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Former AFTER FOREVER Singer's REVAMP Begins Recording Debut Album

Former AFTER FOREVER vocalist Floor Jansen's new project called REVAMP entered the studio earlier today (Sunday, January 3) to begin recording its debut album for a tentative May release. Jansen says, "Drummer Koen Herfst is in Germany now with [guitarist/producer] Waldemar Sorychta to record the dr...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND To Play Solo Acoustic Set During NAMM

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) has scheduled the following appearances at the upcoming NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show on Friday, January 15, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California:...

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THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT: Rehearsal Footage Posted Online

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) has posted a three-minute video clip shot during a recent THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT rehearsal. He says, "[the clip contains] no overdubs, no fixes. "We plan to have a choir for the tours comi...

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SUBSIGNAL: Tour Dates Announced

SUBSIGNAL, the new German band featuring former SIEGES EVEN members Arno Menses (vocals) and Markus Steffen (guitar),has scheduled the following dates: April 14 - Mannheim, Germany - 7er Club April 15 - München, Germany - Metropolis April 16 - Uster / Zürich, Switzerland - Rock City April 18 - Vien...

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ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN, DANNY CAVANAGH Interviewed In Bulgaria

Metal Hangar 18 conducted separate interviews with Anneke van Giersbergen (AGUA DE ANNIQUE, ex-THE GATHERING) and Danny Cavanagh (ANATHEMA, LEAFBLADE) before their joint acoustic performance in Sofia, Bulgaria on December 29, 2009. Watch the two chats below. Also available is performance footage fro...

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ARSIS: Another New Song Posted Online

Virginia-based technical melodic death metallers ARSIS have posted another new song, "Forced To Rock", on their MySpace profile. The track comes off the band's new album, "Starve For The Devil", which is scheduled for release in North America on February 9, 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records. Commented...

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Former AFTER FOREVER Singer Performs With RED LIMO STRING QUARTET; Video Available

Former AFTER FOREVER singer Floor Jansen performed with the RED LIMO STRING QUARTET on December 27, 2009 at P60 in Amstelveen, Holland. The group plays reworked versions of AFTER FOREVER songs specially arranged for a string quartet by former AFTER FOREVER keyboardist Joost van de Broek. Watch fan-f...

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Hymns of Blood and Thunder

The first two tracks on "Hymns of Blood and Thunder" are flat-out retro metal classics! "Chaos Calling" and "Death Dealer" unearth that musty 1983 moldy-denim funk and oil the creaking leathers of the likes of CIRITH UNGOL and OMEN, but mostly they gallop forth with "Heaven and Hell"-era Iommi riffa...

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DANZIG: Sayreville Performance Footage Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of DANZIG's December 26, 2009 performance at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey can be viewed below. The band's setlist was as follows: Setlist: 01. Skincarver 02. Twist of Cain 03. Am I Demon 04. Tired of Being Alive 05. Her Black Wings 06. Long Way Back From H...

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MISFITS Near-Reunion In New Jersey; Video Footage Available

The "American Psycho" lineup of the resurrected MISFITS (minus Jerry Only) reunited for a one-time performance this past Saturday (December 26) at the Starland Ballroom in Sayersville, New Jersey on. Headlining the show was DANZIG. The reunited MISFITS included vocalist Michale Graves, guitarist Doy...

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MACHINE HEAD Guitarist PHIL DEMMEL: 'The Next Record Is Gonna Be Our Best Record'

Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Phil Demmel of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: MACHINE HEAD recorded a version of PANTERA's "Fucking Hostile" for a "Dimebag" Darrell tribu...

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ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN & AGUA DE ANNIQUE: 'Wonder' Video Released

"Wonder", the new video from ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN & AGUA DE ANNIQUE — the Dutch band led by ex-THE GATHERING vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen — can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Erwin Arkema of IQ-Media. "Wonder" comes off ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN & AGUA DE ANNIQUE's third album,...

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MANOWAR's 'Father' Recorded In Swedish, Russian; Free Download Available

Instigated by the overwhelming fan reaction to the multilingual presentation of "Father", featured on the recent MANOWAR CD, "Thunder In The Sky", the self-proclaimed "kings of metal" have recorded two more versions of the song, one in Russian and one in Swedish. These two new translations make numb...

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DELAIN To Tour U.K. In April

DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock/metal project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — will embark on a tour of the U.K. in April. The band's schedule is shaping up as follows: March 21 - UK - London - Garage March 22 - UK - N...

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CROWBAR Officially Splits With Guitarist STEVE GIBB; Replacement Announced

As first reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET back on June 1, 2009, New Orleans sludge metallers CROWBAR have now officially parted ways with guitarist Steve Gibb and have replaced him with Matthew Brunson, bassist of KINGDOM OF SORROW (the band featuring CROWBAR guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein). Windstei...