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STORM CORROSION'S MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Discusses Making Of 'Drag Ropes' Video

Video footage of OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt and animator Jess Cope talking about the making of the "Drag Ropes" video from STORM CORROSION, the long-discussed and highly anticipated collaboration between Åkerfeldt and PORCUPINE TREE's Steven Wilson, can be seen below. The self-titled debut albu...

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'Metal Evolution' Creator Discusses Lost 'Extreme Metal' Episode On FULL METAL JACKIE's Show

In 2011, Banger Films released the biggest-ever series on the history of heavy metal and hard rock, "Metal Evolution". Based on Banger's groundbreaking "Heavy Metal Family Tree," the series explored over 40 years of metal history — from early metal and shock rock to thrash and nu metal. Following me...

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Late RUSH Photographer ANDREW MACNAUGHTAN's Art Store Opens

Music video director and photographer Andrew MacNaughtan is known for his keen eye and creative art direction. MacNaughtan brought a unique vision to each project, seen in the direction of over 70 music videos, the album art photography of over 150 releases and the press and publicity material for s...

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'Metal Evolution' Creator Discusses Lost 'Extreme Metal' Episode (Audio)

In 2011, Banger Films released the biggest-ever series on the history of heavy metal and hard rock, "Metal Evolution". Based on Banger's groundbreaking "Heavy Metal Family Tree," the series explored over 40 years of metal history — from early metal and shock rock to thrash and nu metal. Following me...

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SECRET SPHERE: New Song Available For Streaming

Italian power metallers SECRET SPHERE will release their seventh album, "Portrait Of A Dying Heart", before the end of the year through Warner Music (Japan) and Scarlet Records (rest of the world). The CD will feature a 40-page booklet, including the novel "She Complies With The Night" on which the...

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PARADISE LOST: New Audio Interview With AARON AEDY

Beyond The Watch's Sean Sirianni recently conducted an interview with guitarist Aaron Aedy of British gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST. You can now listen to the chat below. "Fear Of Impending Hell", the new video from PARADISE LOST, was directed and produced by the band's own Steve Edmondson (ba...

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'Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet' Documentary To Be Released On DVD In December

According to Blu-Ray.com, Kino Lorber has set a December 18 North American release date for the DVD version of the documentary film "Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet". The world premiere of "Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet", took place on March 3 at the Cinequest film festival in San Jose, California at the Sa...

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AXEWOUND Drummer's Clinic Posted Online

Rockschool, the world's largest rock music examination board, has just published the first of a series of free-to-view videos on their web site of a special drum clinic by top metal drummer Jason Bowld. With its international reputation and a business which covers the four corners of the globe, Rock...

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'Randy Rhoads: The Quiet Riot Years' Trailer Available

"Randy Rhoads: The Quiet Riot Years", a new book from QUIET RIOT's personal photographer/lighting director Ron Sobol, will be released later this year via Red Match Productions. As a bonus, this book comes with a 90-minute DVD documentary with multiple bonus features. Among those features are highli...

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'Metal Evolution' Creators Seeking Funding For 'Extreme Metal' Episode

In 2011, Banger Films released the biggest-ever series on the history of heavy metal and hard rock, "Metal Evolution". Based on Banger's groundbreaking "Heavy Metal Family Tree," the series explored over 40 years of metal history — from early metal and shock rock to thrash and nu metal. Following me...

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SECRET SPHERE: 'Portrait Of A Dying Heart' Cover Artwork Unveiled; Trailer Available

Italian power metallers SECRET SPHERE will release their seventh album, "Portrait Of A Dying Heart", before the end of the year through Warner Music (Japan) and Scarlet Records (rest of the world). The CD will feature a 40-page booklet, including the novel "She Complies With The Night" on which the...

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'Trampled Under Foot: The Power And Excess Of Led Zeppelin' Book Due In September

Faber has set a September 6 release date for the "Trampled Under Foot: The Power And Excess Of Led Zeppelin" book by British music critic Barney Hoskyns. The 624-page book is described as follows: "A unique look at the history, adventures, myths and realities of this most legendary and powerful of b...

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Report: Accused Teenager Gunman Was 'Obsessed' With RAMMSTEIN

According to New York's Daily News, the 15-year-old accused of shooting a classmate at a suburban Baltimore high school on the first day of school was "obsessed" with the German industrial metal band RAMMSTEIN. Bobby Gladden was arrested Monday (August 27) after allegedly opening fire in the lunchro...

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SLASH: 'An Intimate Portrait' Book Due In October

Coming this October is "Slash: An Intimate Portrait", a new 144-page hardcover book by Richard Bienstock, with photography by Robert Knight. GUNS N' ROSES' 1987 debut, "Appetite For Destruction", is eighteen times platinum, has sold over twenty-eight million copies, and launched the career of modern...

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SOILWORK To Enter Studio This Week

Swedish melodic metal maestros SOILWORK will enter the studio on August 23 to begin recording the follow-up to their 2010 release "The Panic Broadcast". In the producer seat this time will be none other than Jens Bogren (OPETH, AMON AMARTH, BLOODBATH). The new album, entitled "The Living Infinite",...