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RAVENS CREED: Debut Album Release Date Announced

RAVENS CREED, the "VENOM-worshipping scumbags" featuring ORANGE GOBLIN's Ben Ward, as well as Steve Watson (ex-IRON MONKEY),Jason Graham, and former SABBAT bassist Frazer Craske, will release their debut album, "Albion Thunder", on July 15 via Doomentia Records. The CD will contain 12 songs with a...

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LEGIONS OF ASTAROTH: Two New Songs Posted Online

Atlanta, Georgia-based black metal band LEGIONS OF ASTAROTH has posted two tracks from its forthcoming full-length debut album, entitled "Rites of Somatic Death". The CD was mixed and mastered by Lance Wright at Stargate Studios in Huntsville, Alabama and will be released in August via Enucleation R...

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DREAM THEATER: New Video Interview With JORDAN RUDESS Posted Online

Raz of ThrashHits.com conducted an interview with keyboardist Jordan Rudess of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER at this year's Download festival, which was held June 12-14 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. Watch the six-minute chat below. Rudess recently recorded solo piano versions of some o...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY: Another New Song Posted Online

Glendale, Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY have posted a brand new song, "Regurgitated Disinformation", on their MySpace page. The track comes off the band's highly anticipated sophomore album, "Ruination", which is scheduled for release on July 7 via Metal Blade Records. The 10-song follo...

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ROYAL HUNT Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement

Denmark-based hard rockers ROYAL HUNT have parted ways with bassist Per Schelander and have replaced him with Andreas Passmark (NARNIA, ROB ROCK, E-TYPE). Commented Schelander, "After four rollercoaster years of music, laughter and good memories I have to leave ROYAL HUNT. The reason is that I simpl...

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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist's Moscow Clinic; Video Available

DREAM THEATER keyboarist Jordan Rudess held a clinic on Tuesday, June in Moscow, Russia — one day before the band's headlining concert in the city. Watch video footage of Jordan's appearance below. Rudess recently recorded solo piano versions of some of DREAM THEATER's favorite ballads as well as cr...

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SOILWORK Drummer Issues Update

Drummer Dirk Verbeuren of Sweden-based metallers SOILWORK has issued the following update: "Last April, I was fortunate enough to pay a visit to Brooklyn, New York for a recording engineered by world-renowned drummer Nir Z (CHRIS CORNELL, JOHN MAYER, GENESIS). And on July 1, 2009, the result of that...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY Issues Update On Video Shoot

Glendale, Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY will film a video for the new song "Regurgitated Disinformation" on Saturday, June 6 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is inviting fans to attend and be part of the event. The shoot will take place in First Unitarian Church beginning at 8:00 p.m....

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OPETH Frontman Says Some Songs On 'Watershed' Were Inspired By Former Girlfriend

Christopher Porter of Washington Post Express recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Washington Post Express: Last time you played D.C. you were opening for DREAM THEATER. Were...

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INFERNAEON: New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By GWAR Frontman

Florida's INFERNAEON has announced the addition of Italian female guitarist Stephania Ponzilacqua. She joins the band as the replacement for Scott Tomacelli from Chicago's ART OF THE FLESH. Commented vocalist Brian Werner: "We absolutely have nothing but excellent things to say about Scott; he's bee...

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RHAPSODY OF FIRE Drummer's Clinic Footage Available

RHAPSODY OF FIRE drummer Alex Holzwarth held a drum clinic a the Drumlab studio in Stuttgart, Germany on April 24, 2009. Watch video footage of his appearance below. The Holzwarth brothers — Alex and BLIND GUARDIAN/POWER QUEST bassist Oliver Holzwarth —held bass and drum masterclasses in Germany and...

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OPETH Mainman On Touring, Lineup Changes And Progressive Music

Lee Troupe of "The Funeral Directory" show on WUTK 90.3 FM, the college radio station for the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH before the band's May 22, 2009 concert at The Bijou Theatre in Kn...

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ROYAL HUNT: Drum Tracks Completed For New Album

Allan Sorensen of Denmark-based hard rockers ROYAL HUNT has finished laying down the drum tracks for the band's new album, which is scheduled for release later in the year. ROYAL HUNT is posting regular updates, photos, video clips as well as offering a "track-by-track" breakdown of the recording pr...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY: New Album Artwork Unveiled

Glendale, Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY will release their highly anticipated sophomore album, "Ruination", on July 7 via Metal Blade Records. The 10-song follow-up to 2007's "Genesis" was tracked at AudioHammer studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Jason Suecof (THE BLACK DAHLIA MU...

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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist Records Collection Of Band's Favorite Ballads

DREAM THEATER keyboarist Jordan Rudess has recorded solo piano versions of some of the band's favorite ballads as well as creating some original, progressive piano pieces for a new CD called "Notes On A Dream". A three-part interview with Rudess about the effort can be viewed below. Due on June 2, "...