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AGALLOCH: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

"Marrow Of The Spirit", the new album from the Pacific Northwest band AGALLOCH, is available for streaming in its entirety at NPR.org. The CD will be released on November 23 via Profound Lore Records. Just as AGALLOCH's last three releases — "Pale Folklore", "The Mantle" and "Ashes Against The Grain...

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POWERMAN 5000 Frontman Interviewed By HIDDEN AGENDA (Video)

Photojournalist Stephanie Roose of the Hidden Agenda conducted an interview with vocalist Spider One (a.k.a. Michael Cummings) of cyber rockers POWERMAN 5000 prior to the band's November 13, 2010 concert at the Machine Shop in Flint, Michigan. You can now watch the chat below. POWERMAN 5000's "Super...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN To Perform With TOKYO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will perform with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra on November 25. The performance will be broadcast in early 2011 on TV Asahi's "Daimei no nai Ongakukai". This is the third time Marty has appeared with the Philharmonic as a soloist; the first time he perform...

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MONSTER MAGNET: More 'Mastermind' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

"Mastermind", the long-awaited new album from MONSTER MAGNET, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Sweden: #34 Germany: #38 Norway: #41 Austria: #70 Switzerland: #84 Holland: #139 USA: #165 UK: #192 "Mastermind" sold around 3,000 copies in the United States in its first week of r...

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FRONTIERS RECORDS Gains New Grounds In The USA

Frontiers Records has announced that Derek Shulman and 2Plus Music Entertainment have agreed to oversee the label development and marketing over the North American market. After an internationally acknowledged career as singer for the progressive music band GENTLE GIANT, Derek Shulman became involve...

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MONSTER MAGNET's 'Mastermind' Cracks U.S. Top 200

"Mastermind", the long-awaited new album from MONSTER MAGNET, sold around 3,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 165 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous effort, "4-Way Diablo", opened with 1,800 units back in November 2007. Available on Au...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN To Appear In New Japanese Movie

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has just completed filming for the upcoming Japanese movie "Maebashi Visual Kei". Due in Japan in early 2011, the film was directed by Otsuru Gitan and is described as "a dramatic and moving look inside the trials and tribulations of a fictitious Visual Kei b...

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EVAN SEINFELD Talks About His 'Rock-Star Porn-Star Style' With STRIPPED DOWN TV

Stripped Down TV recently conducted an interview with vocalist/bassist-turned-porn-actor Evan Seinfeld (BIOHAZARD) and his girlfriend, adult film star Lupe Fuentes. You can watch the chat below. In a recent interview with Gun Shy Assassin, Seinfeld talked about haters — people who either hate his ba...

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AGALLOCH: Another New Song Available For Streaming

Pacific Northwest band AGALLOCH will release its new album, "Marrow Of The Spirit", on November 23 via Profound Lore Records. A track from the CD, "Ghosts Of The Midwinter Fires", is available for streaming using the audio player below (courtesy of Viva Hate Records). ...

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Cleveland Metal DJ Dies; Family Needs Support

WRUW DJ Stella Salamone (née Cultrona) passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on October 27, 2010. She was 44 years old. The cause of death was determined to be from a bad reaction to pain medication. She was discovered in her home by her sister-in-law unconscious on the afternoon of October 25 and i...

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AGALLOCH: New Song Available For Streaming

Pacific Northwest band AGALLOCH will release its new album, "Marrow Of The Spirit", on November 23 via Profound Lore Records. A track from the CD, "The Watcher's Monolith", is available for streaming at Stereogum.com. Regarding the lyrical theme of "The Watcher's Monolith", AGALLOCH mainman John Hau...

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MONSTER MAGNET Mainman: 'This Record Was Really Written To Be Played Live'

Elliot Levin of the NY Hard Rock Music Examiner recently conducted an interview with MONSTER MAGNET mainman Dave Wyndorf. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Examiner: So the new record just came out yesterday. How does it feel to have a new album out? Dave: It feels good, man. What's ....

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JASON BONHAM Talks LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE With Detroit's 94.7 WCSX Radio Station (Audio)

Ken Calvert of Detroit, Michigan's classic rock radio station 94.7 WCSX recently conducted an interview with drummer Jason Bonham about JASON BONHAM'S LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE — which celebrates the life and music of Jason's father, the legendary LED ZEPPELIN drummer John Bonham. You can now listen t...

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'The Secret History Of Rock 'N' Roll' Book Available

Is rock 'n' roll a modern phenomenon or simply the most recent incarnation of an artform whose roots can be traced back to the Stone Age? Did the ancient world have its own rock stars, its own guitar heroes, even its own heavy metal headbangers? Some sociologists saw the birth of a new religion when...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Talks Horror With Actor BILL MOSELEY: Video Footage Posted Online

Philip Anselmo of DOWN, ARSON ANTHEM and PANTERA recently met horror actor Bill Moseley for the first time in an exclusive "Rogue on Rogue" feature moderated by ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino. You can now watch video footage of the discussion below. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. A...