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Interview: Billy Duffy of The Cult

In an interview with Billy Duffy, the guitarist talks about the new album 'Choice of Weapon' and how his guitar playing is a natural fit with Ian Astbury's voice.
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Fishbone plans to keep it ‘intrinsically intertwined’ in 2013

Powerline recently interviewed Fishbone bassist Norwood Fisher about performing live and the band's future studio material.
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Keeping up-to-date with guitarist Dan Lorenzo

Here is a brief Q&A with Dan Lorenzo on what is happening in his life now.
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30 years later, Stryper’s music stronger than ever

30 years from the date of conception, Stryper's songwriting is turning out to be the most mature of its entire career.
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Guitarist explains the secret to Malice comeback

If you remember '80s metal, then you remember Malice. Now the band is back to bring their trad metal to the fore. Here's an interview with guitarist Jay Reynolds.
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Obscura progresses into 2012 with complex themes

Coming upon their tenth anniversary, Obscura and founder Steffen Kummerer emphasize the contribution the band has made on the extreme metal genre over the years
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Drummer Matt Sorum psyched about Purple tribute

Matt Sorum's Kings of Chaos is among several bands paying tribute to Deep Purple on the new 'Re-Machined' compilation. Here's what Sorum had to say about it all.
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Redemption’s Nicolas Van Dyk sheds light on new album “This Mortal Coil”

Nicolas Van Dyk, guitarist/song writer for progressive metal band Redemption, featured by Powerline after the release of their previous full length album, has been kind of enough to chat with us again! Thanks Nick! Glad to be b...
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Accept guitarist ready to take ‘Stalingrad’ on the road

Powerline recently spoke to Accept guitarist Wolf Hoffmann about the impact of the Stalingrad release and preparing to take the latest material on the road.
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James Michael, the perfect frontman for Sixx:A.M.

Frontman James Michael talks about the inner workings of this thought-provoking, musically relevant, lyrically hooky, band of brothers known as SIXX AM.
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Lord K Philipson talks The Project Hate MCMXCIX

The Project Hate MCMXCIX is a Swedish extreme metal band that have been quietly carving out a niche as one of the most innovative bands in modern music. Combining elements from a wide variety of different and at times seemingly...
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Napalm Death frontman expounds on new LP and world politics

Powerline spoke to frontman Mark "Barney" Greenway about the new album Utilitarian and, of course, other current events.
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Marky Ramone talks Dust

Marky Ramone talks about his time with Dust, and how the band was an innovator for the Heavy Metal sound.
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Exodus members turn Bluegrass

COFFIN HUNTER, the country bluegrass project featuring EXODUS members Jack Gibson and Tom Hunting, has a number of U.S. dates scheduled through the end of the month. A combination of Jerry Reed (famous for his “Smokey And...
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An ‘earthy’ chat with progressive powerhouse Soen

Vocalist Joel Ekelöf and drummer Martín López of progressive stalwarts Soen were kind enough to answer some of Powerline's questions.
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Stygian does Philadelphia proud with Trad Metal

Stygian started out as a Metallica cover band in the Philadelphia area. In 2006, Stygian released their debut album “Struggle” — a strong testament to traditional metal (just listen to the song “Wasted on th...
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Festival producer describes the ‘Voodoo’ experience

With final preparations underway for this year’s THE VOODOO EXPERIENCE PRESENTED BY STEPHEN REHAGE, its founder and producer recounts the past 13 years of New Orleans’ annual Halloween weekend musical celebration. The Voodo...
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A half-dozen questions for Dream Theater

Here’s a new Q&A with progressive hard rock icons DREAM THEATER.
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Spiders bring a raw sound with Shake Electric

Spiders drummer Ricard Harryson speaks about their second hard rock album, "Shake Electric."
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After a twentieth anniversary, Mercenary remain strong

In June of this year, Mercenary, Denmark’s melodic death metal band, celebrated it’s 20-year anniversary. This is a testament to how popular a band Mercenary has been amongst the “melodic death metal” f...
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Unexpect continue to open many different avenues in their music

The Canadian band Unexpect have explored a full range of provocative sounds in their music, everything from extreme metal to prog to medieval music. Their lineup of Syriak on vocals/guitar, Artagoth on vocals/guitar, ChaotH on ...
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John Waite believes he is currently at the top of his game

The singer of The Babys and Bad English feels at his best when his creativity is perfectly free of interference.
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Frontman for Reign Of Vengeance releases short story as bonus

Marshall “Fucking” Beck, front man for AZ-based tech deathers Reign Of Vengeance [Brain Damage Films/Music] and Rebirth is pleased to announce the release of his latest horrifying short story, “A Dark Path....
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A good ‘Year’ for a trad metal band named Ignitor

The album "Year of the Metal Tiger," is a blast — molten metal in the traditional vein that is a lot of headbanging fun. Vocalist Jason McMaster explains.
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Working from ‘Eve to Dawn’ with Japan’s Loudness

Loudness singer Minoru Niihara talks about the old days and, of course, the band's new album, "Eve to Dawn."
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Saga’s prog-rock vision now ‘20/20’

Experiencing a resurgence of popularity with newest LP, '20/20,' singer Michael Sadler talked about all matters Saga, both past and present, in this interview.
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Varga does well returning to its roots

Since the band Varga reunited in 2011, the band has returned to their traditional heavy metal roots. Guitarist Sean Williamson explains why.
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Finland’s Insomnium continue to establish themselves as a dominant force

Melodic death metal band Insomnium is one of the flag-bearers of the Finnish heavy metal scene. With their fifth full length release One For Sorrow due out on the 18th of October in North American through Century Media Records,...
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Esteemed drummer remembers ‘Sin After Sin’ on anniversary

On the 35th anniversary of the album "Sin After Sin," session drummer Simon Phillips remembers his contribution to Judas Priest's 1977 masterpiece.
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Inside Crystal Viper’s ‘Possession’ with Marta Gabriel

Polish power metal act unleashes new concept album.
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Monte Pittman’s triple play

Guitarist discusses his metallic new album, Prong and Madonna
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Dream Theater explains their life on the road

Here’s a new Q&A with progressive hard rock icons DREAM THEATER about life on the road.
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Aerosmith bassist explains the band’s connection to Japan

Powerline recently chatted with Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton and he explained why the Japan concerts on 'Rock For the Rising Sun' were so important to the band.
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Backstage Auctions deliver a ‘Rockin’ Holiday Auction’

From December 3 - 11, the premier rock auction house, Backstage Auctions, will have the kind of auction that only they can deliver, a Rockin' Holiday Auction.
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Brian Slagel’s Metal Blade 30 years strong and counting

This year marked 30 years for Metal Blade Records, the benchmark of heavy metal record labels. Here is a Q&A with founder/owner Brian Slagel.
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Derek Sherinian happy to reissue his solo work

Keyboardist extraordinaire Derek Sherinian chats about reissuing his solo catalog through Armoury Records.
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Hard rock vocalist Paul Shortino lives in the positive

Shortino loves collaborating with other musicians, whether it be fronting the new King Kobra lineup or being a regular part of the popular Vegas musical Raiding the Rock Vault.
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Metal guitarist Dan Lorenzo happy with his life outside music

The metal veteran has more faith in basketball than music nowadays. Read what he has to say.
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Tracii Guns rolls on with L.A. Guns — acoustically

With the recent release of Acoustic Gypsy Live, Tracii Guns’ L.A. Guns have turned a bunch of their raunchy, sleaze-driven rock ‘n’ roll tunes into slick-sounding, charming acoustic numbers (Imagine the raw &#...
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