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JON OLIVA Says SAVATAGE Was One Of First Progressive Metal Bands

Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with Jon Oliva (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, JON OLIVA'S PAIN). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Songfacts: Would you agree that SAVATAGE was one of the first-ever true prog metal bands? Jon: Absolutely. No doubt about it...

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BLACK SABBATH's IOMMI Still Doesn't Know Exactly Why BILL WARD Pulled Out Of Reunion

Glenn BurnSilver of the Phoenix New Times recently conducted an interview with legendary BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Phoenix New Times: How is playing together — recording together — after so many years of tension and not being in the studio?...

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RATT Drummer Interviewed On 95-7 THE ROCK STATION (Audio)

On August 14, Spence of the 95-7 The Rock Station conducted an interview with RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Speaking to "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" this past January, Blotzer stated about the band's current status: "We're getting re...

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FOZZY To Enter Studio In January, Says Singer

Jason Price of Icon Vs. Icon recently conducted an interview with FOZZY singer and WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Icon Vs. Icon: Is there musical ground you are anxious to cover? Chris: We have already started writing songs for the next record...

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OBITUARY Preparing To Hit The Road, Enter The Studio

Florida death metal veterans OBITUARY will bring their brutal wares to the stage this fall on a short series of live assaults. The tour begins with a pair of back-to-back shows at Brooklyn, New York's Saint Vitus Bar on October 9 and 10, before flattening nine more venues through October 20. Having...

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DEE SNIDER's 'Rock & Roll Christmas Tale' Musical To Lift Your Spirits This Holiday Season

From legendary rock artist and heavy-metal icon Dee Snider comes "Dee Snider's Rock & Roll Christmas Tale", the new headbanging, heart-warming musical that "mashes up" beloved holiday songs with your favorite hits from TWISTED SISTER! "Dee Snider's Rock & Roll Christmas Tale" tells the story...

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ONSLAUGHT: 'Chaos Is King' Lyric Video Released

British thrashers ONSLAUGHT will release their sixth album, "VI", on September 20 via AFM Records. The follow-up to 2011's "Sounds Of Violence" was mixed by Thomas "Plec" Johansson (TIAMAT, SCAR SYMMETRY) at Panic Room studios in Skara, Sweden. Comments ONSLAUGHT guitarist Nige Rockett: "Well, the n...

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Taiwanese freedom fighters CHTHONIC, long standing as Asia's answer to EMPEROR and SATYRICON, have organically refined their folk-decorated brand of extreme metal over the years. As of their previous album "Takasago Army", CHTHONIC has become a far more theatrical and emotive unit in their mission t...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Talks About Writing Process For Next Album

During a brand new interview with Chile's Radio Futuro, MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine was asked about his recent revelation that he was "studying a lot of world history and a lot of crazy science stuff for new lyrics" that will presumably be included on the band's next studio album. "Writing a reco...

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ENTOMBED Signs with CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS; New Album Title, Artwork Unveiled

Swedish metal veterans ENTOMBED have inked a deal with Century Media Records. The band's tenth album, "Back To The Front", will be released on October 29 (one day earlier internationally). The CD was recorded at Studio Bohus (ABBA, EUROPE) in Kungälv, Sweden with producer Roberto Laghi (IN FLAMES, H...

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GORGUTS Mainman On New Album: 'I Wasn't Interested In Sticking To Traditional Song Structures'

Raymond Westland of Ghost Cult Magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Luc Lemay of Canadian technical death metallers GORGUTS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ghost Cult Magazine: GORGUTS disappeared from the scene almost a decade ago. What happened? Luc: A...

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ONSLAUGHT Frontman Interviewed By PROJECT ALPHA TV (Video)

Project Alpha TV conducted an interview with vocalist Sy Keeler of British thrashers ONSLAUGHT at this past weekend's Beermageddon festival in Stoke Prior, England. You can now watch the chat below. ONSLAUGHT will release its sixth album, "VI", on September 20 via AFM Records. The follow-up to 2011'...

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AMORAL Completes Work On New Album

Guitarist Ben Varon of Finnish metallers AMORAL has issued the following update: "The [new AMORAL] album is ready! Recorded, mixed, mixed some more, mastered, tweaked, mastered some more, done! "We've had the album in our hands for a couple of weeks now, and let me just say it sounds GOOD. Been play...

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LITA FORD Records Christmas Song With Former THE RUNAWAYS Bandmate CHERIE CURRIE

'80s hard rock queen Lita Ford has recorded a new Christmas single with her former THE RUNAWAYS bandmate Cherie Currie. Speaking to Mike of PsychoBabbleTV.com at a recent tour stop in Chicago (see video below),Lita explained how the collaboration came about. "My old drummer called me, Rodger Carter...

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MIKE PORTNOY 'Would Love Nothing More' Than To Be 'One Happy Family' With Former Bandmates In DREAM THEATER

Drummer Mike Portnoy (THE WINERY DOGS, DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB) was interviewed on last night's (Friday, August 23) edition of Eddie Trunk's "Eddie Trunk Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM. Asked if he has heard the new, self-titled album from his former bandmates in...