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LIVING COLOUR To Guest On NPR's 'All Things Considered' This Sunday

LIVING COLOUR's Vernon Reid and Corey Glover will guest on the "All Things Considered" show on NPR this Sunday, December 6. For more information, go to this location. Reid and Glover stopped by Billboard.com's studios recently to talk about the new album, "The Chair In The Doorway", how the music bu...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Audio Samples Of Entire 'High Impact' Album Available

Legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen will release a new album called "High Impact" on December 8 (one day earlier internationally). The set is described as "a mind-boggling, high-paced compilation record" featuring a "surprise" bonus track — Yngwie's never-before-released interpretation of t...

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DAN SWANÖ Issues Update On Current Projects

Swedish multi-instrumentalist/producer Dan Swanö (NIGHTINGALE, EDGE OF SANITY, BLOODBATH) has issued the following update: So what have I been up to lately? Apart from mixing and mastering for my beloved clients, I have taken up songwriting again!! Most of the ideas are tagged for the upcoming NIGHT...

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MOB RULES: 'The Oswald File' Video Released

"The Oswald File", the new video from German metallers MOB RULES, can be viewed below. The clip is an edited version of the 18-minute-long epic which appears in six parts on the new MOB RULES album, "Radical Peace". "Radical Peace" was released on November 13 via AFM Records. The CD was recorded at...

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DARK FORTRESS: New Song Available For Streaming

German black metallers DARK FORTRESS will release their new album, "Ylem", via Century Media Records on the following dates: Germany, Austria, Switzerland: January 22, 2010 Rest of Europe: January 25, 2010 USA: February 9, 2010 The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Ylem 02. As The World Ke...

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PAIN CONFESSOR Completes Work On New Demo; Samples Available

Finnish metallers PAIN CONFESSOR have completed work on a new three-song demo. The sessions were engineered and helmed by the bandmembers themselves, with the mixing and mastering was overseen by Janne Saksa of Studio Sound Supreme. Commented the band: "[The demo] was supposed to be four songs but t...

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ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY Releases New Song, Announces New Lineup

U.K. death metallers ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY have posted a brand new song, "In Snakes I Bathe", on their MySpace page. The track comes off the band's new album, "The Reign Of Darkness", which will be released on January 22 via Nuclear Blast (excluding the U.K. where it will be made available throu...

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MUNICIPAL WASTE Announces Dates In Central/South America, Japan

Virginian thrashers MUNICIPAL WASTE have announced the following dates in Central/South America and Japan: Mar. 05 - Guadlajara, Mexico @ Calle 2 Mar. 06 - Mexico City, Mexico @ Circo Volador Mar. 07 - Bogota, Colombia @ Teatro Metro Mar. 10 - Lima, Peru @ Barranco Bar Mar. 11 - Santiago, Chile @ Te...

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DISARMONIA MUNDI: 'The Isolation Game' Trailer Posted Online

Italian melodic death metallers DISARMONIA MUNDI will release their new album, "The Isolation Game", on December 9 via Coroner Records. The CD was recorded, produced, mixed and mastered at The Metal House Studio by Ettore Rigotti and contains 13 brand new tracks of "wall-shaking extreme metal," acco...

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FINNTROLL To Headline 'Finnish Metal' Tour With MOONSORROW, SWALLOW THE SUN

Finnish folk metallers FINNTROLL will embark on a spring North American headlining tour, dubbed "Finnish Metal", with support from MOONSORROW, SWALLOW THE SUN and SURVIVORS ZERO. Brought to you by King Foo Entertainment, the tour will cover over 20 cities in what is hoped to be a yearly event. The d...

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SCAR SYMMETRY: 'Ascension Chamber' Video Released

"Ascension Chamber", the new video from Swedish progressive melodic death metallers SCAR SYMMETRY, can be viewed below. Commented guitarist Per Nilsson: "A spiritual entity that originates from the sun travels through the solar system, destination: the earth. That's the basic concept of the song 'As...

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ENEMY OF THE SUN Frontman Checks In From The Studio

ENEMY OF THE SUN, the German band featuring guitarist Waldemar Sorychta — former member of GRIP INC./DESPAIR and producer for such bands as LACUNA COIL and MOONSPELL — entered the studio on October 13 to begin recording its second album for an early 2010 release. Vocalist Jules Näveri (also in PROFA...

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Utopia

Do the Germans know power metal or what? It never ceases to amaze me the traditional/power metal talent originating in that country, including acts as diverse as HELLOWEEN, EDGUY, BRAINSTORM, RAGE, GAMMA RAY, PRIMAL FEAR, GRAVE DIGGER, and BLIND GUARDIAN. The common denominator? Big, fist-pumping ho...

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...Of Mountains...

Far be it from me to say that metal bands must continually reinvent the wheel. Derivation is generally not an issue — a good song is a good song and a good riff is a good riff, regardless of the influential reference points. It is only when an act pays tribute in either a soulless ...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's Cover Of MICHAEL JACKSON's 'Beat It'; Audio Sample Available

Legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen will release a new album called "High Impact" on December 8 (one day earlier internationally). The set is described as "a mind-boggling, high-paced compilation record" featuring a "surprise" bonus track — Yngwie's never-before-released interpretation of t...