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AVA INFERI Books Studio Time For New CD

Portugese metallers AVA INFERI are currently working on the material for their second full-length album, "The Silhouette", tentatively due next year via Season of Mist. The band has issued the following update on the songwriting/recording process for the new CD: "Finally the studio has been selected...

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DAGOBA To Support STONE SOUR In Paris

French metallers DAGOBA, who earlier in the year completed a successful 35-date European tour as the opening act for IN FLAMES and SEPULTURA, will open for STONE SOUR on October 31 at the Bataclan in Paris. DAGOBA's sophomore album, "What Hell Is About…", was released in February via Season of Mist....

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AGE OF SILENCE Offers Update On Bandmembers' Activities

Avant-garde/prog/metal act AGE OF SILENCE, the Norwegian band featuring Lazare (BORKNAGAR, SOLEFALD),Hellhammer (WINDS, ARCTURUS, MAYHEM) and Eikind (KHOLD, TULUS),among others, has issued the following update on the bandmembers' current activities: "Lazare: Just completed recording of the BORKNAG...

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ANAAL NATHRAKH, NAPALM DEATH Members Launch Label

Mick Kenney (ANAAL NATHRAKH, MISTRESS, PROFESSOR FATE, EXPLODER) and Shane Embury (NAPALM DEATH, LOCK-UP, BRUJERIA) have set up their own record label, Feto Records, as an outlet to release their own music. The first two releases will be LOCK-UP's long-awaited "Live in Japan" album and Mick's EXPLOD...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM, NIGHTWISH, 1349 Classic Albums To Receive Vinyl Release

Candlelight Records continues its ongoing collector's series this fall with stateside release of new and classic albums from 1349, CHILDREN OF BODOM, CARPATHIAN FOREST, NIGHTWISH, ZYKLON, GORGOROTH and more. Available September 19 the picture disc limited-edition (500 copies) pressing of "Beyond the...

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WINDS: New Album Update

WINDS keyboardist Andy Winter has offered the following update on the recording process for the band's fourth effort: "It has been a nice relaxing summer for all of us in WINDS, but we are now ready to pick up and finally complete this thing we have been working on for so long. The status at ...

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ULVER's KRISTOFFER GARM RYGG To Guest On Norway's 'Tinitus'

ULVER's Kristoffer Garm Rygg (ex-ARCTURUS, BORKNAGAR) will be the featured guest on this week's "Tinitus" radio show, airing Wednesday, August 2 between 20.00 CET (8:00 p.m.) and 22.00 CET (10:00 p.m.) on Norway's P3. The program can also be heard on the Internet: www.nrk.no/tinitus. The interview i...

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DISMEMBER To Headline Norway's SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT Festival

Long-running Swedish death metallers DISMEMBER have been confirmed as one of the headliners of this year's Southern Discomfort festival, set to take place September 15-16 in Kristiansand, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: DISMEMBER MADDER MORTEM VULTURE INDUSTRIES ANXIETY MORTII...

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WINDS: New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By DAN SWANÖ

WINDS guitarist Carl August Tidemann recently posted a message on the the band's forum stating that he has now completed the solo-guitar recordings for the upcoming album. The rhythm guitars were already completed last year and the recent completion of the solos now concludes all the guitar recordin...

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The Parallel Otherworld

By now, most folks are aware of EIDOLON brothers Glen (guitar) and Shawn (drums) Drover's positions as members of MEGADETH, an event that raised their status from respected Canadian creators of melodic power/thrash metal to world stage musicians. Said event is not the only thing that has changed in...

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DAGOBA To Support DEFTONES In France

French metallers DAGOBA, who recently completed a successful 35-date European tour as the opening act for IN FLAMES and SEPULTURA, will support the DEFTONES on the following shows: May 30 - Paris, FRA @ Zenith May 31 - Lille, FRA @ Aronef As previously reported, DAGOBA have been confirmed for the ni...

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DARKTHRONE, IMMORTAL, DISSECTION Featured On 'The Dark Psyche' Compilation

The End Records and associates have compiled some of the top acts of the black metal scene to showcase "The Dark Psyche". On June 6, The End Records will release this extraordinary compilation at the special price of $6.66. The label will also offer exclusively through its mail-order site The Omega,...

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When Worlds Collide

In theory, each album should stand on its own without any external factors being weighed in. But there's something intangible that just grabs you when you're hearing the real thing. There's no “conviction" knob on a studio mixing board, but when it oozes from every pore of a record, you feel it, and...

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Metalmania 2005

In yet another example of Europe's festival organizing acumen, Poland's annual Metalmania festival continues to attract quality acts from a range of genres to the always-rabid Polish audience. The festival's main stage highlights have once again been captured on DVD, this time the 2005 extravaganza....

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RED HARVEST: Live DVD Delayed

RED HARVEST's live DVD, which was previously scheduled for release on June 12 in Europe and July 12 in the U.S., has been delayed, according to a posting on on the Norwegian band's official web site. A new release date has not yet been announced. The disc will feature the group's entire September 20...