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DREAM THEATER Frontman Comments On TRUE SYMPHONIC ROCKESTRA Project

DREAM THEATER frontman James LaBrie has offered more information about his recent recording sessions in Russia for an opera-oriented project called TRUE SYMPHONIC ROCKESTRA. Commented LaBrie: Dirk Ulrich (mastermind and producer) and I spoke almost six years ago about the possibility of doing such a...

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'Gigantour' Two-Disc CD And DVD: Complete Details Revealed

As news of the return of Gigantour becomes imminent, last year's fast and furious inaugural festival tour arrives in stores on deluxe 2-CD and 2-DVD sets August 22 and September 5, respectively, via Image Entertainment. Both configurations capture 2005's heavy metal onslaught that was hailed as the...

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VOIVOD: 'Katorz' E-Card Available

Canada's pioneering metal band VOIVOD have launched an exclusive e-card to promote their much-anticipated new album "Katorz", set for release in North America on July 25 via The End Records. The e-card features a biography on the album, the track "The X-Stream" and a link to the five-minute trailer...

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DAMNOCRACY/Ex-BIOHAZARD Bassist EVAN SEINFELD Attends EXXXOTICA: Photos Available

BIOHAZARD frontman Evan Seinfeld and his wife, adult film star Tera Patrick, were among the attendees at Exxxotica — East Coast's largest-ever adult-themed, consumer-based event — which was held this past weekend in Miami Beach, Florida. Check out pictures from LFI. Seinfeld is one of the stars of "...

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TRACII GUNS: 'I Still Don't Believe DIMEBAG Is Gone'

Debby Rao of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with former L.A. GUNS/BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION guitarist Tracii Guns. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: KNAC.COM: How do you feel about the music industry today? Do you think the label gave BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION a fair chance? Guns: "I thin...

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AFTER FOREVER Singer To Be Featured On Dutch TV

AFTER FOREVER frontwoman Floor Jansen will be the subject of a short documentary airing today ((June 9) on the Dutch TV station L1 on the program "Ratatoej". The segment will focus on Jansen's work as the AFTER FOREVER singer and as a vocal teacher. The show will be broadast several times throughout...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Comments On Episode Three Of 'SuperGroup'

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has commented on episode three of "SuperGroup", the VH1 "reality" TV program starring Ian, Ted Nugent, former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach, ex-BIOHAZARD bassist/vocalist Evan Seinfeld and drummer Jason Bonham (BONHAM, UFO, FOREIGNER). Filming for the program commenced...

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KONKHRA Announce New Drummer; Demo Song Posted Online

Danish extreme metallers KONKHRA have issued the following update: "We have found ourselves a drummer [to replace Johnny Nielsen]. His name is Mads Lauridsen. He is Danish, a true talent on the drums and now we can finally start getting album number six together. We also have a MySpace profile up wh...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE: 'Burden Of Truth' Details Revealed

CIRCLE II CIRCLE, the band featuring former SAVATAGE frontman Zachary Stevens, have finalized the track listing for their third album, "Burden of Truth", due on August 4 via AFM Records. CIRCLE II CIRCLE have created a very special record based on the "Holy Blood Holy Grail" and "The Da Vinci Code"...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman Talks About Upcoming Solo Album

Lord of The Wasteland of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: A couple of years ago, a tracklist for the new album even showed up. I think it was something like 14 or 15 tracks complete w...

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AFTER FOREVER: 'It's Time To Take A Big Step Forward'

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER have posted the following message on their official web site: "Today, the contract with our former label, Transmission, has ended. After four full-length albums, one mini-album and a few singles, we think it's time to take a big step forward!...

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Discordia

Many extreme metal bands talk of combining grindcore and death metal with fragments of (old school) hardcore, but a paltry few do it better than MISERY INDEX. And we are not talking about metalcore by any stretch of the imagination. This is about death metal's technicality, grindcore's blinding brut...

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The Volume of Self

It seems like every summer, Crash Music rolls the dice on one relatively big project, one that stands out from their usual fare of licensed albums from Europe. None of their hopefuls from the past few years have really set the world on fire – anyone still talking about MY FATE or BRICK BATH? — ...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: 'Layne Staley: Get Born Again' Book To Include Additional Chapters, Pictures

ARTS Publications has announced that the previously published biography of late ALICE IN CHAINS frontman Layne Staley, "Layne Staley: Angry Chair", will be reprinted under the new title "Layne Staley: Get Born Again". According to the publisher, it is a "brand new book" that has been revised and upd...

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OPETH Perform At Germany's ROCK AM RING Festival: Video Available

A video clip of OPETH performing the songs "The Grand Conjuration", "Closure" and the first part of "Deliverance" live at the Rock am Ring festival in Nürburgring, Germany on Saturday, June 3 has been posted online at this location (Real Media, 50 MB). (Alternate link/site: Rapidshare.de) [Thanks to...