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Where I Reign: The Very Best of the Noise Years 1995-2003

Florida's KAMELOT may never be fully credited as one of the first in a second wave of symphonic power-prog metal bands, a subgenre that has gained momentum through the efforts of BLIND GUARDIAN, NIGHTWISH, EPICA, LEAVES' EYES, SONATA ARCTICA, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS and numerous others. Guitarist Thomas...

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Love Us Or Hate Us: The Very Best of the Noise Years 1985-1992

If you followed thrash from its infancy, the name Noise Records rolls through the mind as readily as Megaforce, Metal Blade and New Renaissance. The hallowed German imprint, founded by Karl-Ulrich Walterbach, exposed some of the most respected thrash, power, doom and experimental metal acts of the d...

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ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN To Host New Talk Radio Show; COREY TAYLOR Announced As First Guest

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian will host "Never Meet Your Heroes", a new radio show which is set to air on Volume, SiriusXM's first-ever 24/7 talk radio channel dedicated to music — its latest news, raging controversies, and non-stop debates — as the focus of the conversation. "Never Meet Your Heroes"...

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Former ACCEPT Guitarist HERMAN FRANK To Release New Solo Album 'The Devil Rides Out' In November

Former ACCEPT guitarist Herman Frank will release a new solo album, "The Devil Rides Out", on November 18 via AFM. It will be made available as a CD, limited digipak (including a bonus track),limited silver vinyl and limited box set. The CD was produced by Frank and mixed by Charlie Bauerfeind (BLI...

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BLAZE BAYLEY Says His Albums With IRON MAIDEN 'Will Stand The Test Of Time'

British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) was interviewed by rock journalist Mitch Lafon for a recent edition of the "One On One With Mitch Lafon" podcast (Facebook page). You can now listen to the chat using the Spreaker widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribe...

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Skeleton Wolf

Officially, SKELETON WOLF is a trio with an anonymous (and very talented) session drummer giving them monster thrust. Merging thrash, black metal, hardcore and power metal, SKELETON WOLF issues a debut album that maintains interest, at least for a while. At times, the album gets a little goofy. A...

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SHINEDOWN's ZACH MYERS: PRINCE's Death 'Crushed Me'

Niclas Müller-Hansen of RockSverige.se recently conducted an interview with SHINEDOWN guitarist Zach Myers. An excerpt from the chat follows below. RockSverige.se: Where do you see SHINEDOWN ten years from now, with the music industry being what it is? Zach: I feel like we've gone through a couple o...

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Watch PROPHETS OF RAGE Perform In Protest Of Republican National Convention

PROPHETS OF RAGE, the supergroup featuring members of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, PUBLIC ENEMY's Chuck D and CYPRESS HILL's B-Real, played at the "End Poverty Now: March For Economic Justice" rally on Monday, July 18, the opening day of the Republican Nation Convention, in Cleveland, Ohio. Four hours...

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Former ACCEPT Guitarist HERMAN FRANK Signs With AFM RECORDS

Former ACCEPT guitarist Herman Frank has inked a deal with AFM Records. His new solo disc will be released later this year. Also planned are reissues of Frank's first two solo albums, 2009's "Loyal To None" and 2012's "Right In The Guts". Without any doubt, Frank is one of the most prestigious Germa...

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For All Kings

In terms of commercial success, these are good days for thrash metal. In the last year, SLAYER, MEGADETH and now ANTHRAX have all, in their debut weeks, cracked the Billboard Top 200 Chart's top 10. Glitz and glamour aside, the quality of the music is what matters most for metal fanatics, and ANTHRA...

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House Speaker PAUL RYAN Calls AC/DC-AXL ROSE Pairing 'A Little Weird'

House Speaker Paul Ryan has weighed in on AC/DC's decision to use Axl Rose as the the lead singer of the band's current tour, calling it "a little weird." Ryan — who is known for his far-right positions on both economics and social issues — was previously described as a huge rock music fan whose ...

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PARADOX: 'Ballot Or Bullet' Lyric Video Released

German metal veterans PARADOX will celebrate their 30th anniversary with the release of their seventh studio album, "Pangea". Due in Europe on June 3 and in the U.S. on June 24 via AFM, the follow-up to 2012's "Tales Of The Weird" will be made available as a CD and on gatefold vinyl. The official ly...

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Under Attack

Lemmy is dead and it still hurts, but what a year 2016 is shaping up to be for classic thrash. MEGADETH and ANTHRAX already dropping two respective highlights this year, right behind them comes the mighty DESTRUCTION with "Under Attack", a glorious thrash monster that might be near impossible to bea...

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Imperium Simulacra

It's been five years since BLACK COBRA released its last album, "Invernal", and the band's return means a hell of a lot to the sludge underground. If you're unfamiliar with BLACK COBRA, the band is the bombastic duo from San Francisco: guitarist Jason Landrian, formerly of CAVITY, and drummer Rafael...

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Tales From Beyond

Veteran German power prog band MOB RULES returns following its "Timekeeper" compilation and 2012's "Cannibal Nation" prior to that. "Tales From Beyond" is as meticulous and grand-scoped as anything MOB RULES has attempted, including the self-contained trilogy based on Andy Weir's book "The Martian"....