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ERIK NORLANDER, LANA LANE Channel Now On YouTube

Videos featuring Think Tank Media symphonic/prog rock couple Erik Norlander and Lana Lane are now featured on YouTube.com at this location. The popular musicians have compiled full-length videos from the many projects they created over almost 15 years and have posted 13 videos at the Think Tank Musi...

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LORD, BEHIND CRIMSON EYES Confirmed For Australia's OVERCRANKED Festival

FRENZAL RHOMB, BEHIND CRIMSON EYES, THE HARD-ONS, LORD, DREAMKILLERS, THE AMITY AFFLICTION, 50 LIONS, ROLLERBALL, BEIJING TANK and RUINS have been confirmed for the fourth instalment of the Overcranked festival, set to take place Saturday, March 24 on the RNA Showgrounds in Brisbane, Australia. The...

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IRON MAIDEN: The Origin Of EDDIE

The image that was supposedly the one that inspired artist Derek Riggs to draw IRON MAIDEN's mascot Eddie has been posted online at the MAIDEN fan site MaidenNorway.com. The image in question purportedly represents either a Vietnamese head on an American tank, or an American head on a Vietnamese tan...

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ANTHRAX Drummer: 'We Need To Make A Change In This Country'

ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "It's that time again, you get to vote — YEAH!!! Let's all meet up at the going out of business Tower Records in Shaumburg and make a change. "Oh boy, Herman Munster, I mean John Kerry really screwed up...

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DICTATORS A&R Exec Passes Away

HITS magazine reports that former Warner Bros. and Elektra/Asylum A&R and publicity exec Karin Berg, who signed acts like the DICTATORS, TELEVISION, DIRE STRAITS and R.E.M. to the label as a champion of many of the early new wave bands, passed away on Wednesday (Oct. 25). Berg was one of the fir...

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GEORGE LYNCH, VINNY APPICE, TONY FRANKLIN Featured On LANA LANE's 'Gemini' Covers Album

Symphonic rock vocalist Lana Lane and her keyboardist / producer / husband Erik Norlander have just completed a pair of covers albums for release this winter. It has been a tradition in Japan for the two to release a Lana Lane "specialty album" every two years. They started with the "Lana Lane Balla...

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MEGADETH Mainman: 'There's A Lot Of Fuel Left In The Old Tank'

Rafer Guzmán of Newsday.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On how he spends his downtime during the traveling heavy-metal festival Gigantour: "I do yoga, a lot of yoga. I'm doing a lot of healthy things — which I know seems l...

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MAX CAVALERA On Reunion With Brother IGOR: 'It Was Just A Really Magical Night'

Debby Rao of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY/ex-SEPULTURA frontman Max Cavalera. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: KNAC.COM: Max, it is an honor to be talking with you. Let's discuss the recent reunion that took place on August 17. It must have been special to see your...

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TANK Mainman Putting Finishing Touches On 'Sturmpanzer'

According to a posting on the TANK "This Means War" web site, TANK bassist/vocalist Algy Ward is putting the finishing touches on the demos for the group's upcoming album, "Sturmpanzer" The follow-up to 2002's "Still At War" (Zoom Club Records),"Sturmpanzer" will tentatively contain the following t...

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A Haunting Curse

There's something manifestly wrong with any metalhead who doesn't bow down to GOATWHORE's charismatic, malevolent assault. These guys string the rotting skin of New Orleans' dark, mean underbelly onto the skeletal framework of early death and black metal — imagine HELLHAMMER if they could play their...

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PROGROCK RECORDS And THINK TANK MEDIA Announce Partnership

ProgRock Records and Think Tank Media have announced their new strategic partnership where ProgRock Records will distribute the latest Think Tank Media titles in North America beginning on September 26, 2006 with the DVDs ERIK NORLANDER AND FRIENDS "Live in St. Petersburg" and LANA LANE "10th Annive...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Guitarist Is Lovin' His New Chopper

AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Synyster Gates is such a motorcycle fan that he's had one made by the team behind "American Chopper". "It's a really long, stretched out low rider with a metallic snakeskin paint job and it's got my name, SYN, on the gas tank," he tells Australia's Time Off magazine. "It'...

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Kiss of Death

At 61 years old, Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister isn't about to go out of his way to win over those few, pathetic, soulless bints who don't like MOTÖRHEAD. The band has a well-worn groove, and they've settled into it, releasing a string of albums over the last decade so consistent, it's easy to forget someti...

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Wounded

From the first mammoth riffs of album-opener "25th Hour", the first band that immediately comes to mind is the mighty BOLT THROWER. And when it kicks into high gear, something tells you that "Wounded" from Phoenix's LANDMINE MARATHON is going to be an album that does nothing short of ripping you a n...

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PAUL GILBERT: New Instrumental CD To Receive U.S. Release In August

Guitar shredder Paul Gilbert (RACER X, ex-MR.BIG) will release his new all-guitar instrumental CD, "Get Out Of My Yard" in Japan on July 26 via WHD Entertainment. The album will be released in America on August 29, while the European release is slated for September 14. Commented Gilbert: "There is m...