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TRILLIUM On The Road With MAGNUM: Fourth Tour Webisode Available

TRILLIUM — the metal project launched by American singer/songwriter Amanda Somerville — is currently on the road in the U.K. as the support act for British melodic hard rockers MAGNUM. The fourth in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the tour can be seen below. TRILLIUM...

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TRILLIUM On The Road With MAGNUM: Third Tour Webisode Available

TRILLIUM — the metal project launched by American singer/songwriter Amanda Somerville — is currently on the road in the U.K. as the support act for British melodic hard rockers MAGNUM. The third in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the tour can be seen below. TRILLIUM...

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JON OLIVA To Release First-Ever Solo Album

JON OLIVA'S PAIN and SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva will release first-ever solo album in early 2013 via AFM Records. Drum recordings for the CD will begin mid-December at the Morrisound Studios in Tampa, Florida. Commented JON OLIVA'S PAIN drummer/producer Christopher Kinder: "Jon has assembled a co...

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TRILLIUM On The Road With MAGNUM: Second Tour Webisode Available

TRILLIUM — the metal project launched by American singer/songwriter Amanda Somerville — is currently on the road in the U.K. as the support act for British melodic hard rockers MAGNUM. The second in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the tour can be seen below. TRILLIUM...

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Former KISS Guitarist BRUCE KULICK To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album

Former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick (pictured below) was in the studio earlier this month recording lead guitar tracks for the forthcoming album from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project, due in March 2013. Bruce previously appeared on AVANTASIA's "The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babyl...

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TRILLIUM Hits The Road With MAGNUM: First Tour Webisode Available

TRILLIUM — the metal project launched by American singer/songwriter Amanda Somerville — is currently on the road in the U.K. as the support act for British melodic hard rockers MAGNUM. The first in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the tour can be seen below. TRILLIUM...

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AVANTASIA To Embark On Headlining Tour In April

EDGUY mainman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project is planning to embark on a headlining tour for in April 2013. Also in the works are several summer festival appearances, as well as South American and Asian tours at the end of the summer. Commented Tobias: "I know I once said we weren't gonna do it ag...

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KALEDON: Video Footage From The Studio

The second in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the new album from Italian power metallers KALEDON can be seen below. The CD was recorded at Outer Sound Studio in Rome, Italy by Giuseppe Orlando (NOVEMBRE). An early 2013 release is expected. KALEDON's bes...

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EDGUY Frontman Taps URIAH HEEP Drummer For New AVANTASIA Album

EDGUY mainman Tobias Sammet entered VOX Klangstudio in Bendestorf, Germany late last month with producer Sascha Paeth (KAMELOT, EDGUY, EPICA, RHAPSODY) to begin recording the new album from Sammet's AVANTASIA project for a spring 2013 release. The CD will once again be a rock opera based on a concep...

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MOB RULES: New Audio Interview With MARKUS BRINKMANN

On November 3, Rustyn Rose of Metalholic.com conducted an interview with bassist Markus Brinkmann of German metallers MOB RULES. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. MOB RULES' seventh album, "Cannibal Nation", was released on October 19 via AFM Records. According to a press rel...

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SERENITY Keyboardist Quits

Austrian symphonic melodic metallers SERENITY have released the following statement: "With great mourning we have to tell you all that [Mario Hirzinger], our dear friend, keyboardist, song and lyrics writer as well as founder of SERENITY leaves the band as of now... "We already knew his decision for...

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EDGUY Frontman Begins Recording New AVANTASIA Album

EDGUY mainman Tobias Sammet is preparing to enter VOX Klangstudio in Bendestorf, Germany with producer Sascha Paeth (KAMELOT, EDGUY, EPICA, RHAPSODY) to begin recording the new album from Sammet's AVANTASIA project for a spring 2013 release. The CD will once again be a rock opera based on a conceptu...

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MOB RULES: New Song 'Soldiers Of Fortune' Available For Streaming

"Soldiers Of Fortune", a brand new song from German metallers MOB RULES, can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. The track comes off the band's seventh album, "Cannibal Nation", which will be released on October 19 via AFM Records. According to a press release, the CD "is a varied, hook-o...

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SERENITY Cancels Dutch Shows

Austrian symphonic melodic metallers SERENITY have released the following statement: "SERENITY wants to inform you that we had to cancel all shows for November/December 2012 in the Netherlands as support to the dutch band DELAIN. "Please believe us that this was a really hard decision for all of us...

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BEYOND THE BRIDGE To Continue Following Keyboardist's Passing

Simon Oberender, keyboardist/guitarist of the German progressive metal band BEYOND THE BRIDGE, passed away late last month. The cause of death has not been announced. Oberender, who was also the keyboardist for Amanda Somerville's band TRILLIUM, worked at the Gate Studios in Wolfsburg, Germany as a...