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THOR To Headline NORTHWEST METALFEST

Canadian rock warrior THOR will shake the very halls of Valhalla itself from the stage of the fourth annual Northwest Metalfest outdoor festival, to be held near Vancouver between Chilliwack and Hope, British Columbia, Canada on Aug. 10-12. The festival will feature 30 bands, free camping, free show...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Frontman Says New Album Will 'Take A Lot Of People By Surprise'

Christa Titus of Billboard.com reports: QUEENSRŸCHE has begun working on the follow-up to last year's "Operation: Mindcrime II" in Seattle. Frontman Geoff Tate tells Billboard.com he hopes the as-yet-untitled set will arrive next summer or fall. "We're just into the first couple months of writing fo...

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DREAM THEATER Energized By New Label

Larry D. Curtis of Deseret Morning News recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. The quintet is touring to support its new album "Systematic Chaos" on a brand-new label, Roadrunner Records. And Portnoy — a driving force behind DREAM THEATER since it formed in 1985 in...

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AS I LAY DYING: 'An Ocean Between Us' Online Player Available

An online player for AS I LAY DYING's new album, "An Ocean Between Us", has been made available at this location. "An Ocean Between Us" is scheduled for release on August 21 through Metal Blade Records. Produced by KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz (EVERY TIME I DIE, ALL THAT REMAINS),the...

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AS I LAY DYING Completes 'Nothing Left' Video

AS I LAY DYING has just completed shooting the video for "Nothing Left", the first single off the group's new album, "An Ocean Between Us". The new CD is due in stores on August 21, 2007. The bleak, futuristic clip was shot in Van Nuys, California at Sound City Studios with Brian Thompson (KILLSWITC...

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KORN Vs. DEVO

According to MTV.com, new wavers DEVO are lashing out at KORN for allegedly biting the group's "devolution" concept in a fake movie trailer posted on EvolutionDevolution.com. "We denounce this as imposters playing with fire," Gerald Casale wrote in a post on Devo.com. He told RollingStone.com that K...

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TRIVIUM: 'To The Rats' Video Posted Online

TRIVIUM's new video for the track "To the Rats" has been released to the general public (view it below). Members of the band's TriviumWorld.com fan club have been able to see the clip since last Friday (July 20). TRIVIUM's video for the song "The Rising" has been posted online at this location. The...

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KAMELOT Guitarist: 'We Have Really Young And Crazy Fans'

Sea of Tranquility recently conducted an interview with KAMELOT guitarist Thomas Youngblood. An excerpt from the chat follows: Sea of Tranquility: "Ghost Opera" has come out fairly soon after "The Black Halo" and "One Cold Winter's Night" — with such high praise for both of those releases, how hard...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND: 'I Find The Energy Of A Lot Of People Really Taxing'

Mike Exley of Planet-Loud.com recently conducted an interview with Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Planet-Loud.com: You're well known of course, for producing music with an introverted influence rather than stuff influenced fr...

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PERRY FARRELL Welcomes New Members To SATELLITE PARTY

Former JANE'S ADDICTION frontman Perry Farrell has issued the following update on his SATELLITE PARTY project following the announcement over the weekend that ex-EXTREME guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has left the fold: "I am in San Clemente today. We are working on our live set mix at Sounden Studios....

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PAMELA MOORE: Thank God QUEENSRŸCHE's 'Sister Mary' Isn't The Real Me

Erik Remec of FREE! Magazine recently conducted an interview with singer Pamela Moore — best known for her performance as Sister Mary on QUEENSRŸCHE's 1988 epic concept album "Operation: Mindcrime" and last year's epic sequel "Operation: Mindcrime II". An excerpt from the chat follows: FREE! Magazin...

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STRATOVARIUS Mainman Announces Second Vocalist For New Solo Album

After choosing classically trained American coloratura soprano Jennifer Sowle to sing the leading character in his "classic rock opera," STRATOVARIUS guitarist/mainman Timo Tolkki has chosen the second singer for his third solo album. He is Heikki Pöyhiä from Finnish band TWILIGHTNING. "I got to kno...

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Ex-EXTREME Guitarist NUNO BETTENCOURT No Longer Member Of SATELLITE PARTY

Former EXTREME guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has parted ways with SATELLITE PARTY, the new project led by JANE'S ADDICTION frontman Perry Farrell. "I worked with Perry Farrell for over three years on [SATELLITE PARTY's debut] album 'Ultra Payloaded'," Nuno writes in a statement. "Although I am very pro...

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ALICE COOPER, SCHENKER Brothers To Guest On New AVANTASIA CD

Drummer Eric Singer (KISS, ALICE COOPER) revealed during a recent interview with rock and roll comic C.C. Banana at the 21st annual NY/NJ Kiss Expo that Alice Cooper has recorded a guest appearance on "The Scarecrow", the third installment of EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA solo project. Ac...

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KATAKLYSM Cancels Dates With DEVILDRIVER

Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM have announced that they have cancelled their previously announced U.S. dates with DEVILDRIVER which were set to take place in August. Commented guitarist Jean-Francois Dagenais: "I think we were all in the band looking forward to hitting the road again and raise m...