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Video: DISTURBED Frontman Talks DEVICE With 'LA Lloyd Rock Countdown'

LA Lloyd, the host of the nationally syndicated radio show "LA Lloyd Rock Countdown", recently conducted an interview with DISTURBED/DEVICE frontman David Draiman. You can now watch the chat below. DEVICE has released four songs from its self-titled debut album online over the past few months, and w...

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New NIGHTWISH Singer FLOOR JANSEN Completes Recording Second REVAMP Album

Former AFTER FOREVER and current NIGHTWISH touring singer Floor Jansen has completed recording the second album from her REVAMP project at SandLane Studio in Rijen, The Netherlands with Joost van den Broek (ex-AFTER FOREVER). The CD, which will feature guest choir parts by Marcela Bovio (STREAM OF P...

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GODSMACK Frontman Writing Material For Follow-up To 'Avalon'

Mosh Pit Report recently conducted an interview with GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Mosh Pit Report: Your 2010 solo release, "Avalon", is similar to your work with GODSMACK, but it has a slightly different feel and sound. How does the writing process a...

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New NIGHTWISH Singer FLOOR JANSEN Putting Finishing Touches On Second REVAMP Album

Former AFTER FOREVER and current NIGHTWISH touring singer Floor Jansen is putting the finishing touches on the second album from her REVAMP project. "The final recording sessions are taking place this month," reads a post on REVAMP's Facebook page. "We just finished a wonderful day in the SandLane S...

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TEXTURES Announces New Guitarist

Dutch progressive/technical metallers TEXTURES have announced the addition of guitarist Joe Tal (pictured below; ILLUCINOMA) to the group's ranks. Guitarist Jochem Jacobs left TEXTURES in Janury in order to focus on his career as a record producer. He will stay involved with with the band behind the...

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TEXTURES: Documentary On Guitarist Search Posted Online

A 14-minute documentary about the audition process for the new TEXTURES guitarist can be seen below. Guitarist Jochem Jacobs left TEXTURES in Janury in order to focus on his career as a record producer. He will stay involved with with the band behind the scenes and will continue producing TEXTURES a...

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Straight Out of Hell

Andi Deris has now been fronting the illustrious HELLOWEEN 19 years, can you dig it? Those few still clinging to the archaic opinion that HELLOWEEN died with Michael Kiske ought to wake up by now, because this band has soldiered on as one of the highest caliber metal acts the genre's ever known. Onl...

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Disclosure

It's been easy for lifelong THE GATHERING fans to dish on the band's trundling ball of confusion. A large consensus rolled out on the Dutch expressionistic group in the shadow of Anneke van Giersbergen's heels out of sheer loyalty, those who'd stuck with THE GATHERING's transition from ambient metal...

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CHAOSTAR: 'Anomima' Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

CHAOSTAR, the band led by SEPTICFLESH guitarist Christos Antoniou, will release its fourth album, "Anomima", on May 10 in Europe and May 14 in North America via Season Of Mist. The limited-edition version of the CD will come with a bonus DVD entitled "Anomimata". A trailer for the DVD can be seen be...

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CHAOSTAR: Trailer For 'Anomimata' DVD

CHAOSTAR, the band led by SEPTICFLESH guitarist Christos Antoniou, will release its fourth album, "Anomima", on May 10 in Europe and May 14 in North America via Season Of Mist. The limited-edition version of the CD will come with a bonus DVD entitled "Anomimata". A trailer for the DVD can be seen be...

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Video: APOCALYPTICA's PERTTU KIVILAAKSO Performs With MAIDEN UNITED

MAIDEN UNITED, the all-acoustic IRON MAIDEN tribute project featuring Damian Wilson (THRESHOLD, HEADSPACE) and Ruud Jolie (WITHIN TEMPTATION),has posted footage from the band's "Across The Seventh Sea" European tour. MAIDEN UNITED was joined on stage in Holland during the last weekend of the trek b...

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CHAOSTAR: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed

CHAOSTAR, the band led by SEPTICFLESH guitarist Christos Antoniou, will release its fourth album, "Anomima", on May 10 in Europe and May 14 in North America via Season Of Mist. The CD will feature guest appearances by David Vincent (MORBID ANGEL) and Fernando Ribeiro (MOONSPELL). Commented Christos:...

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MAIDEN UNITED Announces Lineup Change For Shows In April

MAIDEN UNITED, the all-acoustic IRON MAIDEN tribute project featuring Damian Wilson (THRESHOLD, HEADSPACE) and Ruud Jolie (WITHIN TEMPTATION),has announced a lineup change for the upcoming shows in April. Mike Coolen (WITHIN TEMPTATION) and Marco Kuypers (CLOUDMACHINE) will leave the band to focus...

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Target Earth

Four years have passed since VOIVOD's last album, "Infini", and seven since the tragic demise of guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, but the Canadian progressive metal institution clearly has no plans of calling it a career. No strangers to adversity, of course, the band has endured numerous lineup cha...

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Ecstatic Trance

A LIFE ONCE LOST's forced hiatus in recent years (initiated by bike-riding guitarist Doug Sabolick's freak collision with a car in 2009) nearly spelled the band's demise, opening the door for erstwhile bandmates to gradually wander off to pastures new amid the downtime (drummer Justin Graves, most i...