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DREAM THEATER's MIKE MANGINI To Take Part In Q&A At 'A Drummer's Dream' Screening

Drummer Mike Mangini of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER will take part in a question-and-answer session after the Saturday, March 10 screening of the "A Drummer's Dream" film at the Boston Museum Of Fine Arts. Featuring Nasyr Abdul Al-Khabyyr, Dennis Chambers, Kenwood Dennard, Horacio "El-Neg...

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CRASHDIET Bassist To Undergo Surgery For Spinal Disc Herniation

Swedish glam rockers CRASHDIET have been forced to cancel their March 9 appearance at the Rock The Night festival in Lichtenfels, Germany so that the band's bassist, Peter London, can undergo surgery after he was diagnosed with spinal disc herniation. Commented Peter: "Well, as some of you already k...

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DRAGONFORCE: New Song Available For Free Download

"Fallen World", "the fastest song" ever recorded by British epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE, is available for free download at this location (e-mail sign-up required). The track comes off the band's fifth studio album, "The Power Within", which will be released in the U.K. on April 16 via the band'...

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MIKE PORTNOY: DREAM THEATER's GRAMMY Nomination 'Was Heartbreaking For Me On A Personal Level'

Fingers of the Babylon, New York rock radio station WBAB recently conducted an interview with drummer Mike Portnoy (ADRENALINE MOB, DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD). You can now listen to the chat at this location. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow below (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NE...

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FIREWIND's 'Burning Earth' Reissued With Bonus Tracks

"Burning Earth", the second album from Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND — who feature in their ranks current OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G. — has just been reissued on Leviathan Records in the U.S. and Hydrant Records in Japan. The reissue was remastered and includes three previously unavilable bonu...

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SAMMY HAGAR Talks About Paperback Edition Of 'Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock' (Video)

Legendary rocker Sammy Hagar's (CHICKENFOOT, VAN HALEN) autobiography, "Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock", will be released in paperback on March 13. It will include a new afterword about Hagar's experiences since the original book was released a year ago. A two-and-a-half-minute video clip in which...

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DISAFFECTED Films 'The Rebirth Of...' Video

Portuguese death prog masters DISAFFECTED filmed a video for the song "The Rebirth Of..." on February 26 in Lisbon, Portugal. A photo from the video shoot can be seen below. "The Rebirth Of..." comes off DISAFFECTED's second full-length album, "Rebirth", which will be released on May 25 via the Germ...

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TO SPEAK OF WOLVES To Release 'Find Your Worth, Come Home' In May

Solid State Records has set a May 22 release date for TO SPEAK OF WOLVES' second full-length album, "Find Your Worth, Come Home". The band's first CD with dynamic new frontman Gage Speas, "Find Your Worth, Come Home" sees the revitalized lineup reaching into darker, heavier and faster territory. It'...

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DE PROFUNDIS To Film First-Ever Video Next Weekend

U.K. progressive black/death metallers DE PROFUNDIS will film their first-ever promotional video — for the song "Twisted Landscapes" — next weekend in Leicester. The clip will be directed by Jordan Saunders of Dead Parrot Productions. "Twisted Landscapes" comes off DE PROFUNDIS' third album, "The Em...

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HEAVEN BELOW To Release 'Falling From Zero' This Month

On Tuesday, March 20, Los Angeles-based hard rock band HEAVEN BELOW will release its sophomore full-length album, "Falling From Zero", in both digital and CD formats via Broken Halo Media. The effort includes the Children Without A Voice charity single, "The Mirror Never Lies", as well as "Gravity K...

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ANATHEMA: New Song Available For Free Download

"Untouchable, Part 1", a brand new song from the U.K. atmospheric rock band ANATHEMA, is available for free download at PopMatters.com. The track comes off the group's new album, "Weather Systems", which will be released on April 24 via The End Records. The follow-up to 2010's "We're Here Because We...

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PINK CREAM 69 Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

Kosta Zafiriou, drummer and original member of German/British melodic hard rockers PINK CREAM 69, has left the band. He will be replaced by his good friend and longtime drum tech Chris Schmidt, who has previously played with SUNSTORM, Harry Hess' FIRST SIGNAL and more. Commented Kosta: "It was a ver...

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ARCH ENEMY Parts Ways With CHRISTOPHER AMOTT, Taps ARSIS Guitarist

Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY have amicably parted ways with guitarist Christopher Amott and have replaced him with 26-year-old American musician Nick Cordle (ARSIS). Christopher — the brother of ARCH ENEMY's other guitarist Michael Amott — was a member of ARCH ENEMY from 1996 to 2005...

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DISAFFECTED: New Album Details Revealed

Portuguese death prog masters DISAFFECTED will release their second full-length album, "Rebirth", on May 25 via the German label Massacre Records. The CD was recorded between August and December 2010 at The Pentagon in Lisbon, Portugal and was produced by Fernando Matias (MOONSPELL, GWYDION) and DIS...

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Torture

CANNIBAL CORPSE drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz's description of one aspect of 12th studio album "Torture" as "the frenzied attack of 'Butchered at Birth' (1991) or 'Tomb Of The Mutilated' (1992)", is quite accurate. There is a direct, often unhinged lethality about it that does indeed remind of the contr...