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PEARL JAM To Perform On CONAN O' BRIEN's 'Tonight Show' Debut Episode

PEARL JAM will be the featured musical guests on Conan O'Brien's first-ever episode as host of "The Tonight Show" on June 1. According to a post on the band's web site, PEARL JAM will perform songs from their upcoming studio album on O'Brien's inaugural episode, which airs exactly two weeks from tod...

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MEGADETH, MOTÖRHEAD, SLAYER, ALICE IN CHAINS Members Reveal Favorite Albums Of All Time

Rhapsody Blog has uploaded short interviews with members of MEGADETH, MOTÖRHEAD, SLAYER, ALICE IN CHAINS, HELLYEAH, TRIVIUM, SUICIDE SILENCE and others conducted at the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which was held on April 7 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. Metal's best an...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO On Some Of His Favorite Rock/Metal Songs Of All Time

Rhapsody Blog recently got the chance to sit down with the legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO),who put together a playlist of some of his favorite songs. Among Dio's choices were the following: SOUNDGARDEN, "Spoonman" "I think Chris Corne...

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QUEEN Fan Pays $11,000 For Lesson From BRIAN MAY

AFP reports that QUEEN guitarist Brian May will give his first-ever private lesson after a fan bid over 7,500 pounds (approximately $11,000) to jam with the star in an auction to raise money for Brazilian street children. The rock legend, best known for creating the riffs on "Bohemian Rhapsody" and...

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HOLZWARTH Brothers: RHAPSODY OF FIRE, BLIND GUARDIAN Members Schedule Masterclasses

The Holzwarth brothers — RHAPSODY OF FIRE drummer Alex Holzwarth and BLIND GUARDIAN/POWER QUEST bassist Oliver Holzwarth — will hold bass and drum masterclasses in Germany and Austria in May. Alex and Oliver will play and break down songs by RHAPSODY OF FIRE and BLIND GUARDIAN as well as classic tun...

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REBELS WITHOUT APPLAUSE: Full-Length Debut Out Now

REBELS WITHOUT APPLAUSE, the band featuring Chicago metal mainstay Greg Fulton (ZNOWHITE, CYCLONE TEMPLE) and former ZNOWHITE drummer Tony Heath, has just released its debut album, "Low End Head Stomp", on EMA/Polydisc with a full-scale digital roll-out. After years of burning below the radar, teari...

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TIMO TOLKKI To Perform With RHAPSODY OF FIRE Singer In Rome

REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE/ex-STRATOVARIUS guitarist Timo Tolkki has issued the following update: "I'm gonna play some songs with Fabio Lione [RHAPSODY OF FIRE, VISION DIVINE] in Rome, Italy next Friday, April 24. The club is called Palarockness and it is situated in Genzano di Roma. Si fueris Romae, Ro...

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QUEEN: More 'Queen's First EP' Release Details Revealed

In conjunction with Record Store Day, QUEEN fans are in for a rare treat as Hollywood Records releases "Queen's First EP", a little-known gem from the great British band. Never before released in America, the four-song CD EP consists of singles culled from four early QUEEN albums, and released on vi...

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TERROR SYNDROME To Guest On CFOX's 'The Shop'

TERROR SYNDROME, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based band featuring THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen, will guest on "The Shop" show on the Vancouver radio station CFOX on Monday, April 20 at 11:00 p.m. You can listen to the program live via the Internet at www.cfox.com....

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CRYSTALLION: More Footage From The Studio Posted Online

German "noble power metal" hopefuls CRYSTALLION have entered the studio to begin recording their third album for a late 2009 release. The second and third in a series of video clips documenting the recording process can be viewed below. CRYSTALLION's second album, "Hattin", was released in the U.S....

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LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT Box Set Details Revealed

LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT — the instrumental progressive rock/metal project featuring DREAM THEATER members Mike Portnoy (drums),John Petrucci (guitar) and Jordan Rudess (keyboards) alongside progressive rock icon Tony Levin (bass) of KING CRIMSON and PETER GABRIEL fame — will release a box set as...

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MONGREL To Support FEAR On Northeast Tour

Massachusetts-based aggressive punk/metal band MONGREL will support punk legends FEAR on their upcoming Northeast U.S. tour. MONGREL, which has been called "the hardest-working band in Boston" (Metal Edge magazine),is putting the finishing touches on its new album and EP at SFW studios in Mancheste...

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CRYSTALLION: Studio Footage Posted Online

German "noble power metal" hopefuls CRYSTALLION have entered the studio to begin recording their third album for a late 2009 release. The first in a series of video clips documenting the recording process can be viewed below. "Under Siege", the latest video from CRYSTALLION, can be viewed below. The...

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Former JOE LYNN TURNER Guitarist BOBBY MESSANO Releases New Blues CD

Contemporary blues artist Bobby Messano, who played on Joe Lynn Turner's (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) "Rescue You" album and toured with the singer to promote the CD, has just released the long-awaited follow-up to his Grammy-nominated 2003 LP, "Holdin' Ground", on iTunes worldwide, Rhap...

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GAIA EPICUS: New Album Title Revealed

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS have issued the following update: "It has only been a few months since the release of 'Damnation' [GAIA EPICUS' fourth album] but the plans for album number five is already in progress. Thomas [C. Hansen, guitar] has already written around seven-eight songs for...