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Delirium

A couple years back, former MARS VOLTA drum flogger Thomas Pridgen and BLACKALICIOUS vocal maven Viveca Hawkins shook up the underground alongside funk shredder Nick Brewer with a monster side project called THE MEMORIALS. While I've found myself at odds with the unessential and lazy subgenre tag "a...

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ANDY LA ROCQUE Talks KING DIAMOND, BLACK Project In New Interview

Arto Lehtinen of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with Swedish producer and KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal-Rules.com: It's [been] about five years [since the release of the last KING DIAMOND album, "Give Me Your Soul...Ple...

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MANOWAR: 'The Lord Of Steel' Cover Artwork Preview

A preview of the official cover artwork for MANOWAR's new studio album, "The Lord Of Steel", can be seen below. "The Lord Of Steel" will be released into worldwide retail on September 28 (dates may vary from territory to territory),following a limited-edition pre-release as the "Hammer Edition" in...

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BELPHEGOR To Play Special 'Jubilee' Shows Next Year

Austrian blackened death metal outfit BELPHEGOR will celebrate its 20th anniversary by playing a number of special "jubilee" shows in 2013. Commented BELPHEGOR guitarist/vocalist Helmuth Lehner: "Twenty years full of chaos and diabolical musick. Yes...seemingly unreal! "After fighting 10 months to g...

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OBITUARY Frontman On New Music And Record Company Changes

Denmark's Metal Revolution conducted an interview with vocalist John Tardy of Florida death metallers OBITUARY. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Revolution: In the late Nineties you guys split up, but then you got back together in 2003. Why, and did it have any greater importan...

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FLYING COLORS Interviewed At First-Ever Live Show (Video)

FLYING COLORS — the spectacular new virtuoso prog/pop/metal rock band formed by drummer Mike Portnoy (ex-DREAM THEATER) and guitarist Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE) — made its live debut this past Tuesday (September 4) at James Armstrong Theater in Torrance, California. Video footage of a pre-show interv...

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WES BORLAND Talks BLACK LIGHT BURNS, LIMP BIZKIT In New Interview

Jason Price of Icon Vs. Icon recently conducted an interview with BLACK LIGHT BURNS mainman and LIMP BIZKIT guitarist Wes Borland. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Icon Vs. Icon: The latest chapter in your life musically is "The Moment You Realize You're Going To Fall" from BLACK LIG...

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MANOWAR: 'The Lord Of Steel' Trailer Posted Online

A one-and-a-half-minute trailer for MANOWAR's new studio album, "The Lord Of Steel", and upcoming tour can be seen below. "The Lord Of Steel" will be released into worldwide retail on September 28 (dates may vary from territory to territory),following a limited-edition pre-release as the "Hammer Ed...

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VINNY APPICE On His Earliest Musical Memories (Video)

The official YouTube channel of "Sound City", the new feature-length documentary directed and produced by FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl, has been updated with a short clip of legendary drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, KILL DEVIL HILL) talking about his earliest musical...

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ICED EARTH Mainman Says Cyprus Concert DVD Shoot Was 'A Huge Success'

ICED EARTH's August 19 concert at the ancient Kourion Amphitheater, outside Limassol in Cyprus, was professionally filmed and recorded for an upcoming CD/DVD release. 1,500 fans witnessed the show, which ran for three hours and featured on-stage scenery and artwork that was uniquely created for this...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Says 'It's Very Hard' For Him To Discuss Departure Of Guitarist NICK STERLING

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach was recently interviewed on the "Hangar 19" radio show. You can now listen to the program using the audio player below. Asked about the status of guitarist Nick Sterling, who played on Bach's most recent solo album, "Kicking & Screaming", Sebastian said, "...

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Former THEATRE OF TRAGEDY Guitarist Retires From Music Business

Tommy Lindal, one of the founders of the Norwegian band THEATRE OF TRAGEDY, is leaving the music scene after a 16-year struggle. In 1996, Tommy suffered a stroke in Germany while recording THEATRE OF TRAGEDY's "Velvet Darkness They Fear" and "A Rose For The Dead" albums and has since tried to fight...

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BLIND GUARDIAN: Orchestral Album Due In 2014

Patrick Prince of Powerline recently conducted an interview with vocalist Hansi Kürsch of German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Powerline: Your musical style has been called power metal, speed metal, thrash, progressive … even bard metal … Doesn't it...

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GEOFF TATE Unveils His Version Of QUEENSRŸCHE

Singer Geoff Tate (QUEENSRŸCHE) revealed last month that he will support ALICE COOPER on a Canadian tour in November, and will embark on a QUEENSRŸCHE "anniversary tour" in 2013 backed by an "all-star lineup" of musicians. Tate's personal web site, GeoffTate.com, was upgraded with a new banner that...

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Former SLAYER/TESTAMENT Drummer To Perform With MANMADE GOD In Oakland

Drummer Paul Bostaph (SLAYER, TESTAMENT, EXODUS, FORBIDDEN) will sit behind the kit for MANMADE GOD's September 15 performance at New Parish in Oakland, California as the support act for M.I.R.V. MANMADE GOD features in its ranks Bostaph's former FORBIDDEN bandmate Craig Locicero (guitar). Commented...