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Harvest Earth

Right behind SIERRA comes another discovery for the KYLESA-backed Retro Futurist label, JAGGED VISION. Instead of plunging through the deep American South where KYLESA calls home and allies themselves with other underground sludge monsters, Retro Futurist first tapped into the Canadian scene to turn...

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Tied to a Dying Animal

It can never be understated that double albums come with risks, the main caveats being they should either be special or at least serve a credible purpose. Otherwise, there lies automatic suspicion of bloated packaging in the interest of sales boosting. Black metal/dark meditative artists SHROUD OF D...

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BLACK SABBATH's TONY IOMMI On BILL WARD: 'One Day We May Play Together' Again

Legendary BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi recently spoke to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada's web site The Coast about the band's comeback album, "13", which was helmed by producer Rick Rubin. "I don't know if I have any ancient tone secrets," said Iommi. "But we basically went in and did it like th...

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PAUL STANLEY Says FREHLEY And CRISS' Autobiographies 'Go From Being Questionable To Absurd'

Brian Aberback of New Jersey's Steppin' Out magazine recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Steppin' Out: What is the main message you want people to take from your [long-awaited autobiography, "Face The Music: A Life Expose...

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OTHERWISE Taps Producer DAVE BOTTRILL For Sophomore Album

Las Vegas breakthrough rockers have begun recording their sophomore album, "Peace At All Costs", for a tentative late summer/early fall release via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2012's "True Love Never Dies" is being helmed by by Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Bottrill (TOOL, MUSE, S...

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MOTÖRHEAD's LEMMY: 'I Am Feeling A Lot Better Than I Did'

Legendary MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister was interviewed on the March 28-30 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the Podbean widget below. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow. To see a full list of stations carrying the...

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Former MORBID ANGEL Frontman STEVE TUCKER Talks To MUSIC LEGENDS About WARFATHER (Audio)

On February 2, Jason Saulnier of Music Legends conducted an interview with former MORBID ANGEL and current WARFATHER frontman Steve Tucker. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. "Orchestrating The Apocalypse", the debut album from WARFATHER, can be streamed in its entirety using...

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FREHLEY: 'PAUL And GENE Have Been Insinuating That PETER And Myself Don't Have It Anymore, Which Is A Load Of Crap'

Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley recently spoke to Revolver magazine about the band's controversial announcement that no members of KISS will be playing at the April 10 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony in Brooklyn. "Originally, the Hall Of Fame asked all four of us to do a reunion an...

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SLAYER/EXODUS Guitarist GARY HOLT: 'My Endurance Is Super-Killer Now Because I've Been Playing With Two Bands'

Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of GuitarWorld.com recently conducted an interview with EXODUS mainman and SLAYER touring guitarist Gary Holt. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. GuitarWorld.com: As a musician, since you've joined SLAYER as a live guitarist, what positive changes have you noti...

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THE IRON MAIDENS Speak To MADCAP MUSIC REVIEW (Video)

Madcap Music Review's John Golden recently conducted an interview with THE IRON MAIDENS, the world's only female tribute to the legendary band IRON MAIDEN. You can now watch the chat below. Formed in 2001, these five women comprise excellent musicianship with an elaborate stage show with effects and...

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KAMELOT's PALOTAI Says Singer TOMMY KAREVIK's 'Positive Energy' Gave Everyone In The Band A Boost

Kamelot Germany recently conducted an interview with keyboardist Oliver Palotai of American / German / Swedish symphonic metallers KAMELOT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Kamelot Germany: How was it for you to sit out KAMELOT's North America tour? This has been the first time since...

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CARCASS' BILL STEER: It Was 'Shocking' To Us How Positive Reaction Was To 'Surgical Steel'

Pat Furey of Behind The Mask recently conducted an interview with guitarist Bill Steer of reactivated British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Behind The Mask: You guys have a new album that dropped late last year on Nuclear Blast, entitled "Surgical S...

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Enter the Metal

Canadian prog-thrashers VARGA had a brief run from 1989 through the mid-Nineties, which is to say, they were doomed from the start for obvious reasons if you were paying attention to the North American music climate of that period. They released two albums, "Prototype" and "Oxygen" as well as their...

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Bazaar of Wonders

Russian prog duo STARSOUP has a simple mission statement: "to invite different cool musicians and make some good music". For Alexey Markov and Andrew Gryaznov's purposes, this means pushing their less-than-simplistic creations into concrete, if sometimes slow-cooked DREAM THEATER vehicles with an en...

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Mary Jane

DEAD, WHITE AND BLUE is the raunchy rock playground of Russell (aka "Rusty") Workman, who reportedly worked with earlier bands in his native Arizona that opened for the likes of IRON MAIDEN, KORN and DIO. Workman was forced to put DEAD, WHITE AND BLUE on hiatus while serving a stint in the jug for d...