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SCOTT WEILAND: Second 'Not Dead & Not For Sale' Webisode Available
The second webisode promoting STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland's long-awaited autobiography, "Not Dead & Not For Sale", can be viewed below. "Not Dead & Not For Sale" will be released on May 17 via the Simon & Schuster imprint Scribner. Weiland, 43, collabora...May 10, 2011
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CATAMENIA: Quality Footage From RAGNARK FESTIVAL Posted Online
Quality video footage of CATAMENIA's April 29, 2011 performance at the Ragnark Festival at Stadthalle in Lichtenfels, Germany can be viewed below (filmed and edited by Asif Salam of SoundShock.com). CATAMENIA recently recruited keyboardist Jussi Sauvola (SILENT THRENODY, DECROWNED). CATAMENIA last D...May 10, 2011
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JUDAS PRIEST Begins Rehearsing For 'Epitaph' World Tour
British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST have been focusing on the forthcoming tour doing press, photos, sorting out stage sets, special effects, and stage clothes etc. In addition, they have started music rehearsals this week so are now poised and getting ready to roll. According to a posting on th...May 10, 2011
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LEGION OF THE DAMNED Announces New Guitarist
Vocalist Maurice Swinkels of Dutch thrashers LEGION OF THE DAMNED has issued the following update: "After guitarist Richard Ebisch quit the band around three weeks ago, we have not been sitting still. The day after Richard's departure, I already had in mind to call guitarist Twan van Geel. I've know...May 10, 2011
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MIKE MANGINI: How I Landed Gig With DREAM THEATER
By Andrew Lentz of DRUMmagazine.com After enduring a six-month-long gag order, Mike Mangini has finally come clean about the DREAM THEATER audition process and the hoops he jumped through to land the coveted drum chair. With Mangini going up against the world's most ridiculously dexterous drummers,...May 9, 2011
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ENSLAVED To Release 'The Sleeping Gods' EP
Norwegian progressive/psychedelic extreme metal trailblazers ENSLAVED will release "The Sleeping Gods" via Scion A/V as a free downloadable five-song EP on May 10. Following up on last year's near-universally praised "Axioma Ethica Odini", the EP finds the quintet once again expanding the boundaries...May 9, 2011
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DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED: 'Sick' Special Edition Detailed
Eagle Rock Entertainment, through its Armoury Records subsidiary, will re-release DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED's second album, "Sick", as a special edition on May 24. The specially-packaged double-disc comes complete with two additional bonus tracks on the CD "Roll Away" and an acoustic version of "Wasted...May 9, 2011
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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Guitarist Interviewed By METAL ASSAULT (Video)
On May 5, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with guitarist Paul Waggoner of the North Carolina progressive rock band BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME at the Glass House in Pomona, California. You can now watch the chat below. BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME's new album, "The Parall...May 9, 2011
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Indhentet af Døden
Here is a case of an album that if you bought it because you assumed the brutally cool album art was indicative of brutally cool death metal, then you would have proven yourself to be a sharp shopper, nonsensical reasoning notwithstanding. UNDERGANG's "Indhentet af Døden" represents a new level in D...May 9, 2011
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Furnace
Every time those three little words ("big", "bad", and "ugly") pop into my head when listening to a doom/sludge release, it almost always leads to a positive review. Enter BATILLUS' "Furnace" and those are indeed the first words that swam through the gray matter. As such, I've nothing but positives...May 9, 2011
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Slaver
Not to be interpreted as "death to thashers", quite to the contrary TRASHER DEATH stalked the Polish underground playing a filthy version of thrash metal with the pre-death leanings heard from stateside acts like DARK ANGEL and POSSESSED. Recognizing the value to old and new school thrash heads alik...May 8, 2011
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Prolonging the Pain
The name kind of rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? It sure as hell fits the firestorm of traditional, U.S.-style death metal played by the Brisbane brawlers. While there is no lack of inferno-level blazing happening on "Prolonging the Pain" a sizeable chunk of the material rates on the lower side of...May 8, 2011
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Former MINISTRY Guitarist Launches THE GREAT AMERICON
THE GREAT AMERICON, the brainchild of two-time Grammy-nominated artist Sin Quirin, will release its self-titled debut EP later this month. The band's music is described in a press release as "heavy and fast-paced, with machine-like drums and crushing, yet hooky guitar riffs." THE GREAT AMERICON will...May 6, 2011
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JUDAS PRIEST: First Photo Of New Lineup Released
The first photo of the new JUDAS PRIEST lineup featuring the band's latest addition, 31-year-old British guitarist Richie Faulkner (LAUREN HARRIS, DIRTY DEEDS) can be seen below. Faulkner officially joined JUDAS PRIEST in April as the replacement for the band's founding member Kenneth "K.K." Downing...May 6, 2011
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ECHOTERRA: New Song Available For Streaming
ECHOTERRA the new female-fronted symphonic rock/metal band featuring vocalist Melissa Ferlaak (VISIONS OF ATLANTIS),keyboardist Jonah Weingarten (PYRAMAZE),guitarist Yan Leviathan (AVIAN),bassist Brian Hollenbeck and drummer Adam Sagan (INTO ETERNITY) will release its new album, "Land Of The Midn...May 6, 2011
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