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RUSH Drummer: New Album Recordings 'Far Ahead Of Schedule'

RUSH drummer Neil Peart has posted a lengthy new update on his official web site. An excerpt follows: "Exactly one year ago (to recap a story begun in earlier reports),my bandmates and I started talking about working on some new songs. Alex and Geddy got together in Geddy's home studio in Toronto a...

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SHADOWS FALL Drummer To Guest On Albany's WZMR THE EDGE This Sunday

SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner will be a guest on "Capital Underground" on Albany's 104.9 FM WZMR The Edge this Sunday, December 17 between 10:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. EST. To listen to the show online, sign up at www.albanyedge.com. Bittner will publish his first-ever drum book, "Out of the Shado...

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VOIVOD Drummer Discusses His Art

Susan Frances of Indie In-Tune has issued the following report: French-Canadian mathematician, painter, and musician Michel Langevin is a conceptual artist whose creations depict the negative forces of technology's nature, often representations of the surreal, the macabre, and the destructive. His f...

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SHADOWS FALL's BITTNER To Release Drum Book In January

SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner has issued the following update: "The SHAD have been very busy finishing up our latest album which we are all very, very proud of. At this point we are mastering, looking into shooting the first video, and trying to set a street date. Right now all we can say is .....

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SHADOWS FALL Frontman: New Album Is 'As Complete A Metal Record As Possible'

SHADOWS FALL frontman Brian Fair has issued the following update: "We are back in [Massachusetts]. Just in time for the snow and cold weather! Perfect timing. "After six weeks on the West Coast recording the new album 'Threads of Life' with Nick Raskulinecz [FOO FIGHTERS, STONE SOUR, RUSH] at Studio...

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RUSH Guitarist To Guest On New PORCUPINE TREE Album

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, PORCUPINE TREE magazine Carbon Nation reports in its latest issue that RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson and KING CRIMSON's Robert Fripp will guest on the PORCUPINE TREE's next album, currently set for release next April via Atlantic Records. Life...

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ANTHROPIA: 'Question Of Honour' Video Posted Online

French metal band ANTHROPIA has posted its video for the song "Question of Honour" at this location. The track comes off the group's debut album, "The Ereyn Chronicles: Part 1 – The Journey of Beginnings", out on Magna Carta Records. The main portion of the video was shot in the French Alps near ...

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MAPLE CROSS To Release New Album In January

Finnish thrash metal band MAPLE CROSS will release its new album, entitled "Heimo", on January 31, 2007. A single, entitled "Journey of a Wolf", is available for download at www.maplecross.net. Commented singer Marco R.J.: "It took us about six months to complete the writing process for the album, b...

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MY RUIN Frontwoman: 'This Album Is Shaping Up To Be Our Heaviest Yet'

MY RUIN lead vocalist Tairrie B., who was seriously injured in a car accident in late September, has issued the following message via the group's MySpace page: "We are currently in the studio mixing [the new MY RUIN album]. We're all very excited about our next release and in no rush, so we're takin...

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AL PITRELLI: 'We Work Harder Than Almost Anybody In Our Country Works At Their Day Job'

GarageRadio.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Al Pitrelli (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, MEGADETH). A few excerpts from the chat follow: On being TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA's West tour Music Director: "Touring is a weird thing. It beats working. I don't want people to think we d...

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GODSMACK Drummer: 'Everyone Hates Us Because Of Our Tenacity'

GODSMACK's Shannon Larkin recently spoke to Rebecca Ross of the Pensacola News Journal about the first time that drums "called" to him. "I was 10 or 11 years old, and my older sister was one of those chicks who was into RUSH. She played 'Hemispheres' over and over, and that's when the drums ...

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WRATHAGE Postpones Album Recordings

Finnish black metallers WRATHAGE have postponed the recording sessions for their full-length debut, "Crawlspace Antipathy", to next spring from the previously announced November. "At the moment we are just too busy to find the proper time for the recording sessions and since we don't want to rush wi...

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DREAM THEATER Guitarist Praises RUSH: Video Available

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, subcribers to Guitar World magazine have received an added bonus with the January 2007 issue; the subscriber CD-ROM includes a 26-minute interview with DREAM THEATER guitarist John Pretrucci where John opens with "one of my biggest influence...

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SHADOWS FALL's BITTNER Performs At MEINL DRUM FESTIVAL: Video Available

A video clip of SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner playing along to the SHADOWS FALL track "Those Who Cannot Speak" at the Meinl Drum Festival on September 9, 2006 in Gutenstetten, Germany is available at this location (Windows Media). As previously reported, SHADOWS FALL has set "Threads of Life" a...

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KROKUS Frontman Discusses His Role In 'Anuk' Movie

Mark Carras of RockMyMonkey.com recently conducted an interview with KROKUS singer Marc Storace. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: Now, your drummer, Stefan Schwarzmann, recently revealed that he played an entire tour with a ruptured hernia. Will his recovery leave the band...