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AS I LAY DYING Guitarist Interviewed In Denver; Video Available

Sonic Excess conducted an interview with guitarist Phil Sgrosso of San Diego-based, Grammy-nominated metallers AS I LAY DYING on April 28 in Denver, Colorado. Watch the chat at this location. AS I LAY DYING's first-ever DVD, "This Is Who We Are", sold 4,200 copies in the United States in its first w...

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ZAO: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

"Awake?", the new album from the influential heavy music act ZAO, is available for streaming in its entirety on the band's MySpace page. Due on May 5 via Ferret Music, the follow-up to 2006's "The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here" was recorded in Latrobe, Pennsylvania (near Greensburg); Pittsburgh, Pennsy...

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AMORPHIS: New Audio Interview With ESA HOLOPAINEN Available

A new audio interview with guitarist Esa Holopainen of the Finnish metal band AMORPHIS conducted by Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock is available for download at this location (MP3, 8 MB). The entire chat is available in text format by clicking here. AMORPHIS' new single, "Silver Bride...

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DEATH ANGEL Members Perform Acoustically In Oakland; Video Available

Video footage of DEATH ANGEL guitarist Rob Cavestany's April 24, 2009 acoustic performance of the song "Chip On Your Shoulder" at Eli's in Oakland, California can be viewed below. Joining Rob on the track were Gus Pepa (guitar; ex-DEATH ANGEL),Damien Sisson (bass; SCARECROW) and Ted Aguilar (guitar...

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HEAVEN & HELL's BUTLER Says RONNIE JAMES DIO 'Verbalizes The Music And The Riffs'

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal bassist Geezer Butler (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH). An excerpt from the chat follows below. Classic Rock Revisited: BLACK SABBATH released "The Dio Years" with three new songs in 2007. At what point...

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AMORPHIS: 'Silver Bride' Single Tops Finnish Chart

"Silver Bride", the new single from Finnish metallers AMORPHIS, has topped the national chart in the band's home country. The "Silver Bride" single includes the radio-edit and full-length album versions of the title cut along with the non-album track "Separated". The "Silver Bride" radio edit was or...

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AEROSMITH Singer's Autobiography Due In October

AEROSMITH singer Steven Tyler's much-anticipated autobiography, "Does The Noise In My Head Bother You?", is scheduled for release on October 27, 2009. The book traces Tyler's youth in the Bronx, his early music career and influences, his legendary partnership with Joe Perry, the meteoric rise, fall,...

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AEROSMITH Bassist Talks To MAGIC 106.7 About 'Banned In Boston' Event; Audio Available

AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton will be "Banned In Boston" again tonight (Wednesday, April 29),when he will put his best dress on for charity at the new House of Blues on Lansdowne Street. Hamilton will be in costume at the 14th annual "Banned In Boston" charity event, which raises money for Urban I...

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GEEZER BUTLER: Why I'm A Vegan

BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN & HELL bassist Geezer Butler has teamed up with peta2 — the world's largest youth animal rights organization — to shoot a brand-new pro-vegetarian ad featuring Butler as he picks at his bass next to the tagline "I'm Geezer Butler, and I'm a vegan." (See video below.) "I used...

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ROB HALFORD, GEOFF TATE To Guest On FULL METAL JACKIE's Show

JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford and QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Geoff Tate will be the featured guests on this week's edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to FullMetalJackieRadio.com. Rob Halford has launch...

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ISIS: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

"Wavering Radiant", the fifth full-length album from ISIS, the innovative Los Angeles-by-way-of-Boston-based band, is available for streaming in its entirety on the group's MySpace page. "Wavering Radiant" is scheduled for release on May 5 via Ipecac Recordings. The CD, produced by Joe Baressi (TOOL...

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HAMMERFALL: New Documentary, Live Footage Available

Gothenburg Metal TV has released an eight-minute documentary on HAMMERFALL's March 27, 2009 concert at Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden. Watch it below. Also available is performance footage from the band's April 10, 2009 show in Sofia, Bulgaria. "No Sacrifice, No Victory", the new album from HAMM...

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DELAIN: Milan Footage Posted Online

Video footage of DELAIN's April 26, 2009 concert at Zoe Club in Milan, Italy has been posted on the web site of the Italian brach of Roadrunner Records (clip shot by Carlo Vergani). "April Rain", the new album from DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock/metal project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboard...

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AS YOU DROWN: Debut Album Title, Track Listing, Artwork Revealed

Swedish death metallers AS YOU DROWN have set "Reflection" as the title of their debut album, due on July 6 in Europe via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded at the band's own studio, the AYD Studio, and was mixed and mastered at Studio Mega by Christian Silver (THE CROWN, SONIC SYNDICATE, IMPI...

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Annihilation Complete

A godly treasure trove for a select few of us, a big fat sack of "what?" for the rest of the world, this compilation is the motherlode for obsessive fans (are there any other kind?) of this recently-reactivated St. Louis progressive thrash band. While they deservedly achieved a higher profile with l...