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New LAMB OF GOD Song Featured in 'True Blood' Season 5 Promos
HBO has selected the LAMB OF GOD track "King Me" to be the musical bed for the promos for the upcoming season of "True Blood". "King Me" closes LAMB OF GOD's new album, "Resolution", and features the band accompanied by a full orchestra and opera singer Amanda Munton. "True Blood" is an American tel...January 30, 2012
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BRET MICHAELS To Perform At 'One Night Only: A Celebration Of The Live Music Experience'
The Grammy Foundation has announced rock icon and philanthropist Bret Michaels as the closing performer for One Night Only: A Celebration Of The Live Music Experience — the 14th Annual Grammy Foundation Music Preservation Project — to be held Thursday, February 9 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hill...January 26, 2012
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DIMMU BORGIR Still Working On Official 'Forces Of The Northern Night' Concert DVD
Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR performed one very exclusive show on May 28, 2011 at the Oslo Spektrum in Norway with a special, never-to-be-repeated setlist with 53 members of KORK (the Norwegian Radio Orchestra) and 30 members of the Schola Cantorum choir, who were musical guests...January 25, 2012
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BLIND GUARDIAN Frontman Offers Update On Orchestral Album
Radio Metal recently conducted an interview with singer Hansi Kürsch of German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN. An excerpt from the chat follow below. Radio Metal: Could we have an update on your work on this orchestral album which is expected to be released in 2012? Hansi: (huge sigh) I would say 2...January 25, 2012
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DEEP PURPLE To Release New Studio Album Next Year
British hard rock legends DEEP PURPLE are very excited by the prospect of making a new and significant album. To that end, they have decided to extend their writing and recording period through the summer of 2012. Commented DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan: "We know we will disappoint some of our fans...January 22, 2012
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KAMELOT Guitarist: Our New Singer 'Will Be Debuted At The Summer Festivals'
The Kamelot Germany web site recently conducted an interview with guitarist Thomas Youngblood of American power metallers KAMELOT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Kamelot Germany: Writing the new album is already underway, with a planned release date for September 2012. How is it go...January 18, 2012
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MACHINE HEAD Drummer Says Band Almost Broke Up During 'The Blackening' Tour
Dimitris Kontogeorgakos of Metal Kaoz recently conducted an interview with drummer Dave McClain of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Kaoz: MACHINE HEAD are working on a DVD release. Is that correct? Dave: Obviously, you are talking...January 14, 2012
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Former METAL CHURCH Singer RONNY MUNROE Quits PRESTO BALLET
Former METAL CHURCH/LILLIAN AXE singer Ronny Munroe has announced his departure from PRESTO BALLET, the progressive rock band led by ex-METAL CHURCH guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof. Ronny states, "My continued involvement with the TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA has made it impossible to leave me with enough ti...January 12, 2012
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RUSH Drummer Discusses Making Of 'Clockwork Angels'
Canadian rock legends RUSH are continuing work on their 20th studio album, "Clockwork Angels", due later in the year via Roadrunner Records. In a posting on his official web site, RUSH drummer Neil Peart writes about the making of the new CD, "I had been recording in Toronto with my bandmates, from...January 11, 2012
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KAMELOT To Kick Off Next European Headlining Tour In The Netherlands
American melodic metallers KAMELOT will kick off their next European headlining tour in November in The Netherlands. KAMELOT's recently completed North American, South American and European tours featured guest singer Fabio Lione of RHAPSODY OF FIRE following the departure of KAMELOT's longtime fron...January 11, 2012
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DEATH WOLF: 'Ironwood' Video Released
"Ironwood", the new video from DEATH WOLF (formerly DEVILS WHOREHOUSE),the "horror-death rock" side-project of MARDUK guitarist Morgan Håkansson, can be seen below. The song comes off DEATH WOLF's self-titled new album, which was released in May 2011 via Regain Records/Blooddawn. "Death Wolf" track...January 10, 2012
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NIGHTWISH Mainman Says Half Of New Setlist Will Consist Of 'Imaginaerum' Material
The Roadrunner Records web site has been updated with a brand newinterview with bandleader and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen of Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Q: Anette [Olzon] sounds like she's having a lot of fun singing [the materia...January 10, 2012
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LAMB OF GOD With Full Orchestra, Opera Singer; Audio Available
The third trailer for "Resolution", the forthcoming album from Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD, can be seen below. The one-minute clip features the song "King Me", which closes the CD. The track, one of the most musically ambitious the band has ever put forth, features a full orchestra as w...January 9, 2012
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Ex-THE MARS VOLTA Drummer Joins MASTODON, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Members In G.T.O.
GIRAFFE TONGUE ORCHESTRA, the supergroup featuring guitarist Ben Weinman (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN),guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds (MASTODON, WEST END MOTEL, FIEND WITHOUT A FACE) and bassist Eric Avery (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION),has recruited Jon Theodore (ONE DAY AS A LION, ex-THE MARS VOLTA) as its...January 3, 2012
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MEGADETH Bassist Featured On Former LIZZY BORDEN Guitarist's KNIGHT FURY Project
Bassist David Ellefson (MEGADETH),drummer Ken Mary (ALICE COOPER, IMPELLITTERI, FIFTH ANGEL) and vocalist William King are among the guest musicians who appear on "Time To Rock", the debut album from KNIGHT FURY, the project led by former LIZZY BORDEN guitarist Chris Sanders. Regarding the KNIGHT F...December 31, 2011
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