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'Mean Deviation' Author Names 2010's Top Ten in Prog Metal (And Beyond!)

Jeff Wagner, author of the acclaimed book "Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal", explains his list of 2010's best prog metal releases (and more!) online at the Bazillion Points blog. Recapping a banner year for progressive metal, Wagner's picks include releases by ENSLAVED, CYNIC...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Talks About Significance Of 'Big Four' Tour (Video)

Artisan News Service spoke with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian last October 21 prior to the band's performance at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, California as part of the Jägermeister Music Tour with SLAYER and MEGADETH. In the three-minute video report below, Ian talks about the significan...

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RWAKE Remastered Reissue Track Posted Online

Little Rock, Arkansas' RWAKE has posted the remastered version of its "The Stoner Tree" track online at the band's Facebook and MySpace pages. The song comes off the band's now-legendary 2002 release "Hell Is a Door To The Sun", which will be reissued on March 1 via Relapse Records. The long-out-of-...

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TWINSPIRITS' ALBERTO RIGONI Signs With NIGHTMARE RECORDS

Italian bass player and composer Alberto Rigoni (TWINSPIRITS) has just inked a deal with Nightmare Records for the release of his new album. "Rebirth" shows an extreme variety of tunes, some with voice and some instrumental. It's a union of experimental research blended with a solid backbone of melo...

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KERRY KING Performs SLAYER Classic With DAVE LOMBARDO's PHILM (Video)

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King joined PHILM — the Los Angeles-based experimental post-hardcore triumvirate featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (SLAYER),guitarist/vocalist Gerry Nestler (CIVIL DEFIANCE),and bassist Pancho Tomaselli (WAR) — on stage last night (Saturday, January 8) at Guitar Center's Drum...

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HELLYEAH Frontman: 'I Don't Want To Be On Stage When I'm 60'

Charlie Steffens of KNAC.com recently conducted an interview with HELLYEAH/MUDVAYNE frontman Chad Gray. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. KNAC.COM: You hear people say all the time that if it had not been for their art they would be crazy or would have gone on to live a miserable life...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Guitarist Readying FOR ALL WE KNOW Debut

FOR ALL WE KNOW, the new project led by WITHIN TEMPTATION guitarist Ruud Jolie, is mixing its debut album for an April 2011 release. Joining Jolie in the group are Léo Margarit (PAIN OF SALVATION) on drums, Kristoffer Gildenlöw (DIAL, ex-PAIN OF SALVATION) on bass and Wudstik (AYREON) on vocals. The...

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GLENN HUGHES Announces U.K. Tour

Legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) will embark on another U.K. headlining tour in May. The dates are as follows: May 14 - Roadmender - Northampton, UK May 15 - Junction - Cambridge, UK May 17 - Pacific Road - Birkenhead, UK May 18 - Opera Ho...

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LORDI Mainman Reveals 'Secret' About GWAR In New Video Interview

Marple from German's pitXplorer magazine conducted an interview with Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI before the band's December 12, 2010 concert at LKA in Stuttgart, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. When asked what the differences are between LORDI and GWAR, LORDI mainman Mr. Lordi repl...

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ANVIL's 'Metal' Tops 'Digital' Chart In Sweden, Lands At No. 4 On Overall List

ANVIL's classic 1982 song "Metal On Metal" landed at position No. 4 on Sweden's official single chart for the week ending December 24 after a Facebook campaign was launched by the band's Swedish fans to put the track at the top of the chart in time for Christmas. The song — ...

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ORPHANED LAND Performs With PARADISE LOST, PORCUPINE TREE Members In Tel Aviv (Video)

ORPHANED LAND's December 9 and December 10 concerts at Reading 3 in Tel Aviv, Israel were professionally filmed and recorded for an upcoming DVD release. The Israeli progressive folk metal masters were joined at both shows by Steven Wilson of PORCUPINE TREE. Also appearing on December 9 was PARADISE...

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Former DIMMU BORGIR Bassist/Vocalist I.C.S. VORTEX Completes Work On Solo Debut

Former DIMMU BORGIR bassist/clean vocalist I.C.S. Vortex (real name: Simen Hestnæs) has completed work on his debut solo album. Entitled "Storm Seeker", it contains 11 tracks and 45 minutes of "groovy hooks and signature clean vocals," according to the musician. "Brewed in a dirty metal pot, ingredi...

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ANVIL Frontman Discusses 'Anvil Aid' Christmas Campaign With Swedish Radio Station (Audio)

Guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Canadian heavy metal legends ANVIL was interviewed by Bandit Rock, the biggest rock radio station in Sweden, about the Facebook campaign launched by ANVIL's Swedish fans to put the band's classic song "Metal On Metal" at the top of Sweden's single chart in t...

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KVELERTAK, GHOST Added To HELSINKI METAL MEETING

KVELERTAK and GHOST have been confirmed to perform at next year's edition of the Helsinki Metal Meeting, set to take place February 17-19, 2011 at the Cable Factory in Helsinki, Finland. February 17 is Industry Day, featuring a seminar at Virgin Oil Co., with the Finnish Metal Expo scheduled to take...

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TETRAFUSION: 'Monologue' Video Released

"Monologue", the new video from Louisiana-based progressive metallers TETRAFUSION, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's sophomore album, "Altered State", which was released on October 12 via Nightmare Records. The Fairfield Studios-directed clip was filmed in Shreveport, Lousiana with...