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MIKE PORTNOY: 'I Was Always Kind Of A Frontman Stuck Behind The Drum Set'
Drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, SONS OF APOLLO, THE WINERY DOGS) was recently interviewed by "Rock City Radio Show Berlin". You can now listen to the chat using the Mixcloud widget below. Asked when he realized that he wanted to be more than just a musician in the background and that he also ha...January 11, 2018
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POP EVIL Releases First Behind-The-Scenes Video From Making Of New Album
POP EVIL has released a behind-the-scenes studio video surrounding the band's time spent at Sound Emporium Studios in Nashville this past summer. The clip, the first in a series of videos to come, documents the musicians living together as they embarked on the writing process for their fifth studio...January 11, 2018
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HEART BY HEART Featuring Original HEART Members: New Tour Dates Announced
HEART BY HEART, which features founding HEART members Steve Fossen (bass) and Mike Derosier (drums),will head back out on tour next month, with acclaimed vocalist Somar Macek at the helm. Kicking off February 3 in Oregon and running through the beginning of summer, the HEART BY HEART tour will brin...January 11, 2018
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HEART's ANN WILSON To Pay Tribute To DAVID BOWIE, TOM PETTY, CHRIS CORNELL On 'Project Dead Guys' Album
HEART singer Ann Wilson is working on a tribute album to "artists who have departed in the last several years," including David Bowie, Tom Petty and Chris Cornell. Wilson is collaborating with longtime HEART producer Mike Flicker on the LP, which has the working title of "PDG" ("Project Dead Guys")....January 11, 2018
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Former ACCEPT Singer DAVID REECE Signs With MIGHTY MUSIC
Former ACCEPT singer David Reece has inked a multiple-album deal with Mighty Music. "I was searching for a record company that would see my vision as a solo artist so I reached out to Mike Tramp [ex-WHITE LION] and he suggested I speak with Michael H. Andersen at Mighty Music," Reece said. "Michael...January 11, 2018
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VEXES Feat. Former A LIFE ONCE LOST, FURY OF FIVE Members: Listen To 'Helion' Song
"Helion", a new song from VEXES, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's debut full-length album, "Ancient Geometry", which will be released on February 23. VEXES guitarist John Klagholz said: "'Helion' was the first song we wrote together as a band, and basically encompasses every...January 10, 2018
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MYSTIC PROPHECY Releases Animated Video For Cover Version Of MIKE OLDFIELD's 'Shadow On The Wall'
The official animated video for MYSTIC PROPHECY's cover version of MIKE OLDFIELD's "Shadow On The Wall" can be streamed below. The track is taken from the German metallers' covers album, "Monuments Uncovered", which will be released on January 12 via Massacre Records. Singer Roberto Dimitri Liapakis...January 10, 2018
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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Loved Punk's 'Attitude,' But Didn't Feel A Kinship With Its 'Musicality'
On January 19, MetalRock Films will release part one of a new two-part "Inside Metal" documentary DVD series titled "The Rise Of L.A. Thrash Metal". Directed by Bob Nalbandian with narration by David Ellefson of MEGADETH, the documentary focuses on the Los Angeles thrash metal uprising of the early/...January 10, 2018
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Listen To New PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS Song 'Delinquent'
"Delinquent", a brand new song from PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS, the project led by the former PANTERA and current DOWN/SUPERJOINT frontman, can be streamed below. The track is taken from PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS' sophomore album, "Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue", which will be rel...January 10, 2018
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SKINLAB Rejoined By Guitarist STEVE 'SNAKE' GREEN
Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB have announced the return of guitarist Steve Green, best known to fans as Snake. The news comes ahead of the band's first live activities of 2018, the "Brothers In Blood Tour", also featuring PISSING RAZORS and SHATTERED SUN. "We are very excited...January 10, 2018
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SYMPHONY X Bassist's MIKE LEPOND'S SILENT ASSASSINS: 'Hordes Of Fire' Song Released
"Hordes Of Fire", a new song from MIKE LEPOND'S SILENT ASSASSINS, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "Pawn And Prophecy", which will be released on January 26 via Frontiers Music Srl. The SYMPHONY X bassist is extremely excited for the release of his solo band's sop...January 8, 2018
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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Guitarist On 'No Cross No Crown' Album: 'We Aren't Going To Toss Any Crap Out There'
Dianne Webb of YesterdazeNews recently conducted an interview with CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist Woody Weatherman. You can listen to the entire chat via the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the band's forthcoming studio album, "No Cross No Cro...January 6, 2018
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BUMBLEFOOT Calls SONS OF APOLLO 'An Interesting Coming Together Of Musical Personalities'
Guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (SONS OF APOLLO, ex-GUNS N'ROSES) was recently interviewed by RadioactiveMike Z. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On recording SONS OF APOLLO's debut album, "Psychotic Symphony": Ron: "With techn...January 6, 2018
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Vol. 2: Roll With It Or Get Rolled Over
"Lately I've been living way too damn fast. This successful life I'm leading is bound to kick my ass." Visionary words from a man who lived those fateful lyrics harder than most. It wasn't this prophetic introspection Dimebag Darrell wrote on a solo song, "Twisted", that spelled his end. Yet for the...January 6, 2018
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The Stage Deluxe Edition
A terrific album just got even better. In 2016, AVENGED SEVENFOLD tackled its first concept album, "The Stage", an album rolling off the tongues of many in the same sentence as "masterpiece." "The Stage" is a contemporary metal wonder, bleeding the band's toughened agro chops into savvy progression...January 6, 2018
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