ONE MACHINE, the brainchild of acclaimed guitarist/songwriter Steve Smyth (TESTAMENT, NEVERMORE, FORBIDDEN, DRAGONLORD, VICIOUS RUMORS), has entered the studio to record its second album, due later in the year. Commented Smyth: "We have had a great year in 2014, seeing our debut album released, getting it out to YOU the fans, and getting on the ...
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Chile's On The Rock conducted an interview with ARCH ENEMY guitarists Michael Amott and Jeff Loomis before the band's February 3 concert in Santiago. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about ARCH ENEMY's musical chemistry, Amott said: "I would describe it as good. I think there is chemistry. Sometimes bands don't ...
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Jaime' En Fuego of Heavy Metal Television conducted an interview with vocalist Warrel Dane and guitarist Lenny Rutledge of the reunited '80s cult metal outfit SANCTUARY on Novemebr 21, 2014 in Mesa, Arizona. You can now watch the chat below. SANCTUARY's comeback album, "The Year The Sun Died", was released in October 2014 via Century ...
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Rat Pak Records will release a new album from shred legend Michael Angelo Batio. The CD will feature guest appearances by Mark Tremonti (ALTER BRIDGE), Todd La Torre (QUEENSRŸCHE), Kurdt Vanderhoof (METAL CHURCH), George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB), Jeff Loomis (ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE, Michael Wilton (QUEENSRŸCHE), Jeff Plate (METAL CHURCH, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) and many more. ...
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On December 8, former NEVERMORE and current ARCH ENEMY guitarist Jeff Loomis gave Kemper a rundown of his Kemper Profiler profiling amp at Docks in Hamburg, Germany during ARCH ENEMY's European tour with KREATOR. Check out the footage below. ARCH ENEMY in November parted ways with guitarist Nick Cordle and replaced him with Loomis. Loomis ...
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Classic American metal band SAVATAGE, which was active from 1978 until 2002, will reunite for an exclusive European appearance at next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2015 in Wacken, Germany. Asked in a brand new interview with Miriam "NocturnalConcerto" of Femme ...
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Classic American metal band SAVATAGE, which was active from 1978 until 2002, will reunite for an exclusive European appearance at next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2015 in Wacken, Germany. Asked in a brand new interview with Vanyaland if SAVATAGE has ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of ARCH ENEMY performing the song "My Apocalypse" on December 14 at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland can be seen below. ARCH ENEMY last month parted ways with guitarist Nick Cordle and replaced him with Jeff Loomis (ex-NEVERMORE). Loomis is making his live debut with ARCH ENEMY on the band's European tour, which ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of ARCH ENEMY's December 4 performance at 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands can be seen below. ARCH ENEMY last month parted ways with guitarist Nick Cordle and replaced him with Jeff Loomis (ex-NEVERMORE). Loomis is making his live debut with ARCH ENEMY on the band's European tour, which kicked off on November ...
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To everything, turn, turn, turn as THE BYRDS once sang and while that's hardly a metal tune, the sentiment rings the same in light of the reformation of metal legends SANCTUARY. As most know, vocalist Warrel Dane and bassist Jim Sheppard bailed in the midst of a label-proposed stylistic change to grunge, forming power metal ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of ARCH ENEMY's November 28 performance at Razzmatazz in Barcelona, Spain can be seen below. ARCH ENEMY earlier in the month parted ways with guitarist Nick Cordle and replaced him with Jeff Loomis (ex-NEVERMORE). Loomis is making his live debut with ARCH ENEMY on the band's European tour, which kicked off on ...
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A decade ago, QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton started a little project called SOULBENDER. SOULBENDER originally featured Wilton with MY SISTER'S MACHINE vocalist Nick Pollock, second guitarist Dave Groves, drummer Wes Hallam and bassist Marten Van Keith. Along the way, SECOND COMING vocalist Travis Bracht and none other than Tim "Ripper" Owens have fronted SOULBENDER. Even ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of ARCH ENEMY's November 19 performance at Mojoes in Joliet, Illinois can be seen below. ARCH ENEMY earlier in the month parted ways with guitarist Nick Cordle and replaced him with Jeff Loomis (ex-NEVERMORE). Loomis will make his live debut with ARCH ENEMY on the band's upcoming European tour, which kicks off ...
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On October 24, Metal Mark of SkullsNBones.com conducted an interview with vocalist Alissa White-Gluz of Swedish / Canadian / American metallers ARCH ENEMY. You can now watch the chat below. ARCH ENEMY played its first show with White-Gluz on May 23 at Turbohalle in Bucharest, Romania. Angela Gossow, who joined ARCH ENEMY in ...
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ARCH ENEMY has parted ways with guitarist Nick Cordle and has replaced him with Jeff Loomis (pictured; ex-NEVERMORE). Loomis will make his live debut with ARCH ENEMY on the band's upcoming European tour, which kicks off November 26. Says Loomis: "I'm very excited to be playing with ARCH ENEMY. "[ARCH ENEMY guitarist] Michael Amott and ...
