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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: Entire 'Zombie' EP Available For Streaming

"Zombie", the new EP from the Dayton, Ohio Christian metalcore band THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, is available for streaming in its entirety on AOL Music. The CD is due on August 24 via Ferret Music. "The whole thing is just completely based upon zombies," explained the band's frontman Mike Hranica. "Last...

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Guitarist DAN MONGRAIN: How I Landed VOIVOD Gig

Mark Kadzielawa of 69 Faces Of Rock recently conducted an interview with VOIVOD/MARTYR guitarist Dan Mongrain. An excerpt from the chat follows below. 69 Faces Of Rock: How did you get involved with Voivod? Dan Mongrain: First of all, let me say that VOIVOD is my favorite band of all time. I remembe...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist: 'Everything Couldn't Be Going Any Better' Since BELLADONNA's Return

Following seven historic shows as part of the "Big Four" European festival dates with METALLICA, SLAYER and MEGADETH, ANTHRAX will join SLAYER and MEGADETH on the Jägermeister Fall Music Tour set to kick off September 24 at Superpages in Dallas, Texas. The 20-date concert trek will mark the first U....

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The Final Frontier

Okay, so despite giving everyone shivers with the title, and invoking some goofy predestined band plan Steve Harris made up when he was a lad, this fifteenth effort is not intended to be the last IRON MAIDEN album. It's also not the mad leap into reinvention and experimentation some would have you b...

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SANDALINAS: New Album To Feature Another Guest Appearance By KING DIAMOND Guitarist

SANDALINAS, the Swedish/Spanish band featuring Mats Rendlert (bass; DREAMLAND),Alvaro Svanerö (drums; LOCH VOSTOK),Jordi Sandalinas (guitar) and Rick Altzi (vocals; AT VANCE),is putting the finishing touches on its third full-length album, "Circles", at Andy La Rocque's (KING DIAMOND) Sonic Train...

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Anthems of Annihilation

When Finland's GLORIA MORTI decided to name their new album "Anthems of Annihilation" it was not with tongues planted in cheeks. Annihilating describes quite suitably the a death/black metal approach that attacks in scorched earth fashion with blasting, double-bass power, yet displays an impressive...

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EYES OF NOCTUM Begins Recording New Album

EYES OF NOCTUM, the California-based black metal band fronted by Weston "Arcane" Coppola Cage (19-year-old son of actor Nicolas Cage),has entered Entourage studios to begin recording its second album for a late 2010 release through Morbid Rose Records. A single, "Inside The Minds Of Unrest", is exp...

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MUSTAINE: I Don't Want To Repair My Relationship With METALLICA. I'd Like To Have A New One.

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine and SLAYER guitarist Kerry King took part in a joint interview for the September/October 2010 issue of Revolver magazine. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Revolver: You both recently took part in the seven Sonisphere "Big Four" shows in Europe with METALLICA and...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS To Guest On RALF SCHEEPERS' Solo Album

Powerhouse American vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (HAIL!, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) will make a guest appearance on the forthcoming solo album from Ralf Scheepers of German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR. Owens will be heard dueting with Scheepers in the track "Remission Of...

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STEVEN ADLER On AXL ROSE: 'I Love Him And I Want Him To Be A Part Of My Life More'

Steve Johnson of Icon Vs. Icon recently conducted an interview with former GUNS N' ROSES and current ADLER'S APPETITE drummer Steven Adler about Steven's new autobiography, "My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N' Roses". A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Icon Vs. Icon: Did...

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DOKKEN Opening For SCORPIONS In Washington (Video)

Fan-filmed video footage of DOKKEN performing the song "Into The Fire" on August 7, 2010 at Clark County Amphitheater in Vancouver, Washington as the opening act for the SCORPIONS can be viewed below. Audio samples of all the songs that appear on DOKKEN's new greatest-hits package, "Greatest Hits 2"...

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IRON MAIDEN's 'The Final Frontier' On Track To Debut At No. 3 On BILLBOARD Chart

IRON MAIDEN's new album, "The Final Frontier", is likely to sell between 65,000 and 70,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day sales reports compiled after the record arrived in stores on August...

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DAVE MUSTAINE: 'We Are All On A Euphoric Ride That Has Never, Ever Been This Good'

MEGADETH took time out yesterday (Tuesday, August 17) to visit patients in the bone marrow transplant and leukemia treatment ward at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. The band signed autographs and took photos with the patients during their stop in Cleveland on the "American Carnage" tour. Wa...

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VOIVOD, PORCUPINE TREE Members Contribute To 'Mean Deviation' Book

Bazillion Points Books has announced the late 2010 release of "Mean Deviation: Four Decades Of Progressive Heavy Metal" by Jeff Wagner, a former editor of Metal Maniacs magazine and veteran supporter of metal's most risk-taking bands. Wagner analyzes the heady side of metal in this exhaustive histor...

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SLAYER Guitarist Schedules In-Store Appearances

On the current "American Carnage" U.S. tour, SLAYER guitarist Kerry King is stopping by a handful of music stores to meet fans, take pictures, and sign autographs. All in-stores start at 3 p.m. local time. The details are as follows: August 18 Sam Ash 5700 Mayfield Road Lyndhurst, OH 440-446-0850 Au...