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DREAM THEATER Causing 'Chaos' With New Album

Christa L. Titus of Billboard.com reports that DREAM THEATER's No. 19 debut for "Systematic Chaos" represents an unexpectedly sweet beginning with Roadrunner Records, which signed the act last December. Unhappy with being shifted among Warner Music Group's labels and receiving minimal promotion for...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SOULFLY, BAD BRAINS Members Featured On New ILL BILL CD

Howard Jones (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE),Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, SEPULTURA),and HR and Darryl Jenifer (BAD BRAINS) are among the guest musicians who appear on the new album from Brooklyn's own ILL BILL. Due on September 11 via Uncle Howie Records/Perfect Game Recording Co., "The Hour of Reprisal" features...

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MAX And IGOR CAVALERA To Enter Studio In July

According to Brazil's Bizz magazine, the as-yet-unnamed new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members and brothers Max and Igor Cavalera will enter a Los Angeles studio in July to begin recording its debut album for a late 2007/early 2008 release via Roadrunner Records. Although it has not yet be...

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DREAM THEATER Members Discuss Songwriting Process, Being On The Road

Berklee Today recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy, guitarist John Petrucci and bassist John Myung. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Berklee Today: Tell me about the band's writing process. John Petrucci: For the past few albums, we've set up in the studi...

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DREAM THEATER: Video Interview With MIKE PORTNOY Available

A six-minute video interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy, which recently aired on Japanese TV, has been posted at YouTube. DREAM THEATER celebrated the 15-year anniverary of its classic 1992 album "Images and Words" by performing the LP in its entirety on June 16, 2007 at Museumsufer in...

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BEATALLICA Announces First-Ever Asian Appearance

Milwaukee-based BEATALLICA, a satirical mashup act whose hilarious schtick marries the songwriting prowess of THE BEATLES to the deep-throated rock growl of METALLICA, will play its first-ever concert in Asia on Sunday, August 5 as part of the Busan International Rock Music Festival in South Korea....

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DREAM THEATER Drummer: 'We're Not In The Business Of Writing Singles'

Christa Titus of Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Blistering.com: What made you decide to go with Roadrunner? Mike Portnoy: After spending 15 years with the Atlantic Group and Elektra, we had gotten a t...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer's 'sysDRUMatic Chaos' DVD Available

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has released a DVD entitled "sysDRUMatic Chaos", featuring drum-cam footage from the recording sessions for the band's new album, "Systematic Chaos". Audio options include full band and isolated drums. It also features an extended blooper reel. The DVD is region-fr...

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SOULFLY, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Members Talk About 'Higher Voltage' CD

Fifteen of rock's hottest bands have contributed cover versions of classic songs for the second instalment of Kerrang! magazine's free "High Voltage" CDs (free with this week's Kerrang! magazine). Below, all of the bands who contributed to this project talk about what tracks they chose to cover and...

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Producer MAX NORMAN Talks About Working With OZZY OSBOURNE, Y&T

Michael Fischer of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with famed British recording engineer/producer Max Norman (OZZY OSBOURNE, Y&T, LOUDNESS, MEGADETH, MALICE, LYNCH MOB, FATES WARNING, SAVATAGE, GRIM REAPER). An excerpt from the chat follows: KNAC.COM: How did you hook up with Y&T? N...

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HEARSE: 'In These Veins' To Receive North American Release In September

HEARSE is the Swedish "death 'n' roll" band featuring former ARCH ENEMY singer Johan Liiva and ex-FURBOWL drummer Max Thornell, will release its fourth album, "In These Veins", in North America on September 18, 2007 via Candlelight Records. The follow-up to 2005's "The Last Ordeal", "In These Veins"...

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Ex-SEPULTURA Drummer IGOR CAVALERA Featured In NOKIA Commercial; Video Available

MIXHELL — the DJ/hip hop/electro project featuring former SEPULTURA drummer Igor "Iggor" Cavalera and his wife Laima Leyton — is featured in a new Brazilian commercial for Nokia in which five DJs come together to perform live using only mobile phones. Watch the three-minute commercial at YouTube. Ig...

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MAX CAVALERA On Project With Brother IGOR: It's The Closest Thing To A SEPULTURA Reunion

SOULFLY's official web site, Soulfly Web, has been updated with a new question-and-answer session with the group's leader, Max Cavalera. It follows here in its entirety: Soulfly Web: First of all, we probably should discuss "Inflikted" [the new SOULFLY demo track which was recently released in very...

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DREAM THEATER Performs Entire 'Images and Words' Album In Bonn; Photos Available

DREAM THEATER celebrated the 15-year anniverary of its classic 1992 album "Images and Words" by performing the LP in its entirety yesterday (Saturday, June 16) at Museumsufer in Bonn, Germany. Check out pictures at www.rocknroll-reporter.com. DREAM THEATER previously played the entire "Images and Wo...

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MAX And IGOR CAVALERA Collaborating On New Music For First Time In 10 Years

SEPULTURA founding members and brothers Max and Igor Cavalera have confirmed that they are collaborating on new music for the first time in more than 10 years. According to reports, the material will be released as a completely new project, separate from Max's work in SOULFLY. Jose Mangin of Sirius...