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MIKE PORTNOY Trashes Drums, 'Raps' At Manila Concert; Video Available

The new supergroup featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD),bassist Billy Sheehan (STEVE VAI, DAVID LEE ROTH),guitarist Tony MacAlpine (STEVE VAI) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, PLANET X, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION) is in the middle of a world tour during whi...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Reflects On 'Countdown To Extinction'

ARTISTdirect.com editor-in-chief Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect.com: What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of "Countdown To Extinction" now? Mustaine: It was very fun....

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20 Injured Outside LINKIN PARK Concert In South Africa

20 people were injured, one of them fatally, after advertising scaffolding collapsed earlier tonight (Wednesday, November 7) before a LINKIN PARK concert at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa. Strong winds are believed to have caused the scaffolding to collapse outside the stadium just bef...

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KAMELOT's 'Silverthorn' Cracks U.S. Top 100

"Silverthorn", the new album from American/German/Swedish symphonic metallers KAMELOT, sold 5,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 79 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, "Poetry For The Poisoned", opened with around 6,100 units in Septe...

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MORBID ANGEL Frontman Says PETE SANDOVAL Still Has 'Challenges' To Overcome Following Surgery

Greece's Metalpaths recently conducted an interview with vocalist/bassist David Vincent of Florida-based death metal veterans MORBID ANGEL. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Asked how longtime MORBID ANGEL drummer Pedro "Pete" Sandoval is doing two years after undergoing s...

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Former AC/DC Bassist Interviewed On ABC Radio National's 'Breakfast' (Audio)

Respected radio presenter, current affairs journalist and political correspondent Fran Kelly, who hosts ABC Radio National's agenda-setting "Breakfast" program in Australia, recently conducted an interview with former AC/DC bassist Mark Evans, author of the new book "Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outs...

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TERÄSBETONI Mainman To Release Christmas Album

Jarkko Ahola (AHOLA, TERÄSBETONI, NORTHERN KINGS) will release a Christmas album, "Ave Maria - Joulun Klassikot" ("Ave Maria - Christmas Classics"),On November 9. Commented Ahola: "The idea was to do a Christmas album that would sound majestic and grand, but yet still delicate and dynamic. It was c...

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THE 69 EYES Films 'Borderline' Video In New Orleans

Finnish gothic metallers THE 69 EYES recently filmed a video for the song "Borderline" in New Orleans, Louisiana with Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company, who has previously worked with DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES, SONIC SYNDICATE and KAMELOT, among others. Commented THE 69 EYES singer...

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STRYPER Frontman Releases Solo Track As Tribute To Those Affected By Hurricane Sandy

Vocalist/guitarist Michael Sweet of Christian hard rockers STRYPER has posted "an unmastered, full-length version" of the song "Strong" from his forthcoming solo album as a tribute to millions people on the East Coast of the United States still affected by Hurricane Sandy's wrath. Says Sweet: "I was...

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WHYZDOM: 'Cassandra's Mirror' Video Released

"Cassandra's Mirror", the new video from French symphonic/gothic metallers WHYZDOM, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's sophomore album, "Blind?", which was released on October 30 via Scarlet Records. According to a press release, the band "blends intricate orchestral parts (including a...

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MEGADETH's ELLEFSON, BRODERICK Schedule Reno Meet-And-Greet

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson and guitarist Chris Broderick will take part in a Jackson-sponsored meet-and-greet on Monday, December 3 at 6 p.m. at Bizarre Guitar in Reno, Nevada. The 20th-anniversary edition of MEGADETH's 1992 double platinum-certified "Countdown To Extinction" album is being rel...

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KAMELOT: First European Tour Webisode Available

American/German/Swedish symphonic metallers KAMELOT have posted the first in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the band's current European headlining tour. You can check it out below. KAMELOT's new album, "Silverthorn", was released on October 30 in North America, Octo...

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OPERATIKA ELEMENT: 'Haunting In The Night' Single Artwork Unveiled

New York/New Jersey-based symphonic power metallers OPERATIKA ELEMENT (formerly OPERATIKA) have unveiled the cover artwork of their new single, "Haunting In The Night", to be released later this fall. It was created by Alexandra V Bach, who also designed OPERATIKA's album cover for "The Calling". "H...

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Eye For An Eye

Yes, they've been known as CORROSION OF CONFORMITY for decades now, but in my day, calling them that would've gotten your teeth knocked out. At the very least, you would've been branded by the punk and hardcore sanction as a supreme poser. It just wasn't cool to call them anything else but C.O.C., m...

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A Knight in York

Jaws around the world hit the floor with a collective thud many solstices ago when Ritchie Blackmore organized a band of Medieval-minded (and clad) minstrels with his wife, Candice Night. Potshots ringing along the line of "D&D dweebs" have trailed BLACKMORE'S NIGHT ever since and yet if you sto...