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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Issues Post-European Tour Update

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN frontman Greg Puciato has issued the following update: "We just wrapped up a quick two weeks of European shows, starting in Long Island and finishing up in Finland. Every show was invigorating for us, including a lot of places we haven't played in a really long time. "Our p...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG To Release AEROSMITH Cover

The first single from former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young's debut solo album, "Equilibrium", is a powerful-yet-tender remake of a song from AEROSMITH's 1974 "Get Your Wings" LP, entitled "Seasons of Wither". According to a posting on Young's MySpace page, "Jeff is joined on this stripped-down rendi...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist Releases Tribute Song To JEFF BUCKLEY

Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young has released his "haunting tribute" to the late Jeff Buckley via MySpace. The song, entitled "Always Remember Me", is available for streaming at this location. Young wil release his debut solo album, "Equilibrium", this summer. The CD was mixed by Michael Wagener...

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SCOTT WEILAND Says STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Has 18 New Songs Written

Rick Florino of ARTISTdirect recently conducted an interview with STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect: Where in the world are you right now? Weiland: I'm in the studio working on new STP music. It's coming along r...

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SLIPKNOT's DJ SID WILSON Interviewed In Toronto; Video Available

PureGrainAudio conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT DJ Sid Wilson on May 1, 2009 when the band performed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with TRIVIUM and 3 INCHES OF BLOOD. Watch the chat below. SLIPKNOT's video for the song "Sulfur" was shot on March 9 in the Los Angeles area and was directed by Crahan...

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ORPHANED LAND In The Studio With STEVEN WILSON

Israel's ORPHANED LAND is continuing work on its highly anticipated new album, "ORwarriOR", due later in the year via Century Media Records. Commented vocalist Kobi Farhi:"Drums, percussions, bass, all kinds of guitars, violins, piano and oriental instruments (Buzouki, Saz, Cumbus and more) have alr...

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TONY IOMMI Goes 'Face To Face' With RICK WAKEMAN

In one of the most revealing and candid musician-to-musician interviews ever recorded, "Face To Face" host Rick Wakeman holds court with his longtime friend, the guitar icon Tony Iommi, who is best known as the founding member of pioneering heavy metal band BLACK SABBATH. Although it was over 30 yea...

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OPETH Mainman On Touring, Lineup Changes And Progressive Music

Lee Troupe of "The Funeral Directory" show on WUTK 90.3 FM, the college radio station for the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH before the band's May 22, 2009 concert at The Bijou Theatre in Kn...

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THRESHOLD To Tour Europe In The Fall

U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD will tour Europe in the fall of 2009 and promise a radically different show. The first handful of dates has now been announced with more to follow. Oct. 29 - Zeche Carl - Essen, Germany Oct. 30 - Colos Saal - Aschaffenburg, Germany Nov. 01 - Z7 - Pratteln, Switze...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist Collaborates With Former FEMME FATALE, VIXEN Members; Audio Available

Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young has collaborated with ex-FEMME FATALE vocalist Lorraine Lewis and ex-VIXEN drummer Roxy Petrucci on "a little BAD COMPANY-esque/countryfied rocker" entitled "Desperate". The track is currently available for streaming at Jeff's MySpace page. Jeff Young wil release...

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PORCUPINE TREE Signs With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Roadrunner Records has announced the signing of British progressive rock band PORCUPINE TREE. One of the most difficult-to-categorize yet innovative acts making music today, PORCUPINE TREE's music ranges from psychedelic trip-hop to progressive rock, and a compendium of other sounds in between. PORC...

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AEROSMITH's TYLER Talks To TV GUIDE About 'Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp'; Video Available

Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp was recently held in Hollywood with a list of guest instructors that included AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler, VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan, FOO FIGHTERS touring keyboardist Rami Jaffee, Todd Rundgren, former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick and others. The camp allowed...

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NACHTMYSTIUM: More 'Doomsday Derelicts' MCD Details Revealed

Battle Kommand Records has announce the label's first in-house CD release in over a year: the brand new MCD from Chicago's purveyors of psychedelic blackened metal NACHTMYSTIUM, entitled "Doomsday Derelicts". The release was arranged in cooperation with Century Media Records, NACHTMYSTIUM's home lab...

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DREAM THEATER's MIKE PORTNOY: 'Working With KEVIN MOORE Is Just Not Much Fun'

Blistering.com's Ken McGrath recently held court with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy, waxing on the band's forthcoming new album ("Black Clouds and Silver Linings"),the ever-elusive "prog" term, his proposed side-project with OPETH's Mikael Åkerfeldt and PORCUPINE TREE's Steven Wilson, and his...

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DEEP PURPLE Singer IAN GILLAN: New Audio Interview Available

DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan was interviewed for this week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. You can stream the show online at this location. Ian Gillan will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guest on Friday, May 22 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed...