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SYMPHONY X To Release 'Underworld' Album In July

New Jersey progressive metal masters SYMPHONY X will release their ninth studio album, titled "Underworld", on July 24 via Nuclear Blast Records. SYMPHONY X has triumphed, creating a panoramic "album rock" experience in an era cursed with diminishing attention spans. "This new one is about the song,...

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SYMPHONY X Bassist MIKE LEPOND To Rejoin HEATHEN'S RAGE For Three 'Reunion' Shows

Hot on the heels of his acclaimed 2014 solo album, "Silent Assassins", SYMPHONY X bassist Mike LePond will rejoin his first professional band HEATHEN'S RAGE for three "reunion" shows in April. Joining LePond will be original RAGE members Rob Warner (guitar) and Chris Teresyn (drums). Vocalist for th...

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LOCK UP Releases Statement About TOMAS LINDBERG's Departure, KEVIN SHARP's Addition

LOCK UP — the international grindcore "supergroup" featuring Anton Reisenegger (PENTAGRAM, CRIMINAL),Shane Embury (NAPALM DEATH, BRUJERIA, VENOMOUS CONCEPT) and Nick Barker (CRADLE OF FILTH, DIMMU BORGIR) — has released the following statement: "Unfortunately, we have to announce the departure of o...

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SYMPHONY X's New Album Will Really Please The Band's Old Fans

American progressive metal veterans SYMPHONY X have entered the studio to begin recording the follow-up to 2011's "Iconoclast" for an early 2015 release. Regarding the musical direction of the new SYMPHONY X material, SYMPHONY X bassist Michael LePond told the "Talking Metal" podcast (hear audio bel...

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SYMPHONY X To Begin Recording New Album This Week

American progressive metal veterans SYMPHONY X will enter the studio this week to begin recording the follow-up to 2011's "Iconoclast" for an early 2015 release. "We're gonna start the drums on Tuesday [September 9], and with all the recording and then the promotion, we hope to have a new album out...

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SYMPHONY X Bassist MIKE LEPOND To Release 'Silent Assassins' Solo Album In September

UDR/Warner has set a September 26 release date for the first-ever solo album from SYMPHONY X bassist Mike LePond. "Mike LePond's Silent Assassins" is described in a press release as "a fantastic heavy, power metal album that combines all influences of Mike LePond's favorite bands from the past and p...

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Splinters

Greg Mackintosh from PARADISE LOST was obviously shaken to the core by the loss of his father. Mackintosh dedicated the first album of his brutal side project, VALLENFYRE, "A Fragile King", to his dad. Now Mackintosh conjures up "Splinters", a harsh, depressing and noisome affair designed for bloodl...

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Dollar Haircuts on Ten Cent Heads

"Fuck banks, fuck managers, fuck bankers". HADES and NONFICTION guitarist Dan Lorenzo declared "F Bombs for Everyone" in his solo work. No doubt taking that solicitation as creed is HELLOWEEN vocalist Andi Deris, who releases his first solo album in fourteen years following 1999's "Done by Mirrors",...

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Ex-PRONG Guitarist MONTE PITTMAN Talks To 'The Classic Metal Show' About 'The Power Of Three' Album (Audio)

Monte Pittman, the guitarist known for his work with metal legends PRONG and the illustrious pop star Madonna, was interviewed on the latest edition of "The Classic Metal Show", which is heard live on Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. EST at TheClassicMetalShow.com. You can now listen to the chat usin...

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Ex-PRONG Guitarist MONTE PITTMAN Talks To AudioMorpheus.com About 'The Power Of Three' Album (Video)

AudioMorpheus.com conducted an interview with Monte Pittman, the guitarist known for his work with metal legends PRONG and the illustrious pop star Madonna, at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which is taking place January 23-26 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Ana...

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SYMPHONY X Bassist MIKE LEPOND Talks About Upcoming SILENT ASSASSINS Solo Album (Audio)

SYMPHONY X bassist Mike LePond recently spoke to The Age Of Metal about his upcoming first-ever solo album, to be released under the banner MIKE LEPOND'S SILENT ASSASSINS. You can now listen to the chat using the Mixcloud widget below. LePond previously stated about the upcoming CD: "It is a heavy m...

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Ex-PRONG Guitarist MONTE PITTMAN: 'Before The Mourning Son' Video Released

"The Power Of Three", the third album from Monte Pittman, the guitarist known for his work with metal legends PRONG and the illustrious pop star Madonna, will be released on January 21 through Metal Blade Records. Pittman, along with bandmembers Kane Ritchotte on drums and Max Whipple on bass, went...

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Soul Rot

Once again, the red-hot state of Georgia coughs up a winner. Instead of sludge-prog, crunk, tech-grind or doom, Atlanta's DISFIGUREMENT serves up an exemplary blend of Scandinavian and American-styled death metal. Fine-tuning their act in a hurry since starting in 2011, this band will call to mind H...

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SYMPHONY X Bassist MIKE LEPOND Working On 'Heavy/Power Metal' Solo Album

SYMPHONY X bassist Mike LePond is working on first-ever solo album, to be released under the banner MIKE LEPOND'S SILENT ASSASSINS. He states: "It is a heavy metal/power metal record that combines all the influences of my favorite bands from the past and present. It is a full hour of headbanging rif...

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Former HADES Guitarist To Co-Author Book About New Jersey Club Scene

Dan Lorenzo, the founding member and guitarist of the bands HADES and NON-FICTION, was recently hired to help co-author a book about the New Jersey club scene. The book is loosely based on the former nightclub The Circus in Bergenfield, but encompasses many of the other popular nightclubs in the sta...