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THRESHOLD Frontman's Debut Solo DVD Preview

Damian Wilson, singer with STAR ONE and AYREON, and frontman with the likes of THRESHOLD, HEADSPACE, RICK WAKEMAN and MAIDEN UNITED, is just about to release his exciting debut solo DVD. This two-disc set, titled "Cheers Lads! 20 Years Of Avoiding A Job", contains a superb recording of the DAMIAN WI...

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'Mean Deviation' The Prog Metal 'Bible'; Free Sample Chapter Available

Bazillion Points is offering a free download extract of "Chapter 5. Passing the Threshold" from the newly-released and already acclaimed book "Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal" by Jeff Wagner. The PDF download is available at this location. After tracing the origins of progres...

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SLIPKNOT DJ SID WILSON Completes Work On Solo Album

SLIPKNOT DJ Sid Wilson has completed writing and recording his new solo album, simply entitled "Sid". The CD, which was mixed by Ross Robinson (KORN, SLIPKNOT),and Tobias Lindell (EUROPE, MUSTASCH) and mastered by Chris Gehringer (CEE-LO GREEN, DRAKE, RIHANNA),marks Wilson's first attempt at lead...

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Victims of the Modern Age

How about giving it up for Arjen Lucassen? The versatile, multi-talented musician hit the target dead center with "Victims of the Modern Age" by assembling a star-studded cast and making an album that flirts with the progressive in all the right places, but always stays rooted in the fundamentals of...

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AC/DC Frontman Performs With GREG BILLINGS BAND In Sarasota (Video)

AC/DC singer Brian Johnson joined GREG BILLINGS BAND on stage on November 13, 2010 at The Irish Rover pub in Sarasota, Florida to perform a few AC/DC classics. Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be viewed below. Johnson is featured on the "Do-Overs" album, which was released in July 2008...

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OPETH To Enter Studio In January

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will enter Atlantis studios (formerly Metronome studios) in Stockholm on January 31, 2011 to begin recording their tenth album for a fall 2011 release via Roadrunner Records. Jens Bogren (SOILWORK, KATATONIA, PARADISE LOST, BLOODBATH) will engineer the effort whil...

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ORPHANED LAND: Quality Bochum Footage Available

Quality video footage of Israeli progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND performing the song "Olat Hatamid" on November 28, 2010 at Zeche in Bochum, Germany on during the band's tour with AMORPHIS can be viewed below (courtesy of Orphaned Disciples). ORPHANED LAND's December 9 and December 10 c...

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ORPHANED LAND Interviewed By France's NRV-TV (Video)

Israeli progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND were recently interviewed by France's NRV-TV. You can now watch the chat below. ORPHANED LAND's December 9 and December 10 concerts at Reading 3 in Tel Aviv, Israel will be professionally filmed and recorded for an upcoming DVD release. The band w...

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ORPHANED LAND Interviewed On AUX's 'Hard' (Video)

Israeli progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND were interviewed for an episode of "Hard" on the AUX music channel out of Canada when the band played in Toronto, Ontario on September 13, 2010 with KATATONIA. The segment can now be viewed below. ORPHANED LAND's December 9 and December 10 concert...

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SOILWORK, Ex-AFTER FOREVER, Ex-ORPHANAGE Members Added To 'Winter Metal Symphony'

Current/former members of SOILWORK, REVAMP, AFTER FOREVER, ORPHANAGE, PLEURISY will participate in the third annual "Winter Metal Symphony" show (formerly "Christmas Metal Symphony"),set to take place January 22, 2011 at 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands. As was the case with the last two editions of...

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SLIPKNOT's SID WILSON Featured In BLUE FELIX Video

Minnesota-based BLUE FELIX has just released its debut music video (see below) for "Middle Finger Up", the first single from the band's new album, "Sample of a Solution". The record was co-produced by Sid Wilson (a.k.a. DJ Starscream/#0) of SLIPKNOT and features Wilson scratching on this first singl...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Interviewed By U.K.'s KERRANG! Magazine (Video)

U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine conducted an interview with THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN frontman Greg Puciato and bassist Liam Wilson backstage at London's Electric Ballroom on November 5, 2010. You can now watch the chat below. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN's new album, "Option Paralysis", sold around 7,100 cop...

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ANATHEMA: New Video Interview Posted Online

Greek webzine Rockpages.gr recently conducted an interview with U.K.'s ANATHEMA. You can now watch the chat below. The text version of the interview is available at this location. ANATHEMA released its eighth studio album, "We're Here Because We're Here", in May via Kscope Records. "'We're Here Beca...

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METALLICA Talks Call Of Duty Endowment And Soldier Support (Video)

METALLICA headlined the launch event for the Activision "Call Of Duty: Black Ops" video game last Thursday night (November 4) at the Hangar 8 in Santa Monica, California. A video report on the event from the Artisan News Service can be viewed below. Honoring service members from the six branches of...

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ORPHANED LAND: New Video Interview With KOBI FARHI

Hank Pearl of TheDailyRock.com conducted an interview with vocalist Kobi Farhi of Israeli progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND before the band's September 17, 2010 performance at Reggie's Rock Club in Chicago, Illinois. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. ORPHANED LAND's December...