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DISTURBED Frontman's DEVICE To Release First Single In February, Full-Length Debut In April

DEVICE, the new industrial-style project featuring DISTURBED vocalist David Draiman and former FILTER guitarist Geno Lenardo, will release its first single, "Vilify", in early February. The band's full-length debut will follow in the beginning of April. Other songtitles set to appear on the CD inclu...

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GEOFF TATE: 'I Don't Wanna Be A Nostalgia Act'

Mike Babins of Galaxie radio recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Geoff Tate. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. Tate's second solo album, "Kings & Thieves", sold 1,800 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD arrived in...

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SEVENDUST: More New Album Details Revealed

SEVENDUST has set "Black Out The Sun" as the title of its ninth album, tentatively due in April 2013. The CD was recorded at Architekt Music studios in Butler, New Jersey with engineer Mike Ferretti. "The craziest thing about this record is finishing it in about a month," guitarist John Connolly tel...

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MASSACRE: Colombian TV Report On 'Rock Al Rio' Performance

A two-minute Colombian TV report on MASSACRE's November 10 appearance at the Rock Al Rio festival in Rionegro, Colombia can be seen below. MASSACRE wasa forced to cancel the Brazilian leg of its South American tour, which kicked off on November 9 in Bogota, Colombia. An official statement regarding...

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Video: TESTAMENT Frontman Talks About 'Native Blood' On 107.7 THE BONE

Vocalist Chuck Billy of Bay Area thrash metal legends TESTAMENT was interviewed on November 6 by Nikki Blakk of the San Francisco, California radio station 107.7 The Bone. The singer discussed TESTAMENT's "Native Blood" video, which was honored in the "Best Music Video" category at Native American F...

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EXXILES: Trailer For Debut Album Available

After Mauricio Bustamente left REIGN OF THE ARCHITECT, he started work on his new multinational project called EXXILES. According to a press release, the band's debut CD "will reflect how sometimes we are exile in life by simple or great things when we are betrayed by something we believed in. At th...

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THE 69 EYES: 'Borderline' Video Released

"Borderline", the new video from Finnish gothic metallers THE 69 EYES, can be seen below. The clip was filmed in New Orleans, Louisiana with Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company, who has previously worked with DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES, SONIC SYNDICATE and KAMELOT, among others. Commen...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: Photos From 'Feed On' Video Shoot

Behind-the-scenes photos from the making of "Feed On", the new video from Raleigh, North Carolina legends CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, can be found at this location. The clip will be released next week. "Feed On" comes off CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's new EP, "Megalodon", which was released on November 13...

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MIKE PORTNOY: 'Music And Relationships And Inspiration Are Way More Important To Me Than Money'

Drum! magazine recently conducted an interview with drummer Mike Portnoy (ADRENALINE MOB, FLYING COLORS, DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD). A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On the differences between DREAM THEATER and his current projects FLYING COLORS, a quasi-prog/pop-rock super group, a...

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ROADRUNNER RECORDS Names New GM

According to Billboard.biz, Mike Easterlin, head of promotion at Roadrunner Records, has been named the general manager of the label following departure of president Jonas Nachsin. Easterlin, who recently became GM of Fueled By Ramen, will oversee both Roadrunner and Fueled By Ramen and will work wi...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist PHIL COLLEN To Present Donation To Health Care Nonprofit Gerson Institute

In early September, Phil Collen, lead guitarist for the iconic rock band DEF LEPPARD, announced plans for the charitable auction of "Wings", a custom Jackson PC1 guitar that he had played throughout this summer's Rock Of Ages tour with POISON and LITA FORD. The auction began exclusively through eBay...

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SEVENDUST: New Album Title Revealed

SEVENDUST has set "Black Out The Sun" as the title of its ninth album, tentatively due in April 2013. The CD was recorded at Architekt Music studios in Butler, New Jersey with engineer Mike Ferretti. "It's a basic SEVENDUST record," guitarist Clint Lowery recently told "Source Of The Sound With Wend...

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MONUMENTS: New Video Interview Posted Online

Sophie K of Total Rock radio recently conducted an interview with U.K. progressive tech metallers MONUMENTS. You can now watch the chat below. MONUMENTS' debut album, "Gnosis", was released in North America on September 25 through Century Media Records. The CD was originally supposed to be released...

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Video: DUFF MCKAGAN Performs With WALKING PAPERS

PEARL JAM guitarist Mike McCready and ex-GUNS N' ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER bass player Duff McKagan are working with WALKING PAPERS, the new Seattle band launched by former SCREAMING TREES drummer Barrett Martin and longtime Seattle musician Jeff Angell. McKagan plays bass on the band's entire debut...

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COMPLETE FAILURE Signs With SEASON OF MIST

Season Of Mist has announced the signing of grindcore activists COMPLETE FAILURE. The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based band has completed recording its new album, slated for a February 15, 2013 release (February 19 in North America). Entitled "The Art Gospel Of Aggravated Assault", this new opus is th...