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EPICA To Release 'This Is The Time' Digital Single

"This Is The Time", the new single from Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA, will be released digitally on October 15. A video for the song, which was written for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF),was filmed in March was in Hilversum, The Netherlands. For more than 45 years, WWF has been pro...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN On Upcoming Album: 'I Tried To Capture The Raw Energy Of A Live Performance'

"Shred guitar" and "neo classical metal" are two phrases that have been commonplace in the world of heavy metal for decades by this point, but both can be attributed to the unmistakable work by Yngwie Malmsteen. Ever since the early 1980s, Yngwie has been pushing the limits of guitar, and influencin...

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Live Voodoo

Has it really been 20 years since JANE'S ADDICTION stood atop the "alt rock" mountain with "Ritual De Lo Habitual" and then split at the top of their game in 1991? There were reunions in 1997, 2004, and 2008 and even a new studio album ("Strays") in 2003, but the late '80s/early '90s JANE'S ADDICTIO...

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Ashes to Ashes

Whatever your thoughts concerning the exit of Messiah Marcolin and his replacement by SOLITUDE AETURNUS's Robert Lowe, you must at least admit that CANDLEMASS career has been on the upswing since the Texan joined the Swedish doomsters. Much of that has to do with the release of a couple of great alb...

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New Blood

Right or wrong, we all know there are degrees of acceptability among fans and, especially, critics concerning a band's stylistic choice of music, particularly when it concerns a style created and/or perfected by a legendary band. For example, it's OK to mimic AT THE GATES if your group plays melodic...

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Coordinates of Confusion

How many Slovenian heavy metal albums do you have in your collection? What about the collections of your friend, coworkers, acquaintances and the people at which you've shot bottle rockets from a moving vehicle? That's what I thought. Here's your big chance to be the first on your block to own a Slo...

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ICED EARTH Mainman Interviewed In Hollywood

On September 25, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with guitarist Jon Schaffer of U.S. power metallers ICED EARTH at the House Of Blues in Hollywood, California. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. ICED EARTH kicked off its four-city U.S. tour on September 1...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: New Audio Interview

FearShop Mike of the FearShop.com Metal Podcast recently conducted an interview with powerhouse American vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH). The podcast is now available for streaming using the audio player below.

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Performs JUDAS PRIEST Classic With PRIMAL FEAR (Video)

Powerhouse American vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) joined German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR on stage on September 18, 2010 at Progresja in Warsaw, Poland to perform the JUDAS PRIEST classic "Metal Gods". Fan-filmed video footage of the perfo...

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VAN CANTO: 'Magic Taborea' Video Released

"Magic Taborea", the new video from German "a cappella metal" band VAN CANTO — which consists of five singers and one drummer (no guitars, no bass, no keyboards) — can be viewed below. The song is included on the group's latest album, "Tribe Of Force", which was released in February via Napalm Recor...

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NEVERMORE, SANCTUARY Confirmed For 70000 TONS OF METAL Cruise

NEVERMORE and the pre-NEVERMORE cult band SANCTUARY have been confirmed for the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which is set to sail from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico on January 24, 2011 and return four days later. A total of 40 acts will appear at the event. The festival billing is shaping up as f...

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PANTERA: FULL METAL JACKIE's One-Hour 'Cowboys From Hell 20th Anniversary Special' (Audio)

Envision Radio Networks, Rhino Records and Full Metal Jackie are celebrating the 20th anniversary of PANTERA's "Cowboys From Hell" with a FREE one-hour special featuring brand new interviews with PANTERA members — drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott, bassist Rex Brown, and singer Philip Anselmo. The "Full Me...

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SEVEN KINGDOMS Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement

Florida-based, female-fronted power metallers SEVEN KINGDOMS have amicably parted ways with bassist Miles Neff and have replaced him with Aaron Sluss. "I've been good friends with the members of SEVEN KINGDOMS for some time now, as well as a fan of the music," Aaron says, "so when Camden [Cruz, guit...

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JASON BONHAM Is 'Very Honored' To Be Compared To His Late Father

In an interview with Jason Bonham of BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION conducted by Nightwatcher's House Of Rock, the drummer discusses the band's self-titled debut album, his upcoming multimedia tribute to his late father John Bonham of LED ZEPPELIN, his most "Spinal Tap" moment and more. A short excerpt fro...

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PANTERA: 20th-Anniversary Reissue Of 'Cowboys From Hell' Lands On BILLBOARD Chart

The 20th-anniversary reissue of PANTERA's classic "Cowboys From Hell" album sold around 4,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 117 on The Billboard 200 chart. PANTERA found its growl and groove on "Cowboys From Hell", a landmark album whose bone-powder...