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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: European Tour, DVD Shoot Postponed

Due to logistical and technical problems that could not be resolved in time, the spring 2010 JON OLIVA'S PAIN "Festival" live DVD tour will be postponed until October 2010. Although the date of the actual filming will change, the DVD concert will still be captured at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Hollan...

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THE JASSER ARAFATS Completes Work On Debut Album

THE JASSER ARAFATS, a five-piece "deathrash machine" from Tampere, Finland, has completed work on its debut album, "Condemnation", due later in the year via Violent Journey Records. The track listing for the CD — which contains "12 tracks of pure death/thrash metal with a modern twist" — is as follo...

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THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT: Rehearsal Footage Posted Online

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) has posted a three-minute video clip shot during a recent THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT rehearsal. He says, "[the clip contains] no overdubs, no fixes. "We plan to have a choir for the tours comi...

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FULL SCALE RIOT Parts Ways With ROB MOSCHETTI, Joins Forces With BULLDOZE Singer

FULL SCALE RIOT, the band featuring Tim McMurtrie (rhythm guitar; original member of M.O.D.),has parted ways with Rob Moschetti (vocals/lead guitar; ex-PRO-PAIN) due to "differences" and has teamed up with Kevone (BULLDOZE) on lead vocals. FULL SCALE RIOT is returning to the studio and will be putt...

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THE ARCANE ORDER To Film 'Eruptions Of Red' Video

THE ARCANE ORDER, the Danish band featuring vocalist Kasper Thomsen (RAUNCHY) and guitarist Flemming C. Lund (INVOCATOR, ex-AUTUMN LEAVES),has issued the following update: "2009 was spent on writing new songs, and especially during autumn and winter, the songwriting has really picked up pace, and w...

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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Frontman Answers Fan-Submitted Questions

Mike Muir of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES recently answered a number of questions that were submitted via Twitter for Vans. Watch the question-and-answer session in nine parts below. Since their beginnings in Venice, California in the early '80s, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES have led the charge in the skate punk/thra...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'My Career Right Now Is Just Exploding'

Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT),Tom Araya (SLAYER),Kerry King (SLAYER) and Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH) were interviewed for the February 2010 issue of Decibel magazine (order online),which features a cover story on the upcoming "American Carnage" tour. The Mustaine section of the story follows in its entire...

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LIFE OF AGONY Bassist Talks About His Comic-Book Series 'Wire Hangers'; Video Available

A new interview with LIFE OF AGONY bassist and SPOILER NYC frontman Alan Robert about his new horror/conspiracy comic-book series titled Wire Hangers can be viewed below. Robert has joined forces with IDW Publishing to release Wire Hangers. Created, written and illustrated by Robert, with covers by...

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MATT SORUM Ponders Marriage As He Unveils DARLING STILETTOS Show

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum tells Robin Leach of VegasDeluxe.com that he is contemplating getting married to his girlfriend of five years, DARLING STILETTOS lead singer Ace Harper. "We're fully committed," he says. "I couldn't find anyone better. So next year may well be the...

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The Killing Sun

Rising from the same fertile northern California scene of the early 1980's that spawned everyone from METALLICA to Y&T to the embryonic, pre-Pacific Northwest METAL CHURCH, ANVIL CHORUS packed a lot of livin' into a short life. Though they never signed to a label and called it quits in 1985, the...

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Drakonian Paradigm

It sure is looking like WEAPON's "Drakonian Paradigm" will end up my favorite black metal album of 2009, or at least sharing the honor with MARDUK's "Wormwood". But the funny thing is that what makes "Drakonian Paradigm" such an intriguing and wholly entertaining album is the fact that it does not r...

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Video Guitar Lessons Featuring TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK

Video footage of Rock House instructor Alex Skolnick of TESTAMENT teaching you how to map out a minor ii-V-i progression using arpeggios and modes, and how to play a ii-V-I progression in the key of Bb Major, can be viewed below. Alex is a founding member of TESTAMENT, one of the most influential me...

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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES: Pro-Shot Footage Of 'Affliction $5.00 Christmas' Performance Available

Professionally filmed video footage of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES' December 19, 2009 performance at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California as part of the Affliction $5.00 Christmas Concert can be viewed below. Fan-filmed video footage of the SUICIDAL TENDENCIES show is available at the Tyronehood.c...

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MUDVAYNE Guitarist Talks About Making Of New Album

Steven Rosen of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with MUDVAYNE guitarist Greg Tribbett. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: When we last spoke, you were recording "The New Game" album. At that time you said you already had another record in the ca...

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FORBIDDEN/Ex-NEVERMORE Guitarist Joins Forces With Former BIOMECHANICAL, MERCENARY Members

Guitarist Steve Smyth (FORBIDDEN, TESTAMENT, NEVERMORE) has joined forces with former members of BIOMECHANICAL and MERCENARY in a new, as-yet-unnamed new project. The group's lineup is as follows: Jamie Hunt (BIOMECHANICAL) - Guitar Adrian Lambert (BIOMECHANICAL) - Bass Morten Sørensen (ANUBIS GATE,...