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ENTWINE To Release 'Rough N' Stripped' Two-Disc Compilation

Finnish gothic metallers ENTWINE will release their first-ever "best-of" collection, "Rough n' Stripped", on June 23 via Spinefarm Records. The compilation will be a double album, with the first disc containing original versions of the band's best material and the second disc featuring new acoustic...

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VIRGIN STEELE Frontman: DIO's Legacy, Kindness And Understanding, And Music Will Live On And On

VIRGIN STEELE frontman David DeFeis has released the following statement regarding the passing of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW): "In what has already been a sad spring season, I was further saddened on Sunday to hear that Ronnie James...

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Ex-DIO Keyboardist JOHANSSON: RONNIE's Voice Was Like A Tank; I Never Heard Him Have A Bad Day

Swedish keyboardist Jens Johansson (STRATOVARIUS, DIO, YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN) has released the following message regarding the passing of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW): "I hesitated a bit to write something about this. In a way it feels...

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'Maryland Deathfest: The Movie': First 12 Minutes Of Documentary Posted Online

Metal Injection has uploaded the first 12 minutes of the "Maryland Deathfest: The Movie" documentary, featuring live footage of HERO DESTROYED, TRIAC and JIG-AI. Watch the clip below. "Maryland Deathfest: The Movie" is the latest release from Handshake Inc., the production company behind "Axis of Ed...

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GODSMACK's 'The Oracle' Tops BILLBOARD Chart

"The Oracle", the fifth album from Massachusetts rockers GODSMACK, sold 117,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 1 on The Billboard 200 chart. GODSMACK's last album, "IV", opened with 211,000 units back in May 2006 to land at No. 1. This figure was a...

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WE ARE THE FALLEN Singer Talks Debut Album, EVANESCENCE Comparisons

On May 10, WE ARE THE FALLEN frontwoman and former "American Idol" powerhouse vocalist Carly Smithson was interviewed on "Access Hollywood". Smithson sets the record straight with "Access" about her new band and whether they more than a reincarnation of EVANESCENCE; and what she is most "excited" fo...

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WE ARE THE FALLEN: Performance Footage Of MADONNA Cover From NYC Available

Video footage of WE ARE THE FALLEN, the group formed by EVANESCENCE co-founder Ben Moody (guitar) and other former members — John LeCompt (guitar) and Rocky Gray (drums) — along with "American Idol" powerhouse vocalist Carly Smithson and bassist Marty O'Brien (DISTURBED, KELLY CLARKSON, STATIC-X, ME...

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When all Becomes None

Aren't you just a little surprised that nobody else had snagged the COFFINWORM moniker for their own hate-fueled metal band? Or maybe somebody has and we just haven't heard about it. Even if that were in fact the case, I can state without equivocation that the name is most appropriate here consideri...

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The Flames of the End

If you've done any amount of reading or writing reviews of albums by bands playing a style influenced by the Gothenburg sound, then it is virtually impossible that some reference to AT THE GATES wasn't involved. Personally, I know for a fact that I've referenced AT THE GATES over 800,000 times, and...

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VOUGAN/Ex-OUTWORLD Singer To Guest On New EMPIRES OF EDEN Album

Singer Carlos Zema has been added to the list of musicians who have recorded guest appearances on "Reborn in Fire", the upcoming album from EMPIRES OF EDEN — the brainchild of PAINDIVISION/ex-DUNGEON guitarist Stu Marshall. The Brazilian native has come to the focus of the metal public through his t...

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RUSH Guitarist Says New Material Is 'In-Your-Face Guitar Stuff'

Michael Wright of Gibson.com recently conducted an interview with RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson. Part 1 of the chat can be found at this location. A couple of excerpts from Part 2 follow below. Gibson.com: You have announced that you're doing "Moving Pictures", in its entirety, on this tour. What is i...

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GODSMACK Headed For Another U.S. No. 1

According to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, "The Oracle", the fifth album from Massachusetts rockers GODSMACK, is on track (based on one-day sales reports) to sell between 100,000 and 110,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to deb...

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Doctor: BRET MICHAELS Has Been Discharged From Hospital

Dr. Joseph Zabramski, the head of the medical team treating POISON frontman Bret Michaels at one of the most prestigious neurological centers in the world — the Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona — is currently holding a news conference where he is offering mo...

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BRET MICHAELS Making An 'Amazing Recovery'

TMZ.com reports that POISON frontman Bret Michaels continued to make tremendous progress in his recovery this weekend after he suffered a massive brain hemorrhage, with one source close to the singer calling the whole thing nothing short of "amazing." According to TMZ.com, Bret was "very aware" and...

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Former GRIM REAPER Singer To Guest On EMPIRES OF EDEN Album

British vocalist Steve Grimmett (GRIM REAPER, LIONSHEART, ONSLAUGHT) has been added to the list of musicians who have recorded guest appearances on "Reborn in Fire", the upcoming album from EMPIRES OF EDEN — the brainchild of PAINDIVISION/ex-DUNGEON guitarist Stu Marshall. Featured on the track "Bey...