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Video: JON OLIVA Brings 'Storytellers Tour' To Akron

More than thirty years after the start of his career with SAVATAGE, and successive projects/bands like TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA and JON OLIVA'S PAIN, now-legendary songwriter and performer Jon Oliva brought his "Storytellers Tour" to Ripper's Rock House in Akron, Ohio on Saturday, December 7. Fan-fi...

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Earth

English experimetallists MONSTERWORKS describe themselves as "progressive thrash supermetal," but that's not quite hitting it on the head with full blunt. What can be said is that their latest album "Earth" is a challenging culture clash of metal and prog theories hoisted from as far back as the 196...

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ICED EARTH: New Video Teaser For Upcoming Album, Tour

Metal titans ICED EARTH make their triumphant return with the January 21, 2014 release of new studio album, "Plagues Of Babylon", on Century Media Records. The CD was recorded at Principal Studios (KREATOR, IN EXTREMO, GRAVE DIGGER) in Senden, Germany and was mixed at NHow Studios in Berlin, Germany...

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HAMMERFALL, SUBWAY TO SALLY Confirmed For 'Full Metal Cruise II'

HAMMERFALL, SUBWAY TO SALLY, JBO and SALTATIO MORTIS have been confirmed for the Full Metal Cruise II — the biggest metal cruise in Europe — which will set sail for the second time April 11-16, 2015. The five-day cruise starts in Palma de Mallorca, heads via Barcelona and Ibiza, and returns to Palma...

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Ex-ACCEPT/BANGALORE CHOIR Singer DAVID REECE Discusses New Solo Album On 'Hard Rock Nights' (Audio)

American singer David Reece was recently interviewed on the "Hard Rock Nights" syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Reece, though brought up on a diet of Conway Twitty and Tammy Wynette, has been sharing his bluesy rock voice with the world since the late...

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NONPOINT Singer Speaks To 'Music And Mayhem With Jon Russell' (Video)

"Music And Mayhem With Jon Russell" recently conducted an interview with NONPOINT singer Elias Soriano. You can now watch the chat below. NONPOINT's self-titled album sold 7,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 62 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band'...

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SKELETONWITCH's SCOTT HEDRICK Talks To AlanCross.ca (Audio)

Andrew Epstein of AlanCross.ca conducted an interview with guitarist Scott Hedrick of Ohio metallers SKELETONWITCH prior to the band's November 2 concert in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. SKELETONWITCH's new album, "Serpents Unleashed", so...

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POISON's BRET MICHAELS To Guest Star On NBC's 'Revolution'

Musician Bret Michaels literally joins the revolution in a guest-starring role on the hour-long sci-fi drama "Revolution" from NBC and Warner Bros. Television. Michaels plays a post-apocalyptic version of himself and will be performing an acoustic version of POISON's hit ballad "Every Rose Has Its T...

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SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On 'Kids Interview Bands' (Video)

"Kids Interview Bands", a video interview series hosted by 7th-graders Olivia and Connie, conducted an interview with SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya on November 17 at at The LC in Columbus, Ohio. You can now watch the chat below. SLAYER kicked off its North American tour on October 25 at the The...

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TRANSATLANTIC: 'Shine' Video Released

Progressive-rock supergroup TRANSATLANTIC, featuring Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, Roine Stolt and Pete Trewavas, will release its fourth studio album, "Kaleidoscope", on January 27, 2014 via InsideOut Music. The official video for the song "Shine" can be seen below. The clip was filmed in September in...

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ANIMETAL USA Signs With WARNER BROS.

ANIMETAL USA, the American counterpart to ANIMETAL, the Japanese heavy metal band which specialized in metal covers of popular Japanese anime/tokusatsu theme songs, has inked a deal with Warner Bros. for the release of the band's third album, tentatively due in late 2014. ANIMETAL USA is: * Mike Ves...

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VOLBEAT Drummer Talks To Austria's Coffee2Watch.at (Video)

Austria's Coffee2Watch.at conducted an interview with drummer Jon Larsen of VOLBEAT before the band's November 17 concert in Vienna. You can now watch the chat below. VOLBEAT released a "tour edition" of its latest album, "Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies", on November 4. The new version of the D...

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ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN Speaks To Germany's EMP ROCK INVASION (Video)

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian was interviewed earlier in the year by Germany's EMP Rock Invasion. You can now watch the chat below. ANTHRAX has seven songs arranged musically for the band's next studio album, which is expected to arrive sometime in 2014. Ian previously described ANTHRAX's new material...

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I LEGION Working On Sophomore Album

I LEGION, the international project led by Frederic Riverin, is back in the studio for its second album. It is the follow-up to "Beyond Darkness", which featured a cast of metal superstars, including Björn "Speed" Strid (SOILWORK),Jon Howard (THREAT SIGNAL),Chris Clancy (MUTINY WITHIN),Andy James...

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NIGHTWISH's TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN Reveals First Details Of 'Life And Times Of Scrooge' Solo Album

Tuomas Holopainen — the keyboardist and main songwriter of NIGHTWISH — has spent most of 2013 writing and producing his solo album based on a graphic novel called "The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck", written and illustrated by Don Rosa. "Music Inspired By The Life And Times Of Scrooge - Written A...