San Francisco Bay Area hard rock/metal outfit MOTOGRUV has just released its debut EP, “The Sin Remains the Same”.
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Video footage of female vocalist Shlomit Levi from Israel’s progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND talking about the meaning and creation of the band’s new single, “Sapari”, can be viewed below.
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Barry Anderson of Metal Storm conducted an interview with bassist Jeff Williams and guitarist Nige Rockett of British thrashers ONSLAUGHT at this year’s Hard Rock Hell festival, which was held December 4-5, 2009 at Pontins in Prestatyn Sands.
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“Dream Oblivion”, a brand new song from Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY, is available for streaming on the band’s MySpace page.
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DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy will play select dates with the all-star band HAIL! ? comprised of bassist David Ellefson (MEGADETH, F5), guitarist Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA), Tim “Ripper” Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ICED EARTH) ? in 2010.
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Critically acclaimed rockers THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN will release their new album, “Option Paralysis”, on March 23, 2010.
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FREYA, the Syracuse, New York-based band featuring EARTH CRISIS frontman Karl Buechner, will release its new album, “All Hail The End”, on January 19, 2010 via Victory Records.
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Season Of Mist has set a January 15, 2010 European release date for original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley’s “Behind the Player” DVD.
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Greek extreme metallers ROTTING CHRIST will release their new album, “Aealo”, on February 15 in Europe and February 23 in the U.S.
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A new ROB ZOMBIE track entitled “Burn” is available for free download at this location (free e-mail sign-up required).
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BLACK SUN AEON ? the new “dark, death, doom” project from Tuomas Saukkonen (BEFORE THE DAWN, THE FINAL HARVEST, DAWN OF SOLACE) ? entered the studio on December 6 to begin recording its second CD, “Routa” (Finnish for “ground frost”).
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DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess will take part in a live video chat this Saturday, December 18 at 7:30 p.m.
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DORO’s 2002 album “Fight” will be re-released on CD and vinyl on January 25, 2010 via SPV/Steamhammer.
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