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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Interviewed At NAMM (Video)

Music Store TV conducted an interview with legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen at the 2011 NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, a massive music-products convention that runs through Sunday. You can now watch the chat below. Marshall Amplification has announced the Signature...

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POWER QUEST: 'Blood Alliance' Release Dates Announced

U.K-based metallers POWER QUEST will release their new album, "Blood Alliance", via Napalm Records on the following dates: Japan, Southeast Asia: January 26 (through Marquee/Avalon) Spain, Finland, Sweden: March 23 Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy: March 25 Rest of Europe: March 28 USA,...

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DOTMA, ODD DIMENSION Albums To Be Made Available In North America In March

Scarlet Records has announced its second set of releases in the North American market. DOTMA's "Sleep Paralyses" and ODD DIMENSION's "Symmetrical" will be made available on March 22, 2011. DOTMA was formed in 2005 in the small city of Hyvinkää, Finland, by guitarist and keyboardist Harri Koskela. Fr...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Guitarist Readying FOR ALL WE KNOW Debut

FOR ALL WE KNOW, the new project led by WITHIN TEMPTATION guitarist Ruud Jolie, is mixing its debut album for an April 2011 release. Joining Jolie in the group are Léo Margarit (PAIN OF SALVATION) on drums, Kristoffer Gildenlöw (DIAL, ex-PAIN OF SALVATION) on bass and Wudstik (AYREON) on vocals. The...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Schedules European Tour Dates

The reunited classic "Animosity" lineup of CORROSION OF CONFORMITY — Mike Dean (bass, vocals),Woody Weatherman (guitar) and Reed Mullin (drums) — has scheduled the following dates: Apr. 14 - Bochum, Germany - Matrix Apr. 15 - Tilburg, Netherlands - Roadburn Apr. 16 - Bremen, Germany - Tower Apr. 17...

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POWER QUEST: 'Blood Alliance' Cover Artwork Unveiled

U.K-based metallers POWER QUEST have completed work on their new album, "Blood Alliance", at Foel Studios (PAUL RODGERS, NAPALM DEATH, THE WILDHEARTS) in Wales next for a late March European release via Napalm Records (early April in the U.S. and January 19 in Japan through Marquee/Avalon). Eleven s...

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POWER QUEST: New Album Track Listing Unveiled

U.K-based metallers POWER QUEST have completed work on their new album, "Blood Alliance", at Foel Studios (PAUL RODGERS, NAPALM DEATH, THE WILDHEARTS) in Wales next for a late March European release via Napalm Records (early April in the U.S. and January 19 in Japan through Marquee/Avalon). Eleven s...

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THRESHOLD Frontman's Debut Solo DVD Preview

Damian Wilson, singer with STAR ONE and AYREON, and frontman with the likes of THRESHOLD, HEADSPACE, RICK WAKEMAN and MAIDEN UNITED, is just about to release his exciting debut solo DVD. This two-disc set, titled "Cheers Lads! 20 Years Of Avoiding A Job", contains a superb recording of the DAMIAN WI...

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'Mean Deviation' The Prog Metal 'Bible'; Free Sample Chapter Available

Bazillion Points is offering a free download extract of "Chapter 5. Passing the Threshold" from the newly-released and already acclaimed book "Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal" by Jeff Wagner. The PDF download is available at this location. After tracing the origins of progres...

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Victims of the Modern Age

How about giving it up for Arjen Lucassen? The versatile, multi-talented musician hit the target dead center with "Victims of the Modern Age" by assembling a star-studded cast and making an album that flirts with the progressive in all the right places, but always stays rooted in the fundamentals of...

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FORBIDDEN Interviewed On 'Maximum Threshold' (Audio)

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN were interviewed on the November 20, 2010 edition of the "Maximum Threshold" show. The program is now available for streaming using the audio player below. "Omega Wave", the new album from FORBIDDEN, sold around 950 copies in the United States i...

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SOILWORK, Ex-AFTER FOREVER, Ex-ORPHANAGE Members Added To 'Winter Metal Symphony'

Current/former members of SOILWORK, REVAMP, AFTER FOREVER, ORPHANAGE, PLEURISY will participate in the third annual "Winter Metal Symphony" show (formerly "Christmas Metal Symphony"),set to take place January 22, 2011 at 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands. As was the case with the last two editions of...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: San Francisco Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's August 10, 2010 performance at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco, California can be viewed below. CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's October 14, 2010 concert at King's in Raleigh, North Carolina was professionally filmed and recorded for an upcoming DVD. Wi...

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POWER QUEST Completes Recording New Album

U.K-based metallers POWER QUEST have finished recording their new album, "Blood Alliance", at Foel Studios (PAUL RODGERS, NAPALM DEATH, THE WILDHEARTS) in Wales next for an early 2011 release via Napalm Records. Ten songs were laid down for the follow-up to 2008's "Master Of Illusion", including one...

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THRESHOLD Begins Work On New Album

U.K.-based progressive metallers THRESHOLD have started writing material for the follow-up to 2007's "Dead Reckoning" for a 2011 release via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD will once again be recorded at Thin Ice Studios in the U.K. with producers Karl Groom and Richard West. "Dead Reckoning" enjoyed...