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MELIAH RAGE: Rare 'Prideland' Video Available

A rare MELIAH RAGE video for the song "Prideland" from the veteran Massachusetts metallers' 1996 album "Death Valley Dream" can be viewed below. The clip was recently re-edited by Brad Piche at Omnidawn Productions. "Death Valley Dream" was reissued this past fall via Locomotive Records. MELIAH RAGE...

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DREAM THEATER's MIKE PORTNOY Schedules NAMM Signing Session

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy will take part in a signing session at the Tama booth at next year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which is being held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Portnoy will appear on Saturday, January 17 at 1:00...

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CHIMAIRA Talks To CLEVELAND SCENE About New Album

D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Scene recently conducted an interview with CHIMAIRA frontman Mark Hunter and rhythm guitarist Matt DeVries about the group's forthcoming fifth album, "The Infection", which is set for release on April 21 via Ferret Music. The new record will arrive in five different vers...

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DARKEST HOUR: Documentary Of Homecoming Show Available

DCist, the most popular blog in Washington, D.C. covering all the goings-on in the Capitol, has uploaded a "documentary" of local metallers DARKEST HOUR as they prepared for their annual homecoming D.C. show. Watch the clip below. DARKEST HOUR is about to enter Baltimore, Maryland's Salad Days Studi...

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MELIAH RAGE: More New Album Details Revealed

Veteran Massachusetts metallers MELIAH RAGE have completed work on their as-yet-untitled new album at The Outpost in Stoughton, Massachusetts for an early 2009 release via Screaming Ferret/Metro City Records. The CD was mastered at the end of November by producer Rich Spillberg (WARGASM),who has wo...

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DORO In China: More Photos, Video Footage Available

German metal queen Doro Pesch played her first shows ever in China on November 15 and November 16 in Guangzhou and Beijing, respectively, in conjunction with a three-year exhibition/festival/culture exchange project initiated by the Chinese and German governments. According to a posting on Doro's we...

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MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO Rules Out NITRO Reunion

Joe Matera of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Angelo Batio. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: You started playing piano and composing at age five and then started playing guitar at age ten. How much did you early piano sk...

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FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE Signs With WILLOWTIP RECORDS

Willowtip Records has announced the signing of the Rome, Italy-based death metal band FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE. Previously signed to Neurotic Records, the group is set to release its debut album, "Oracles", in 2009. The CD was recorded in May 2008 at 16th Cellar Studio. Featuring current members of HOUR...

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OPETH Frontman MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Hails COMUS

OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has issued the following update: "Just an 'official' thank you to the people from COMUS [a progressive / psychedelic folk rock band from the U.K.]! "I had both Roger Wooton and Bobbie Watson come see us in London and it's still surreal that I 'know' them a little. The...

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ROBERT PLANT Once Again Rules Out LED ZEPPELIN Reunion

According to Telegraph, LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant has ruled out the band getting back together for a concert tour. Plant, 60, said he has moved on to other things and was getting too old for two-hour rock shows in giant arenas across the world. Plant was on stage yesterday being interviewed...

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MIKE PORTNOY: 'Score' Drum Cam DVD Now Available

Mike Portnoy's drum-cam DVD from DREAM THEATER's historic 20th anniversary "Score" concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 1, 2006 is now available exclusively from the Portnoy online store. The DVD includes three audio options: Full Band, Isolated Drums and an Audio Commentary wi...

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NAPALM DEATH Frontman To Guest On 'No Control Radio'

Vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway of British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH will guest on "No Control Radio" on KROX in Austin, Texas tonight (Friday, December 19) from 12:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. "No Control Radio" is on the air from 10:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., and Barney will be playing his picks (includi...

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'Sober House' Featuring STEVEN ADLER To Premiere Next Month

At the end of the first season of VH1's "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew", each cast member was given the opportunity to spend three months living in a sober house as they transitioned from a rehab facility to the real world and many of them quietly took advantage of the opportunity. The cast from sea...

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THE 11TH HOUR Signs With NAPALM RECORDS

THE 11TH HOUR, the doom metal collaboration between Ed Warby (drums, guitar, bass, vocals, programming; GOREFEST, DEMIURG, HAIL OF BULLETS) and Rogga Johansson (vocals, additional guitar; RIBSPREADER, PAGANIZER, DEMIURG),has inked a deal with Napalm Records. The band's debut album will be released...

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The Making Of DORO PESCH's Heavy Metal Monster

Jörg Steegmüller, who has sculpted and produced "Star Wars" props for a number of years and is a well-known stop-motion moviemaker and collector in his home country of Germany, was recently hired to build an eight-meter high and five-hundred-kilogram heavy monster figure for Doro Pesch's 25-year ann...