DREAM THEATER singer James LaBrie has ruled out the possibility of a reunion with the band's former drummer, Mike Portnoy, saying that Portnoy's replacement, Mike Mangini, "will be our drummer until the day that we finish doing this."

On July 30, Portnoy was asked by Chile's Radio Futuro whether he would one day be willing to reunite with DREAM THEATER and rejoin the band as their drummer. "Sure," he replied. "I would do it in a heartbeat. They are the ones that have closed the door on it. I've only needed a break, and I've had that break. So I'm ready, willing and able. But I honestly don't think they ever will; they've closed their door on it and I think they're too headstrong i ...

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"Destiny Forged In Blood", a new song from the heavy metal "supergroup" TWILIGHT OF THE GODS, can be streamed below (courtesy of Decibel magazine). The track comes off the band's debut album, "Fire On The Mountain", which will be released on September 27 in Europe and October 1 in North America via Season Of Mist.

TWILIGHT OF THE GODS is: Alan Averill (PRIMORDIAL, DEAD SOVEREIGN, BLOOD REVOLT) on vocals, Nick Barker (ex-CRADLE OF FILTH, ex-DIMMU BORGIR, ex-TESTAMENT, ex-EXODUS) on drums, guitarists Rune Eriksen (AURA NOIR, ex-AVA INFERI, ex-MAYHEM) and Patrik Lindgren (THYRFING), and Frode Glesnes (EINHERJER) on bass.

"Fire On The Mountain" track listing:

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Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON will release their new, self-titled studio album on September 9 in Norway via Indie Recordings, on September 8 in the rest of Europe through Roadrunner Records, and on September 17 in North America via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The CD was produced by SATYRICON frontman Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven and was recorded in Norway, and mixed by Adam Kasper. The effort will feature a guest appearance by Sivert Høyem, the Norwegian singer best known as the vocalist of the rock band MADRUGADA.

"Satyricon" is available for preorder in the following formats:

* Red transparent vinyl
* Clear vinyl
* Mixed color vinyl
* Black vinyl

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This week we're pleased to welcome Metalette to the Metalreviews.com team as a new reviewer and latest addition to the Metalreviews family !

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SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman passed away at about 11 a.m. today (Thursday, May 2) near his Southern California home. He was 49. Hanneman was in an area hospital when he suffered liver failure. He is survived by his wife Kathy, his sister Kathy and his brothers Michael and Larry, and will be sorely missed.

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The MetalReviews.com team is happy to bring you the team's awards for 2012. You can access them through here or by clicking "awards" in the site's main menu (this time it's updated for the right year :) ).

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This week we're pleased to welcome Andy to the Metalreviews.com team as a new reviewer. We are very happy to count him as the newest addition to the Metalreviews family !

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This week we're pleased to welcome Jared (actually since last week :) ) and Rob to the Metalreviews.com team as new reviewers. We are very happy to count them as part of the Metalreviews family !

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