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The Return

Seventeen years in the life and a new album cover liberally borrowing from the "Spiderman" movie poster art, Florida rockers NONPOINT are back with their latest offering, "The Return". Bringing aboard Grammy-nominated producer Johnny K (DISTURBED, STAIND, MEGADETH) for the second album in a row, let...

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(r)Evolution

Power metal favorites HAMMERFALL are back and back to basics, it would seem. Their old mascot, Hector, returns, in art form and in ode on the band's latest album, "(r)Evolution". Hector was last seen on HAMMERFALL's debut, "Glory to the Brave", which was produced by Fredrik Nordström. After sixteen...

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Maximum Overload

DRAGONFORCE is a band you either appreciate or you don't. It's a fact. Normally a band bearing such insane talent would rule the world, though no one will ever deny DRAGONFORCE is lacking a substantial audience. They're one of the fastest, most precise bands out there, but they have their share of h...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's MICHAEL WILTON Speaks To 'The Silk And Steel Power Hour' About New SOULBENDER Album

QUEENSRŸCHE and SOULBENDER guitarist Michael Wilton was interviewed by Lance Hall on "The Silk And Steel Power Hour" on WJSC FM 90.7 in Johnson, Vermont. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. SOULBENDER will release its sophomore album, simply titled "Soulbender II", on S...

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SANCTUARY Films 'Frozen' Video; Photos Available

Reunited '80s cult metal outfit SANCTUARY recently filmed video for the song "Frozen" with director Dirk Behlau. The track comes off the band's comeback album, "The Year The Sun Died", which will be released on October 14 in North America and October 6 in Europe via Century Media. Recorded in Seattl...

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OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT: 'People Should Be Happy That PINK FLOYD Are Doing A New Record'

Peter Hodgson of iHeartGuitarBlog.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. iHeartGuitarBlog.com: "Pale Communion" is such a headphones record! Mikael: That's good, I like to h...

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MARILYN MANSON's New Album 'Is Prepared For Landing'

Marilyn Manson's new studio album "is prepared for landing," according to the latest tweet from the shock rocker. Marilyn Manson's most recent full-length album, "Born Villain", his eighth overall, debuted in the Top 10 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD earned Manson his fourth Grammy nomination at...

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W.A.S.P. Guitarist DOUGLAS BLAIR To Introduce SIGNAL2NOISE Project To Finnish Audiences

With the next W.A.S.P. release — tentatively titled "Golgotha" — and the band's subsequent tour slated for spring of 2015, Douglas Blair, the group's American lead guitarist, stands poised to finally introduce his long-mothballed "main" project, the aptly named power duo SIGNAL2NOISE, to Finnish aud...

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SAXON's BIFF BYFORD Fronts THE SCINTILLA PROJECT For 'The Hybrid' Album

"Scintilla", a science fiction thriller, is set deep underground in the wilds of a former Soviet state where strange genetic experiments are taking place. A war-weary mercenary is hired to lead a company scientist to the secret underground laboratory and with his team of mercenaries to steal the res...

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DRAGONFORCE Speaks To Italy's Metallus.it (Video)

Arianna G. of Italy's Metallus.it recently conducted an interview with Herman Li (guitar),Sam Totman (guitar) and Gee Anzalone (drums) of British epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE. You can now watch the chat below. DRAGONFORCE's new album, "Maximum Overload", was released on August 19 in North Ameri...

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THE SKULL Featuring Former TROUBLE Members: 'For Those Which Are Asleep' Debut Due In November

THE SKULL — the new band featuring two original members of American doom metal legends TROUBLE, Eric Wagner (vocals) and Jeff "Oly" Olson (drums),alongside longtime TROUBLE bassist Ron Holzner, guitarist Lothar Keller (SACRED DAWN) and former PENTAGRAM guitarist Matt Goldsborough — will release its...

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ROBERT PLANT: Second Short Film Exploring Themes Of 'Lullaby And… The Ceaseless Roar' Album

Legendary LED ZEPPELIN singer Robert Plant's new album, "Lullaby And… The Ceaseless Roar", will be released September 9 on Nonesuch/Warner Bros. Records. Produced by Plant, the album is his label debut and features 11 new recordings, nine of which are original songs written by Plant with his band, T...

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DRAGONFORCE Speaks To Italy's SpazioRock.it (Video)

Italy's SpazioRock.it recently conducted an interview with British epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE. You can now watch the chat below. DRAGONFORCE's new album, "Maximum Overload", was released on August 19 in North America via Metal Blade and August 18 in Europe through earMUSIC, the Hamburg, German...

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'Metal Down Under': A History Of Australian Heavy Metal DVD Now Available

One of the most anticipated projects in Australian heavy music history has been released. "Metal Down Under" was an epic undertaking, over two years in the making and chronicles over 40 years of Australian metal heritage. Since the late 1970s, a thriving underground scene of extreme music has contin...

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SYMPHONY X Bassist MIKE LEPOND To Release 'Silent Assassins' Solo Album In September

UDR/Warner has set a September 26 release date for the first-ever solo album from SYMPHONY X bassist Mike LePond. "Mike LePond's Silent Assassins" is described in a press release as "a fantastic heavy, power metal album that combines all influences of Mike LePond's favorite bands from the past and p...