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DENDURA Resumes Recording New Album

DENDURA, the female-fronted, progressive metal band from Grand Rapids, Michigan, recently entered the studio with Grammy Award-winning producer Neil Kernon (NEVERMORE, QUEENSRŸCHE, DOKKEN) to begin recording its new album for a 2009 release. Guitarist Steve Wethy has issued the following update: "We...

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ABIGAIL WILLIAMS: 'Into The Ashes' Video Available

"Into the Ashes", the new video from ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, can be viewed below. The clip will see its on-air debut on this week's "Headbangers Ball", which airs on Saturday from 2 to 3 a.m. on MTV 2. ABIGAIL WILLIAMS frontman Ken Sorceron comments on the making of the video: "We filmed the video underne...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: Studio Update

ALICE IN CHAINS entered a Los Angeles studio in October with producer Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, RUSH, STONE SOUR, TRIVIUM, SHADOWS FALL, DEATH ANGEL) to begin recording its first all-new studio effort since 1995's self-titled third album. According to an online posting by The Baldy — whose job...

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LED ZEPPELIN: 'The Real Jimmy Page' Featured In UNCUT Magazine

According to Achilles Last Stand, the January 2009 issue of UK's Uncut magazine features LED ZEPPELIN guitar legend Jimmy Page on the cover. "The Real Jimmy Page" is a celebration of the life and music LED ZEPPELIN's great guitar wizard, with insights from Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, Jeff Beck, P...

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Negotiations For CREED Reunion Underway

The Pulse of Radio reports that CREED is officially working on the details for a 2009 reunion tour, according to Billboard.com. Sources have reported that there are "significant dollars" on the table for a CREED trek, although a spokesperson for Wind-Up said, "There have been some talks, but it woul...

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ALTER BRIDGE Frontman: 'I Am Not Singing For LED ZEPPELIN'

Austrian heavy 'zine Stormbringer.at conducted an interview with vocalist Myles Kennedy and guitarist Mark Tremonti of ALTER BRIDGE prior to the band's November 27, 2008 concert in Vienna, Austria. Watch the 13-minute chat below. Mark Tremonti recently spoke with Music Radar about the possibility of...

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HEAVENWOOD: New Performance Footage Available

Video footage of HEAVENWOOD's November 8, 2008 performance at the Efeito Borboleta Festival in Tramagal, Portugal can be viewed below. HEAVENWOOD's third album, "Redemption", was released in the band's home country of Portugal at the end of August. The special-edition version of the CD (limited to 1...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist ALEX SKOLNICK On 'The Metal File'; Audio Available

Guitarist Alex Skolnick of TESTAMENT and TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA was interviewed for this week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. You can stream the show online at this location. Rock House, the leader in music instruction, recently announced that Alex Skolnick has joined Rock Hous...

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ROBERT PLANT Comments On Proposed LED ZEPPELIN Tour Without Him

According to the Robert Plant Newswire, former LED ZEPPELIN singer Robert Plant confirmed to the Birmingham Evening Mail on November 6 that he would not be joining guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist John Paul Jones and drummer Jason Bonham on the road for the proposed ZEPPELIN reunion tour. He said it wa...

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ROSS THE BOSS: Munich Performance Footage Available

Former MANOWAR/current DICTATORS guitarist and solo artist Ross The Boss has just completed a European tour as the support act for SINNER. Video footage of Ross The Boss' November 20, 2008 performance in Munich, Germany can be viewed below (courtesy of "eblinternational"). "New Metal Leader", the ne...

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DAATH Drummer Discusses Songwriting Process For New Album

Video footage of DAATH drummer Kevin Talley — who has previously recorded and/or toured with DYING FETUS, CHIMAIRA, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE RED CHORD, HATE ETERNAL, M.O.D., MISERY INDEX and SUFFOCATION — laying down tracks for DAATH's new album, "The Concealers", can be viewed below. "The Conce...

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Chinese Democracy

After 17 years, six producers, enough musicians to start four new bands, an army of assistants, a bailout-sized budget and who knows how much actual recording time and hard drive space, "Chinese Democracy" has finally arrived. And of course the question is: what is worth it? Was it worth the wait, t...

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CYNIC: Interview With PAUL MASVIDAL

By: Scott Alisoglu Paul Masvidal had an epiphany that it was time to unleash CYNIC and blow minds all over again. For the last 15 years, "Focus" has served as the bench mark for the heavy end of progressive metal (some might say progressive "death" metal, but more on that later) and here we are ...

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Ex-MEGADETH/KING DIAMOND Guitarist Selling Custom ESP Axe

Former MEGADETH/KING DIAMOND guitarist Glen Drover is selling a custom ESP guitar (see photo below) with the following specifications: * Custom black finish by ESP for Glen Drover before MEGADETH's Gigantour 2 * Kahler locking system * Two Seymour Duncan pickups * Distortion in neck and 59 in bridge...

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GODSIZED To Release 'Brothers In Arms' EP

London, U.K.-based hard rock band GODSIZED will release new five-song EP, entitled "Brothers in Arms", on December 19 via the group's official web site. The CD was produced by former KILL II THIS guitarist Mark Mynett and is currently being mastered in Los Angeles by Brian Gardner (LAMB OF GOD, ALTE...