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JORN: New Album Details Revealed

Frontiers Records has announced the release of JORN's brand new studio album, entitled "Spirit Black", on June 5 in Europe and July 14 in the USA. Considered by many fans and critics as one of the finest voices in hard rock to arrive on the scene at the end of the 20th century, JORN is ...

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I BUILT THE CROSS: Album Title Announced

Nevada-based technical death metal band I BUILT THE CROSS has set "Bridging The Gap Between Heart And Mind" as the title of its debut album, due this spring via Open Grave Records. The CD's cover art was designed by Fernando Catipillán. In other news, I BUILT THE CROSS has announced the addition of...

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AUGUST BURNS RED To Release 'Constellations' In July

Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Christian metalcore quintet AUGUST BURNS RED will release its third full-length album, "Constellations", on July 14 via Solid State Records. After a month in the studio with lauded producer Jason Suecof (SEVENDUST, ALL THAT REMAINS, GOD FORBID, TRIVIUM),ABR emerged in...

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Singer JORN LANDE Rejoins MASTERPLAN

According to the long-running Dutch rock/metal magazine Aardschok, Norwegian singer Jorn Lande has rejoined MASTERPLAN, the band led by former HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow. Lande left the band in May 2006, citing "musical differences" between the vocalist and the rest of the band, particularly...

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NEVERMORE: JEFF LOOMIS Guitar Lesson Featured On Comcast On Demand

NEVERMORE's Jeff Loomis has a guitar lesson featured on Comcast On Demand (cable TV). Go to the "On Demand" menu. Find "Music" and click, select "Guitar Lessons" and click, select "Guitar Lessons" and click, select "Jeff Loomis Lesson" and click. (Note: May differ state to state.) Jeff Loomis perfor...

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LACUNA COIL On New CD: 'This Is The Most Honest Way For Us To Do What We Really Want To Do'

Brandon Wu of WashingtonCityPaper.com conducted an interview with LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia on April 14, 2009 when the band played the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland as part of the Music As A Weapon IV tour with DISTURBED, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and CHIMAIRA. A few excerpts from the c...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Frontman Talks Politics, Upcoming Studio Album

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN frontman Greg Puciato has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "I'm gonna dive right into this. I hope you have about twenty minutes to kill. If you just wanna read some musical news and skip the rest go down to the bottom. "I just read a new gallop poll, ...

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Ex-MEGADETH, ALICE COOPER Members Film 'Northern Lights Orchestra' DVD; Video Available

Bassist David Ellefson (F5, ex-MEGADETH) performed with Northern Lights Orchestra in Phoenix, Arizona yesterday (Friday, April 17) at the Orpheum Theatre. The show was filmed for an upcoming DVD, entitled "The Spirit Of Christmas". Ellefson also played bass on the Northern Lights Orchestra album, wh...

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PENTAGRAM Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

PENTAGRAM, the band led by the "Godfather of U.S. doom," Brooklyn-born Bobby Liebling, has been confirmed for the Hole in the Sky festival (a.k.a. Bergen Metal Fest X),set to take place August 26-29, 2009 in Bergen, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AURA NOIR NECROS CHRISTOS PE...

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STREAM OF PASSION Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

Netherlands-based gothic/progressive metal band STREAM OF PASSION, which is fronted by Mexican female vocalist Marcela Bovio (AYREON),has parted ways with drummer Davy Mickers. The group says, "Due to personal reasons, Davy took this step as he needs to devote more of his time to his family. Thus,...

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Kazakhstan Joins Legions Of Faithful At MANOWAR's MAGIC CIRCLE FESTIVAL

MANOWAR's Magic Circle Music has issued the following update: "The MANOWAR manifesto is all about bringing the world of metal together and keeping the spirit of heavy metal alive. Hail Kings of Metal! The Magic Circle Festival became a means to achieve this goal. First it was the legions of faithful...

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ZAO: Another New Song Posted Online

Influential heavy music act ZAO has posted another new song, "Entropica", on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's new album, "Awake?", which is scheduled for release on May 5 via Ferret Music. The follow-up to 2006's "The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here" was recorded in Latrobe, Penns...

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ABIGOR Mainman Issues Update

Mainman Peter Kubik of reunited Austrian black metallers ABIGOR has issued the following update: "Before we unleash the split project with BLACKLODGE, which took larger and more monumental forms than we first conceived (and, how could it be possible NOT to expand and delay something true to its infi...

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Voice of Saturn

If an apocalyptically slow sludge band gets psychedelic on us, is it tuning in, turning on, or selling out? Something tells me Atlanta crunge merchants ZOROASTER won't be swimming in endorsement deals for adding piano and droney chant to "Seeing the Dark", but it does widen their sonic palette in a...

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Sacred Oath

Another '80s heavy metal band finding a new legion of (primarily) European fans, Connecticut's SACRED OATH has released a self-titled album of tough American power metal that drips with iron 'n steel spirit, some moments of uneven output notwithstanding. The album follows comeback effort "Darkness V...