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DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND Drummer: New Album 'Is Going To Be Amazing'

DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has posted the following message on his official web site: "It's time!!! The DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND are ready to go into the studio to record our new album, 'Synchestra'. "We will be entering the luxurious Armoury Studios on August 10th to record my drum...

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AEROSMITH Frontman Featured On SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE Tribute CD

AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler has lent his vocals to the track "I Want to Take You Higher" on the upcoming SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE tribute album, "Different Strokes By Different Folks", due on September 27 via Epic/Legacy. According to an official press release, the album includes "one-of-a-kind...

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Former ANNIHILATOR Bassist Continues Work On Solo EP, Lines Up Guest Appearances

Former ANNIHILATOR bassist Russell Bergquist has posted the following message on his official web site: "[I] have a few recording projects that I will be participating in over the next six months or so. First off, the drums will be recorded for my solo project starting on August 1. Unless, of course...

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FEAR FACTORY Photographer OMER CORDELL Launches New Site

Photographer Omer Cordell, who has previously worked with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, MNEMIC and DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND, and who is currently collaborating with FEAR FACTORY on a photo-book project, has launched a new site dedicated to his work outside the music world. www.omercordell.com was designed by Geof...

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VREID To Enter Studio In September

VREID, the new Norwegian band formed by former WINDIR members Hváll (bass),Steingrim (drums) and Sture (vocals, guitar),will enter Hváll's Studio 1184 in September to begin recording their second album, tentatively due in March 2006 via Tabu Recordings. VREID recently recorded a cover of the IMMOR...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND To Enter Studio In August

DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND, the Vancouver-based band led by STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mastermind Devin Townsend, will enter the studio on August 10 to begin recording their new album, "Synchestra", tentatively due in early 2006. The follow-up to 2003's "Accelerated Evolution" will feature the same lineup as its...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND Drummer Laying Down Tracks For Ex-ANNIHILATOR Bassist's Solo EP

DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen is currently laying down tracks for former ANNIHILATOR bassist Russell Bergquist's solo EP at Greenhouse Studios in Vancouver. "Russ and I have been jamming his songs consistently over the last few weeks and it's sounding really tight and good to go,"...

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LALU To Release 'Temporal' In Early 2006

LALU, the new heavy/progressive project featuring French composer Vivien Lalu alongside drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen (DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND) and bassist Russell Bergquist (ex-ANNIHILATOR),will release their new album, "Temporal", in early 2006 through the Finnish label Lion Music. Two tracks on the C...

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IMMORTAL Tribute Album: More Details Revealed

More details have been revealed about the upcoming IMMORTAL tribute album, "Epimythion - Tribute to Immortal", tentatively due this fall via Greece's Townsend Avalanche Music. The complete track listing for the CD is as follows: TRAGEDY BEGINS - "The Sun No Longer Rises" BEYOND DAWN - "Storming Thro...

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DARKEST HOUR: 'Convalescence' Video Posted Online

DARKEST HOUR's video for the song "Convalescence" has been posted online at this location. The clip was was shot on May 18 in New York City with director Dale Resteghini, who has previously worked with HATEBREED, TRIVIUM, UNEARTH and THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, among others. "Convalescence" comes off...

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RYAN VAN POEDEROOYEN Discusses New DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND Album, NON-HUMAN LEVEL Project

Nocturnal Horde recently conducted an interview with DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan van Poederooyen. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Nocturnal Horde: Are you going for any new styles on the new DTB record? The approach you took on "Accelerated Evolution" was outstanding, very groov...

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Drummer GENE HOGLAN Discusses STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DARK ANGEL

Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD/DARK ANGEL drummer Gene Hoglan. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Metal-Rules.com: You wrote on the STRAPPING website that you and Devin [Townsend, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mastermind] went through a lot of sh...

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Undoing Ruin

I like what DARKEST HOUR has done on "Undoing Ruin", the follow-up to the excellent "Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation". The band has not abandoned its Americanized AT THE GATES-style melodic thrash 'n bash, yet there are more colors and accents in the songs, more melody as well. A slight smoothing of...

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THE ETERNAL Name New Album

Australian melodic doom metal band THE ETERNAL (formerly CRYPTAL DARKNESS) have set "Sleep of Reason" as the title of their forthcoming second album, due late September via Firebox Records. The follow-up to last year's "The Sombre Light of Isolation" was recorded at Palm Studios in Melbourne and is...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND: 'Synchestra' Due In Early 2006

Drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen (DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND) has posted the following message on his official web site: "Hey, everybody! Well, I'm still keeping very busy with the different albums I'm working on. Here's some updates on what's happening... "Devin Townsend just recently got back from tour with...