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DREAM THEATER: New Interview With JORDAN RUDESS Posted Online

MusicPlayers.com has posted an interview with DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess. The discussion covers the musical direction chosen for his new solo CD, "The Road Home", the guest contributions to the project, the ongoing evolution of Jordan's keyboard setup, programming, and technical style....

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ROB HALFORD's FIGHT: 'Light Comes Out Of Black' Video Premiere

The video premiere of "Light Comes out of Black", taken from JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford's upcoming release "War Of Words - The Film", is available at this location (Quicktime required; MOV file, 39 MB). Compelling, stark and aggressive "War Of Words - The Film", starring Rob Halford and his f...

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ROB HALFORD: San Francisco In-Store Appearance Added

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford has scheduled the following in-store appearances in connection with his brand new offerings, "Metal God Essentials - Volume 1" and "War Of Words - The Film": Thursday, November 15 Noon to 1:30 P.M FYE Store # 140 1290 Avenue of the Americas New York NY 10104 212-581...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN: XM And Sirius Satellite Radio Appearances Scheduled

Members of THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN will be guest DJ hosts at an "Ire Works" record-release party being held tonight (November 13) at Club Europa (98 Meserole Ave) in Brooklyn, NY. In between DEP playing cuts off of "Ire Works", there will be live performances from Relapse labelmates CAR BOMB and D...

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GORGOROTH: European Tour Diary Launched

While it may still up to the Norwegian court to decide who rightfully owns the band name GORGOROTH following a split between guitarist Infernus on one side and bassist King and vocalist Gaahl on the other, the Gaahl/King version of the Norwegian black metal outfit commenced its European tour a few d...

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MONSTER MAGNET: '4-Way Diablo' Lands On Swedish Chart

MONSTER MAGNET's new album, "4-Way Diablo", has entered the Swedish chart at position No. 51. The CD was produced by Matt Hyde and features a cover version of THE ROLLING STONES' "2,000 Light Years from Home". Check out audio samples on the band's MySpace page. MONSTER MAGNET's last studio album, "M...

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KISS Confirms New Zealand Festival Appearance

According to The Dominion Post, KISS will play Wellington's Westpac Stadium in New Zealand as part of a giant two-day rock festival. At least three other big-name overseas acts — yet to be announced — will also perform in the Rock2Wgtn festival in the stadium next Easter, March 22 and 23. It will .....

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SERJ TANKIAN: 'I Live In And Love America, But If The Policies Are Wrong, Then I'm Gonna Say It

Nick Snelling of Australia's Time Off magazine recently conducted an interview with SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the clip for his single "Empty Walls", which presents a seemingly benign scene where young children play make-believe in a kindergarten...

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Ex-GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUCKETHEAD: 'Young Buckethead Vol. 1' And 'Vol. 2' DVDs On The Way

Avabella has set a December 11 release date for the two DVDs from former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Buckethead, "Young Buckethead Vol. 1" and "Young Buckethead Vol. 2". The descriptions for the two titles are as follows: "Young Buckethead Vol. 1": This DVD begins with the DELI CREEPS' complete concert...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'Addiction Is A Used Car Salesman'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace blog: "Addiction is a used car salesman. It don't give up just 'cause I ain't buying. "Hell no. "Instead it goes 'Awwwwwrightee then... Back to the drawing board...' Out come the bling. The little flags and the giant...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer Launches TORPEDO COMICS; More Details Available

With multi-platinum rock band SYSTEM OF A DOWN currently on hiatus and his SCARS ON BROADWAY project with SOAD's Daron Malakian in the early stages, drummer John Dolmayan will fulfill his other passion of comic books and collectibles by launching Torpedo Comics, an exclusively Internet-based retail...

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ROB HALFORD Announces FIGHT 'War Of Words - The Film' Theatrical Premieres

Compelling, stark and aggressive "War Of Words - The Film", starring Rob Halford and his first solo band FIGHT, unleashes upon legions of metal maniacs November 20 in North America, November 30 in the United Kingdom and Europe, December 3 in Australia and New Zealand and December 19 in Japan. After...

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GORGOROTH Recruits Drummer NICK BARKER For European Tour

Nick Barker (ex-DIMMU BORGIR, CRADLE OF FILTH, TESTAMENT) will play drums on GORGOROTH's upcoming tour across Europe beginning November 2007. In addition to Nick, guitarist Teloch (NIDINGR, UMORAL, 1349) will again return to GORGOROTH's live assault, while guitarist Sykelig completes the group's 200...

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ONSLAUGHT To Tour Europe With EKTOMORF

Guitarist Nige Rockett of of the reactivated British thrashers ONSLAUGHT has issued the following update: "Due to circumstances beyond our control, we sadly announce that the 'X-mass Festival Tour' scheduled for December has been postponed. However, the tour will now go ahead in January 2008 under t...

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RAGE Completes Work On 'Carved In Stone'

RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski has issued the following update: "The studio job for the new RAGE album 'Carved in Stone' is completed now, and finally I can listen to all tracks of the new CD by my HiFi rack with a quiet conscience, and I can say it has exactly become what we figured out ...