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EPICA: 'The Divine Conspiracy' North American Release Date Announced

Nuclear Blast Records has set an August 28 North American release date for the new EPICA album, entitled "The Divine Conspiracy". The CD will be issued in in Europe on September 10 (September 7 in Germany). Check out the CD cover artwork at this location. An audio sample of the track "Menace of ...

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EPICA Singer To Guest On New AYREON Album

AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen, has revealed the identity of the second singer who will guest on the band's upcoming album, tentatively due late 2007/early 2008: Simone Simons of EPICA. Simone's recording session for the new AYREON CD took place on July 5 at the El...

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DELAIN: 'See Me In Shadow' Single Due This Month

DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — will release a new single, "See Me in Shadow", in the Netherlands on July 23. In addition to the title cut, the single will include three special...

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CEREBRAL FIX Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

Reunited British punk/thrash crossover band CEREBRAL FIX has been confirmed for the Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 16-18 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. It is rumored that V.I.T.R.I.O.L. from U.K. black metal band ANAAL NATHRAKH will handle vocals for the group as a on...

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OCEANS OF SADNESS Vocalist To Fill In For EPICA's MARK JANSEN

Vocalist Tijs Vanneste of Belgian progressive metallers OCEANS OF SADNESS will fill in for EPICA's Mark Jansen at the Trailerpop festival on July 7 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This will be a one-time-only arrangement. OCEANS OF SADNESS recently posted its cover version of ALICE IN CHAINS' "Them Bones...

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PRIMAL FEAR's 'Comeback' Show Attended By 4,000 'Maniacs'

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR played their first show with guitarist Henny Wolter back in the band on June 30 at the Rock Am Haertsfeldsee in Dischingen, Germany. "4,000 maniacs rocked with us to the limit and gave Henny a warm welcome," the group writes on its web site. PRIMAL FEAR's setlist w...

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PRIMAL FEAR: New Album Details Revealed; Audio Samples Available

Frontiers Records has announced the details of the new studio album from German melodic metal masters PRIMAL FEAR, entitled "New Religion" (cover artwork),to be released in Europe on September 21. PRIMAL FEAR started the songwriting for their new CD in October 2006 and the recording began shortly l...

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DELAIN: 'See Me In Shadow' Video Posted Online

DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — has posted its video for the track "See Me in Shadow" on YouTube. The song is the second single from DELAIN's debut album, "Lucidity", which came...

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EPICA, SONIC SYNDICATE: Cologne Concert Footage To Air On German TV In August

EPICA and SONIC SYNDICATE's June 21, 2007 performances at the Underground in Cologne, Germany were filmed and will be broadcast on August 6 via the German TV channel WDR. The "Rockpalast Bootleg" show will air between 0:30 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. An audio sample of a brand new EPICA track, entitled "Mena...

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EPICA: New Audio Sample Available

An audio sample of a brand new EPICA track, entitled "Menace of Vanity", has been posted on the group's MySpace page. The song comes off the Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band's new album, "The Divine Conspiracy", due in Europe on September 10 via Nuclear Blast Records (September 7 in Germany...

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BELIEVER Drummer's FOUNTAIN OF TEARS Project Secures Distribution Deal With NIGHTMARE

Drummer Joey Daub of the the much-missed late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metal band BELIEVER recently issued a new album with his FOUNTAIN OF TEARS project, entitled "Fate". He checks in with the following update: "FOUNTAIN OF TEARS has inked a distro deal with Nightmare Records. We are very e...

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KAMELOT Singer Talks About 'Ghost Opera', Possible Solo Album

Chaosankh of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with KAMELOT frontman Roy Khan. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: It looks like you have scheduled quite a few U.S. tour dates which is really refreshing as an American metal fan because so many bands choose not t...

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EPICA: New Studio Report Available

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA have posted another studio report on their official forum. "This time [guitarist/vocalist] Mark [Jansen] wrote some things about his vocal recordings and the writing process," the band writes on its web site. Check out the report at this location (scrol...

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SONIC SYNDICATE Confirmed For Finland's RUISROCK

Sweden's SONIC SYNDICATE has been confirmed for the Ruisrock festival on July 8 in Turku, Finland. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Jun. 20 - Festhalle Durlach - Karksruhe, Germany (w/ MEGADETH) Jun. 21 - Rockpalast - Köln, Germany (w/ EPICA) Jun. 29 - Peace and Love Festival - Bor...

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EPICA: 'The Divine Conspiracy' Artwork Revealed

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band EPICA has revealed the cover artwork for its new album, "The Divine Conspiracy", due in Europe on September 10 via Nuclear Blast Records (September 7 in Germany). Check it out at this location. "The Divine Conspiracy", which was mixed by Sascha Paeth, featur...