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X JAPAN Leader Talks Upcoming Album

The Artisan News Service recently conducted an interview with X JAPAN's leader/drummer/pianist/composer Yoshiki about the band's reunion and upcoming studio album — the group's first to be released in North America and to contain English lyrics. Watch the chat below. According to Yoshiki, about half...

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APOCALYPTICA: New Video Interview With PERTTU KIVILAAKSO

David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com conducted an interview with Perttu Kivilaakso of the Finnish rock cello quartet APOCALYPTICA on July 17, 2010 at the Town Ballroom in Buffalo, New York. Watch the chat below. APOCALYPTICA's seventh studio effort, "7th Symphony", comes out around the worl...

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MIKE PORTNOY: 'I Feel The Ghost Of KEITH MOON And JOHN BONHAM In Everything I Do'

Steven Rosen of Ultimate-Guitar.comt recently conducted an inteview with drummer Mike Portnoy of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: Have you had a chance to meet any of your drummer heroes? A lot of them are gone now — Keith...

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DOKKEN Opening For SCORPIONS In Washington (Video)

Fan-filmed video footage of DOKKEN performing the song "Into The Fire" on August 7, 2010 at Clark County Amphitheater in Vancouver, Washington as the opening act for the SCORPIONS can be viewed below. Audio samples of all the songs that appear on DOKKEN's new greatest-hits package, "Greatest Hits 2"...

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UNEARTH Drummer To Release TANGENTS Debut

Restricted Release, in cooperation with Angle Side Side, has set an October 26 North American release date for "One Little Light Year", the debut album from New England-based TANGENTS. Recorded and mixed at Stillwork Recording Studio in Holyoke, Massachusetts, the CD was produced by the band with pr...

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ALL SHALL PERISH Guitarist Partners With GUITAR WORLD For Instructional Video Lesson Series

ALL SHALL PERISH's new guitarist and Berklee College of Music graduate, Francesco Artusato, has partnered up with Guitar World magazine to present an in-depth instructional video lesson series breaking down how to play some of the most intricate parts from his all-instrumental solo endeavor entitled...

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SOILWORK Drummer Breaks Down 'Night Comes Clean' Beats

Sick Drummer Magazine has uploaded video footage of Dirk Verbeuren of SOILWORK breaking down some of the beats from the song "Night Comes Clean", off the band's latest album, "The Panic Broadcast". Watch the clip below. SOILWORK's new album, "The Panic Broadcast", sold around 5,300 copies in the Uni...

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X JAPAN Set To Invade America With First-Ever U.S. Tour

They've sold 30 million records and DVDs, filled the 55,000-seast Tokyo Dome a record-breaking 18 times, they pioneered "Visual-Kei," the Japanese music movement that helped spark the current world-wide Anime craze, and their leader has been referred to as "the Bono of Japan." But the one thing this...

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MICHAEL MONROE To Be Joined By NASTY SUICIDE For ANKKAROCK Performance

A very special show will take place this Sunday, August 15 as guitarist Nasty Suicide takes the stage with his former HANOI ROCKS bandmate Michael Monroe at the Ankkarock festival in Korso, Vantaa, in the greater Helsinki area of Finland. Steve Conte, Michael's regular guitarist, has had to cancel t...

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KATAKLYSM: 'Heaven's Venom' Track By Track - Part 3

Maurizio Iacono, vocalist for Canadian extreme metallers KATAKLYSM, has provided a track-by-track breakdown of the band's new album, "Heaven's Venom", which will be released on August 13 in Europe and August 24 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2008's "Prevail" was produce...

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STRYPER Frontman Checks In From Bolivia

Christian hard rockers STRYPER are scheduled to kick off a South American tour on August 11 in La Paz, Bolivia. The band's frontman, Michael Sweet, has checked in with the following update: "We had an eventful day on August 7th as we departed for Bolivia — trying to get out of multiple airports to h...

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DIMMU BORGIR Frontman Talks 'Abrahadabra', Touring With KORN In New Video Interview

Vocalist Shagrath (real name: Stian Tomt Thoresen) of Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR was recently interviewed by the German edition of Metal Hammer magazine about the band's forthcoming ninth album, "Abrahadabra". You can now watch the chat at this location. On breaking the traditi...

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MICHAEL MONROE: Pro-Shot Footage From Japan's SUMMER SONIC Festival Available

Professionally filmed video footage of former HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael Monroe's performance at this year's Summer Sonic festival — which was held August 7-8, 2010 in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan — can be viewed below. As previously reported, Michael Monroe will release a new live album, "Another Night...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE: 'Consequence Of Power' Artwork, Release Date Revealed

CIRCLE II CIRCLE, the band led by former SAVATAGE frontman Zak Stevens, will release its fifth album, entitled "Consequence Of Power", on September 10 via AFM Records. The second concept effort for the band was recorded at Sweet Spot Studios and was described in a press release as "a melodic power m...

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RAVENS CREED: New Demo Tracks Posted Online

RAVENS CREED, the "VENOM-worshipping scumbags" featuring Steve Watson (ex-IRON MONKEY),Jason Graham, former SABBAT bassist Frazer Craske, and newly added vocalist Al Osta (a.k.a. The Syrian Destroyer),have uploaded demo versions of three new songs — Bashed In, Black Bullets and The Wires Will Kill...