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MIKE PORTNOY: Don't Blame AVENGED SEVENFOLD For My Decision To Quit DREAM THEATER

Drummer Mike Portnoy says that his current involvement with AVENGED SEVENFOLD had nothing to do with his decision to quit DREAM THEATER, the band he formed and led for 25 years. "I BEG of the fans to please NOT hold [AVENGED SEVENFOLD] responsible for MY decision... They are just as shocked as you g...

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ACCEPT Guitarist: UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Couldn't 'Write A Guitar Chord' Or 'A Sentence Of Lyrics'

Pat Prince of Goldmine magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Goldmine: The new album is just the right thing for old ACCEPT fans. The sound is a combination of "Restless and Wild"...

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ENSLAVED's IVAR BJØRNSON Interviewed By INFERNAL MASQUERADE

Infernal Masquerade webzine recently conducted an interview with songwriter and guitarist Ivar Bjørnson of the Norwegian psychedelic post-black metal band ENSLAVED. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Audio samples of all nine tracks that are set to appear on "Axioma Ethica...

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TOKYO BLADE: Video Message From New Singer

A video message from TOKYO BLADE's new singer Nicolaj "Nick" Ruhnow (IRONY, VOIVITTU, DOMAIN, HELLFORT) can be viewed below. TOKYO BLADE, featuring Andy Boulton (guitar) John Wiggins (guitar),Andy Wrighton (bass) and Steve Pierce (drums),in July parted ways with vocalist Chris Gillen — only eight...

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CHESTER BENNINGTON, CHRIS CORNELL, SCOTT WEILAND On New SANTANA Album; Audio Samples

11 of the 12 tracks that are set to appear on Carlos Santana's "Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time" album are available for streaming at Amazon.com. The longest-running, most successful partnership in the history of rock takes flight anew, as legendary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame...

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ABRAXAS Completes Work On Debut Album

ABRAXAS, the new death metal band featuring Makoto Mizoguchi (PYREXIA, INTERNAL SUFFERING, HATE ETERNAL) on guitar and bass, Mike Hrubovcak (MONSTROSITY, VILE, DIVINE RAPTURE, I.C.E., AZURE EMOTE) on vocals and Lance Wright (VILE, QUINTA ESSENTIA, TEMPLE OF BLOOD) on drums, has completed work on its...

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MURDERDOLLS' 'Women And Children Last' Cracks U.S. Top 50

MURDERDOLLS' sophomore album, "Women And Children Last", sold 8,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 43 on The Billboard 200 chart. Released on August 31 via Roadrunner Records, the CD was recorded at a studio in Hollywood Hills, California with produ...

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DISTURBED's 'Asylum' Tops U.S. Chart

"Asylum", the new album from Chicago heavy rockers DISTURBED, sold 179,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous three albums — 2008's platinum "Indestructible" (first-week sales: 253,000),2005's double-platinum "T...

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THEATRES DES VAMPIRES To Release New Album In January

Italian bloodsuckers THEATRES DES VAMPIRES will release their new album, "Moonlight Waltz", on January 14, 2011 via Aural Music. The CD was recorded at Temple of Noise studios in Rome, Italy with producer Christian Ice. The first pressing of the album will be made available in a deluxe limited slipc...

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EPHEL DUATH Mainman Launches MANUSCRIPTS DON'T BURN Project

Davide Tiso of Italian avant-garde metallers EPHEL DUATH is back with a new musical project dubbed MANUSCRIPTS DON'T BURN. The project's debut mini-CD will be released in October on Aural Music. Commented Tiso: "I thought about a one-man band since my black metal days back in the '90s. "The idea of...

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FIREWIND Announces Four Special North American Headlining Shows

Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND, led by current OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G., will celebrate the release of their new album, "Days Of Defiance", with a limited number of special North American headlining shows. The trek, which kicks off on November 4 and runs through November 7, will feature POWE...

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SYSTEM DIVIDE: New Song Posted Online

"Hollow", a brand new song from SYSTEM DIVIDE — the extreme modern metal act featuring Sven De Caluwé (ABORTED) and Miri Milman (ex-DISTORTED) on vocals, Cole Martinez (ex-YEARS OF FIRE, ANTENORA) and Joseph Spiller (ex-THE BINARY CODE) on guitars, Andrew Lenthe (ANTENORA) on bass, and Mike Heller (...

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AUGUST BURNS RED: 'Home' DVD Trailer Available

A trailer for "Home", the new DVD/CD from the Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Christian metalcore quintet AUGUST BURNS RED, can be viewed below. Fans can stream the first single from the live DVD/CD, "White Washed", on the band's newly redesigned MySpace site. A fan favorite, "White Washed" is among t...

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ACCEPT: More 'Blood Of The Nations' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

"Blood Of The Nations", the new album from reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT, has registered the following first-week chart positions so far: Germany: #4 Sweden: #7 Hungary: #7 Finland: #9 Billboard European Chart: #12 Austria: #19 Czech Republic: #27 Commented guitarist Wolf Hoffmann: "This reall...

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Y&T Frontman Interviewed By METAL ASSAULT

On August 26, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Dave Meniketti of California rock legends Y&T. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. Y&T has set up a fund to help offset the substantial medical expenses incurred by the band'...