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JON LORD: Two Songs From 'Pictured Within' Album Newly Reworked By Conductor PAUL MANN

Two of legendary DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord's more iconic songs from the "Pictured Within" album have been newly edited and reconstructed in full scores and piano/vocal scores by conductor Paul Mann. "When we were preparing the score for Wait a While for the 1999 Royal Albert Hall concerts, we...

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HELSTAR Taps SYMPHONY X Bassist For Upcoming Shows

Texas-based metal veterans HELSTAR have issued the following update: "It's been a few months since we've issued an update and there are several news items we'd like to share with you HEL-raisers on what to expect in 2013! "As many of you know, early in the new year we will set sail from Miami onboar...

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HAMMERFALL's 'Gates Of Dalhalla' DVD Cracks Swedish Top 5

"Gates Of Dalhalla", the new DVD from Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL, has entered the Swedish "Music DVD" chart at position No. 4. As previously reported, the set also landed on the German "Music DVD" chart at No. 6. "Gates Of Dalhalla" was released as a DVD+2CD and Blu-ray+2CD on November 30...

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CRADLE OF FILTH To Tour North America With THE FACELESS, DECAPITATED, THE AGONIST

British extre metallers CRADLE OF FILTH will embark on a North American headlining tour in February with support from with THE FACELESS, DECAPITATED and THE AGONIST. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 22 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza Feb. 23 - Worcester, MA - Palladium Feb. 24 - Philadelphia, PA -...

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HALESTORM Interviewed In Royal Oak (Video)

Damien Dennis of The Oakland Post and David McDonald of WXOU conducted an interview with Lzzy Hale and Josh Smith of HALESTORM before the band's December 8 performance at the Royal Oak Music Theatre in Royal Oak, Michigan. You can now watch the chat below. According to The Pulse Of Radio, HALESTORM...

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Heavy Metal Thunder: The Movie

[Note: The original review of "Heavy Metal Thunder: The Movie", which was written by Scott Alisoglu upon the DVD's initial release in 2010, can be found at this location.] There once was this heavy metal band that preferred tea over whiskey, so much they had boxes of it shipped from England on their...

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Concerto For Group And Orchestra

It may come off pass? to say the late Jon Lord was fond of classical music. As we've come to learn over the years through Yngwie Malmsteen and Eddie Van Halen's Mozart, Bach and Beethoven translations into heavy metal form, the two styles have exhibited a propensity for marriage of the finest capaci...

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The Great Bear

What if K.E. Tsiolkovsky instead of Robert Goddard was revered worldwide as the grand wizard architect of the great space race from the 1950s and '60s? The cosmonauts land Vostok 3 and 4 on the moon ahead of Apollo 11. It's an alternate parallel universe perhaps only DC Comics and film producers Tim...

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WhoCares

This release may be a few months old already, but in the season of giving, it's perhaps prudent to shine the light on a benefit project if for nothing else, to serve as a reminder that music does serve a higher purpose when it wants to. Last year, Ian Gillan and Tony Iommi joined audile ...

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HELLOWEEN's 'Nabataea' Video Released

The official video for "Nabataea", the first single from "Straight Out Of Hell", the new album from German power metallers HELLOWEEN, can be seen below. The seven minute-plus composition about the legendary kingdom, located in today's Middle East, where the first real democracy existed over 3000 yea...

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SOUNDGARDEN: New Video Interview Posted Online

Last.fm conducted an interview with reunited grunge legends SOUNDGARDEN last month before the band's "Late Show With David Letterman" appearance. You can now watch the chat below. "King Animal", the first collection of all-new material in 16 years from SOUNDGARDEN, and first since the group reunited...

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ASIA Drummer Comments On U.K. Tour Cancelation

ASIA, featuring the original lineup of Geoff Downes (keyboards),Steve Howe (guitar),Carl Palmer (drums) and John Wetton (lead vocals, bass),was forced to cancel its 30th-anniversary U.K. tour due to Palmer coming down with a severe case of E. coli. The drummer has now issued the following stateme...

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HAMMERFALL's 'Gates Of Dalhalla' Lands On German 'Music DVD' Chart

"Gates Of Dalhalla", the new DVD from Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL, has entered the German "Music DVD" chart at position No. 6. "Gates Of Dalhalla" was released as a DVD+2CD and Blu-ray+2CD on November 30 via Nuclear Blast. The set will feature the band's extraordinary 135-minute 15th-annive...

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ANGRA Taps Singer FABIO LIONE For 70000 TONS OF METAL Performance

Brazilian metallers ANGRA have tapped acclaimed Italian vocalist Fabio Lione (VISION DIVINE, RHAPSODY OF FIRE, KAMELOT) to front the band for their next performance, to be held on board 70000 Tons Of Metal, the world's biggest heavy metal cruise. Singer Eduardo "Edu" Falaschi quit ANGRA in May. He e...

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ASIA Drummer's E. Coli Infection Forces U.K. Tour Cancelation

ASIA, featuring the original lineup of Geoff Downes (keyboards),Steve Howe (guitar),Carl Palmer (drums) and John Wetton (lead vocals, bass),has been forced to cancel its 30th-anniversary U.K. tour due to Palmer coming down with a severe case of E. coli. Tickets are refundable from the point of pu...