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RHAPSODY OF FIRE Guitarist Working On New Solo Album

RHAPSODY OF FIRE guitarist Luca Turilli has issued the following update: "I just came back from Wolfsburg where I ended the first part of the production for the second DREAMQUEST album (please check www.dreamquest.eu for more details). During that time I had also the possibility to plan the producti...

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ADYTUM Hard At Work On Debut Album

Newmarket, ON-based progressive death/black metal quartet ADYTUM will release its full-length debut, "Echoes of Refuge on Northern Storm", in early 2007 via Northern Storm Records. Commented the band: "For the CD, we are working with our good friend and producer David Clipperton, who has owned Wire...

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KULT OV AZAZEL's XAPHAN Shoots Down Split Rumors

Xaphan, vocalist/guitarist of the Floridian black metallers KULT OV AZAZEL, has issued the following update: "After our show Tuesday night [Oct. 24] with CELTIC FROST and GOATWHORE it is evident that some things need to be cleared up. It seems the going rumor is the band has split up or that we are...

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WITH PASSION: 'What We See When We Shut Our Eyes' Final Track Listing Announced

Sacramento-based technical metalcore outfit WITH PASSION has finalized the track listing for its sophomore Earache release, "What We See When We Shut Our Eyes", due in March 2007. The CD, which features a guest appearance by THE RED CHORD vocalist Guy Kozowyk, was recorded at Mana Studios in Florida...

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Triumph or Agony

If you were among those disappointed by BLIND GUARDIAN's streamlining of their sound this year, your luxury liner has come in. RHAPSODY OF FIRE have, if anything, gone even further off the deep end into operatic, cinematic, utterly bombastic and gaudy symphonic metal. Choirs swell, drums thunder, st...

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WITH PASSION Unveils Track Listing For 'What We See When We Shut Our Eyes'

Sacramento-based technical metalcore outfit WITH PASSION has been fervently working to complete tracking for its sophomore Earache release, "What We See When We Shut Our Eyes", at Mana Studios in Florida with Brian Elliott. Due out in March 2007, "What We See When We Shut Our Eyes" will contain the...

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RHAPSODY OF FIRE: 'Triumph Or Agony' Chart Positions Revealed

RHAPSODY OF FIRE, the Italian band formerly known as RHAPSODY, has entered the national album charts in the following countries with its new album, "Triumph or Agony": France: #59 Germany: #64 Switzerland: #74 "Triumph or Agony" was released last month via Magic Circle Music. According to a press re...

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ROSE TATTOO Frontman Fronts Youth Foundation

Australia's Milton Ulladulla Times reports that legendary ROSE TATTOO frontman Angry Anderson will be the ambassador for Ulladulla's Dunn and Lewis Youth Development Foundation. The charitable foundation was formed following the devastation and tragedy of the 2002 Sari Night Club bombings, which cla...

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Midvinterblot

After hearing JUDAS PRIEST and SLAYER, among others, pull this trick recently, a friend and I decided that there was one way to tell when a band officially had become old — not bad, or useless, just preaching to the converted and officially locked into their signature style. Listen to the words — as...

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NOUMENA: Internet EP Released

Finnish melodic death metallers NOUMENA have issued the following update: "We have released a digital EP entitled 'Triumph and Loss'. On the eve of the new full-length this is a serious appetizer. The title song of the EP is taken from forthcoming album 'Anatomy of Life'. Other five tracks are previ...

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RHAPSODY OF FIRE: Audio Interview With ALEX STAROPOLI Available

A 20-minute audio interview with RHAPSODY OF FIRE keyboardist/songwriter Alex Staropoli, conducted earlier in the month by Denmark's Revolution Music webzine (web site),has been posted online at this location (MP3, 18.1 MB). RHAPSODY OF FIRE, the Italian band formerly known as RHAPSODY, will releas...

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PAUL GILBERT Talks About MR. BIG And His Early Influences

Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with former RACER X/ex-MR. BIG guitarist Paul Gilbert. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: Is there any chance of RACER X releasing any new material? Paul: "With RACER X, whenever we have time, we try to put a record together. And th...

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STURMGEIST To Release 'Über' In October

STURMGEIST, the Norwegian solo project of SOLEFALD mastermind Cornelius Jakhelln Brastad, will release its second album, "Über", on October 16 through Season Of Mist. The track list is as follows: 01. Meister 02. Blood-Axe 03. Dobermann 04. Grimanic Guerillas 05. Iron Hammer 06. Party Über Alles 07....

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THE QUILL Schedules Stockholm Gig

Sweden's THE QUILL will play on September 30 at Club New Life in Stockholm at the Bass 'n Drum Days festival. THE QUILL is currently working on a video for the song "Keep the Circle Whole", which will consist of footage recorded at this year's Sweden Rock Festival. THE QUILL's fifth album, "In Trium...

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Supremacy

Success has not softened HATEBREED's delivery one bit, nor has vocalist Jamey Jasta mellowed with age. "Supremacy" continues down the same metallic hardcore path blazed on albums like "Perseverance" and "The Rise of Brutality". One might even be tempted to call it the angriest and most brutal album...