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Sweden's NIGHTINGALE will release its seventh studio album, "Retribution", on January 27, 2015 in North America via InsideOut Music. The follow-up to 2007's "White Darkness" features artwork by Travis Smith (OPETH, NEVERMORE, KATATONIA) and the music should appeal to fans of bands like RUSH, MARILLION, STYX, KANSAS, THRESHOLD, and even OPETH and KATATONIA. NIGHTINGALE was ...
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Three previously unreleased QUEEN songs featuring late singer Freddie Mercury spearhead an exciting new QUEEN album, "Queen Forever", due November 10 on the Virgin Records label. A trailer for "Queen Forever" is available below. The tracks include a long-anticipated track from QUEEN and Michael Jackson, "There Must Be More to Life Than This", a previously ...
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"Frozen", the new video from the reunited '80s cult metal outfit SANCTUARY, can be seen below. The clip was filmed in Germany with director Dirk Behlau. Photos from the "Frozen" video shoot can be found on the SANCTUARY Facebook page. "Frozen" is taken from SANCTUARY's comeback album, "The Year The Sun Died", which ...
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In a brand new interview with Germany's Rock Hard magazine, vocalist Warrel Dane of reunited metallers SANCTUARY spoke about the impact the rise of grunge in the early '90s had on the Seattle metal scene and how his other band NEVERMORE managed to survive during that period. "That was a difficult time for metal bands ...
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Three previously unreleased QUEEN songs featuring late singer Freddie Mercury spearhead an exciting new QUEEN album, "Queen Forever", due November 10 on the Virgin Records label. The tracks include a long-anticipated track from QUEEN and Michael Jackson, "There Must Be More to Life Than This", a previously unfinished Mercury-QUEEN track, "Let Me In Your Heart ...
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On September 10, Rustyn Rose of Metalholic.com conducted an interview with vocalist Warrel Dane and guitarist Lenny Rutledge of the reunited '80s cult metal outfit SANCTUARY. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. SANCTUARY's comeback album, "The Year The Sun Died", will be released on October 14 in ...
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Canadian guitarist Glen Drover (MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND) has collaborated with American singer Todd La Torre (QUEENSRŸCHE, CRIMSON GLORY) on a song called "Discordia". The official lyric video for the track can be seen below. Said Drover: "We are both very happy and proud of how this song turned out, and believe me, I'm EXTREMELY picky ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Exitium (Anthem Of The Living)" from the reunited '80s cult metal outfit SANCTUARY. The track is taken from the band's comeback album, "The Year The Sun Died", which will be released on October 14 in North America and October 6 in Europe via Century Media. Recorded in Seattle ...
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Matt Coe of DeadRhetoric.com recently conducted an interview with SANCTUARY and NEVERMORE singer Warrel Dane. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On how the SANCTUARY reunion came together with guitarist Lenny Rutledge, bassist Jim Sheppard, drummer Dave Budbill, and guitarist Brad Hull: Dane: "What really fueled the reunion is when ...
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Reunited '80s cult metal outfit SANCTUARY recently filmed video for the song "Frozen" with director Dirk Behlau. The track comes off the band's comeback album, "The Year The Sun Died", which will be released on October 14 in North America and October 6 in Europe via Century Media. Recorded in Seattle at Soundhouse Studios with ...
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David Priest of The Metal Priest recently conducted an interview with vocalist Warrel Dane (SANCTUARY, NEVERMORE). Asked if fans can ever expect to hear a follow-up album to his 2008 debut solo effort, "Praises To The War Machine", Dane said: "Yes, yes, yes, there is going to be another solo record. I'm working ...
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Reunited '80s cult metal outfit SANCTUARY will release its comeback album, "The Year The Sun Died", on October 14 in North America and October 6 in Europe via Century Media. Recorded in Seattle at Soundhouse Studios with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris (SOULFLY, SHADOWS FALL, HATEBREED, MUNICIPAL WASTE), the CD will feature 11 tracks. There will ...
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Canadian guitarist Glen Drover (MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND) has collaborated with American singer Todd La Torre (QUEENSRŸCHE, CRIMSON GLORY) on a song called "Discordia". The single will be available for digital download by the end of the week. Says Drover: "We are both very happy and proud of how this song turned out, and believe me, ...
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Felicity Hall of GetYourRockOut recently conducted an interview with vocalist Warrel Dane and guitarist Lenny Rutledge of the reunited '80s cult metal outfit SANCTUARY. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. SANCTUARY will release its comeback album, "The Year The Sun Died", on October 14 in North America ...
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Reunited '80s cult metal outfit SANCTUARY will release its comeback album, "The Year The Sun Died", on October 14 in North America and October 6 in Europe via Century Media. Recorded in Seattle at Soundhouse Studios with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris (SOULFLY, SHADOWS FALL, HATEBREED, MUNICIPAL WASTE), the CD will feature 11 tracks. There will ...
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