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ANIMALS AS LEADERS Parts Ways With Drummer

Progressive instrumental pioneers ANIMALS AS LEADERS return to the road next weekend, when they will kick off their first European headlining tour in Tilburg, Holland on April 1. Their headlining dates will surround a week's worth of U.K. shows alongside MESHUGGAH, a band ANIMALS AS LEADERS mastermi...

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69 CHAMBERS: First 'Torque' Studio Webisode Released

The first in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Torque", the sophomore album from 69 CHAMBERS — the Swiss rock/metal trio featuring guitarist and producer Tommy Vetterli (CORONER, ex-KREATOR) and his wife, Nina Vetterli-Treml — can be seen below. Due on Apr...

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ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO Performs At Germany's MUSIKMESSE (Video)

Video footage of ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the experimental band led by TESTAMENT/ex-SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick, performing at the Musikmesse Frankfurt 2012 fair in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on Friday, March 23 can be seen below. ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO's fourth album, "Veritas" (Latin for"Truth"),was...

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LOCRIAN Signs With RELAPSE RECORDS

Relapse Records has announced the signing of experimental, dark ambient/noise trio LOCRIAN. The band will enter Electrical Audio in Chicago later this year with producer with Greg Norman to record its new album. Furthermore, this summer Relapse will reissue the group's most recent vinyl-only release...

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CORONER Guitarist's 69 CHAMBERS To Release 'Torque' In April

"Cause And Effect", a brand new song from 69 CHAMBERS — the Swiss rock/metal trio featuring guitarist and producer Tommy Vetterli (CORONER, ex-KREATOR) and his wife, Nina Vetterli-Treml — can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. The track, which features a guest appearance by vocalist Chri...

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POLARIZATION Signs With MEDIASKARE RECORDS

Los Angeles-based instrumental progressive metal trio POLARIZATION has inked a deal with Mediaskare Records. The band's debut album, "Chasing The Light", will be released in the spring. The brainchild of guitarist and songwriter Prashant Mathias, POLARIZATION came together a year and a half ago when...

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RAGE Guitarist Talks About Making Of '21' In New Interview

On March 5, Metal Discovery conducted an interview with guitarist Victor Smolski of German power metallers RAGE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Discovery: What came first — the song title "Twenty One", which is obviously about the gambling kind of thing or the album title "21...

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NITROGODS: 'Zombietrain' Video Released

"Zombietrain", the new video from NITROGODS — the German rock and roll band featuring guitarist Henny Wolter (THUNDERHEAD, PRIMAL FEAR, SINNER),drummer Klaus Sperling (FREEDOM CALL, PRIMAL FEAR) and bassist/vocalist Claus "Oimel" Larcher — can be seen below. The clip was produced by the Australian...

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SMILE EMPTY SOUL Signs With eOne Music

Los Angeles-based rock trio SMILE EMPTY SOUL has signed a worldwide deal with eOne Music. The band's follow-up to 2010's "More Anxiety", entitled "3's", is scheduled for release on May 22. "We are very excited to be working with eOne on this record," says SMILE EMPTY SOUL lead guitarist and vocalist...

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Legendary Cult Album From Norway's VOMIT Available Via Misantrof Antirecords

Norway's blackened death metallers VOMIT have released their cult album, "Still Rotting", in Misantrof Antirecords's historical music archives to celebrate the anti-label's fifth anniversary. "Still Rotting" consists of rehearsals and demo recordings from the late '80s that had previously only been...

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CORONER: Pro-Shot Performance Footage From Last Year's HELLFEST

Professionally filmed video footage of the reunited Swiss thrash trio CORONER performing at last year's Hellfest, which took place June 17-19, 2011 in Clisson, France can be seen below. Also available is a video interview with guitarist Tommy Vetterli (a.k.a. Tommy T. Baron) conducted by Riff-Mag.co...

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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Bassist To Release TRIOSCAPES Debut

TRIOSCAPES, the new project featuring bassist Dan Briggs (BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME),will release its debut album, "Separate Realities", on May 8 (one day earlier internationally) via Metal Blade Records. TRIOSCAPES started in the summer of 2011 when bassist Briggs contacted Walter Fancourt (tenor...

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RICHIE KOTZEN Shows How He Developed His Signature Left-Hand Legato Technique (Video)

In the three-and-a-half-minute YouTube clip below, guitar virtuoso and singer/songwriter Richie Kotzen (formerly of POISON and MR. BIG) personally answers a Facebook fan site question on how he developed his signature left-hand legato technique. Kotzen has booked three nights at the Iridium in New Y...

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UFOMAMMUT: New 'Oro - Opus Primum' Video Teaser Posted Online

In anticipation of their forthcoming release, "Oro: Opus Primum", and the follow-up, "Oro: Opus Alter", Italy's supernatural doom sorcerers UFOMAMMUT have released another video trailer as an early indicator of what to expect from these monolithic new recordings. The footage was filmed during the re...

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AURA NOIR: New Songs Available For Streaming

Norwegian black/thrash butchers AURA NOIR are preparing to deliver their fifth full-length contribution to the extreme metal underworld this month. Appropriately bearing the title "Out To Die", the album unloads eight hell-bent songs in the crushing fashion fans should rightfully and ravenously expe...