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THE FLOWER KINGS To Release 'Waiting For Miracles' Album In November
Progressive rock band THE FLOWER KINGS will release its new studio double album, "Waiting For Miracles", on November 8. The LP is comprised of 15 new tracks, recorded over the summer at RMV studio in Stockholm, Sweden — a vintage studio space owned by ABBA star Benny Andersson. Band leader Roine Sto...August 26, 2019
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PAT TRAVERS Strikes Up The Big Band And Lets It Swing On New Album
After 40-plus years of slinging his six-string all over the world, you'd think Pat Travers would be slowing down, settling into his well-worn blues rock groove that has earned him great critical acclaim as well as a massive worldwide fanbase. Instead Travers appears to be ramping up and looking for...August 7, 2019
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CLUTCH Vocalist Says Rock Is 'Pretty Piss Poor' In Regard To Keeping Up With Changes In Music Industry
Prior to CLUTCH's performance at the recent Rock USA festival in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, vocalist Neil Fallon spoke with Shawn SixX of the Boston radio station WAAF. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On CACTUS drummer Carmine Appice'...August 3, 2019
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BIFF BYFORD Says 'It Was A Nightmare' Selecting The 40 Songs On SAXON's New Live Album
SAXON vocalist Biff Byford recently spoke with rock journalist Mark Taylor. The full conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's forthcoming "The Eagle Has Landed 40 (Live)", which features 40 songs covering four decades: Biff: "It was...June 9, 2019
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Ascension / Burn the Night
The way the mainstream rock and metal media talk about so-called old-school heavy metal these days, you could be forgiven for thinking that the genre was little more than a redundant anachronism, at this point pleasing only middle-aged Germans and Brian Slagel. It certainly doesn't help that the maj...June 5, 2019
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Book About TOM MORELLO's Career Coming Later This Year
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, AUDIOSLAVE and PROPHETS OF RAGE guitarist Tom Morello will publish a book about his career titled "Whatever It Takes" later this year through Genesis Publications. The signed limited-edition book will explore Morello's entire career from his first bands through to his most...May 31, 2019
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Winter Ethereal
Some voices are simply undeniable. You may need to be a prog metal aficionado to truly appreciate the significance of this ongoing collaboration between two founding members of FATES WARNING, but regardless of historical context, "Winter Ethereal" provides a timely reminder that John Arch has one of...May 22, 2019
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DEVIN TOWNSEND: 'To Deny That Things Are Ugly Or Bad Or Negative Is Not Particularly Helpful'
The Prog Report recently conducted an interview with Canadian producer/musician Devin Townsend. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he considers his latest studio album, "Empath", to be an "achievement": Devin: "First off, I...May 7, 2019
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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Says Other Guitar Players Never Influenced His Style
In a brand new interview with Midlands Metalheads Radio, legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen spoke about how he first developed his playing style. He said (hear audio below): "My first guitar was given to me on my fifth birthday — I was five years old — but I didn't start playing it until I...April 12, 2019
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JIMMY PAGE Shares Psychedelic Story Behind His Famous FENDER Guitar
In the video below, Jimmy Page shares the psychedelic story behind his famous Fender guitar. Page's custom shop "mirror" and "dragon" Telecaster models — a historic, hands-on collaboration between Fender Custom Shop master builder Paul Waller and Page himself — are modeled after Page's beloved 1959...April 9, 2019
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Empath
One could argue that, until now, Devin Townsend's most ambitious run of studio recordings was the four-album suite released from 2009 through 2011 under the DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT banner. That set of albums began with the low-key art-rock of "Ki", ended with the simultaneous releases of the circus-m...April 7, 2019
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Video Premiere: DEVIN TOWNSEND's 'Spirits Will Collide'
The official music video for "Spirits Will Collide", a brand new song from the Canadian heavy music artist Devin Townsend, can be seen below. The track is taken from his latest album, "Empath", which is being released today (Friday, March 29) via InsideOut Music. Over the past few years, the success...March 29, 2019
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New JIMMY PAGE Book, 'The Anthology', Due Out Later This Year
Genesis Publications has announced a new book by Jimmy Page, "The Anthology", due out later this year. This is British publishing company's second book with Jimmy and follows the 2010 sell-out success of the official signed limited edition, "Jimmy Page By Jimmy Page", which was Genesis's fastest lim...March 28, 2019
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The Grand Antiquation
The life and times of melodic death metal have been eventful, to say the least. Nearly 30 years after the subgenre's true genesis in those unlikely Swedish suburbs, its original formula has been hijacked, abused and diluted so many times that it's sometimes hard not to be angry at IN FLAMES for acci...March 16, 2019
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THE MUTE GODS Launch New Single 'One Day', Featuring RUSH's ALEX LIFESON
THE MUTE GODS, featuring Nick Beggs (STEVEN WILSON, STEVE HACKETT),Roger King (STEVE HACKETT) and Marco Minnemann (THE ARISTOCRATS, THE SEA WITHIN),will release their third studio album, "Atheists And Believers", on March 22. The official music video for the track "One Day", which features Alex Li...March 15, 2019
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