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QUEENSRŸCHE Frontman Offers 'Take Cover' Track-By-Track Commentary

Komodo Rock reports: For the last several years, QUEENSRŸCHE singer and chief songwriter Geoff Tate, along with guitarists Michael Wilton and Mike Stone, bassist Eddie Jackson and drummer Scott Rockenfield, have been consumed with recording "Operation: Mindcrime II" and staging an over-the-top live...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM: Studio Diary Launched

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM have just entered Petrax Studio in Hollola, Finland to begin recording their as-yet-untitled sixth album. The follow-up to 2005's "Are You Dead Yet?" is being produced by Mikko Karmila and will feature a guest appearance by Peter Tägtgren of HYPOCRISY and PAIN fam...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer To Perform National Anthem At Seattle Seahawks/New Orleans Saints Game

QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Geoff Tate will perform the U.S. national anthem this Sunday, October 14 when the Seattle Seahawks host the New Orleans Saints at Qwest Field. The game will be aired on NBC-TV's "Sunday Night Football" beginning at 5:15 p.m. PST / 8:15 p.m. EST. Tate's performance is expected to...

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SOILWORK: 'Sworn To A Great Divide' E-Card Available

An e-card for the new SOILWORK album, "Sworn to a Great Divide", can be accessed at this location. Due in North America on October 23 via Nuclear Blast Records, an exclusive Nuclear Blast Online Shop mailorder edition of "Sworn to a Great Divide" is limited to only 500 copies and comes ...

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DOGPOUND: 'Glass Jar' Video Posted Online

Swedish hard rockers DOGPOUND have released the video for their song "Glass Jar", taken from the group's third album, "III". Watch it below. Released on September 14 via Lion Music, the follow-up to 2005's "A Night in the Gutter" was mixed by Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN, DIMMU BORGIR, CELTIC FRO...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Performs Acoustically On KOMP 92.3; Video Available

QUEENSRŸCHE members Geoff Tate, Michael Wilton and Mike Stone performed an acoustic version of the song "Bridge" at the studios of the Las Vegas radio station KOMP 92.3 during the band's U.S. tour with HEAVEN AND HELL and ALICE COOPER. Watch the performance below. Geoff Tate will be the featured gue...

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ENTOMBED: New Video Interview With ALEX HELLID Available

J. Koukonen of Finland's Get in the Pit TV conducted an interview with ENTOMBED guitarist Alex Hellid on September 15, 2007 at the Scooprock festival in Mikkeli, Finland. Watch the 10-minute clip below. ENTOMBED's new album, "Serpent Saints - The Ten Amendments", entered the Swedish national chart a...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM: Support Acts Announced For London Show

Finnish acts MOONSORROW and KIUAS have been confirmed as the support bands for CHILDREN OF BODOM at their one-off show on March 8, 2008 at London, England's Astoria. Advance tickets are currently available at this location and via a 24-hour credit card line on 0870 400 0688. CHILDREN OF BODOM is abo...

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SOILWORK: Mailorder Edition Of New Album To Include Bonus Material

An exclusive Nuclear Blast Online Shop mailorder edition of the new SOILWORK album, "Sworn to a Great Divide", is limited to only 500 copies and comes in a 7'' gatefold-style package. The package contains the entire new album plus a bonus DVD with a live show, plus footage from the studio and more....

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Original KISS Drummer PETER CRISS Confirmed As CMJ Panelist

Original KISS drummer Peter Criss will be a panelist at this year's CMJ Music Marathon on October 17 at the Kimmel Center: Eisner & Lubin Auditorium in New York City. Criss will be part of a panel called "Stage Diving 101", which is being described as follows: "Discover the essential elements of...

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NIFELHEIM To Release 'Envoy Of Lucifer' In November

Swedish cult metallers NIFELHEIM will release their new album, "Envoy of Lucifer", on November 19 via Regain Records. Fan-filmed video footage of the band performing a new song, "Gates of Damnation", which will appear on the upcoming CD, on May 24, 2007 at Klubben in Stockholm, Sweden can be viewed...

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LOST DREAMS: New Album Samples Available

Austrian melodic death metal band LOST DREAMS will release its new album, "End of Time", before the end of the year. The CD was recorded between September 2006 and January 2007 at the group's own SMT studio and was mixed at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden with Fredrik Nordström. Mastering dutie...

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MORGANA LEFAY Is Ready To Get Moving Again

MORGANA LEFAY drummer Pelle Åkerlind has issued the following update: "We have been taking it a bit easy these last couple of months. Charles [Rytkönen, vocals] has been fishing (surprise),Peter [Grehn, guitar] has been spending time doing what he loves the most: crashing with his dirt bike and bre...

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LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT To Headline Pennsylvania's NEARFEST X

LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT — the instrumental progressive rock/metal project featuring DREAM THEATER members Mike Portnoy (drums),John Petrucci (guitar) and Jordan Rudess (keyboards) alongside progressive rock icon Tony Levin (bass) of KING CRIMSON and PETER GABRIEL fame — will headline the first ni...

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SOILWORK Frontman Says New CD Is 'Almost Like A Best-Of Album'

Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with SOILWORK frontman Björn "Speed" Strid. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Tangra Mega Rock: How does the new SOILWORK album sound to you, in your heart? Strid: Well, it sounds really fuckin' solid! I think it...