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DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist On Musical Inspiration, Lineup Changes And Songwriting Process

Brandon Marshall of Sonic Excess recently conducted an interview with guitarist Silenoz (real name: Sven Atle Kopperud) of Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sonic Excess: How did the second generation of black metal affect you growing...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Performs With Son, Daughter In Quebec (Video)

Video footage of powerhouse American vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) performing a cover version of the AC/DC classic "T.N.T." — with a special guest appearance by his son and daughter — on December 11, 2010 at the Metal Gathering in Lavaltrie, Qu...

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LEAVES' EYES: New Album Update

LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY — has issued the following update: "The production of the new [LEAVES' EYES] album will be finished soon. "We are proud to announce our cooperation with the Lingua Mort...

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LINKIN PARK, AC/DC, GODSMACK, DISTURBED Among Top-Selling Hard Rock Albums Of 2010

Billboard magazine has published a list of the top-selling hard rock and metal albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Not all the albums on the list were actually released during 2010.) It is as follows: 01. Dark Horse - NICKELBACK 02. A Thousand Suns - LINKIN PARK 03....

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AC/DC, METALLICA On BILLBOARD Magazine's 'Top 25 Tours Of 2010' List

AC/DC and METALLICA have made Billboard magazine's "Top 25 Tours Of 2010" list, which is compiled from Boxscore data reported for the Nov. 28, 2009 issue through the Nov. 20, 2010 issue. AC/DC's grossed an impressive $122.6 million and logged more than 1 million in attendance to just 28 shows. METAL...

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TARJA TURUNEN To Perform At SAVONLINNA OPERA FESTIVAL

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen will perform as a guest soprano at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Savonlinna, Finland. She will appear on July 17 with world-famous Argentinean tenor José Cura and the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra. More than 300 artists from 12 countries will perform during the 2...

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TONY IOMMI Recording Second Song For Armenian Fundraising Efforts

BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN & HELL's Tony Iommi is currently laying down guitar on a second track to raise money to rebuild a music school in Armenia. He says, "I'm really excited with what we have produced." In an early 2010 interview, Iommi stated about his Armenian fundraising efforts, "We did an al...

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ROB HALFORD Interviewed On 'The Allan Handelman Show'

The latest episode of the syndicated radio program "The Allan Handelman Show" features separate interviews with JUDAS PRIEST/HALFORD frontman Rob Halford and producer/composer Paul O'Neill, who co-founded TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA with SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva. You can now listen to the program...

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Consequence of Power

Vocalist Zak Stevens (ex-SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) has kept the CIRCLE II CIRCLE ship steady at the wheel for the better part of a decade and across multiple albums. In the process he has established the band as a model of musical consistency, regardless of membership changes, record label...

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CRIMFALL: New Song Posted Online

"Frost Upon Their Graves", a brand new song from the Finnish folk metal band CRIMFALL, can be streamed by clicking on the graphic below. Commented the group: "[Our] new album is basically one long song divided to a shorter sections. This song, 'Frost Upon Their Graves', is the third one. This time w...

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XANDRIA: New Singer's Identity To Be Revealed Later This Month

German goth metallers XANDRIA have issued the following update: "We have a new singer, although she hasn't being presented to the public yet. "The search has been long, but it has been worth it! She is the one we have been looking for! We will unveil her to you on December 20 on Xandria.de, but ...

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PARADISE LOST Forced To Pull Out Of Macedonia's TAKSIRAT FESTIVAL

Due to "extreme weather conditions," British gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST have been forced to cancel their appearance at the Taksirat Festival in Skopje, Macedonia on Saturday, December 4. Commented singer Nick Holmes and guitarist Greg Mackintosh: "To all our Macedonian fans who traveled to...

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CONTROL DENIED Frontman Issues Update On Long-Awaited Second Album

The family of late DEATH/CONTROL DENIED mastermind Chuck Schuldiner is moving ahead with plans to complete and eventually release the long-awaited second CONTROL DENIED album. Chuck — who passed away in December 2001 after a battle with pontine glioma, a rare type of brain tumor — began work on the...

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TARJA TURUNEN: 'Dreamers Box Set' Version Of 'What Lies Beneath' Detailed

Former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen will release a special "Dreamers Box Set" version of her latest album, "What Lies Beneath". Limited to only 500 copies, it will contain the following: * A 14-track CD featuring all the songs from "What Lies Beneath" 01. Anteroom Of Death 02. Until My Last Br...

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OPETH To Enter Studio In January

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will enter Atlantis studios (formerly Metronome studios) in Stockholm on January 31, 2011 to begin recording their tenth album for a fall 2011 release via Roadrunner Records. Jens Bogren (SOILWORK, KATATONIA, PARADISE LOST, BLOODBATH) will engineer the effort whil...