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KING'S X: New Live Video Footage Available For Download

Video footage of KING'S X performing live at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco, CA has been made available for download at this location (right click the link and select "save target as"; file size: 107 MB!). Also available for download is video footage of the band performing the new song "Hurricane"...

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HAMMERFALL: Album Recordings Nearing Completion

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posed the following message on the group's official web site: "As I write this, we have only half a day of recording left, doing the backing vocals. For the past seven weeks, we have been hard at work on this, our fifth studio effort, and it's wonderful to be f...

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MARDUK: 2005 European Tour Dates Announced

MARDUK will embark on a massive world tour beginning in December. The European portion of the trek, dubbed "Deathmarch 2004/2005", will be divided into two parts, with the first taking place in December and the second during spring 2005. Several dates for the second leg of the tour have been release...

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KING'S X: Live Album Samples Posted Online

Audio samples from KING'S X upcoming double live CD, entitled "Live All Over the Place", have been posted online at InsideOut.de. The album, which was recorded at various shows on the band's most recent North American tour, includes all of the group's classics as well as an acoustic portion featurin...

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MARDUK: New Song Available For Download

A brand-new MARDUK song, entitled "Throne of Rats", has been made available for download at this location. "Throne of Rats" comes off the group's new album, "Plague Angel", due in Europe on November 22 via Blooddawn/Regain. It will be released on the following formats: CD, LP and Picture Disc, and p...

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MARDUK: 'Plague Angel' Cover Posted Online

Swedish black metallers MARDUK have posted the cover artwork for their new album, "Plague Angel", at their official web site. "Plague Angel" is scheduled for release in Europe on November 22 via Blooddawn/Regain. It will be released on the following formats: CD, LP and Picture Disc, and possibly als...

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DESTINY Drummer To Guest On HAMMERFALL Bass Player's Solo Tour

DESTINY drummer Birger Löfman will be joining HAMMERFALL bassist Magnus Rosén for a few clinics/shows in São Paulo and Rio, Brazil this month. The music they will be playing together will be funk rock-oriented material from Magnus' forthcoming album called "Arose". The tour starts in Peru and moves...

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MARDUK Set European Release Date For 'Plague Angel'

Regain Records has set a November 22 European release date for the new album from Swedish black metallers MARDUK, entitled"Plague Angel". The CD, which was recorded at Endarker studio in Norrköping, Sweden with producer Devo Andersson, will be the band's first release with new singer Mortuus (previo...

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HAMMERFALL Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK 2005 Festival

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the band's web site: "It is with great pride and pleasure I can announce the first confirmed live show for HAMMERFALL next year: Bloodstock 2005 in Derby, U.K.! On September 2nd, we will return to English soil for only our second...

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HAMMERFALL Bassist On Tour To Help Others

On October 10, HAMMERFALL bassist Magnus Rosèn will begin a solo bass tour that will include dates in Sweden, Germany, England and South America. Only one twist — the South American dates are not for personal profit; all money will be donated to homeless children. "I had this idea and worked [on] it...

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KING'S X To Enter Studio In December

KING'S X are scheduled to enter a Nashville studio in December with producer Michael Wagener (WARRANT, SKID ROW, ACCEPT, HAMMERFALL) to begin recording their new album, tentatively due in April 2005 via Metal Blade Records. A live DVD is still in the works and is expected to be filmed next spring/su...

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JAGGERNAUT: Former HAMMERFALL Drummer To Remain In The Group

Despite a previous announcement to the contrary, drummer Patrik Räfling (ex-HAMMERFALL) will remain a member of Sweden's JAGGERNAUT, according to a posting on the group's web site. However, due to an "unfortunate accident," Patrik will be temporarily replaced by Rickard Johansson. A replacement for...

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SINNER To Record WACKEN 2005 Appearance For Upcoming DVD

SINNER, the long-running German band featuring PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner, will play a very special show at next year's Wacken Open Air festival. "We tried to bring the band back together for this years event, but it was too short termed and better to prepare this exciting event with the needed...

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HAMMERFALL: New Album Track Listing Revealed

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "I'm pleased to see the studio diary I have been writing is to everyone's liking! That makes it much more fun to continue, even though I most likely would have done it anyway. These records are a ton...

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JAGGERNAUT Part Ways With Drummer, Guitarist

Sweden's JAGGERNAUT have parted ways with drummer Patrik Räfling (ex-HAMMERFALL) and his guitarist brother Alex. Replacing Patrik behind the kit is Rickard Johansson, who is described by the rest of the group as "not only a formidable drummer, but also gifted with great musical sense." A replacement...