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JEFF SCOTT SOTO: 'Retribution' Video Released

The official video for the song "Retribution" from Jeff Scott Soto can be seen below. The track is the title cut of his new album, which was released on November 10 via Frontiers Music Srl. Co-written and produced together with Jeff Scott Soto alumni Howie Simon, "Retribution" is Jeff's sixth proper...

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VANDENBERG'S MOONKINGS: 'What Doesn't Kill You' Video Released

"What Doesn't Kill You", the new video from VANDENBERG'S MOONKINGS, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's sophomore album, simply titled "MK II", which will be released on November 3 via the Mascot Label Group. "What Doesn't Kill You" is a call to action; combining a hypnotic melody,...

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Psychotic Symphony

Since leaving DREAM THEATER seven years ago, Mike Portnoy has been remarkably prolific, having formed several supergroups (THE WINERY DOGS, FLYING COLORS, METAL ALLEGIANCE) while continuing to serve as Neal Morse's percussionist-in-crime on multiple albums and tours. In addition, he's toured extensi...

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To Kill A King

Outside of the group's inactivity in the nineties, Mark Shelton has been slugging it out with MANILLA ROAD since 1977. One knows what to expect with the heavy metal band that's rightfully revered in the underground. Following the band's 1980 prog rock debut, "Invasion", its second proper album, 1982...

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MIKE PORTNOY Doesn't Plan On 'Revisiting' DREAM THEATER Material Once SHATTERED FORTRESS Tour Ends

Drummer Mike Portnoy (SONS OF APOLLO, ex-DREAM THEATER) was recently interviewed by Chile's Video Volante. The full chat can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his recent detours away from progressive metal: Mike: "Even though I made my name in progressive mus...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO: 'Feels Like Forever' Video Released

The official video for the song "Feels Like Forever" from Jeff Scott Soto can be seen below. The track is taken from his new album, "Retribution", which will be released on November 10 via Frontiers Music Srl. Says Jeff: "Here it is, finally — one of the two clips we created for 'Retribution'. This...

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Former SLAUGHTER Drummer BLAS ELIAS Joins TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA

Former SLAUGHTER (and current Blue Man Group) drummer Blas Elias will join the West Coast touring lineup of TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA this winter. He'll perform alongside TSO staples Johnny Lee Middleton (SAVATAGE),Jeff Scott Soto (SONS OF APOLLO, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TALISMAN) and Al Pitrelli (MEGADET...

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ACT OF DEFIANCE Feat. Ex-MEGADETH Members: Listen To New Song 'The Talisman'

ACT OF DEFIANCE's new song "The Talisman" can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's sophomore album, "Old Scars, New Wounds", which will be released on September 29 via Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2015's "Birth And The Burial" was mixed by Dave Otero, who has previously wor...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO: Lyric Video For 'Inside/Outside' Song

The official lyric video for the song "Inside/Outside" from Jeff Scott Soto can be seen below. The track is taken from his new album, "Retribution", which will be released on November 10 via Frontiers Music Srl. Co-written and produced together with Jeff Scott Soto alumni Howie Simon, "Retribution"...

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JUDAS PRIEST Members, SEBASTIAN BACH, RUDY SARZO Perform At At 'Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp' Finale At Whisky A Go Go

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach and members of JUDAS PRIEST appeared at the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp earlier this month in Hollywood, California. The campers jammed with Rob Halford, Richie Faulkner, Ian Hill and Scott Travis of JUDAS PRIEST and Sebastian Bach at the private Rock 'N' Roll F...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO Explains Breakdown Of His Friendship With YNGWIE MALMSTEEN

Jeff Scott Soto has fired back at Yngwie Malmsteen for implying in a recent interview that the singer contributed nothing to the songwriting on the albums that they recorded together. Soto, who sang on Yngwie's first two albums, 1984's "Rising Force" and 1985's "Marching Out", took issue with the fa...

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ACT OF DEFIANCE Feat. Ex-MEGADETH Members: 'Overexposure' Video

ACT OF DEFIANCE's video for the song "Overexposure" can be seen below. Directed by Vince Edwards, the melodic scorcher is backed with fast-paced imagery of the bandmembers in their finest form — churning out a precise metal assault! ACT OF DEFIANCE is the group featuring former MEGADETH members Shaw...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO: Making Of 'Retribution' Album (Video)

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Retribution", the new album from Jeff Scott Soto, can be seen below. It has been fifteen years since Frontiers first partnered up with Soto on a release and in celebration of that anniversary, Frontiers Music Srl will release the new new disc from Jeff o...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO To Release 'Retribution' Album In November

It has been fifteen years since Frontiers first partnered up with Jeff Scott Soto on a release and in celebration of that anniversary, Frontiers Music Srl will release another new album from Jeff on November 10. Co-written and produced together with Jeff Scott Soto alumni Howie Simon, "Retribution"...

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ACT OF DEFIANCE Feat. Ex-MEGADETH Members: 'Old Scars, New Wounds' Album Due In September

ACT OF DEFIANCE will release its sophomore album, "Old Scars, New Wounds", on September 29 via Metal Blade Records. The official video for the disc's opening track, "M.I.A.", can be seen below. The clip was directed by Robert Graves. ACT OF DEFIANCE is the group featuring former MEGADETH members Sha...