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DREAM THEATER's MIKE PORTNOY: 'Working With KEVIN MOORE Is Just Not Much Fun'

Blistering.com's Ken McGrath recently held court with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy, waxing on the band's forthcoming new album ("Black Clouds and Silver Linings"),the ever-elusive "prog" term, his proposed side-project with OPETH's Mikael Åkerfeldt and PORCUPINE TREE's Steven Wilson, and his...

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FAITH NO MORE Confirmed for Holland's LOWLANDS Festival

Influential '90s alt-metal act FAITH NO MORE has been confirmed for the Lowlands festival, set to take place August 21-23 in Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands. Also scheduled to appear are OPETH and SONATA ARTICA. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ARTIC MONKEYS BLOCK PARTY EAGLES OF DEATH...

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STEEL PANTHER, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED, LAUREN HARRIS Confirmed For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

STEEL PANTHER, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED, LAUREN HARRIS and THE 69 EYES are among the newly confirmed bands for this year's Download festival, set to take place June 12-14 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: A DAY TO REMEMBER ANVIL ARCHITECTS AUGER BANE BACK...

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MY DYING BRIDE, THE HAUNTED, HATESPHERE Confirmed For Sweden's METALTOWN Festival

MY DYING BRIDE, THE HAUNTED and HATESPHERE have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Metaltown festival, set to take place June 27-28, 2009 at Frihamnen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SLIPKNOT (US) MARILYN MANSON (US) DISTURBED (US) VOLBEAT (DK) DIR EN...

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EXCREMENTORY GRINDF**KERS, EVERGREEN TERRACE Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE

EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS, EVERGREEN TERRACE and THE CUMSHOTS have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2009 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH AMORPHIS BACKYARD BABIES BATTLELORE BE...

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DREAM THEATER, ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA, PAIN OF SALVATION: More 'Progressive Nation' Dates Announced

New York progressive metal veterans DREAM THEATER will take their Progressive Nation tour back on the road for its second incarnation with a run through America and Canada in July/August 2009. In addition to a headlining set by DREAM THEATER, this year's package will feature the outstanding musician...

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AUGURY: New Album Details Revealed

Newly signed to Nuclear Blast Records, Montreal juggernauts AUGURY will release their long-awaited new album, "Fragmentary Evidence", on July 17 in Europe and August 11 in North America. The CD was produced by Hugues Deslauriers (CLEARWATER DEATHBLOW),Yannick St-Amand (DESPISED ICON) and AUGURY, an...

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MANOWAR Confirmed For Finland's PROVINSSIROCK Festival

MANOWAR and HOLYHELL have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Provinssirock festival, set to take place June 12-14 in Seinäjoki, Finland. Also scheduled to appear are CHILDREN OF BODOM, AMORPHIS, BLACK STONE CHERRY, HOT LEG, AUGUST BURNS RED, OPETH, RAISED FIST and VOLBEAT, among many othe...

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NEVERMORE, PESTILENCE, TEXTURES, HOT LEG Confirmed For Holland's ZWARTE CROSS Festival

NEVERMORE, PESTILENCE, TEXTURES and HOT LEG have been confirmed for the Aardschok stage (powered by Jägermeister) at this year's Zwarte Cross (Black Cross) festival, set to take place July 24-26 in Lichtenvoorde, Holland. A total of 18 metal bands will perform at the event which will feature 12 (!)...

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Ex-EMPEROR Frontman IHSAHN: Video Footage From First-Ever Solo Concert Posted Online

Former EMPEROR vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn played his first-ever concert as a solo artist, supporting OPETH at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway on March 10. Video footage of the "Scarab" performance can be viewed below. Ihsahn stated about the gig, "I felt well prepared for the show, and luckily all techni...

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DREAM THEATER, ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA, PAIN OF SALVATION: 'Progressive Nation' Dates Announced

New York progressive metal veterans DREAM THEATER will take their Progressive Nation tour back on the road for its second incarnation with a run through America and Canada in July/August 2009. In addition to a headlining set by DREAM THEATER, this year's package will feature the outstanding musician...

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ENSLAVED Teams Up With GIBSON Guitars

In the world of extreme music, Norway's ENSLAVED have always been a force to be reckoned with — and one that will not rest on its laurels: After almost two decades in the game, ENSLAVED have developed and widened their scope of pure dark music, incorporating progressive and atmospheric structures in...

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U.K.'s HAMMERFEST: Photos Posted Online

Soundshock.net has uploaded photos (see below) from the inaugural edition of the Hammerfest festival, which was held April 24-25 at at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, Wales, United Kingdom. The festival featured 50 metal acts in total, including SEPULTURA, PARADISE LOST, SAXON, OPETH and CATHEDRAL. More p...

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PAIN: Bulgaria Photos, Video Footage Posted Online

Video footage of PAIN's April 25, 2009 performance at the Blue Box club in Sofia, Bulgaria can be viewed below. Photos of the concert, which was attended by 800 fans, are available at www.katehizis.com. PAIN's setlist was as follows: 01. I'm Going In 02. Monkey Business 03. Zombie Slam 04. Suicide M...

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BURST: Stockholm Show To Air On Swedish Radio

A professional audio recording of BURST's March 24, 2009 concert at Debaser in Stockholm, Sweden will be broadcast on P3 Live on Swedish national radio (Sveriges Radio) on May 7 at 9:30 p.m. Listen to program at this location. BURST's latest album, "Lazarus Bird", was released last September via Rel...