U.K.'s Classic Rock, Åkerfeldt revealed that the writing process for the CD is now well under way. "I go...

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OPETH's FREDRIK ÅKESSON: 'Shredding Is Fun, But You Have To Be Tasteful'

U.K.'s Guitarist magazine recently conducted an interview with OPETH/ex-ARCH ENEMY guitarist Fredrik Åkesson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Guitarist: You're at the end of the summer festival season now. How is the material for the next OPETH album coming along? Fredrik: Mikael [Å...

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TRIVIUM Answers Fan-Submitted Questions - Part 2

Florida-based metallers TRIVIUM recently answered a number of questions that were submitted by the band's fans via the TRIVIUM Facebook wall. You can now watch the second part of the question-and-answer session below. TRIVIUM will enter Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida the third week of Octob...

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PATHOSRAY Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

Italian progressive metal band PATHOSRAY has parted ways with guitarist Alessio Velliscig due to "artistic differences" and has replaced him with Antonio Petris. Commented the group: "Antonio has been working with PATHOSRAY's basisst, Fabio D'Amore, for a few years now on several projects. "The band...

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ORPHANED LAND: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Summer Festival Appearances

Israeli progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND have posted behind-the-scenes footage from some of their recent summer festival appearances. Watch the five-minute clip below. ORPHANED LAND will continue to tour massively in support of its new album, "The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR", with pla...