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Zero Order Phase

More of a departure from his day job than Warrel Dane's recent solo outing, NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis has unleashed one goddamned fiery tribute to the instrumental shred lords that have inspired his playing since the SANCTUARY days. You see, back before the swarms of flannel-clad grunge-mieste...

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'Guitar Hero World Tour' Trailer Featuring ZAKK WYLDE Available

Activision Publishing, Inc. will release Guitar Hero World Tour, the definitive rock 'n' roll music videogaming experience, on October 26, 2008. Spanning over 40 years of rock history and featuring 86 tracks, comprised entirely of master recordings, the game will deliver Guitar Hero fans the largest...

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METALLICA's ULRICH On 'Death Magnetic': 'Everybody Who's Heard The Album Says It Sounds Great'

iafrica.com has posted a lengthy interview with the four members of METALLICA about the group's new album, "Death Magnetic". An excerpt from the chat follows below. Q: Now that "Death Magnetic" is completed, how do you feel about the album? Lars Ulrich: "My head is still kind of spinning about the w...

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QUO VADIS Joined By MARTYR Drummer

MARTYR drummer Patrice Hamelin, who has previously done session work with DESPISED ICON and SENATE, will join fellow Canadian progressive tech-death giants QUO VADIS on tour and in studio. The announcement is the first in a series of lineup changes for QUO VADIS after the band's September 6 show in...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE Bassist Checks In From Recording Studio

Bassist Alex Webster of the long-running death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE has issued the following update: "Alex from CANNIBAL here checking in from Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida. Paul [Mazurkiewicz] has finished all the drum tracks for our new album, and we think he did an amazing job. Thi...

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A Conversation With CANNIBAL CORPSE's ALEX WEBSTER

By: Scott Alisoglu CANNIBAL CORPSE is a band of the people; well, the death metal people anyway. Since forming in 1987, the unit has always given the fans what they've wanted — consistently good albums, gore-drenched lyrics, and staggering levels of brutality. The quintet's dedication, work ethic, a...

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EXTREME: Footage From Italy's ROCK OF AGES Festival Available

Italian news blog Musica Metal has uploaded video footage (see below) of reunited Boston hard rockers EXTREME performing the song "More Than Words" at the first edition of the Rock Of Ages festival, which was held on Saturday, September 13, 2008 in Milan, Italy. "Saudades de Rock", the new album fro...

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IRON MAIDEN Manager On 'Heavy Metal Islam' Book

IRON MAIDEN manager Rod Smallwood has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We would like to make you guys aware of a very interesting book, 'Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam', which has recently been published by Mark LeVine. It de...

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ARKAEA Begins Recording Debut Album; New Release Date Announced

ARKAEA — the new band featuring FEAR FACTORY members Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) alongside vocalist Jon Howard (THREAT SIGNAL) — will release its debut album on March 10, 2009 via Koch Records. Jon Howard comments, "With the recent signing of ARKAEA to Koch, and a rel...

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ACTIVISION Unveils 'Guitar Hero World Tour' Set List

Delivering unparalleled depth and diversity featuring some of the most prolific artists of all time including JIMI HENDRIX, THE DOORS, VAN HALEN, METALLICA, OZZY OSBOURNE, MICHAEL JACKSON and more, Activision Publishing, Inc. today revealed the highly-anticipated full set list for Guitar Hero World...

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PARADISE LOST Not Cancelling South American Tour

UK gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST, who recently parted ways with drummer Jeff Singer, have announced that they will play their previously announced South American shows in November: Nov. 01 - [to be announced] - Bogota, Columbia Nov. 04 - Discoteca Saquara - Lima, Peru Nov. 05 - Teatro Capoluli...

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Hero Destroyed

Formed in 2005, Pittsburgh's HERO DESTROYED enlisted the help of Eric Klinger (BLOODCLOT, ex-PRO-PAIN) and recorded this self-titled EP at Klinger Studios, self-releasing it in 2007. Based on a recommendation from DON CABALLERO, Relapse Records saw fit to sign the band and re-release the EP to a wor...

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Stick with What You Know: Live in Europe

PAT TRAVERS is a guitar hero that doesn't get mentioned enough in conversations about the great axe-swingers who came of age in the 1970s. The Toronto-born TRAVERS made some sizzling hard rock with albums like 1978's "Heat in the Street", 1979's smash hit "Live! Go for what you Know" (hence, the new...

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NAPALM DEATH Interviewed At BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival; Video Available

British music channel Scuzz TV conducted an interview with vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway and bassist Shane Embury of the UK grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH at the Bloodstock Open Air 2008 festival, which was held August 15-17 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. Watch the chat below. NAPALM DEAT...

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HURTLOCKER Rejoined By Singer; New Bassist Announced

Chicago's HURTLOCKER has been rejoined by vocalist Grant Belcher. In addition, the band has recruited a new bassist in the shape of Pat Neary (formerly of THE WAKING). The group says, "We have started to write some new songs which we will be demoing out for Napalm [Records] in the very near future."...