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TESTAMENT: Multi-Camera Footage Of Santa Clara Concert

Bay Area Backstage has uploaded multi-camera video footage of TESTAMENT's February 19 performance at The Avalon in Santa Clara, California. Check it out below. In a recent interview with Decibel magazine, TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy stated about the band's forthcoming album, "The Dark Roots Of Ea...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Interviewed On 'Radioactive Metal' (Audio)

Vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT was interviewed for the latest edition of "Radioactive Metal". You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. "Radioactive Metal" is broadcast on Pure Rock Radio Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. EST at www.purerockra...

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UNLEASHED: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Unveiled

Legendary Swedish viking/death masters UNLEASHED will release their new album, "Odalheim", on April 20 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced by Fredrik Folkare and recorded in at Chrome Studios in Sweden. With "Odalheim", UNLEASHED not only presents the follow-up to "As Yggdrasil Trembles"...

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Former DREAM THEATER Keyboardist KEVIN MOORE Discusses New OSI Album In Audio Interview

On February 15, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with Kevin Moore about the collaborative duo known as OSI. You can now listen to the chat using the Mixcloud player below. "Fire Make Thunder", the fourth undertaking for OSI, is slated for a March 27 release via Metal...

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ICS VORTEX Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces New Drummer

Former DIMMU BORGIR and current BORKNAGAR member ICS Vortex (real name: Simen Hestnæs) will perform live for the first time with his solo band at this weekend's prestigious Finnish Metal Expo in Helsinki. The ICS Vortex band lineup for the event will be as follows: ICS Vortex - Guitar/Vocals Jens Ry...

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OPETH Guitarist: 'I'm Fortunate To Be In A Band Where We Sometimes Make Bold Steps'

Mikhail Madnani of IndianRockMP3.com conducted an interview with guitarist Fredrik Åkesson of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH one day before the band's February 5 performance at the "Summer Storm" festival in Bangalore, India. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. IndianRockMP3.com: A...

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TESTAMENT Interviewed At NAMM (Video)

Jose Mangin, host/producer MTV.com's web-only show "Headbangers Ball" (and program director/DJ on SiriusXM Octane and Liquid Metal),conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy and guitarist Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT at the Dean Guitars booth at the 2012 NAMM (...

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STORM CORROSION Officially Signs With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Roadrunner Records has announced the signing of STORM CORROSION. STORM CORROSION is the long-discussed and highly anticipated collaboration between two of the modern progressive rock scene's most innovative and multi-talented artists: Mikael Åkerfeldt of OPETH and PORCUPINE TREE's Steven Wilson. The...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Talks About New Album, Getting Older And Love In New Video Interview

Eric Blair of "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" conducted an interview with TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick at the 2012 NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, a massive music-products convention which took place January 19-22 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Califor...

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VAN HALEN: 'The Whole Truth: Howard Stern' Special To Air Tomorrow

According to the unofficial VAN HALEN web site Van Halen News Desk, A special called "The Whole Truth: The Howard Stern/Van Halen Special" — which is basically a five-hour uncensored history of VAN HALEN on "The Howard Stern Show"… the good, the bad and the ugly — will air tomorrow (Tuesday, Februar...

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TESTAMENT: New Songtitles, Lyrical Concepts Revealed

Jonathan Horsley of Decibel magazine recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Decibel: How far along is [the new TESTAMENT album] "The Dark Roots Of Earth"? Chuck: Well, we just finished...

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ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Features 'Hardly Any Drums And No Distorted Guitars'

During a recent online question-and-answer session with fans, PORCUPINE TREE's Steven Wilson was asked to clarify his previous statement that the musical output of STORM CORROSION, his much-anticipated collaboration project with OPETH's Mikael Åkerfeldt will be "the opposite of metal." "It's very ha...

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OSI: New Album Details Revealed

"Fire Make Thunder" marks the fourth undertaking for the collaborative duo known as OSI. The CD is slated for a March 27 release via Metal Blade Records. Formed in 2002 by Jim Matheos (FATES WARNING, ARCH/MATHEOS) and Kevin Moore (CHROMA KEY, former DREAM THEATER keyboardist),OSI is a long-distance...

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STEEL PROPHET Hard At Work On New Album

American power metal band STEEL PROPHET is recording its long-awaited follow-up to 2004's "Beware". Commented guitarist Steve Kachinsky: "We finished all drum tracks for 13 songs. Rhythm guitars are done on eight songs. Seven songs have bass guitar. Leads and orchestrations are being worked on for a...

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ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration: New Photos Posted Online

Several new photos of STORM CORROSION, the much-anticipated collaboration project between OPETH's Mikael Åkerfeldt and PORCUPINE TREE's Steven Wilson, can be seen below. STORM CORROSION last year completed work on its self-titled debut album for an April 2012 release through Roadrunner Records. Apar...