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THE FACELESS Parts Ways With Guitarist WES HAUCH

Los Angeles-based progressive death metal titans THE FACELESS have parted ways with guitarist Wes Hauch. The band states: "Things were moving in different directions and it seems that this is best for everyone. We wish him the best of luck and we know he's going to continue to do great things in mus...

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SYMPHONY X, Ex-DREAM THEATER Members To Guest On UNIVERSAL MIND PROJECT Debut

Founded in 2012 by American guitarist and composer Michael Alexander, UNIVERSAL MIND PROJECT is a collaborative project between musicians from all around the globe. Musically, moving on progressive metal paths, combining features of melodic death and symphonic metal in a modern and fresh way, UNIVER...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE Is Working On 'Dark-Sounding' New Album, Says ALEX WEBSTER

Metal Wani editor in chief Owais "Vitek" Nabi recently conducted an interview with bassist Alex Webster of death metal veterans CANNIBAL CORPSE. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow. On CANNIBAL CORPSE's decision to with producer Mark Lewis (ARSIS, TH...

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RHAPSODY OF FIRE: 'Dark Wings Of Steel' Video Released

The official video for "Dark Wings Of Steel", the title track of the new studio album from Italian symphonic metallers RHAPSODY OF FIRE, can be seen below. The CD was released on November 22, 2013 in Europe and December 3, 2013 in the USA via AFM Records. It was produced by keyboardist Alex Staropol...

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ARCHITECTS: New Song 'Broken Cross' Available For Streaming

British metallers ARCHITECTS will release their new album, "Lost Forever // Lost Together", in North America on March 11 via Epitaph Records. The CD will be made available in in Australia through UNFD and in Canada via New Damage Records. After writing demos on their successful run on Vans Warped To...

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DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist DON AIREY Releases 'Keyed Up' Solo Album

Legendary keyboardist Don Airey (DEEP PURPLE, OZZY OSBOURNE, RAINBOW) has just released his new solo album, "Keyed Up", via Music Theories Recordings. Don has played with pretty much everyone worth playing with, and is currently working and touring with DEEP PURPLE. This new solo CD draws from a ran...

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HATEFX: 'Play It By Fear' Video Released

Following the excellent response to its "Via Obscura" EP and "The Holy Frail" full-length, HATEFX — the Fresno/Livermore, California-based metal band featuring guitarist Glen Alvelais (FORBIDDEN, TESTAMENT, LD/50) — unleashes its third offering, "Under Destruction", featuring its most powerful lineu...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE To Begin Recording New Album This Weekend

Death metal veterans CANNIBAL CORPSE will enter Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida this coming weekend with producer Mark Lewis (ARSIS, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, WHITECHAPEL, DEVILDRIVER, DEICIDE, SIX FEET UNDER) to begin recording their new album for a tentative summer release via Metal Blade R...

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JEFF LOOMIS, KEITH MERROW Talk To MUSICIANS INSTITUTE About CONQUERING DYSTOPIA Project (Video)

Musicians Institute recently caught up with former NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis and Portland, Oregon studio musician Keith Merrow to discuss networking and inspiration. Jeff and Keith talk about how networking opportunities allowed them to work on their current project, CONQUERING DYSTOPIA. Check...

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ALEX SKOLNICK, RUDY SARZO, Pedal Steel Guitarist ROBERT RANDOLPH Jam At NAMM (Video)

Video footage of guitarist Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT, ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO),bassist Rudy Sarzo (Geoff Tate's QUEENSRŸCHE, OZZY OSBOURNE, DIO, WHITESNAKE, QUIET RIOT) and pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph jamming on the Peavey main stage at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants)...

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TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK Performs PLANETARY COALITION Set At NAMM (Video)

TESTAMENT and ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO guitarist Alex Skolnick is "immersed in global rhythms," working on his first acoustic album with PLANETARY COALITION for a spring 2014 release. The entire process is being documented via Artist Share, a platform that connects creative artists with fans in order to s...

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PYRRHON To Unleash 'The Mother Of Virtues ' This Spring

New York City progressive death metallers PYRRHON (pronounced peer-on) emerge from the urban decay with a nightmarish offering of physically and psychologically mauling extreme metal. Titled "The Mother Of Virtues", the band's sophomore full-length is a mind-bending fusion of clanging death metal, s...

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ENTOMBED Among 12 Artists Selected As Inaugural Inductees In SWEDISH MUSIC HALL OF FAME

Swedish metal veterans ENTOMBED are among twelve artists who have been selected as the inaugural inductees in the Swedish Music Hall Of Fame. The artists were chosen because they all made "lasting contributions to Swedish music," organizers said in Thursday's (February 6) announcement. "We want to a...

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HATRIOT's 'Fiery' Performance In Cotati Captured On Video

Shortly after HATRIOT — the San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band led by former EXODUS and LEGACY (pre-TESTAMENT) frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza — started playing the song "Murder American Style" on January 18 at Spancky's in Cotati, California, a fire started in one of the PA speakers. Jesse Amaze...

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DOYLE WOLFGANG VON FRANKENSTEIN Talks To THE AGE OF METAL At NAMM (Video)

The Age Of Metal conducted an interview with former MISFITS guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which took place January 23-26 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. You can now watch the chat below. Doyle Wo...