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Celebrating Moonjune Records

New York’s Moonjune Records is celebrating a decade of releasing challenging “non-overproduced music that transcends stylistic pigeon-holing.” Here’s a look at seven key albums in the label’s catalog.

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Dream Theater streams first post-Portnoy song

The big news in prog and metal circles today is the debut of Dream Theater’s new song with new drummer Mike Mangini.

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Symphony X unveils new album cover, track listing

Symphony X, one of the reigning progressive-metal bands in the United States, unveiled Friday the artwork and track listings for the two versions of its ninth studio album (and Nuclear Blast debut) Iconoclast.

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British guitarist Matt Stevens’ ‘Ghost’ stories

With so much legally “free” music available on the Internet these days, it’s easy to go crazy trying to find and listen to everything that might appeal to you. Enter British DIY guitarist Matt Stevens.

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Michael Popke is a freelance music journalist from Madison, Wis. He is a longtime contributor to Goldmine and wrote the magazine's short-lived "Progressive Ideas" column. Michael has interviewed everyone from Chris Squire, Bill Bruford, Steve Hogarth and Eric Woolfson to Roine Stolt, Neal Morse, Geoff Tate and Michael Romeo. But he has to admit that his favorite sessions were with the Steves: Hackett and Walsh.

Marc Garrison is a freelance music writer from California. He has written for many Web sites on the virtues of prog metal and heavy metal in general.

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