Prior to NILE's November 4 performance in New York City, guitarist Karl Sanders spoke with Alex Haber of Heavy New York. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's new album, "Vile Nilotic Rites": Karl: "We spent a long time on ...
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The official lyric video for "Why I Dream" from DREAM THEATER's Jordan Rudess can be seen below. The song is taken from his brand new spiralling and stunning solo album, "Wired For Madness", which will be released on April 19 via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. "Wired For Madness" bursts and flows forth ...
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The official video for "Wired For Madness - Part 1" from DREAM THEATER's Jordan Rudess can be seen below. The song is taken from his brand new spiralling and stunning solo album, "Wired For Madness", which will be released on April 19 via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. Speaking about the video, Rudess ...
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DREAM THEATER's Jordan Rudess will release his brand new solo album, "Wired For Madness", on April 19 via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. A launch party for "Wired For Madness" will be held on April 18 at Guitar Center on 14th Street in New York City. The event will include a CD signing ...
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DREAM THEATER's Jordan Rudess will release his brand new spiralling and stunning solo album, "Wired For Madness", on April 19 via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. "Wired For Madness" bursts and flows forth with all of the drama, technique and melodicism that have become his musical hallmarks, the album also features the keyboard ...
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British extreme metal veterans CRADLE OF FILTH will perform their third album, 1998's "Cruelty And The Beast", in its entirety at several shows this spring and summer. Catch the opportunity to see this opus nocturne performed in full, along with some more hand-picked offerings and haunting classics at several headline shows in April, as well ...
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Nocturne magazine recently conducted an interview with DRAGONFORCE guitarist Herman Li. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Nocturne: A couple of years back you collaborated with BABYMETAL on the track "Road To Resistance" from their "Metal Resistance" album released last year. Since they are the most polarizing band on the scene, did ...
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AVANTASIA and EDGUY mastermind Tobias Sammet says that the reunion of HELLOWEEN's classic lineup is "the best thing that could have happened to all of" the players involved. Dubbed "Pumpkins United", HELLOWEEN's upcoming tour will feature seven musicians — including former members Michael Kiske (vocals) and Kai Hansen (guitar), alongside current singer Andi Deris and ...
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Swedish black metal musician Tony Särkkä, who went by the stage name It, has died at the age of 45. No cause of death has yet been revealed. His passing was confirmed by his sister and manager Desire on the multi-instrumentalist's Facebook page. She wrote: "It is with a heavy heart that I share with ...
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DARKTHRONE, the champions of the second wave of black metal, has been at it for nearly 30 years. Following its classic death metal debut, "Soulside Journey", the Norwegian band forged an ominous, hateful and cold sonic style that was truly scary at the time, by conventional standards, anyway. And it was much more than music. ...
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INTO ANOTHER has released a new five-song EP, "Omens". The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Crossed 02. The Fray 03. Nocturne No. 11 04. Ominous 05. What Went Wrong Hauntingly ethereal melodies, intricate but memorable hooks, dynamic moods, crunchy riffs and the banshee wail of a metaphor-master lead singer collide within ...
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American metallers DARKOLOGY will release their sophomore album, "Fated To Burn", between June 8 and June 15 through Prime Eon Media and its partners worldwide on CD and digital formats. Multiple special package configurations will be made exclusively available through the band's webstore and a vinyl release may follow later in the year. The album ...
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Cast your mind back to the coolest gig you've ever been to. Does it come anywhere close to a band playing on a gigantic igloo the length of three and a half double decker buses? Thought not. Progressive rock band TESSERACT has landed back in the U.K., having performed the world's first "Gigloo" — a ...
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Jason Price of Icon Vs. Icon recently conducted an interview with Chip Z'Nuff of ENUFF Z'NUFF. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Icon Vs. Icon: ENUFF Z'NUFF is putting out a covers collection titled "Covered In Gold". What made this the right time for the release of this album? Chip: ...
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DARKOLOGY, the Texas-based band featuring guitarist Michael Harris (VITALIJ KUPRIJ), drummer Brian Harris (ex-FIREWIND), bassist Mike Neal and vocalist Kelly "Sundown" Carpenter (FIREWIND, BEYOND TWILIGHT, OUTWORLD), will release its sophomore album, "Fated To Burn", in early 2014 through Prime Eon Media. The follow-up to 2009's "Altered Reflections" was mixed and mastered by legendary producer Chris ...
