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Behold the Lion

I was expecting a tired metalcore album and ended up with a modern death and thrash metal monster on "Behold the Lion" from Chillicothe, Ohio's WOE OF TYRANTS. Call it deathcore if you must, but the boys have got far more in common with bands like BENEATH THE MASSACRE than your typical metalcore act...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO Lays Down Backing Vocals For New DOKKEN Album

Legendary hard rock vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TALISMAN) was in the studio this week with Don Dokken laying down backing vocals for the upcoming DOKKEN album, entitled "Lightining Strikes". Don wanted a richer texture to the backgrounds on these new songs so he brought Jeff...

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NILE's KARL SANDERS: 'This Is The Music We Love And That Comes First'

Shawn Macomber of The Telegraph recently conducted an interview with NILE mainman Karl Sanders. "There are people who will accuse us of doing the same old NILE thing, but you know . . . we like what we do," Sanders said of the band's musical approach. "That's the reason we do it. That ...

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DOKKEN Guitarist Comments On ROCKLAHOMA, Upcoming East Coast Run

DOKKEN will embark on an East Coast beginning on July 26 at Meadowbrook Farms Musical Arts Center with POISON / RATT / VAINS OF JENNA in Gilford, NH; July 27 at Jaxx in Springfield, Virgina, with PRETTY BOY FLOYD; and July 28 at Mulcahy's in Wantagh, NY. DOKKEN guitarist Jon Levin stated about the g...

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ZOMBI's STEVE MOORE To Release Solo Album

Relapse will issue "The Henge", the debut full-length solo album from ZOMBI's Steve Moore, in late October. The CD was self-recorded by Moore and advance track titles include "Infinite Resignation", "Dead Tide", and "Cepheid". Comments Moore: "This album represents a turning point in my writing — a...

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DOKKEN Guitarist Says New Album Is 'Slammin''

DOKKEN will perform on July 14 at one of the most talked-about music festivals this summer, Rocklahoma. The band is currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on its upcoming release, "Lightning Strikes Again". Commented DOKKEN guitarist Jon Levin: "We will be performing all of the hits a...

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HOUR OF PENANCE: New Song Available For Download

A brand new track from Italian death metallers HOUR OF PENANCE, entitled "Misconception", has been made available for download at this location. The song is expected to appear on the band's upcoming album, entitled "The Vile Conception", due this fall through Unique Leader Records. The band will ent...

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HOUR OF PENANCE To Enter Studio In July

Italian death metallers HOUR OF PENANCE have finished writing material for their new album, entitled "The Vile Conception", due this fall through Unique Leader Records. The band will enter 16th Cellar Studio in Rome on July 10 with producer Stefano Saul Morabito to record 10 new songs of "insanely f...

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KAMELOT Singer Talks About 'Ghost Opera', Possible Solo Album

Chaosankh of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with KAMELOT frontman Roy Khan. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: It looks like you have scheduled quite a few U.S. tour dates which is really refreshing as an American metal fan because so many bands choose not t...

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Norwegian Black Metal Focus Of 'Comprehensive' New Web Site

Music Information Centre Norway reports that a new and comprehensive web site dedicated to Norwegian black metal is now up and running. The site should allow the international adherents to the genre an unprecedented insight into the maze-like edifice that is Norwegian black metal. A large part of th...

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DOKKEN, KINGDOM COME: More 'Defenders Of Rock' European Tour Dates Announced

DOKKEN and KINGDOM COME will team up for the "Defenders of Rock" double-headliner tour between September 26 and October 22. So far the following dates have been confirmed, according to Dokken.net: Sep. 26 - Ludwigsburg, Germany - Rockfabrik Sep. 27 - Prague, Czech Republic - Retro Music Hall Sep. 28...

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DOKKEN To Utilize Stand-In Drummer For Select Dates

DOKKEN will enlist drummer Vik Foxx (ex-ENUFF Z'NUFF) to fill in for regular skinsman Mick Brown for several live shows that Mick is unable to play this summer. Rhino Records in March revisited DOKKEN's early days with a pair of releases packed with previously unissued material. The first release, a...

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DOKKEN, KINGDOM COME: More 'Defenders Of Rock' European Dates Announced

DOKKEN and KINGDOM COME will team up for the "Defenders of Rock" double-headliner tour between September 26 and October 22. So far the following dates have been released: Sep. 26 - Germany - Ludwigsburg - Rockfabrik Sep. 29 - Hungary - Budapest - A38 Oct. 04 - Belgium - Vosselar - Biebob Oct. 07 - ....

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DOKKEN, KINGDOM COME To Team Up For 'Defenders Of Rock' European Tour

DOKKEN and KINGDOM COME will team up for the "Defenders of Rock" double-headliner tour between September 26 and October 22. So far only one date has been released: October 7 at the Z Rock 2007 festival at Maximes, Wigan, United Kingdom. Rhino Records last month revisited DOKKEN's early days with a p...

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Blood of the Black Owl

Describing BLOOD OF THE BLACK OWL's self-titled debut as "blackened doom" is not inaccurate but does not tell the whole story. With plenty of the suffocating heaviness of funeral doom, yet not reaching the muddy bottom of an act like CATABOMBS, and mining some of the same accents and majestic sliver...