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EVOCATION Parts Ways With Bassist, Seeks Replacement
Swedish death metallers EVOCATION have issued the following update: "It's with great sadness we have to announce the departure of bass player Martin 'Tore' Toresson from EVOCATION. Tore has been a part of the band ever since the reunion in 2005 and has grown into become a brother with us. We have sh...May 4, 2012
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DEEP PURPLE: In-Depth Video Interview With STEVE MORSE
DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse was interviewed for issue 9 of iGuitar magazine in which he talks about his influences, the different bands he has been involved in throughout his career (DIXIE DREGS, KANSAS, DEEP PURPLE); why he quit music twice and what made him love it again; his equipment and h...May 3, 2012
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SLAYER Guitarist Featured In Jägermeister Commercial
The story of Jägermeister is one of incredible growth and success. This iconic brand has earned its position as the #1 selling imported cordial in America and eighth largest-selling premium spirit worldwide without leveraging what most in the category have for years — television advertising. On May...May 3, 2012
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DEEP PURPLE Drummer Launches New Signature Pearl Kit (Video)
DrumWright and Pearl Drums unveiled twelve limited-edition Ian Paice (DEEP PURPLE) signature kits at DrumWright in Berkshire, England on April 23. Ian personally demonstrated the kit at the launch, which was timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of DEEP PURPLE's iconic "Machine Head" album. Ea...May 2, 2012
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COMMUNIC: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'Facing Tomorrow' Video Shoot
Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Facing Tomorrow", the new video from Norwegian metallers COMMUNIC, can be seen below. The full clip will make its online debut on May 8. "Facing Tomorrow" comes off COMMUNIC's latest album, "The Bottom Deep", which was released last July via Nuclear Blas...May 2, 2012
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Ex-TESTAMENT/FORBIDDEN Guitarist GLEN ALVELAIS Performs With HATEFX For First Time (Video)
Guitarist Glen Alvelais (FORBIDDEN, TESTAMENT, LD/50) made his live debut with HATEFX on April 21 at Fulton 55 in Fresno, California as part of the third anniversary of the popular "Dirty Dowdy" podcast with fellow local acts GROOVEYARD, SPACEHOOKER, FROM THE FALLEN and SIX DAY TRUCE. Video footage...May 2, 2012
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More Than 7,000 Guitarists Break World Record With JIMI HENDRIX Tribute
On Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 7,273 guitar players joined together at the "Thanks Jimi Festival" in Poland to play the JIMI HENDRIX classic "Hey Joe" (see video below),breaking the record for "Largest Guitar Ensemble" set at the 2009 edition of the annual event. The late rock legend's brother Leon Hendr...May 2, 2012
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Long Live Heavy Metal
3 INCHES OF BLOOD is a known quantity in the world of metal, but I'm not sure the Canadians always get the attention they deserve from all corners of the traditional heavy metal community. Perhaps it is the purists that haven't invested any time in the band's four albums for juvenile reasons that in...May 1, 2012
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Sorrow and Extinction
The band is PALLBEARER and the album title is "Sorrow and Extinction". If that doesn't tell you that this is a long player that smothers the listener (in melancholic doom metal, then you probably never cared to begin with. "Sorrow and Extinction" is five long (eight to twelve minutes) tracks of weig...May 1, 2012
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Expiation
Lots of tech-death bands are out there these days; trying to dazzle, brutalize, and sometimes lull us into a deep sleep from all that blurring 'n whirring. Fortunately, "Expiation" from Italy's SYNAPSES is in no danger of being reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration prior to stocking on t...May 1, 2012
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Encirclement
Once "Encirclement" starts lighting up the night with artillery fire you'd not be faulted for thinking that DECAYING plays an adept brand of death metal that is rather familiar. When DECAYING are not penetrating deep inside the enemy's perimeter like BOLT THROWER, they're shifting gears into the kin...May 1, 2012
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LIFE OF AGONY Singer Releases 'Silver Candy' Video
"Silver Candy", the new video from transgender singer Mina Caputo — once known as Keith Caputo, the front-person for the popular rock band LIFE OF AGONY — can be seen below. The clip was directed/produced by Dan Quigley, also known as Dan Beast. This simple, "sober" take on such a gorgeous song from...May 1, 2012
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1349: 'When I Was Flesh' Video Released
"When I Was Flesh", the new video from Norwegian black metallers 1349, can be seen below. The performance footage for the clip was filmed at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway on September 10, 2011. The video was directed and edited by S.A Destroyer at Necrolab Studio and was produced by Concept Machine I:...April 30, 2012
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LAURA WILDE Wants To Rock Your Socks Off
The ferocious debut— "Sold My Soul" — from Laura Wilde, the 22-year-old hard rock import from Down Under (Melbourne, Australia, to be exact) was enough to land her on the upcoming TED NUGENT tour. Wilde is exactly that. She's a hard-charging take-no-prisoners balls-to-the-wall rocker who wrote it al...April 30, 2012
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Original KISS Drummer PETER CRISS's Autobiography: Cover Unveiled
According to Amazon.com, original KISS drummer Peter Criss will publish his memoir, "Makeup To Breakup: My Life In And Out Of Kiss", on October 23 via the Simon & Schuster imprint Scribner. A press release promises, "From sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll to multiple brushes with death, 'Makeup To Br...April 30, 2012
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