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EMI To Release DEEP PURPLE Retro Single To Celebrate U.K.'s 'Record Store Day'

According to the Darker Than Blue web site , EMI will celebrate the U.K.'s "Record Store Day" in April by releasing a retro DEEP PURPLE single containing "Hush" — recorded for Chris Grant's "Tasty Pop Sundae" in early 1969 — and "Speed King", recorded for Stuart Henry's "Noise At Nine" in October th...
February 18, 2011
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DUNCAN PATTERSON's ALTERNATIVE 4 Signs With AVANTGARDE MUSIC

Duncan Patterson has been an integral part of the independent music scene since 1991, still today known and recognized as the original mastermind behind ANATHEMA's early success and in particular as the driving composer behind the "Eternity" and "Alternative 4" albums. With his songwriting he contri...
February 18, 2011
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ORPHANED LAND Offering Free 'ORwarriOR' Download To Fans In Arabic Countries

Vocalist Kobi Farhi of Israeli progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND has issued the following update: "For years I was educated to hate Arabs and learned how much they hate me and my nation. I was sure both Israelis and Arabs, Jews and Muslims will never live in peace. But then something happ...
February 18, 2011
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OZZY OSBOURNE Still Feels After-Effects Of LSD

According to The Pulse Of Radio, Ozzy Osbourne claims that he still feels affected by LSD, even though he quit the drug back in his BLACK SABBATH days. He said, "I still get the after-effects. I call them my 'wobblers'. In a flash every little problem freaks me out and becomes the end of the ...
February 18, 2011
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Singer DOOGIE WHITE Records New Album With DEMON'S EYE

Scottish rock vocalist Doogie White (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, RAINBOW, CORNERSTONE, TANK) has recorded an album of original material with the DEEP PURPLE tribute band DEMON'S EYE. "The Stranger Within" will be released on March 18 in record stores in most European countries and digitally via iTunes and Ama...
February 17, 2011
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SAXON Pulls Out Of Australia's SOUNDWAVE Festival

British heavy metal legends SAXON have pulled out of Australia's Soundwave festival due to delays in the recording sessions for the band's new studio album, "Call To Arms". Commented the group: "We are, unfortunately, forced to cancel our Australia trip due scheduling problems with the new album rec...
February 17, 2011
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Former DIO Keyboardist CLAUDE SCHNELL Remembers RONNIE JAMES DIO

The Music Legends web site has posted an "epitaph" written for legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) by former DIO keyboardist Claude Schnell. The dedication originally appeared in the book "Ronnie James Dio - A Photographic Memoir", which cam...
February 16, 2011
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ALL HAIL THE YETI: 'Suicide Woods' Video, Free Download Available

"Suicide Woods", the new video from ALL HAIL THE YETI — the Los Angeles-based band featuring guitarist Brian Harrah (PROFESSIONAL MURDER MUSIC, THE MERCY CLINIC) — can be viewed below. A free MP3 download of the song is also available via the ReverbNation TuneWidget below (click on "Songs" tab, then...
February 16, 2011
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OGEN: New Album Track Listing, Cover Art Revealed

Italian avantgarde black metal project OGEN will release its debut EP, "Black Metal Unbound", in the spring via Kolony Records. The CD is currently being recorded at Elfo Studio in Italy with producer Daniele Mandelli (FORGOTTEN TOMB, DARK HORIZON). It features a guest appearance by BE'LAKOR lead si...
February 16, 2011
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DEATH ANGEL: Cleveland Footage Available

Ken of Metal Fanzine has uploaded video footage of DEATH ANGEL's February 7, 2011 performance at Peabody's in Cleveland, Ohio. Check out the clips below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. I Chose The Sky 02. Evil Priest 03. Buried Alive 04. Mistress Of Pain 05. Claws In So Deep 06. Seemingly .....
February 15, 2011
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MIKE PORTNOY Cutting Drums For Project With SYMPHONY X Singer

Former DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has begun laying down tracks on the debut album from the new project featuring SYMPHONY X frontman Russell Allen and guitar virtuoso Mike Orlando (SONIC STOMP). Portnoy states, "This stuff is SLAMMIN'!" Although the project was initially supposed to go under...
February 15, 2011
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AVA INFERI: 'Majesty' Video Released

"Majesty", the new video from AVA INFERI, the Portugal-based band whose lineup includes Norwegian guitarist Rune Eriksen (a.k.a. ex-MAYHEM guitarist/songwriter Blasphemer),can be viewed below. The clip was filmed in Bucharest, Romania with director Costin Chioreanu of Twilight13 Media. Commented Er...
February 15, 2011
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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist GLEN DROVER Discusses Upcoming Solo Album In New Video Interview

Sirius XM on-air personality and MTV "Headbangers Ball" host Jose Mangin conducted an interview with former MEGADETH/KING DIAMOND guitarist Glen Drover at the Dean Guitars booth at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California during the 2011 NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) sho...
February 15, 2011
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LARS ULRICH: METALLICA Has 'No Plans' To Resurrect 'Lost' Recordings

According to The Pulse Of Radio, METALLICA will not revert to their ten-year-old sessions from Presidio in San Francisco for their new album. The group's drummer Lars Ulrich states that the band did not use any of those 'lost' recordings on their 2008 album, "Death Magnetic", nor do they wish to rev...
February 15, 2011
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Sever The Wicked Hand

So let me get this straight. For two decades a self-medicated Kirk Windstein (vocals/guitar) was making with CROWBAR some of the most enormously riffed, supremely composed NOLA misery metal albums ever recorded, up to and including 2005's "Lifesblood For The Downtrodden". Then the guy gets clean and...
February 14, 2011