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SYSTEM DIVIDE Drops Off EPICA Tour

Vocalist Sven De Caluwé of the extreme metal formation SYSTEM DIVIDE — featuring members of FEAR FACTORY and ABORTED — has released the following statement: "It is with great regret we have to announce that SYSTEM DIVIDE has to drop off our north american tour with EPICA. Miri [Milman, SYSTEM DIVIDE...

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MASSACRE: Brazilian Dates Canceled

Resurrected 1990s Florida-based death metallers MASSACRE have canceled the Brazilian leg of their South American tour, which is scheduled to kick off this Friday, November 9 in Bogota, Colombia. Affected dates: Nov. 15 - Jaraguá do Sul, SC, Brazil @ Espaço do Oca Nov. 16 – Gravataí, RS, Brazil @ Sít...

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Swedish Rock Band HER BRIGHT SKIES To Release New Album, 'Rivals'

Emerging Swedish modern rock outfit HER BRIGHT SKIES will release its third full-length album, "Rivals", on November 19 via Panic & Action Records. The CD's first single, "Lovekills", can be streamed now at this location and is available for purchase via iTunes. Based in the small town of Jönköp...

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NIGHTWISH's MARCO HIETALA Interviewed In Denver (Video)

Alicia Trejo of Mike Trejo's Access Unlimited TV conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala of Finnish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH prior to the band's September 28 concert at the Ogden Theatre in Denver, Colorado. You can now watch the chat below. Dutch vocalist Floor Jansen (REVAM...

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MIKE TRAMP Says 'There's No Chance In Hell' Of Classic WHITE LION Reunion

Former WHITE LION frontman Mike Tramp took part in a question-and-answer session and a short acoustic performance at the Swedish metal convention Rockmässan on October 27 in Malmö, Sweden. You can now watch video footage of his appearance below. A couple of excerpts from the Q&A follow. On the p...

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OPERATIKA ELEMENT: 'Haunting In The Night' Single Artwork Unveiled

New York/New Jersey-based symphonic power metallers OPERATIKA ELEMENT (formerly OPERATIKA) have unveiled the cover artwork of their new single, "Haunting In The Night", to be released later this fall. It was created by Alexandra V Bach, who also designed OPERATIKA's album cover for "The Calling". "H...

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Eye For An Eye

Yes, they've been known as CORROSION OF CONFORMITY for decades now, but in my day, calling them that would've gotten your teeth knocked out. At the very least, you would've been branded by the punk and hardcore sanction as a supreme poser. It just wasn't cool to call them anything else but C.O.C., m...

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TESTAMENT Frontman To Discuss 'Native Blood' Video On 107.7 THE BONE

Vocalist Chuck Billy of Bay Area thrash metal legends TESTAMENT will be interviewed tomorrow (Tuesday, November 6) by Nikki Blakk of the San Francisco, California radio station 107.7 The Bone. The singer will discuss TESTAMENT's recent nomination for "Best Music Video" by the Native American Film In...

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Video: ROBERT PLANT Knocked Over By Fan During Buenos Aires Show

A fan jumped on stage last Thursday (November 1) during Robert Plant's concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina, forcing the LED ZEPPELIN singer to crouch backward while security dragged the young man off stage. According to Spinner.com, Plant and his group THE SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS had just performe...

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Famed KREATOR/CELTIC FROST Illustrator to Design New HIRAX Album Cover

Philip Lawvere, the artist behind such classic album covers as KREATOR's "Pleasure To Kill" and CELTIC FROST's "Emperor's Return", has come out of retirement and will design the as-yet-untitled new HIRAX album, which is scheduled for a spring 2013 release. Lawvere had done stunning illustrations for...

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SYMPHONY X, CIRCLE II CIRCLE, COMMUNIC Members To Guest On EXXILES Debut

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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MIKE PORTNOY, BILLY SHEEHAN, TONY MACALPINE, DEREK SHERINIAN: Moscow Concert Footage

Fan-filmed video footage of the new supergroup featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD),bassist Billy Sheehan (STEVE VAI, DAVID LEE ROTH),guitarist Tony MacAlpine (neo classical-metal style, STEVE VAI) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, PLANET X, BLACK COUNTRY...

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Former JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist Explains His Involvement With 'Who Are You' Tribute

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Kenneth "K.K. Downing is among the musicians who appear on "Who Are You: An All Star Tribute To The Who", which was released on October 2 via Cleopatra Records. As THE WHO approaches a nearly 50-year career, artists in genres from classic to progressive rock, and from p...

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HOTEL DIABLO Taps EMMY AWARD-Winning Director For 'Psycho, California' Video

HOTEL DIABLO — the new band featuring guitarist Alex Grossi (QUIET RIOT),vocalist Rick Stitch (LADYJACK, ex-ADLER'S APPETITE),bassist Mike Duda and drummer Mike Dupke (both of W.A.S.P.) — has tapped nine-time Emmy Award-winning and MTV Video Music Award-nominated director Fabio Jafet (PITBULL, ENR...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: New EP Artwork Unveiled

Scion Audio/Visual, (a.k.a. Scion A/V),the in-house record label and lifestyle marketing division of the Scion marque produced by Toyota Motor Corporation for the North American market, will release the new EP from Raleigh, North Carolina legends CORROSION OF CONFORMITY. Entitled "Megalodon", the e...