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INTO ETERNITY Mainman Issues Year-End Update

Founding guitarist/principal songwriter Tim Roth of Canadian extreme progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY has issued the following update: "It was a great year of touring for us in 2008. The SYMPHONY X USA tour and Japan were the two high points for me. During the long drives we would crank SYMPHONY...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: 'The Story Of' Documentary To Air On Swedish TV

Swedish TV channel TV7 will broadcast a one-hour "The Story Of" documentary on OZZY OSBOURNE tonight (Wednesday, December 31) beginning at 7:00 p.m. The show, which features exclusive archive footage and interview material with the former BLACK SABBATH singer, with be re-broadcast tomorrow (Thursday...

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OBITUARY To Team Up With MALEVOLENT CREATION For Shows In Guatemala, El Salvador

Florida extreme-metal veterans OBITUARY and MALEVOLENT CREATION will team up for the following shows in February: Feb, 20 - Guatemala City, Guatemala - El Rincon Salvadoreno Feb. 21 - San Salvador, El Salvador - Arena El Salvador Fan-filmed video footage of OBITUARY's October 8, 2008 concert in Pitt...

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JOE LYNN TURNER To Guest On EDDIE TRUNK's 'Friday Night Rocks'

Legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) will be the featured guest on Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM on Friday, January 9. If you live in the U.S., you can listen to the show live on the Internet between 11:00 p.m....

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THE 11TH HOUR's ED WARBY Issues Studio Update

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 begun recording its debut album for a fall 2009 release via Napalm Records...

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DREAM THEATER's MIKE PORTNOY Reveals Favorite Albums, Films, Shows Of 2008

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has revealed his favorite albums, movies and TV shows from 2008 via the band's official web site. They are as follows: Favorite Albums of 2008 (in no particular order) 01. METALLICA - Death Magnetic 02. PROTEST THE HERO - Fortress 03. THE MARS VOLTA - The Bedlam In...

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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...