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Retrospect

Symphonic metal has its enthusiasts and its haters. With so many practitioners of the form, there's been little much else to say that hasn't been said already. Then again, you have EPICA, a band that's heavier than the norm in this sanction and you just knew one day they were going to lay down somet...

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Author D.X. FERRIS Discusses His SLAYER '66 & 2/3' Biography On 'The Classic Metal Show' (Audio)

Metalhead and award-winning journalist D.X. Ferris spoke about his new SLAYER biography on the latest edition of "The Classic Metal Show", which is heard live on Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. EST at TheClassicMetalShow.com. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. The book's fu...

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The Paradigm Shift

It seems weird that KORN now carries senior status in the metal scene, but here we are on album eleven, nearly two decades following their crusty and tense self-titled debut. In that time, KORN has partaken quite a journey that has seen them cast as heroes and rogues, depending on whether you carry...

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Skeletons

Referred to by their fans as S&S or SandS, Rochester. New York's SIRENS & SAILORS are amassing a solid following for their semiautomatic-echoing style of metalcore. A lot of the band's success rides on feverish blast beats and crashing thrash parts administered by Doug Court. The rest of wha...

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Funeral Circle

Canadian doom sect FUNERAL CIRCLE are a well-read bunch who weave creeping, elegiac dirges featuring dark fantasy and arcane muses. The Necronomicon, Paganism, Lovecraft's sinister realm of Cthulhu and Conan the Barbarian's duke-outs against the snake cult of Set all figure into FUNERAL CIRCLE's bra...

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Unblackened

Back in March of this year, Zakk Wylde and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY put together a special treat at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, a scaled-back, relaxed retrospective set filled with ten BLS songs, three from the PRIDE & GLORY days and four selections from Zakk's 1996 solo album, "Book of Shadows". "Unb...

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HALESTORM's LZZY, JOE Talk To Italy's Metallus.it (Video)

Silvia Autuori of Metallus.it conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Lzzy Hale and guitarist Joe Hottinger of Pennsylvanian rockers HALESTORM on November 11 in Rome, Italy during the band's European tour with ALTER BRIDGE and SHINEDOWN. You can now watch the chat below. Lzzy Hale has announc...

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STONEBURNER Signs With NEUROT RECORDINGS

The Neurot Recordings family has welcomed the audio devastation that is Portland's STONEBURNER to its expanding roster of forward-thinking music. Featuring four members with a compelling musical ancestry that winds through BURIED AT SEA, BURIED BLOOD, HEATHEN SHRINE and more, STONEBURNER — named aft...

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DREAM THEATER's JORDAN RUDESS Releases 'All That Is Now' Piano Album

Jordan Rudess, best known as the keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire for the Grammy-nominated prog rock band DREAM THEATER, has released his latest solo piano recording, "All That Is Now". The album contains 13 pieces, composed and performed by Jordan on his favorite instrument, a 9-foo...

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Former EXODUS Singer STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA: 'I Have Lived The Rock And Roll Star Life To Its Fullest'

Jason Saulnier of Music Legends recently conducted an interview with former EXODUS and current HATRIOT singer Steve "Zetro" Souza. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Music Legends: Would you say touring now is more relaxed and easier to do? Souza: I think there is a lot more support be...

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GOJIRA's JOSEPH DUPLANTIER Discusses Songwriting Process For Next Album

In a brand new interview with Performer.com, guitarist/vocalist Joseph Duplantier of French progressive metallers GOJIRA revealed that the band has begun writing material for its next album, tentatively due in 2014. Many of the creative sessions so far have taken place on the tour bus, a phenomenon...

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New SLAYER Biography 'Slayer 66 & 2/3' Available Exclusively Via AMAZON

A new SLAYER biography by metalhead and award-winning journalist D.X. Ferris has topped the Hot New Releases in Pop Culture chart at Amazon.com's Kindle Store. The book's title is "Slayer 66 & 2/3: The Jeff & Dave Years, A Metal Band Biography. From Birth To Reborn, Including Slaytanic Profi...

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HALESTORM's LZZY, JOE Speak To Quebec's MusikUniverse.net (Video)

MusikUniverse.net conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Lzzy Hale and guitarist Joe Hottinger of Pennsylvanian rockers HALESTORM on December 1 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. Photos of the Montreal concert are available at MusikUniverse.net. Lzzy Hale has anno...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY/CYCLE OF PAIN Bassist JOHN 'J.D.' DESERVIO Interviewed On 'The Hellion Rocks'

James Anaya of "The Hellion Rocks" on Bleach Bangs Radio recently conducted an interview with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and CYCLE OF PAIN bassist John "J.D." DeServio. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. CYCLE OF PAIN recently parted ways with Sliptrick Records. As a result, the band...

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RAVEN's JOHN GALLAGHER Speaks To 'The Metal Voice' (Video)

The Metal Voice conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist John Gallagher of the veteran British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN on September 24 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. RAVEN released the "Rock Until You Drop - A Long Days Journey" two-disc DVD as a digipak...