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SOILWORK Singer Speaks To DOGDAY PRODUCTION (Video)

Kriss Panic of Dogday Production conducted an interview with vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid of Swedish metallers SOILWORK at this year's Metaltown festival, which was held July 4-6 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The chat has just now been posted online and can be seen below. SOILWORK's ninth studio and first...

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KAMCHATKA To Release 'The Search Goes On' In February

Swedish hard rock trio KAMCHATKA will release its fifth studio album, "The Search Goes On", on February 19 via Despotz Records. The CD was recorded at the band's own Shrimpmonkey Studios in Varberg, Sweden with bassist/vocalist Per Wiberg (CANDLEMASS, ex-OPETH, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS) handling production...

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TALISMAN Reunion And MARCEL JACOB Tribute Show To Take Place At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

The long-awaited reunion show from TALISMAN — the now-defunct Swedish-American melodic hard rock band featuring singer Jeff Scott Soto (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JOURNEY) and bassist Marcel Jacob (ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) — will take place on June 6, 2014 at the Sweden Rock Festival. Sadly, guitarist Fredrik Åk...

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AMON AMARTH To Premiere Epic Production Video For 'Father Of The Wolf' At Las Vegas Show

Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH will premiere the production video for the track "Father Of The Wolf" at the first date of the U.S. tour, taking place in Las Vegas on Friday January 17. For fans attending this show, make sure to follow AMON AMARTH's and Metal Blade Records' Twitter and Facebook...

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DREAM THEATER's JAMES LABRIE To Release 'I Will Not Break' Digital EP

Following up on the success of his latest studio album, "Impermanent Resonance", singer James LaBrie of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER will release a new digital EP, "I Will Not Break", on January 6 in Europe and January 14 in North America via InsideOut Music. "I Will Not Break" track listi...

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DEVIL YOU KNOW Taps ZEUSS For Debut Album Mix

DEVIL YOU KNOW — the new band featuring former KILLSWITCH ENGAGE singer Howard Jones, Francesco Artusato, celebrated solo artist and guitarist with ALL SHALL PERISH and THE FRANCESCO ARTUSATO PROJECT; and John Sankey, drummer for the Australian band DEVOLVED, who has also worked with FEAR FACTORY an...

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IHSAHN: 'I Underestimated My Listeners'

We Love Metal recently conducted an interview with EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn (real name: Vegard Sverre Tveitan). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. We Love Metal: This album ["Das Seelenbrechen"] was much more progressive than the last album. What were some of your inspirations for that?...

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Former END OF LEVEL BOSS Drummer To Release Atmospheric Death Metal Solo Album

Former END OF LEVEL BOSS drummer Neil Grant returns with a classic-style death metal album, free from click tracks, full of feel and with enough riffs to choke a horse. The Scottish multi-instrumentalist — now residing in Gothenburg, Sweden — has crafted a stunningly atmospheric death metal album la...

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OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Honored At SKAP's Annual Ceremony

Every year SKAP awards scholarships and prizes to celebrate Swedish creativity across all musical genres. The awards ceremony takes place in tandem with SKAP's annual spring party which is organized with the composers in mind and creativity as the main focus. This year Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish pr...

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SOILWORK: Helsinki Concert To Be Filmed For Forthcoming DVD

SOILWORK's March 21, 2014 concert at Circus in Helsinki, Finland will be professionally filmed for DVD release. The band will play a career-spanning set, with special guest appearances and other surprises planned. The choice of location for the shoot of the first-ever SOILWORK audiovisual live docum...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY's MIKAEL STANNE Interviewed By Spain's MetalZone (Video)

MetalZone.biz conducted an interview with singer Mikael Stanne of Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY prior to the band's November 15 concert in Barcelona, Spain. You can now watch the chat below. DARK TRANQUILLITY's tenth studio album, "Construct", was released on May 27 via Century M...

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AVATARIUM Singer: 'People Have This Preconception That Female Vocalists Only Use Opera-Styled Vocals In Metal'

Raymond Westland of The Midlands Rocks recently conducted an interview with AVATARIUM singer Jennie-Ann Smith. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Midlands Rocks: Can you start by telling how you become involved with AVATARIUM? Jennie-Ann Smith: AVATARIUM started out as a project fr...

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AMON AMARTH: Quality Fan-Filmed Footage Of Gothenburg Concert

Quality fan-filmed video footage of AMON AMARTH's December 3 performance at Trädgår'n in Gothenburg, Sweden can be seen below. AMON AMARTH's ninth studio album, "Deceiver Of The Gods", sold around 17,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 19 on The Billb...

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CANDLEMASS To Perform Entire 'Ancient Dreams' Album At ROADBURN Festival

Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS to perform their "Ancients Dreams" album in its entirety at Mikael Åkerfeldt's (OPETH) 2014 curated Roadburn event on Friday, April 11 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, The Netherlands. "Wow, just wow!" says Åkerfeldt. "I am friends with the entire band, and especial...

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AMON AMARTH's JOHAN HEGG Speaks To Austria's Stormbringer.at (Video)

Austria's Stormbringer.at webzine conducted an interview with vocalist Johan Hegg of Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH prior to the band's November 25 concert in Vienna. You can now watch the chat below. AMON AMARTH's ninth studio album, "Deceiver Of The Gods", sold around 17,000 copies in the Uni...