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Remixers Needed For PRONG's 'Power Of The Damager' CD

13th Planet Records is preparing a remix CD as a follow-up to PRONG's latest studio album, "Power of the Damager". Chris Kniker of Amped Records Inc. has been named executive producer of this project. Deadlines for consideration on this release are as follows: November 30, 2008 – Initial contact wit...

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Drummer JOHN MACALUSO Opens Music Instruction School

Drummer John Macaluso (ARK, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TNT, JAMES LABRIE, UNION RADIO, RIOT, POWERMAD, DELMAR BROWN, GEORGE LYNCH, STARBREAKER) has returned to his hometown of Commack, New York to open a new music instruction school, where he hopes to share his legacy with aspiring drummers. The Music Lab, l...

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HORTUS ANIMAE: 'Funeral Nation' Box Set Now Available

HORTUS ANIMAE, the extreme experimental metal project of former ANCIENT drummer Diego "GroM" Meraviglia, and Sleaszy Rider Records are celebrating the band's 10-year anniversary by releasing a special limited-edition box set entitled "Funeral Nation / 10 Years Of Hortus Animae". The box set contains...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist ALEX SKOLNICK On 'The Metal File'; Audio Available

Guitarist Alex Skolnick of TESTAMENT and TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA was interviewed for this week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. You can stream the show online at this location. Rock House, the leader in music instruction, recently announced that Alex Skolnick has joined Rock Hous...

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The Man Behind The Black/Death Metal Logo

Vice magazine recently conducted an interview with Christophe Szpajdel who in the last 20 years has drawn more than 7,000 logos, mostly for black and death metal bands from all over the world, including EMPEROR, MOONSPELL, NACHTMYSTIUM and ENTHRONED. A couple of excerpts from the question-and-answer...

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Heavy Metal Musicians Pick Favorite Live Albums Of All Time

Denmark's Antenna web site has posted a brand new feature where around 30 of the top musicians in today's underground metal scene select their five favorite live albums of all time. Stated Antenna editor Lars Lolk: "It's interesting that a simple feature about preferences in live albums turns out to...

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METALLICA: Original 'Master Of Puppets' Artwork Sold For $28K

The original cover artwork for METALLICA's classic 1986 album "Master of Puppets", painted by artist Don Brautigam, was snapped up yesterday (Monday, November 24) for $28,000 in a sale of popular culture and entertainment art at Christie's auction house at Rockefeller Plaza, New York City. (Note: Th...

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Slaves to Society

Ibex Moon head honcho (and INCANTATION leader) John McEntee has gone all out to spread the word of MASTER for the North American release of "Slaves to Society" and current tour with label mates ESTUARY. A self-described MASTER fan, McEntee is genuinely excited to give back to bassist/vocalist Paul S...

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METALLICA: Columbus Backstage Jam, 'Leper Messiah' Performance Available

Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA's November 9, 2008 concert in Columbus, Ohio can be viewed below. The video includes footage of the "Battery" and "Jump In The Fire" backstage jam session and the "Leper Messiah" performance. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. That Was Just Your Lif...

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CYNIC: Interview With PAUL MASVIDAL

By: Scott Alisoglu Paul Masvidal had an epiphany that it was time to unleash CYNIC and blow minds all over again. For the last 15 years, "Focus" has served as the bench mark for the heavy end of progressive metal (some might say progressive "death" metal, but more on that later) and here we are ...

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MASTER's PAUL SPECKMANN: I Found More Freedom In Czech Republic Than I Ever Found In The USA

By: Scott Alisoglu MASTER's Paul Speckmann has been fighting metal's good fight since 1983. Considered one of death metal's originators, Speckmann has persevered through lineup changes, numerous record labels, and thousands of miles on the road on tours of varying success. One thing is for certain t...

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STRYPER, WHITESNAKE Members Featured On MENCHEN Debut

Retroactive Records has announced the release of the debut album from MENCHEN, entitled "Red Rock". According to a press release, the LP is truly a collaboration of the most talented players in the metal scene. Bill Menchen (TITANIC, THE SEVENTH POWER, FINAL AXE) dominates as a master on guitar, Rob...

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AEROSMITH Frontman's Motorcycles To Be Displayed At New England International Auto Show

From December 3 through December 8, AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler's Red Wing Motorcycles will be on display at the New England International Auto Show at the Boston Convention Center in South Boston. Eight bikes will be in the display. There will be a press conference on December 3 (media only) to...

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TERROR Covers SUBZERO's 'Boxed In'; Audio Available

Los Angeles hardcore/metal act TERROR recently recorded a cover version of the SUBZERO New York hardcore classic "Boxed In" for the Century Media Records 2CD compilation "Covering 20 Years Of Extremes", which was released in North America on October 14. The track is now available for streaming at th...

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NAPALM DEATH Frontman Talks New Album

NAPALM DEATH frontman Mark "Barney" Greenway recently spoke to U.K.'s Rock Sound magazine about the band's new album, "Time Waits For No Slave", due to hit stores in February through Century Media. "Each album appears to have got progressively better and better," he said. "There was no great master...