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HEIR APPARENT: 1984 Demo Commercially Available For First Time

U.S. progressive/power metallers HEIR APPARENT are selling copies of their 1984 demo called "Inception Day". According to a post on the band's web site, "This was the recording that started it all. Recorded in July of 1984, this five-song EP has never been commercially available until now." The EP f...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer Interviewed By German Fan Club; Video Available

The Mirror, the official German DREAM THEATER fan club, conducted an interview with the band's drummer, Mike Portnoy, during his recent European press tour promoting the group's forthcoming album, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings". Watch the chat below. "Black Clouds & Silver Linings" is sched...

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DREAM THEATER: 'A Rite of Passage' Video Released

"A Rite of Passage", the new video from DREAM THEATER, can be viewed below. The song is the first single from the progressive metal giants' upcoming album "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", which is scheduled for release on June 23 via Roadrunner Records. In addition to the standard-version CD, "B...

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SPINAL TAP: New Song Available For Streaming

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the cult classic film "This is Spinal Tap", and now England's "loudest heavy metal band," SPINAL TAP, is celebrating with the release of its first new album in almost two decades, "Back From The Dead" (The Label Industry Records/Artist2Market/INgrooves). Due o...

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MATT SORUM Wishes He Was Making The Decisions

Drummer Matt Sorum has provided the beats for some of rocks most notoriously dysfunctional bands, first with GUNS N' ROSES and most recently VELVET REVOLVER. The 48-year-old California-native tells The Pulse of Radio things may be different if he were ever given the chance to run things. "Being the...

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DREAM THEATER: New Single Available For Free Download For 24 Hours Only

Starting on May 6 at 12:00 a.m (midnight) EST, click here to download a free MP3 of "A Rite of Passage", the first single from DREAM THEATER's upcoming album "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", due in stores June 23. The free MP3 will be available for 24 hours. After that, the track will ...

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DEATHSTARS: New Audio Interview With WHIPLASHER BERNADOTTE Available

An interview with vocalist Andreas "Whiplasher Bernadotte" Bergh of the Swedish industrial goth metal band DEATHSTARS conducted on April 17, 2009 at Central Station, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom is available for streaming on the MySpace page of the "Metalheadz" show. As previously reported, DEATHS...

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MATT SORUM Says Both He And STEVEN ADLER Should Be Involved If GUNS N' ROSES Reunites

According to The Pulse of Radio, ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum thinks that, if the original band reunites, they should perform with both him and original drummer Steven Adler. "If it's me on drums or Steven or whatever, if it happened, it'd be great, you know. I would actually say to them, 'He...

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DREAM THEATER: New MIKE PORTNOY Audio Interview Available

This week's Metal Hammer podcast features an interview with Mike Portnoy, drummer of the American progressive metal band DREAM THEATER. During the chat, Portnoy discusses the upcoming DREAM THEATER album, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", which is scheduled for release on June 23 via Roadrunner R...

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SPINAL TAP Is 'Back From The Dead'

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the cult classic film "This is Spinal Tap", and now England's "loudest heavy metal band," SPINAL TAP, is celebrating with the release of its first new album in almost two decades, "Back From The Dead" (The Label Industry Records/Artist2Market/INgrooves). Due o...

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DREAM THEATER: New Audio Interview With MIKE PORTNOY Available

Italian journalist Paolo Bianco recently conducted an interview with Mike Portnoy, drummer of the American progressive metal band DREAM THEATER. During the chat, Portnoy shed some light on the upcoming DREAM THEATER album, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", due out on June 23 via Roadrunner Record...

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TWISTED SISTER's MENDOZA: 'We Are The Largest Part-Time Rock Band In The World'

All five members of TWISTED SISTER recently spoke with Goldmine contributor Bryan Reesman about the forthcoming "Twisted Christmas" musical, the 25th anniversary re-release of "Stay Hungry", the sequel to frontman Dee Snider's "Strangeland" movie, guitarist Jay Jay French's official TWISTED SISTER b...

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HEAVEN & HELL's BUTLER Says RONNIE JAMES DIO 'Verbalizes The Music And The Riffs'

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal bassist Geezer Butler (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH). An excerpt from the chat follows below. Classic Rock Revisited: BLACK SABBATH released "The Dio Years" with three new songs in 2007. At what point...

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MOTÖRHEAD's LEMMY Is The Last Man Standing

Libby Molyneaux of LA Weekly recently conducted an interview with MOTÖRHEAD's Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister. An excerpt from the article follows below. Lemmy has stuck to his calling of inflicting musical and other mayhem since he discovered rock & roll as a lad in North Wales. At age 9, Ian Fraser Kilm...

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ARTILLERY: New Album Samples Available

Danish thrashers ARTILLERY will release their fifth album, "When Death Comes", in Europe on June 15 (via Metal Mind Productions),in Japan on July 23 (King Records),and in North America on August 11 (MVD). The CD was recorded at Medley Studios in Copenhagen with producer Søren Andersen (guitar play...