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MICHAEL SCHENKER Says Making Of 'Bridge The Gap' Was A 'Very Unusual' And 'Interesting' Experience

Patrick Prince of Powerline magazine recently conducted an interview with legendary German guitarist Michael Schenker (UFO, SCORPIONS). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Powerline: Compared to the last album (simply titled "Temple Of Rock"),this album ["Bridge The Gap"] kicks ass rig...

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NIGHTWISH's TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN: 'Life And Times Of Scrooge' Solo Album Track Listing Revealed

Tuomas Holopainen — the keyboardist and main songwriter of NIGHTWISH — has spent most of 2013 writing and producing his solo album based on a graphic novel called "The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck", written and illustrated by Don Rosa. "Music Inspired By The Life And Times Of Scrooge - Written A...

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OBLITERATIONS Signs With SOUTHERN LORD

Southern Lord has announced the signing of California punk henchmen OBLITERATIONS. Comprised of Stephen McBean on guitar, Austin Barber on bass, Sam James Velde on vocals and Flo Schanze on drums, OBLITERATIONS unites former and current members of BLACK MOUNTAIN, SAVIOURS, BLUEBIRD, NIGHT HORSE and...

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RIOT V Announces Guitarist, Drummer For Upcoming Tour

RIOT V, the new band featuring the surviving members of the most recent lineup of U.S. metal pioneers RIOT, is currently in rehearsals for its upcoming tour of Europe. The band is continuing on in honor of the late great founding RIOT guitarist Mark Reale, who died from complications from Crohn's Di...

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VAN CANTO: 'Dawn Of The Brave' Album Preview

Audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on "Dawn Of The Brave", the new studio album from German "a cappella metal" band VAN CANTO — which consists of five singers and one drummer (no guitars, no bass, no keyboards) — can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. "Dawn Of The ...

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CRADLE OF FILTH: 20th-Anniversary Release To Be Announced Soon

Vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH has revealed plans for a a forthcoming twentieth anniversary release in April that "old-skoolers will absolutely love to bits." No further details have yet been made available. In February, CRADLE OF FILTH will embark on a 19-d...

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DARK FUNERAL To Play Special 20th-Anniversary Concert In Stockholm

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL will celebrate their "stunning 20 years on the throne" with a special anniversary gig entitled "20 Years Of Satanic Symphonies" on May 3 at Klubben in Stockholm. The band will be fronted by Emperor Magus Caligula. In addition, former members will make exclusive g...

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SYMPHONY X Bassist To Play On New MINDMAZE Album

SYMPHONY X's Mike LePond will lay down the bass tracks on the forthcoming sophomore album "Back From The Edge", from the Pennsylvania-based melodic metal band MINDMAZE. The CD is tentatively due in September. Comments MINDMAZE: "It is with sadness that MindMaze announces the departure of our bassist...

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EXORCISM: Video Teaser For Debut Album

A video teaser with behind-the-scenes and studio footage for the forthcoming, as-yet-untitled full-length debut album from heavy doom metallers EXORCISM, featuring the song "Zero G" that appears on the CD, can be seen below. EXORCISM, which features in its ranks guitarist Joe "Shredlord" Stump (RAVE...

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'Underground Never Dies!' Photo Retrospective Of Extreme Metal Underground

"Underground Never Dies!", published by Doomentia Press, is a photo retrospective of the extreme metal underground through fanzines and the statements of those who were involved back in the 1980s and 1990s. "Underground Never Dies!" chronicles the underground metal explosion of the mid-1980s through...

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STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA's HATRIOT: 'Dawn Of The New Centurion' Album Pushed Back To February

"Dawn Of The New Centurion", the sophomore album from HATRIOT, the San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band led by former EXODUS and LEGACY (pre-TESTAMENT) frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza, has had its release date pushed back to February 21, 2014 from the previously announced January 24, 2014 through M...

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CHRISTOPHER LEE Lands On Billboard Hot Singles Sales Chart With Heavy Metal Take On 'Jingle Bells'

Legendary actor Christopher Lee, who has starred in almost 300 movies, including "The Lord Of The Rings", "Star Wars", "The Man With The Golden Gun", "Dracula", "The Wicker Man" and most recently "The Hobbit", surprises yet again by entering the Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart at No. 22 with his h...

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MEGADETH's ELLEFSON: 'My Personal Thought Is That The Next Record Will Be Much Different' To 'Super Collider'

MetalTitans.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MetalTitans.com: What's the length of time that you worked on [your autobiography] "My Life With Deth"? David Ellefson: When we started the book it was summer of 201...

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VAN CANTO: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Making Of 'Badaboom' Video

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Badaboom", the new video from the German "a cappella metal" band VAN CANTO — which consists of five singers and one drummer (no guitars, no bass, no keyboards) — can be seen below (courtesy of EMP Rock Invasion). The song is taken from the group's new st...

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Sweden's DRACENA Is Back With New Mini-CD

Swedish female-fronted black/thrash metal act DRACENA will release a new mini-CD, "Ravenous Bloodlust", on January 30, 2014. The Drac Productions release will include four new songs recorded at Sonic Train Studios, which belong to KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque. This will be band's first rele...