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VISION DIVINE Signs With FRONTIERS RECORDS

Italian melodic metallers VISION DIVINE have inked a multi-album deal with Frontiers Records. The band's new studio album, "9 Degrees West of the Moon", is scheduled for release on January 23, 2009. Born as a side project of the esteemed guitarist and songwriter of LABYRINTH, Olaf Thorsen, as a way...

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HOLZWARTH Brothers To Hold Rhythm Section Clinic In Germany; Video Available

BLIND GUARDIAN bass player Oliver Holzwarth (most recently on tour with former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen) and his brother Alex Holzwarth (RHAPSODY OF FIRE drummer) held a "rhythm section" bass-and-drum clinic on November 22, 2008 at Blue Box in Siegen, Germany. Alex and Oliver played "Into The...

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CRYSTALLION: 'Under Siege' Video Posted Online

"Under Siege", the new video from German "noble power metal" hopefuls CRYSTALLION, can be viewed below. The track comes off the group's second album, "Hattin", which was released in the U.S. on August 12 via Dockyard 1/Locomotive. The CD was issued in Europe on May 16. CRYSTALLION recently announced...

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RHAPSODY OF FIRE Guitarist Opens Personal Studio

Luca Turilli, guitar player of the Italian symphonic metal masters RHAPSODY OF FIRE, has issued the following update: "I want to tell you that I finally set up my new personal studio, located between the hills and the sea of my Italian hometown, the beautiful Trieste. This studio is based on the won...

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South Africa's MIND ASSAULT: 'Stadig Verblind' Video Available

"Stadig Verblind" (Slowly Blinded),the new video from Southern African metallers MIND ASSAULT, can be viewed below. The song comes off the group's debut album, "Stigma", which is available now from leading online stores like Nuclear Blast, iTunes, Rhapsody and Amazon. The CD features mostly songs w...

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HOLZWARTH Brothers To Hold Rhythm Section Clinic

BLIND GUARDIAN bass player Oliver Holzwarth (currently on tour with former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen) and his brother Alex Holzwarth (RHAPSODY OF FIRE drummer) will hold a "rhythm section" bass-and-drum clinic on November 22 at Blue Box in Siegen, Germany. Alex and Oliver will play a number of...

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CRYSTALLION Guitarist Quits

Guitarist Florian Ramsauer has left German "noble power metal" hopefuls CRYSTALLION due to "personal reasons." A replacement guitarist has not yet been announced. CRYSTALLION released its second album, "Hattin", in the U.S. on August 12 via Dockyard 1/Locomotive. The CD was issued in Europe on May 1...

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TERROR SYNDROME To Record 'Surprise' Track Featuring ANNIHILATOR Singer

TERROR SYNDROME, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based band featuring THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen, will enter the studio soon to record a "surprise" track featuring the group's latest addition, singer Dave Padden (ANNIHILATOR). The song will be included on the physic...

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STONE SOUR, MORBID ANGEL, GODHEAD Members To Guest On TEAM CYBERGEIST Album

TEAM CYBERGEIST is the solo/side project of Angel (a.k.a. Andrew Bartolotta),best known as the past/present drummer of such bands as DOPE, GENITORTURERS, PIG, CROSSBREED, SWITCHED, THE UNDEAD, and many others. With this project, Angel brings a collective of musicians from all around the world toget...

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TERROR SYNDROME Performs Live For First Time; Video Available

TERROR SYNDROME, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based band featuring THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen, made its live debut on October 28 at the Tom Lee Music Hall in Vancouver as part of the Vancouver International Drum Festival presented by Tom Lee Music. A one-and-a-ha...

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OPIATE FOR THE MASSES Drummer Joins LEAVES' EYES, ATROCITY

Los Angeles-based drummer Chris "Seven" Antonopoulos (OPIATE FOR THE MASSES) has joined the German bands ATROCITY and LEAVES' EYES (which features ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull alongside members of ATROCITY). Commented Seven: "I've been a big fan of the bands for a long ti...

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QUEEN 'Guitar Rhapsodies' CD Out Now

David Young, one of the guitarists that plays in the London production of QUEEN's smash hit musical "We Will Rock You", which is fashioned around 31 of QUEEN's greatest hits, has produced an album called "Queen Guitar Rhapsodies" by Carlos Bonell, who is a world-renowned classical guitarist and who...

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GAIA EPICUS To Release New Album In December

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS will release their new album, "Damnation", on December 8 via Epicus Records. "Damnation" will feature guest appearances from the following musicians: Roland Grapow (MASTERPLAN, ex-HELLOWEEN) Dominique Leurquin (RHAPSODY OF FIRE, LUCA TURILLI'S DREAMQUEST) Renato...

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QUEEN: 'The Singles Collection Volume 1' Complete Details Revealed

EMI has set a November 17 release date for "Queen: The Singles Collection Volume 1", a project 35 years in the making and spanning no less than sixteen albums; from the debut LP, "Queen", in 1973, to the last project with Freddie Mercury, "Made In Heaven", in 1995, and beyond. This box, the first of...

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Ex-ANGRA Singer ANDRÉ MATOS To Support EDGUY On European Tour

Brazilian singer André Matos (ex-ANGRA, SHAAMAN) will support German metallers EDGUY on their European tour. Also scheduled to appear is H.E.A.T. The dates are as follows: Jan. 08 - Dessel, Belgium - Biebob Jan. 09 - Dudley, England - JB´s Jan. 10 - London, England - Carling Academy Islington Jan. 1...