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DEFIANCE: More Video Footage Of First Show In 15 Years Posted Online

Reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE played their first show since 1994 on December 19, 2009 at Blake's on Telegraph in Berkeley, California. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below. DEFIANCE's current lineup includes the band's latest additions, Shawn Bozarth on g...

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BLACK SABBATH, OPETH, BIGELF Members Appear in 'Mellodrama: The Mellotron Movie'

Tony Iommi of BLACK SABBATH, Mikael Åkerfeldt and Per Wiberg of OPETH, and Damon Fox and Steve Frothingham of BIGELF represent hard rock and heavy metal in the new feature-length music documentary "Mellodrama: The Mellotron Movie", available now on DVD from Bazillion Points. They join members of pio...

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ORPHANED LAND: Another Clip From 'A Heaven You May Create' Documentary Posted Online

Another short video clip from Matan Shmuely's documentary "A Heaven You May Create" can be viewed below. The film, which follows the making of ORPHANED LAND's new album, "The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR", will be made available as a bonus DVD with the limited-edition media book version of the CD....

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IHSAHN: 'After' E-Card Available

An e-card for "After", the forthcoming studio album from former EMPEROR vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn, can be accessed at this location. "After" is scheduled for release on January 26, 2010 via Candlelight Records. Recorded during the first half of 2009, "After" completes the musician’s planned trilogy...

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TRIVIUM: Interview, Performance Footage From Toronto Available

Florida metallers TRIVIUM are featured in a new episode of "Hard" on the newly launched AUX music channel out of Canada. The segment, which was taped when the band performed at the Sound Academy in Toronto, Ontario on November 12, 2009, can be viewed below. TRIVIUM has contributed a new song, entitl...

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OPETH Guitarist Interviewed In Melbourne

Barbara of Melbourne, Australia's "1700" conducted an interview with guitarist Fredrik Åkesson of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH when the band played in Melbourne on November 25, 2009. Watch the chat below. OPETH will commemorate its twentieth anniversary in spring 2010 with six exclusive shows...

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DE PROFUNDIS: 'A Bleak Reflection' Trailer Posted Online

London, U.K.-based progressive extreme metal band DE PROFUNDIS will release its second album, "A Bleak Reflection", on February 1, 2010 via Kolony Records. The CD was recorded in June/July 2009 with producer Fernando Pereira Lopes (MISANTHROPE, ORAKLE) and was mastered by Tim Turan (EMPEROR, OPETH,...

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AREA51 To Release New Album In March

Japanese neo-classical/power metal band AREA51 has tapped Jens Bogren (OPETH, SYMPHONY X, PARADISE LOST, SAINT DEAMON) to produce its third album. Commented guitarist Yoichiro Ishino: "I am completely in love with the albums [Jens] worked on, and the sound he creates. He's definitely one of the best...

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KATATONIA Lineup Changes

Fredrik "North" Norrman (guitar) and Mattias "Kryptan" Norrman (bass) have both left Sweden's KATATONIA. The band states, "We respect their decision and would like to take the opportunity to collectively thank them both for all the years gone by, all the ups and downs we shared out on the road, in t...

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DEFIANCE Plays First Show In 15 Years; Video Available

Reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE played their first show since 1994 this past Saturday, December 19 at Blake's on Telegraph in Berkeley, California. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below. DEFIANCE's current lineup includes the band's latest additions, Shawn B...

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BURST: Video Footage, Photos Of Farewell Concert Posted Online

Sweden's BURST played its last show ever this past Friday, December 18 at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg. The band performed two sets, the first consisting of BURST's latest album, "Lazarus Bird", from beginning to end, including songs like "Momentum" and "City Cloaked", which had never been played li...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, DREAM THEATER, TRIVIUM, OPETH Featured On 'God Of War' Digital EP

Roadrunner Records has announced plans to release an exclusive digital extended play (EP) soundtrack for the highly anticipated PlayStation3 (PS3) exclusive videogame "God of War III". The EP, titled "God of War: Blood & Metal", will be released in March as a part of the "God of War III Ultimate...

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BLOODBATH's 'Breeding Death' To Be Re-Released On Vinyl

BLOODBATH's "Breeding Death" (1999) album wil be re-released via Animate Records on January 8, 2010 as a high-quality gatefold 12-inch mini-LP with a black inner sleeve on 180-gram vinyl. The LP contains two bonus tracks and will be limited to 999 copies (first 200 copies as collector's edition in g...

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ORPHANED LAND Schedules 'ORwarriOR' Launch Party In Tel-Aviv

Israel's progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND will celebrate the release of their highly anticipated fourth studio opus, "The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR", with a special "launch party" on February 4 at the Theatre Club in Tel-Aviv, Israel. For more information, see the poster below. Video...

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Drummer BOBBY JARZOMBEK Says ROB HALFORD Is 'A Great Human Being, Great Person'

Jay Nanda of Examiner.com recently conducted an interview with drummer Bobby Jarzombek (HALFORD, RIOT, FATES WARNING, SEBASTIAN BACH). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Examiner.com: What was your first encounter like with Rob [Halford]? Jarzombek: There wasn't a whole lot of guys tha...