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Ex-BLACK SABBATH Singer TONY MARTIN To Guest On STAR ONE Album; Audio Sample Available

Former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin has contributed guest vocals to "Victims Of The Modern Age", the new album from Dutch composer/multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen's STAR ONE project. According to the official ArjenLucassen.com newsletter, "Arjen has been a big fan of Tony Martin's voice for...

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POWER QUEST To Enter Studio Next Week

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

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DGM: 'Synthesis' DVD Trailer Available

Italian progressive metallers DGM will celebrate their 15-year aniversary with the release of a "stunning" live DVD, "Synthesis", due on September 24 via Scarlet Records. Recorded in April 2010 in Rome, Italy, the DVD will be made available in a special package containing extra material plus a bonus...

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STAR ONE: 'Victims Of The Modern Age' Instrumentalists Revealed

Composer and multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen has released a new video message in which he announces the instrumentalists that perform on "Victims Of The Modern Age", the new album from his STAR ONE project. "Victims Of The Modern Age" instrumentalists: * Ed Warby (AYREON, HAIL OF BULLETS, GOREF...

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SERENITY Bassist Quits

Bassist Simon Holzknecht has left Austrian symphonic melodic metallers SERENITY due to personal reasons. Commented the band: "Within the last couple of years Simon was a constant and important part within the band and his bass playing completed our releases (2007's 'Words Untold & Dreams Unlived...

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DGM To Release 'Synthesis' DVD+CD

Italian progressive metallers DGM will celebrate their 15-year aniversary with the release of a "stunning" live DVD, "Synthesis", due next month via Scarlet Records. Recorded in April 2010 in Rome, Italy, the DVD will be made available in a special package containing extra material plus a bonus CD f...

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STAR ONE: More 'Victims Of The Modern Age' Details Revealed

Composer and multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen has firmly established himself worldwide as driving force in progressive rock. While best known for his rock opera project AYREON, the multi-talented Dutchman also regularly embarks on musical side projects, which explore different aspects of Lucasse...

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DAVE MUSTAINE: 'We Are All On A Euphoric Ride That Has Never, Ever Been This Good'

MEGADETH took time out yesterday (Tuesday, August 17) to visit patients in the bone marrow transplant and leukemia treatment ward at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. The band signed autographs and took photos with the patients during their stop in Cleveland on the "American Carnage" tour. Wa...

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ARJEN LUCASSEN's STAR ONE Album: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Unveiled

AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen (also ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE) has completed work on a new STAR ONE album, entitled "Victims Of The Modern Age", for an October release. The CD cover artwork, along with a short video message from Lucassen, can be viewed below. STAR ONE's 2002 album, "Space Metal", debu...

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ZAKK WYLDE Interviewed On 'Maximum Threshold' (Audio)

Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) was interviewed on the August 7 edition of the "Maximum Threshold" show. The program is now available for streaming using the audio player below. On Tuesday, August 10, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's new album, "Order Of The Black", will be made available in mu...

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POWERWORLD Signs With SPV/STEAMHAMMER

German melodic metal band POWERWORLD, the brainchild of former FREEDOM CALL and MOON'DOC bassist Ilker Ersin, has inked a worldwide deal with SPV/Steamhammer. The band's new album, "Human Parasite", will be released in Europe on October 22 and in the USA/Canada on November 9. A European tour will ta...

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Reunited 'Animosity'-Era Lineup Of CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: First Video Footage

Video footage of the reunited classic "Animosity" lineup of CORROSION OF CONFORMITY — Mike Dean (bass, vocals),Woody Weatherman (guitar) and Reed Mullin (drums) — performing the songs "Animosity" and "Loss For Words" this past Saturday (July 31) at The Pour House in Raleigh, North Carolina can be v...

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The Panic Broadcast

SOILWORK has been used as a reference for so many years now when critics describe the oodles of often generic metalcore and melodic death metal bands that base their songs on aggressive verses and cleanly sung choruses that one almost forgets that the Swedes are the stalwarts of the style, not the a...

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Beyond the Threshold of Death

Ibex Moon got their own ENTOMBED when they picked up FATALIST, and now with LIFELESS, they have their very own DISMEMBER. Even if you miss the visual cues, like the quoting of DISMEMBER and UNLEASHED lyrics in the thanks list, the melodic speed-picked riffs and burbling low-tuned guitar tone will te...

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STEEL PANTHER Guitarist Interviewed On 'Maximum Threshold'

Guitarist Satchel (real name Russ Parrish; ex-FIGHT) of the outrageous and popular '80s-style "hair" band STEEL PANTHER was interviewed on the July 17 edition of the "Maximum Threshold" show. The program is now available for streaming using the audio player below. A loosely scripted docu-reality sho...