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STEVE VAI: 'Sound Theories Vol 1 & 2' Double-Live CD Due In June

Epic Records has announced a June 26 release for "Sound Theories Vol 1 & 2", a double-live CD capturing legendary guitarist Steve Vai's electrifying collaboration with the Netherlands Metropole Orchestra. The two-disc set spotlights rare material culled from five European performances, a studio...

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NEVERLAND Project Featuring Appearance By EVERGREY Singer; Audio Available

Three short audio samples from the NEVERLAND project, the collaboration between Turkey's progressive power metal band DREAMTONE and Greek artist Iris Mavraki, have been posted on the NEVERLAND MySpace page. The tracks available for preview are as follows: "World Beyond These Walls" * "Reversing Time...

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Former MORBID ANGEL/MONSTROSITY Guitarist Joins BELLIGERENT

Former MORBID ANGEL/TERRORIZER/MONSTROSITY guitarist Tony Norman has returned home to Charleston, South Carolina and has joined his longtime friends in the thrash/death metal band BELLIGERENT. He is joined by founding guitarist George Mackaris, former MONSTROSITY vocalist Bobby Earl, bassist Danny C...

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RUSH Frontman: 'At No Time Do We Feel Like We're Retired Or Not Functioning'

Gary Graff of Billboard magazine reports: Thirty-three years into its recording career, Canadian hard-rock trio RUSH is finding it easier to make music together. "You can argue that we don't have much to prove at this point," guitarist Alex Lifeson said. "We're in our 50s now. Geddy (Lee) and I have...

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SKINLAB: Tour Changes Announced

Bassist/vocalist Steev Esquivel of reactivated San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB has issued the following update: "Hey guys, few things changing here on the tour front. "We've been left with no choice but to carry on the tour without our buds WILL HAVEN. Sorry to all the WILL HAVEN fans that...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Discusses Upcoming Solo Album

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports that SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian is planning a fall release for his first solo album, "Elect the Dead", telling Billboard.com it's "a rock record, but it's pretty progressive. It's very wide sounding — lots of different sounding instruments. The excitem...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP: More U.S. Tour Dates Announced

Fresh off a triumphant sold-out tour of Japan, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP is returning to the U.S. and Canada for a summer tour. The legendary guitarist will be performing timeless classics from all stages of his illustrious career, including SCORPIONS, UFO and MSG, to commemorate his "Tales of Rock 'n'...

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Roars Back To Life This Weekend

Launch Radio Networks reports: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE will perform together for the first time in seven years this Sunday night (April 29) as the political rock group headlines and closes the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California. Guitarist Tom Morello, who's also perform...

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GRAVEYARD RODEO Reunion In The Works

Legendary Lousiana hardcore/metal pioneers GRAVEYARD RODEO, who once featured in their ranks current CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, will reunite to perform at the at the Raise The Dead II festival (set to take place October 19, 2007 at The Howling Wolf in New Orleans) and...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Frontman Records Guest Appearance For NEVERLAND Project

Singer Hansi Kürsch of German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN has been confirmed as one of the guests on the NEVERLAND project, the collaboration between Turkey's progressive power metal band DREAMTONE and Greek artist Iris Mavraki. Hansi has just finished recording the vocals for the song "To Lose T...

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RUDY SARZO To Play Bass For BLUE ÖYSTER CULT At HAWGS OF TEXAS Rally

Legendary heavy metal bassist Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO) has been tapped by Eric Bloom of BLUE ÖYSTER CULT to handle bass guitar duties for the band's April 28 concert at the Hawgs of Texas motorcycle rally in Lake Somerville, TX. Also scheduled to appear are QUIET RIOT...

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TOM MORELLO Interviewed By Filmmaker MICHAEL MOORE; Video Available

MTV.com reports that RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE/ex-AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello is the star of a new video feature on MySpace in which he is interviewed by documentary filmmaker Michael Moore. Morello talks about the origins of THE NIGHTWATCHMAN character, which he honed on off-nights from an AUDI...

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TURISAS: Medley Of Two New Songs Posted Online

A medley of two brand new songs from TURISAS' upcoming "The Varangian Way" album — "To Holmgard and Beyond" and "A Portage to the Unknown" — have been posted online at the band's MySpace page. "We definitely have high expectations lined up after the success of our debut album 'Battle Metal'," says v...

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NILE: New Album To Arrive In July

Nuclear Blast Records has set a July 20 German release date (July 23 in the rest of Europe) for the new NILE album, entitled "Ithyphallic". The CD was recorded at Sound Lab Studios in Columbia, South Carolina with producer Neil Kernon (NEVERMORE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, DEICIDE) and engineer Bob Moore. Son...

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DOUG CHAGNON's 'Heavy Metal Comedy'; Video Available

Doug Chagnon, a Boston-based comedian who works his love of hard rock/heavy metal into his set, has posted an eight-minute video clip of his performance — dubbed "Heavy Metal Comedy" — at the Comedy Studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Watch it at YouTube. According to his bio, Doug Chagnon is an ori...