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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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Perfect Strangers Live

Eagle Vision has meticulously issued DEEP PURPLE live videos over recent years covering the variant Mark periods of the band. It's only fitting they unearth the reunion of the MKII-era lineup for "Perfect Strangers Live", a video document showcasing Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice, Roger Gl...

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TNT Featuring TONY HARNELL Preparing To Hit The Road

Norwegian/American hard rockers TNT, whose lineup once again features powerhouse singer Tony Harnell, has scheduled the following dates in 2014: Jan. 17 - Gregers Live - Hamar (Norway) Jan. 18 - Rockefeller - Oslo (Norway) Apr. 26 - Telenor Arena - We Love the '80s - Oslo (Norway) Apr. 30 - Idun Fol...

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Video: JON OLIVA Brings 'Storytellers Tour' To Akron

More than thirty years after the start of his career with SAVATAGE, and successive projects/bands like TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA and JON OLIVA'S PAIN, now-legendary songwriter and performer Jon Oliva brought his "Storytellers Tour" to Ripper's Rock House in Akron, Ohio on Saturday, December 7. Fan-fi...

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Serpents Unleashed

Quickly turning into ol' reliables of the neo-thrash circuit, SKELETONWITCH make next to no modifications to their turbulent speed routine for their fifth album, "Serpents Unleashed". If you've heard their 2007 breakout "Beyond the Permafrost" or their previous recording, "Forever Abomination", then...

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Darkness in a Different Light

One name synonymous with class in heavy music has always been FATES WARNING. The Connecticut power proggers have laid dormant the past nine years since last releasing "FWX". In that time, bassist Joey Vera took another ride with ARMORED SAINT while Jim Matheos and Ray Alder spent time in their side...

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Generation Nothing

I recently caught up with METAL CHURCH vocalist Ronny Munroe at the Rock Harvest II benefit festival on the outskirts of Baltimore. Munroe was in town as a special guest of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania's GHOST OF WAR where they banded together for a mini-set of METAL CHURCH classics and "Pierced by the...

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No One is Alone if No One is Alive

If you've ever seen Chicago's CZAR perform live, the temptation to compare them to NEUROSIS and, to lesser degrees, A STORM OF LIGHT, is inescapable. This trio rolls their set with little illumination outside of white light flushes below and rolling projections of terror behind them. Yet, CZAR's mus...

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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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APOCALYPTICA Interviewed On Germany's 'Living Room' Show (Video)

Finnish cello rock band APOCALYPTICA was recently interviewed on the German edition of the "Living Room" show, which airs on Joiz TV. You can now watch the chat at this location. APOCALYPTICA released "Wagner Reloaded - Live In Leipzig", an epic live collaboration with the acclaimed MDR Leipzig Symp...

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DOWN: Fan-Filmed Footage Of Entire First Show With New Guitarist BOBBY LANDGRAF

Quality fan-filmed video footage of DOWN's entire October 25 performance at at Emo's East in Austin, Texas as part of DOWN singer Philip Anselmo's Housecore Horror Film & Metal Festival can be seen below. Guitarist Kirk Windstein recently left DOWN and was replaced by Bobby Landgraf, the band's...

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THERION's CHRISTOFER JOHNSSON Outlines New 'Rock Opera'

Christofer Johnsson of Swedish progressive/experimental metallers THERION has issued the following update: "The coming rock opera will be about the rise and fall of Antichrist and is inspired by and partly (not to be confused with 'entirely') based on Vladimir Soloviev's 'A Short Story Of The Anti-C...

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APOCALYPTICA's PAAVO LÖTJÖNEN Talks To FaceCulture (Video)

On November 26, Holland's FaceCulture conducted an interview with Paavo Lötjönen of the Finnish cello rock band APOCALYPTICA. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. APOCALYPTICA released "Wagner Reloaded - Live In Leipzig", an epic live collaboration with the acclaimed MDR Leipzig Symphony O...

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MAYAN: Second 'Antagonise' Trailer Released

MAYAN — the band featuring EPICA guitarist/songwriter Mark Jansen alongside Jack Driessen (ex-AFTER FOREVER) and Frank Schiphorst — will release its sophomore album, "Antagonise", on January 31, 2014 via Nuclear Blast Records. The 11-song CD, which was recorded at Sandlane studio with producer Joost...

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APOSTOLUM To Release 'Winds Of Disillusion' In January

Moribund Records has set a January 21, 2014 release date for APOSTOLUM's second album, "Winds Of Disillusion". Blending the dark atmospheric tradition of scene legends MY DYING BRIDE, ANATHEMA and PARADISE LOST with the razor sharp-edge of modern black metal while retaining a rock sensibility, APOST...