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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist: 'We Want To Maintain The Integrity Of Who We've Been'

Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun-Times recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the group's distinctive mix of heavy-metal intensity and progressive-rock virtuosity: "The thing I like about that whole movement is that you c...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM To Film 'Straight To Hell' Video

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM will shoot a video for the track "Straight to Hell" on August 14 in Phoenix, Arizona. The clip is expected to be finished late August and ready for national and regional video outlets by September 1. "Straight to Hell" comes off the group's latest album, "Dreams of Death" (Crash M...

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CANDLEMASS To Tour Europe With CATHEDRAL, GRAND MAGUS

CANDLEMASS mainman Leif Edling has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that a CANDLEMASS European headlining tour is in the early stages of being booked for this fall. The month-long trek, which is tentatively scheduled to kick off October 5 an run through October 30, will also feature CATHEDRAL and GRAND...

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CANDLEMASS: ROCKWAVE FESTIVAL Report Posted Online

CANDLEMASS bassist Leif Edling has posted a report on the band's July 8 appearance at the Rockwave Festival in Athens, Greece. Also appearing on the billl were SLAYER, DIO and DISMEMBER, among others. Read Edling's report at this location. CANDLEMASS are continuing to tour in support of their brand-...

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BLASTMASTERS To Enter Studio Next Week

BLASTMASTERS, the Florida-based death metal band led by former DIABOLIC/UNHOLY GHOST drummer Lee "Aantar" Coates, will enter D.O.W. Studios on July 25 with producer Juan "Punchy" Gonzales (MORBID ANGEL, UNHOLY GHOST) to begin recording their full-length debut, entitled "Twisted Metal". The tentative...

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CANDLEMASS: VÄSTERÅS METAL MEET Report Posted Online

CANDLEMASS bassist Leif Edling has posted a report on the band's July 1 appearance at the Västerås Metal Meet in Västerås, Sweden. Also appearing on the billl were CARNAL FORGE and AMON AMARTH. Read Edling's report at this location. CANDLEMASS are continuing to tour in support of their brand-new sel...

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LED ZEPPELIN Voted 'Ideal Supergroup'

BBC News has issued the following report: The four members of LED ZEPPELIN have been voted the U.K.'s ideal supergroup, with Robert Plant beating the late Freddie Mercury to best singer. About 3,500 music fans were polled for Planet Rock Radio and were asked to create their fantasy band. Jimmy Page...

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CANDLEMASS: BANG YOUR HEAD Report Posted Online

CANDLEMASS bassist/main songwriter Leif Edling has posted a report from the band's recent appearance at the Bang Your Head festival in Balingen, Germany. Check it out at this location. CANDLEMASS are continuing to tour in support of their brand-new self-titled album, which entered the Swedish nation...

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AQUARIA To Release Debut Album In July

Brazilian metallers AQUARIA, featuring former members of UIRAPURU, will release their debut album, "Luxaeterna", in Brazil on July 30 via Hellion Records. Release dates for the European and American territories are tentatively penciled in for September. "Luxaeterna" was produced by Bruno Agra and re...

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DREAMSCAPES OF THE PERVERSE To Release 'Gignesthai' In September

Tribunal Records has set a September 13 release date for the new DREAMSCAPES OF THE PERVERSE CD, entitled "Gignesthai". Described as "a symphonic and masterfully crafted epic metal affair," "Gignesthai" features artwork by Mike Bohatch of Eyes Of Chaos (BEHEMOTH). The follow-up to 2002's "The Rise o...

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DISTURBED Singer Says Picking Final Track Listing For New Album Is 'Most Difficult Part'

DISTURBED have been mixing its yet-to-be-titled third album in Los Angeles for the past month, and singer David Draiman told Launch Radio Networks that the most difficult part of the process is deciding which of the nearly 20 songs the band recorded will make the final track listing. "It's so hard,"...

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DISTURBED Begin Mixing New Album

DISTURBED are currently in Los Angeles mixing their as-yet-untitled third album with Ben Grosse, who has previously worked with FILTER, SEVENDUST and ALTER BRIDGE, among others. A video shoot for the first single is scheduled for July this year. The video and single are expected to be issued shortly...

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Guitarist RICH WARD Says New STUCK MOJO Album May Surface Through SPITFIRE

Away-Team.com recently conducted an interview with FOZZY/STUCK MOJO guitarist Rich Ward. An excerpt from the interview follows: Away-Team.com: What about STUCK MOJO? I know you've done some gigs in London recently and I know you have some shows coming up soon in the Carolinas, what's the story there...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Says Reunion Tour Is 'Going Really Well'

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian checked in from the group's Australian tour on the "Friday Night Rocks" show on New York's Q104.3 FM this past Friday (May 13). Several excerpts from the interview follow: On how the reunion tour has been going so far: "It's been going really well. It came together really...

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COMBAT RECORDS To Relaunch

KOCH Records has announced the relaunch and resurrection of the classic Combat Records label brand, the birthing place of hard rock and hard core titans like VENOM, EXODUS, MEGADETH, POSSESSED, C.O.C., NUCLEAR ASSAULT, DEATH, DARK ANGEL and many more. The new venture will focus on developing new ban...