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Heavy Metal Musicians Speak Out On Rising Anti-American Sentiment Around The World

Norway's Imhotep 'zine recently asked more than 60 heavy metal and hard rock musicians to answer the following question regarding the current political situation in the world: What's your opinion on the rising tide of the anti-American sentiment around the world and to what would you attribute this?...

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KATAKLYSM Re-Record 'Victims Of This Fallen World' Album For Fall Release

Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM are in the middle of a dispute with former Hypnotic Records head honcho Tom Treumuth and Linus Ent./Warner Music Canada regarding the re-release of the 1998 album "Victims Of This Fallen World", previously released on Canada's Hypnotic label. The problem is that th...

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SOULFLY Hard At Work On First DVD

SOULFLY are currently working on their first DVD, tentatively titled "The Song Remains Insane". The disc, which is unlikely to surface before early next year, will feature "lots of European festival footage, maybe even footage from the band's South Africa travels," according to the band's label, Roa...

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SOULFLY Explain WINDOW ROCK FEST II Cancellation

SOULFLY have issued a statement explaining their reasons for cancelling a scheduled appearance at the Window Rock Fest II in Window Rock, Arizona on Saturday (August 14). The festival organizer, Randall Hoskie of Rancid Savage Productions, claimed in an interview with NativeTimes.com that SOULFLY co...

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SOULFLY Cancel Festival Appearance, Leave Native Metal Fans Pissed Off

Rick Abasta of NativeTimes.com is reporting that SOULFLY cancelled their previously announced appearance at the Window Rock Fest II in Window Rock, Arizona on Saturday (August 14) because of a brief shower of rain early Saturday evening. SOULFLY's decision to cancel their appearance at the festival...

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OZZFEST 2004 Gets Graphic: Media Goes Black With BLACK SABBATH

Orlando, FL-based Media Evolutions has recently completed video creation, graphical elements and playback control for the national Ozzfest 2004 tour and headliner BLACK SABBATH, according to a press release. Media Evolutions developed custom created video and graphical imagery elements that provided...

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SILVER Sign With MTM MUSIC

SILVER, the band featuring singer Gary Barden (MSG, STATETROOPER, PRAYING MANTIS),guitarist Michael Voss (DEMON DRIVE, CASANOVA, MAD MAX, ex-BONFIRE),and keyboard player Don Airey (DEEP PURPLE, ex-OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE, GARY MOORE),have inked a deal with MTM Music. The group are currently wor...

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DREAM THEATER: E-Trailer Posted Online

An E-trailer to promote the upcoming DREAM THEATER reissue of their two previously released video collections packaged as a double-DVD has been posted online at this location. "Images and Words: Live in Tokyo" and "Five Years in a LIVEtime", originally released in 1993 and 1998, respectively, compri...

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DAVE MUSTAINE: 'DAVID ELLEFSON Is Suing Me And MEGADETH'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Here is what I have been saying in the interviews, what happened chronologically that caused the demise of the band, why [drummer] Nick [Menza] was fired, [guitarist] Marty [Friedman] quitting, records...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer: 'BOB ROCK Ruined METALLICA'

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy recently spoke to The Man Room about a variety of topics, including the group's upcoming North American tour with YES, the band's soon-to-be-released live DVD, and the role of producers during the making of a new studio album. Several excerpts from the interview fo...

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Producer: Mixing New DREAM THEATER Live DVD Is A 'Ball-Breaker'

Veteran producer Kevin Shirley (IRON MAIDEN, DREAM THEATER) has posted the following update on his web site: "Spent the week mixing the stereo mixes of the 3-hour long DREAM THEATER show from the Budokan in Tokyo for their forthcoming DVD, and it's a real ball-breaker to do. It's so complicated and...

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HEARSE Drummer Says ARCH ENEMY's AMOTT Helped Them With Guitar Sounds On New CD

In an interview with Metal-Inside.de, HEARSE drummer Max Thornell (ex-FURBOWL) revealed that ex-ARCH ENEMY/current HEARSE shouter Johan Liiva is once again on good terms with his former ARCH ENEMY bandmate Michael Amott. After ARCH ENEMY parted ways with Liiva, he and Amott publicly blamed each othe...

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CHRIS HEAVEN To Contribute DEEP PURPLE Cover To BLACKMORE Tribute CD

Italian hard rock vocalist Chris Heaven (EDGE OF TIME, REDLYNX) is recording a cover of DEEP PURPLE's "Soldier of Fortune" for an upcoming tribute to Ritchie Blackmore being released through Finland's Lion Music. Joining Heaven on guitars will be Max Arminchiardi. In other news, Heaven and fellow or...

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DREAM THEATER: New Live CD/DVD Set Due In October

DREAM THEATER's three-CD/two-DVD document of the band's April 26 show at Tokyo's Budokan Hall is scheduled for an October release, drummer Mike Portnoy has told Billboard.com. In the meantime, two previously released video collections will be packaged as a double-DVD and arrive in stores July 13 via...

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NEAL MORSE, MIKE PORTNOY Recording Follow-Up To 'Testimony'

RevelationZ Magazine reports: Neal Morse is in the studio this week with drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER) and bassist Randy George (AJALON, NEAL MORSE BAND) to record the follow-up to last year's best-selling progressive masterpiece "Testimony". The sessions with Mike Portnoy and Randy George ar...