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POWERGLOVE Signs With E1 MUSIC

Boston video game metal masters POWERGLOVE have signed a North American deal with E1 Music. The band will release a new full-length album this fall. "We are all extremely proud to announce E1 as our new label," the group says in a statement. "And really, what better label for us than one who is home...

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WHITECHAPEL: 'Breeding Violence' Song Available For Streaming

"Breeding Violence", a brand new song from Knoxville, Tennessee death metallers WHITECHAPEL, is available for streaming using the audio player below (courtesy of AOL's Noisecreep). The track comes off the group's third album, "A New Era Of Corruption", due on June 8 via Metal Blade Records. The CD w...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Remembers DEBBIE ABONO

TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick has issued the following statement regarding the passing of Debbie Abono, a well-respected and much-loved manager and promotional machine behind some of San Francisco Bay Area's strongest metal bands (POSSESSED, FORBIDDEN, EXODUS, VIO-LENCE, SKINLAB): "In the mid-19...

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SODOM Completes Work On New DVD

Veteran German thrashers SODOM have completed work on their long-awaited new DVD, "Lords Of Depravity - Part II", tentatively due this summer. The team responsible for the disc's production — Ronald Matthes (director/producer – documentary/concert),Alex Kraudelt (co-director – documentary) and Jan...

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RUSH: 'Beyond The Lighted Stage' DVD, Blu-Ray Bonus Disc Details Revealed

Universal Music Group, in association with Banger Films, has announced the feature length DVD and Blu-ray release of the critically acclaimed, award-winning documentary "Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage" on June 29 in North America and July 5 in the U.K. The film made its world premiere in April at th...

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MIDNATTSOL To Enter Studio Next Week

MIDNATTSOL — the German-Norwegian band featuring vocalist Carmen Elise Espenaes (the younger sister of LEAVES' EYES singer Liv Kristine) — will enter Studio E (THE VISION BLEAK, LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE, SECRETS OF THE MOON) on May 24 with producer Markus Stock to begin recording its third album for a la...

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RUSH Interviewed On CNN; Video Available

CNN's Andrea Mineo conducted an interview with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of the legendary Canadian rock trio RUSH about "Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage", the long-awaited documentary produced by Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn of Toronto, Ontario, Canada's Banger Films Inc.. Watch the segment below. "Ru...

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WAR OF AGES: 'Collapse' Video Released

"Collapse", the new video from the Erie, Pennsylvania-based Christian metal/hardcore act WAR OF AGES, can be viewed below (courtesy of AOL's Noisecreep). The song comes off the band's fourth studio album, "Eternal", which was released on April 13 via Facedown Records. "Eternal" continues the warrior...

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RHAPSODY OF FIRE: 'The Frozen Tears Of Angels' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

"The Frozen Tears Of Angels", the new album from Italian symphonic metal masters RHAPSODY OF FIRE, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Italy: #31 Germany: #33 Switzerland: #39 Japan: #41 France: #51 Austria: #58 Belgium: #96 Commented the band, “We are really amazed by the way t...

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ALEX SKOLNICK's 'Jazz Guitar: Breaking The Traditional Barriers' Three-DVD Set Now Available

Rock House, the leader in music instruction, announced today the release of "Jazz Guitar: Breaking The Traditional Barriers", a new three-DVD set featuring TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick. On his first-ever instructional program, Alex — who is world-renowned for creating an unprecedented blend of...

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RUSH: 'Beyond The Lighted Stage' European Screenings Announced

"Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage", the long-awaited RUSH documentary produced by Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn of Toronto, Ontario, Canada's Banger Films Inc., will be screened in Austria, Finland, Germany, Netherlands and U.K. on Monday, June 7. For a list of cinemas that will be showing the film, go t...

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STEVEN ADLER: 'My Appetite For Destruction' Tell-All Biography Pushed Back To July

Former GUNS N' ROSES and current ADLER'S APPETITE drummer Steven Adler's forthcoming tell-all biography, "My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N' Roses", has had its release date pushed back to July 27 from the previously announced June 22. The 304-page hardcover book is available f...

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CHRIS CAFFERY, GLEN DROVER Interviewed On 'The Metal File'

Chris Caffery (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SAVATAGE) and Glen Drover (MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND, TESTAMENT) were interviewed for this week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. You can stream the show using the audio player below.

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ACCEPT Announces Second Show With AC/DC

Reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT have announced a second show as the support act for AC/DC — June 13 at Cannstatter Wasen in Stuttgart, Germany. As previously reported, ACCEPT will also play a one-hour-long set before AC/DC hits the stage on May 25 in Hannover, Germany. Guitarist/songwriter Wolf...

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RUSH Documentary Named One Of Top 10 Audience Favorites At HOT DOCS Festival

Attendees of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, which ran from April 29 to May 9 in Toronto, Ontario, have selected the rockumentary "Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage" as one of the Top 10 audience favorites as determined by audience vote. The entire Top 10 (with "Rush: Beyond t...