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Type O Negative Bandmates Comment On Peter Steele’s Death, Opeth and Lacuna Coil Frontmen Respond

April 16, 2010

The past 36+ hours have been brutal for the music world.  Since the announcement confirming Peter Steele’s death, the metal world has erupted pouring their hearts out and offering condolences to friends, family, and bandmates. I get the sense the last time people were struck so hard by a metal icon’s death was when Dimebag [...]

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Review of Digital EP for God of War®: Blood & Metal, Soundtrack for PS3™ Game GOD OF WAR® III with Tracks from Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Dream Theater, Taking Dawn, Opeth, and Mutiny Within

February 26, 2010

On March 2, Roadrunner Records will be releasing the soundtrack to the third part of the God Of War video game series, entitled God of War®: Blood & Metal.   Available at all digital retailers, the 6-song EP contains new, unreleased music inspired by the PS3 game from Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Dream Theater, Opeth, Taking [...]

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For The Classical Music Fan – A List of Unique Masterworks

December 20, 2009

The following post was co-written with Contrapuntist. If you’re a classical music aficionado who is looking for something different, how about trying some progressive rock and metal music? Now before you run away screaming, give me a moment to explain. As mentioned in a previous post, both Contrapuntist and I are metalheads and classically trained [...]

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Mikael Åkerfeldt, Russell Allen, and Daniel Gildenlöw-Three Powerhouse Voices of Progressive Rock

September 18, 2009

As I’ve mentioned before, Dream Theater is my favorite band. I’ve used it as a jumping-off point into the world of progressive music, which has some of the most innovative music of any genre today. I’m still getting to know a lot of the bands, but what I have noticed is the virtuosity of not [...]

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Is Progressive Rock Really Progressive: Part I

August 27, 2008

I am doing something a little different this time around by writing a series of posts about a topic that I have been contemplating a lot about these past few days – progressive rock.  When I first started thinking about this subject, I didn’t think I would have so much to say.  I learned that [...]

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Opeth, Kamelot and Why July Sucked for Blogging

August 2, 2008

I don’t know about anyone else, but I was shocked as hell yesterday when I woke up and realized it was already August.  Where the hell did July go?  Work really kicked my booty during the month of July, and clearly sucked up a lot of my time.  As a result, writing was a little [...]

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