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Dream Theater are currently on lockdown in the studio, working on the follow-up to 2011’s A Dramatic Turn of Events, but they took some time out to answer questions from fans, submitted via Twitter (follow them at @dreamtheaternet). In this clip, vocalist James LaBrie talks about staying grounded and maintaining the proper balance between rock-star …
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Our longtime readers may or may not remember my first version of shitty Christmas presents not to get your loved ones last year. For those of you who are new to this little site, http://www.braingell.com/?p=11863, you’re welcome. Since I’ve been a little bit detached from the world lately, I’m not really sure what’s trendy to …
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Much like how our childhoods were spent watching any porn we could get our filthy hands on as an indirect way to understand other cultures, going to metal shows has been my indirect way of researching the metal demographic. Unfortunately for me, the metal scene doesn’t have much variety. It’s generally one part fat kid, …
With all of the 9/11 talk not being able to escape me anywhere that I went today I figured if I can’t beat them I might as well join them. Football was littered with stars and stripes and endless commercials to the point of nausea, but at least it was for a good cause. I …
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The Red Chord, Trap Them and GAZA are on the road to SXSW, and they are making a few stops along the way. The trifecta of awesomeness announced 11 shows that will go down in the month of March, including a stop at the New England Metalfest Gone West showcase at South by Southwest. This …
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Continuing the celebration that is their 25th or 26th anniversary (depending on who you ask) GWAR‘s front man, the ever affable Oderus Urungus has been given the honor of gracing the cover of the latest issue of Decibel Magazine. Santa Oderus and the rest of your lords and masters in GWAR gave Decibel an all …
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As part of our ongoing tribute to WHITECHAPEL, we managed to lock down WHITECHAPEL frontman Phil Bozeman for a session of ‘Ask Phil Bozeman from Whitechapel Anything‘. The result was a slew of questions on our official forums and right here on this main page. Well, the wait is over, we have some selected answers …
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BURNING SHADOWS play US power metal with touches of Euro power metal and traditional metal. Formed in 2000 in Rockville, Maryland, the band has endured numerous lineup changes in its existence. They’ve had bad luck with drummers, and now find themselves in search for yet another skinsman, their fifth overall. BURNING SHADOWS debut full-length Into …
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LENG TCH’E offer up another grinding update from the studio, this time revealing some new song information: We’re at the halfway mark of the mixing process for our next album so we figured it would be time to give you guys a little update on how things are going here amidst the rustic scenery of …
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