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RUSH: 'Snakes & Arrows Live' DVD First-Week Sales Revealed

"Snakes & Arrows Live", the new DVD from the legendary rock trio RUSH, sold 20,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 1 on the Top Music Videos chart. Released on November 25 via Zoë Vision/Anthem Entertainment, this three-disc DVD set, also availab...

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MASTODON Drummer Talks About Upcoming Album

Sweden's Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with drummer Brann Dailor of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Metalshrine: What's it like playing as a trio? Did you have to work everything out and rearrange stuff? Brann Dailor: Not really. We pl...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: Studio Update

ALICE IN CHAINS entered a Los Angeles studio in October with producer Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, RUSH, STONE SOUR, TRIVIUM, SHADOWS FALL, DEATH ANGEL) to begin recording its first all-new studio effort since 1995's self-titled third album. According to an online posting by The Baldy — whose job...

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Founding BUDGIE Member RAY PHILLIPS Working On Solo Debut

Musician Ray Phillips, probably best known for his role as a founding member of legendary Welsh rockers BUDGIE, is set to complete his very first solo album early next year. For Ray, a veteran to the music scene, it all began back in late 1967 in Cardiff, South Wales, when he and bassist vocalist Bu...

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HEAVEN AND HELL Drummer On New CD: Three Fourths Of Songs Have Been Recorded

HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH members Ronnie James Dio (vocals),Tony Iommi (guitar),Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums) — has entered Rockfield studios in Wales, U.K. to begin recording its new album, the group's first since SABBATH's "Dehumanizer" (which was also re...

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Remixers Needed For PRONG's 'Power Of The Damager' CD

13th Planet Records is preparing a remix CD as a follow-up to PRONG's latest studio album, "Power of the Damager". Chris Kniker of Amped Records Inc. has been named executive producer of this project. Deadlines for consideration on this release are as follows: November 30, 2008 – Initial contact wit...

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ICED EARTH Announces 'Child Of The Wicked' VIP Ticket Packages

ICED EARTH is offering a very limited number of fans the opportunity to attend all shows on the blockbuster February-March 2009 European tour as the band's guest VIPs. Fans who purchase a "Child of the Wicked" VIP package with IcedEarth.com will receive the following: * A ticket to an ICED EARTH con...

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HEAVEN AND HELL Begins Recording New Album

HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH members Ronnie James Dio (vocals),Tony Iommi (guitar),Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums) — has entered Rockfield studios in Wales, U.K. to begin recording its new album, the group's first since SABBATH's "Dehumanizer" (which was also re...

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Heavy Metal Used To 'Calm' Teen Elephants

Metro.co.uk reports that zookeepers looking after a trio of African elephants are playing them heavy metal music to improve their behavior. Staff at West Midlands Safari Park in Bewdley, Worcestershire, UK say the troublesome teenage giants are instantly calmed down when they hear the twangs of rock...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist ALEX SKOLNICK On 'The Metal File'; Audio Available

Guitarist Alex Skolnick of TESTAMENT and TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA was interviewed for this week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. You can stream the show online at this location. Rock House, the leader in music instruction, recently announced that Alex Skolnick has joined Rock Hous...

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RUSH's GEDDY LEE, ALEX LIFESON On 'The Hour'; Video Available

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of the legendary Canadian rock trio RUSH were the featured guests on "The Hour" with host George Stroumboulopoulos earlier tonight (Wednesday, November 26). The 13-minute segment, which aired on CBC in Canada, is available for viewing at this location (it is the second int...

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DISMEMBER's 20th-Anniversary Concert: Video Footage, Photos Available

Long-running Swedish death metallers DISMEMBER played a 20th-anniversary show on November 22, 2008 at Debaser Medis in Stockholm, Sweden. The concert featured all the past and present members of DISMEMBER on stage performing songs from all of the band's albums in chronological order, starting off as...

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MASTODON On Norway's 'Lydverket'; Video Available

Norwegian TV show "Lydverket" conducted an interview with MASTODON singer/guitarist Brent Hinds and bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders when the band played Oslo on November 24, 2008 as part of the "Unholy Alliance: Chapter III" package tour with SLAYER, TRIVUM and AMON AMARTH. An excerpt from the intervi...

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Two Members Down, DEVASTATION Vows To Complete SOULFLY Tour

According to Mind Inversion, three members of the reunited Texas thrashers DEVASTATION — Henry Elizondo (guitar),Walter Trachsler (guitar),and and Fidel Tagle (bass) — are continuing to tour with SOULFLY in North America as a trio despite the fact that Rodney Dunsmore (vocals) and Alex Dominguez (...

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SAXON And ICED EARTH To Team Up For European Co-Headlining Tour

SAXON and ICED EARTH will team up for a European co-headlining tour in February 2009. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 01 - F - Paris - Bataclan Feb. 02 - B - Brussels - AB Feb. 03 - NL - Tilburg - 013 Feb. 04 - D - Cologne - Essigfabrik Feb. 06 - ...