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...Of War

It is not for lack for trying that "…Of War" falls flat and ends up a middling demonstration of trimmings-and-all folk metal. It is the lack of compelling songwriting, as well as a frustrating degree of disjointedness in the arrangements. What one is left with is an album that is long on ambition an...

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DREAM THEATER's JORDAN RUDESS Announces 'Musical Mind Meld' Supergroup Event

DREAM THEATER's keyboardist Jordan Rudess and drum great Marco Minnemann appear on the BandCrashers.com platform in a two-hour live online streaming performance on December 15, 2010, from Chicago's premier Plant 10 Studios, at 8 p.m. CST (9 p.m. EST and 6 p.m. PST). The "Musical Mind Meld" features...

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Ex-CELTIC FROST Mainman Remembers Montreal's WORLD WAR III Festival

Current TRIPTYKON and former HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST singer, guitarist, and main songwriter Tom Gabriel Warrior has posted the following message on his official blog: "As Andy Siegrist, CELTIC FROST's manager in the mid-1980s, just pointed out to me in a late-night e-mail, 25 years ago [on November3...

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LYNCH: My Problem With DON DOKKEN Has Always Been That He Was 'Not An Honest, Trustful Person'

Marko Syrjälä of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB, SOULS OF WE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal-Rules.com: What's the situation with [LYNCH MOB singer] Oni Logan now? I mean, he's been on and off from thi...

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TIMES OF GRACE: 'Strength In Numbers' Video Available

"Strength In Numbers", the new video from TIMES OF GRACE — the new project that reteams KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist and producer extraordinaire Adam Dutkiewicz with original KILLSWITCH ENGAGE vocalist Jesse Leach — can be viewed below (courtesy of U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine). The clip was filmed o...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Guitarist Talks About Next Album In New Interview

Dan Marsicano of About.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Zoltan Bathory of Los Angeles metallers FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. About.com: You just alluded to the band working on the third album. Can you give a status update on the album? Z...

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ELECTRIC WIZARD: 'Black Masses' To Receive North American Release In January

British doom metal band ELECTRIC WIZARD will release its long-awaited new album, "Black Masses", in North America on January 18, 2011 via Rise Above Records. The legendary group's seventh studio album and first since 2007's "Witchcult Today" was recorded with Grammy Award-winning British recording e...

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CHTHONIC Bassist Interviewed By U.K.'s SONIC SHOCKS (Video)

Simon "Astrocreep" Crampton of Sonic Shocks conducted an interview with bassist Doris Yeh of Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC on November 27, 2010 at the HMV Forum in London, England during the band's U.K. tour with ARCH ENEMY. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. Yeh was recently voted "Gorem...

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'The Big Four: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria' Certified Gold, Platinum

The new DVD and Blu-ray titled "The Big Four: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria", filmed last June at a concert starring METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX, has reached gold status in Norway, Portugal, New Zealand, and Germany, and double platinum in France and Australia. "The Big Four: Live From Sofia...

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SLIPKNOT Percussionist's THE BLACK DOTS OF DEATH Releases Video, New Song

After making their debut to the world last week, THE BLACK DOTS OF DEATH continue their attack on the status quo by releasing both a new song and video today. The "Let's Get Fucked Up" clip was directed by Fist Fight Films and can be viewed at this location (a teaser can be ...

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WHERE ANGELS SUFFER Bassist Interviewed By ROCK MY MONKEY (Audio)

Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with WHERE ANGELS SUFFER/ex-METAL CHURCH bassist Steve Unger. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. WHERE ANGELS SUFFER (W.A.S.) is the new band featuring Chris Holmes (guitar; ex-W.A.S.P.),Randy Piper (guitar; ANIMAL, ex-W.A.S.P...

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AMORPHIS: Munich Footage Available

Video footage of Finnish metallers AMORPHIS performing on November 23, 2010 in Munich, Germany can be viewed below. AMORPHIS recently entered Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki to begin recording its tenth studio album, to be released in early 2011 via Nuclear Blast Records. On September 17, AMORPHIS ce...

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MONSTER MAGNET Guitarist Interviewed By U.K.'s UNDERKILL TV (Video)

Underkill TV conducted an interview with MONSTER MAGNET guitarist Phil Caivano on November 18, 2010 at the Millennium Music Hall in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. "Mastermind", the long-awaited new album from MONSTER MAGNET, sold around 3,000 copies in the United S...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN: Reunion/Comeback Tour Dates Officially Announced

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET exclusively predicted on November 18 and again on November 24, SYSTEM OF A DOWN has finally made its reunion/comeback tour plans official. The band's statement reads as follows: "We are excited to announce that SYSTEM will be playing some dates together in 2011. We also want to t...

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ULVER: New Album Title Announced

Progressive Norwegian rock/metal band ULVER has set "Critical Geography" as the title of its next album, due in 2011. More information will be made available soon. Once among the pioneers of Norwegian black metal, now living legends of dark experimental music, ULVER is one of Norway's most acclaimed...