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South Carolina-based extreme metallers LECHEROUS NOCTURNE have inked a deal with Willowtip Records. The band states: "We are excited to join this roster and eager to continue spreading our brand of metal upon the masses." LECHEROUS NOCTURNE's "Ouroboros Chains" video can be seen below. The track comes off the group's third album, "Behold Almighty Doctrine", ...
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"Nocturne", the new video form U.K. progressive rockers TESSERACT, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Ben Thornley of Sitcom Soldiers. Comments TESSERACT: "As we haven't taken part in our promo videos for a while, we felt now was the time to make an appearance. But we also wanted to create a journey ...
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Not to be confused with John Zorn's in-and-out jazz and folk tribe nor the short-lived thrash crew from the late eighties, this death metal unit from Philadelphia was founded in 2008 by guitarist Chris Milewski. Contained amongst his ranks is former IMMOLATION, RELLIK and GOREAPHOBIA skin crusher, Craig Smilowski, who fields drums on two tracks ...
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"Ouroboros Chains", the new video from South Carolina-based extreme metallers LECHEROUS NOCTURNE, can be seen below. The track comes off the group's third album, "Behold Almighty Doctrine", which was released on March 19 via Unique Leader Records. The CD was recorded at SoundLab Studio in Lexington, South Carolina with longtime engineer Bob Moore. In a ...
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New York City-based production company After Hours Films is working on a documentary about the Syrian metal act NETHERION. The group has been able to persevere in the face of extreme adversity, successfully recording and releasing one album despite never playing together. Against all odds, NETHERION has been able to achieve a measured amount of ...
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On June 30, South Carolina-based extreme metal band LECHEROUS NOCTURNE will begin shooting a video for the song "Creation Continuum" with longtime producer Garrett Williams. The track comes off the group's third album, "Behold Almighty Doctrine", which was released on March 19 via Unique Leader Records. The CD was recorded at SoundLab Studio in Lexington, ...
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Portland, Oregon sci-fi psychmetal rockers DANAVA (pronounced: DON-UH-VUH) have inked a deal with Tee Pee Records. The group, which just completed a month-long European headlining tour, will enter an undisclosed studio this summer to record the follow-up to 2011's "Hemisphere Of Shadows", which was called "a 37-minute contact high" by the Sacramento News & Review. ...
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"Singularity", the new video from the U.K. progressive rock band TESSERACT, can be seen below. The song comes off the group's second full-length album, "Altered State", which was released on May 27 throughout Europe and May 28 in North America via Century Media Records. The CD — which is divided into four movements — Of ...
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"Altered State", the second full-length album from the U.K. progressive rock band TESSERACT, can be streamed in its entirety in the YouTube clip below. Due on May 27 throughout Europe and May 28 in North America via Century Media Records, the CD — which is divided into four movements — Of Matter, Of Mind, Of ...
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"Of Mind - Nocturne", a brand new song from the U.K. progressive rock band TESSERACT, can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. The track comes off the group's second full-length album, "Altered State", which will be released on May 27 throughout Europe and May 28 in North America via Century Media Records. Divided into ...
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GetYourRockOut conducted an interview with the U.K. progressive rock band TESSERACT at the HRH Prog festival on April 6 at Magna Centre, Rotherham, England. You can now watch the chat below. TESSERACT will release its second full-length album, "Altered State", on May 27 throughout Europe and May 28 in North America via Century Media Records. ...
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Jasmin St. Claire of AOL's Noisecreep conducted an interview with drummer Steve Asheim of Florida death metal veterans DEICIDE at the Inferno festival which was held March 27-30 in Oslo, Norway. You can now watch the chat below. DEICIDE recently entered AudioHammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, AUGUST BURNS ...
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Quality video footage of DEICIDE's mostly instrumental March 25 performance at Baroeg in Rotterdam, The Netherlands can be seen below. According to Metalfan.nl, DEICIDE bassist/vocalist Glen Benton refused to sing during the concert because of technical problems with his microphone at the beginning of the set. DEICIDE recently entered AudioHammer Studios in Sanford, ...
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U.K. progressive rock band TESSERACT will release its second full-length album, "Altered State", on May 27 throughout Europe and May 28 in North America via Century Media Records. Divided into four movements — Of Matter, Of Mind, Of Reality and Of Energy — "Altered State", in its purest form, is about the transformations the band ...
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U.K. progressive rock band TESSERACT will release its second full-length album, "Altered State", on May 27 throughout Europe and May 28 in North America via Century Media Records. Divided into four movements — Of Matter, Of Mind, Of Reality and Of Energy — "Altered State", in its purest form, is about the transformations the band ...
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