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DREAM THEATER Drummer Interviewed By German Fan Club; Video Available

The Mirror, the official German DREAM THEATER fan club, conducted an interview with the band's drummer, Mike Portnoy, during his recent European press tour promoting the group's forthcoming album, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings". Watch the chat below. "Black Clouds & Silver Linings" is sched...

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IAN GILLAN Performs Session Versions Of DEEP PURPLE Classics, Solo Material; Video Available

For the first time in 40 years, DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan performed session versions of the band's classic tracks as well as songs from his new solo album, "One Eye To Morocco", on U.K.'s Absolute Radio. A clip of the performance can be viewed below. For the full session and interview, tune in t...

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New SKYFIRE Song To Be Premiered Next Week

Swedish progressive death metallers SKYFIRE will premiere the song "Esoteric" on "The Entropy League" podcast via Metal Injection's podcast network on Monday, May 11. The track comes off both the band's "Esoteric" full-length album, due out in August/September, and the still-to-be-announced digital...

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SLEEP: 'Holy Mountain' To Be Reissued

Acclaimed San Jose, California stoner doom metal band SLEEP will have its classic Earache debut album, "Holy Mountain", reissued on June 16. The special edition will feature the BLACK SABBATH cover "Snowblind" as a bonus track along with a video for the song "Dragonaut" video. Rare photos will also...

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JERRY CANTRELL, TOM MORELLO, GILBY CLARKE Perform At 'Road Recovery' Benefit Concert

Punk rock pioneer and activist Wayne Kramer of MC5 fame was honored in a fundraising performance event this past Friday, May 1 at the Nokia Theater in Times Square. This special event featured very a number of guests, including Iggy Pop, Tom Morello, Etty Farrell and Perry Farrell, Jerry Cantrell, H...

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STEEL PANTHER, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED, LAUREN HARRIS Confirmed For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

STEEL PANTHER, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED, LAUREN HARRIS and THE 69 EYES are among the newly confirmed bands for this year's Download festival, set to take place June 12-14 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: A DAY TO REMEMBER ANVIL ARCHITECTS AUGER BANE BACK...

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BRUJERIA's FANTASMA: What's In My Bag?

Fantasma of extreme metallers BRUJERIA is featured in Amoeba Music's "What's In My Bag?" segment in which he shares some of his shopping picks (he's replaced some of his old vinyl with CD versions). Watch the four-minute clip below. BRUJERIA's current touring lineup includes CARCASS frontman Jeff Wa...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist MIKE ALBERT To Release 'Afterlife' CD

MIKE ALBERT PROJECT, the band led by former MEGADETH touring guitarist Mike Albert, will release its new CD, "Afterlife", in June via Big Deal Records. According to a press release, Mike Albert's "name and credits are well known in international music circles as a session guitarist and top hired gun...

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TARJA TURUNEN: Montreal Video Footage, Photos Available

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen performed at Medley in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on May 1, 2009 as part of her short North American tour in support of the "My Winter Storm" album. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below (courtesy of dollxofmetal). Check out photos from M...

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DOPE Guitarist Gives 'School Of Rock' Students Inside Look At 'Black Label Bash' Tour

DOPE guitarist Virus recently gave twenty students from the Ft. Washington Paul Green's School Of Rock, where he teaches when off tour, a day to remember. On the afternoon of April 11, Virus invited the kids to The Electric Factory, where the Black Label Bash (featuring BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, SEVENDUS...

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MY DYING BRIDE, THE HAUNTED, HATESPHERE Confirmed For Sweden's METALTOWN Festival

MY DYING BRIDE, THE HAUNTED and HATESPHERE have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Metaltown festival, set to take place June 27-28, 2009 at Frihamnen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SLIPKNOT (US) MARILYN MANSON (US) DISTURBED (US) VOLBEAT (DK) DIR EN...

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'ReUnation - A Tribute To Running Wild' Complete Track Listing Revealed

"ReUnation - A Tribute To Running Wild" — the upcoming tribute to German metal legends RUNNING WILD which will contain cover versions of songs exclusively from the albums "The Rivalry" (1998),"Victory" (2000),"The Brotherhood" (2002) and "Rogues En Vogue" (2005) — will be released in fall 2009 by...

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JOHN CORABI: New Video Interview Available

Gus Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com recently conducted an interview with John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, RATT, UNION) about the new Las Vegas show "Monster Circus" and Corabi's upcoming solo album. Watch the chat in three parts below. Corabi left RATT in August and was replaced by QUIET RIOT guitarist C...

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HATEBREED Frontman: 'People Ask Me If I'm Going To Be Like LEMMY And Still Do It When I'm 60'

A new audio interview with HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta conducted by Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock is available for download at this location (MP3, 4 MB). A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Tangra Mega Rock: Your longtime guitarist Sean Martin decided to leave the band whi...

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THE EMBODIMENT Calls It Quits

Dutch thrash/death band THE EMBODIMENT has released the following statement: "The curtain has fallen... After almost 15 years of growing from nothing to what we are now, we decided that we are going to pull the plug on THE EMBODIMENT. Due to personal and musical changes, we are currently not able to...