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KING DIAMOND On 'The Institute' Live Show: We Are Building Something That Has Never Been Seen On A Stage Before

At this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival at Catton Park, Walton-on-Trent, United Kingdom, King Diamond spoke to Bloodstock TV's Oran O'Beirne about his plans for the long-awaited new album from his namesake band. Titled "The Institute", the group's first studio LP in 16 years is tentatively due i...

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KATATONIA Announces First North American Tour In Five Years

Melancholic metal masters KATATONIA will return to North American shores this fall after a five-year absence. The massive 2022 headline tour, featuring support from progressive metal frontrunners THE OCEAN COLLECTIVE and prog-folk force CELLAR DARLING, is set to begin on November 9 in Washington, D....

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Will 'Hopefully' Release New Studio Album In 2023

Vocalist Sharon Den Adel and guitarist Stefan Helleblad of Dutch heavy rockers WITHIN TEMPTATION were interviewed by EMP at this year's Summer Breeze festival, which is being held this weekend in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. Asked if fans can expect to hear a full-length album at some point in the future a...

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Watch: AT THE GATES Enlists ATHEIST Guitarist DANIEL MARTINEZ For North American Tour

AT THE GATES has recruited Daniel Martinez (ATHEIST) to play second guitar for the band on its North American tour which kicked off last night (Wednesday, August 17) at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Fan-filmed video of the L.A. performance can be seen below. On Wednesday, Daniel shar...

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Watch: AT THE GATES Recruits THE HAUNTED's PATRIK JENSEN For WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance

AT THE GATES recruited Patrik Jensen (THE HAUNTED) to play second guitar for the band on Friday (August 5) at this year's Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. Fan-filmed video of the performance can be seen below. The Wacken gig took place less than two weeks after AT THE GATES parted ways w...

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AT THE GATES Shares Music Video For 'Garden Of Cyrus'

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES have released a music video for the song "Garden Of Cyrus" off their latest studio album, "The Nightmare Of Being". The clip, directed by Costin Chioreanu of Twilight 13 Media, can be seen below. AT THE GATES vocalist Tomas Lindberg comments: "For ou...

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IN FLAMES Drops New Song 'The Great Deceiver', Announces Fall 2022 European Tour With AT THE GATES

Swedish metallers IN FLAMES have released a brand-new song titled "The Great Deceiver". The track is taken from IN FLAMES' upcoming fourteenth studio album, tentatively due later in the year via Nuclear Blast Records. IN FLAMES vocalist Anders Fridén states: "'The Great Deceiver' was born out of fru...

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IN FLAMES Singer On Upcoming Album: 'It Really Represents Who We Are At This Time'

IN FLAMES vocalist Anders Fridén spoke to MoreCore.TV about the band's upcoming fourteenth studio album, tentatively due later in the year via Nuclear Blast Records. Asked if the LP's first single, "State Of Slow Decay", is a good representation of what fans can expect from the record, Anders said (...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Is Still 'Working On Finishing Songs' For Upcoming Album

In recent years, Dutch symphonic metallers WITHIN TEMPTATION shifted their focus from releasing albums to releasing a series of singles, enabling the band members to indulge themselves in their creative processes thus delivering freshly inspired music. The band has released "Entertain You", "The Pur...

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AT THE GATES Parts Ways With Guitarist JONAS STÅLHAMMAR

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES have parted ways with their guitarist of the past five years, Jonas Stålhammar. Stålhammar joined the band in September 2017 as the replacement for co-founding guitarist Anders Björler, who left AT THE GATES in March of that year. Earlier today (Satu...

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IN FLAMES Vocalist On Upcoming Album: 'It's A Combination Of The Past, Where We Are Today, And Where We're Going'

IN FLAMES vocalist Anders Fridén spoke to Chaoszine about the band's upcoming fourteenth studio album, tentatively due later in the year via Nuclear Blast Records. Asked how he and guitarist Björn Gelotte went about the songwriting process this time around, Anders said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUT...

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ANDERS FRIDÉN Doesn't Care About Supposed 'Rivalry' Between IN FLAMES And THE HALO EFFECT

Anders Fridén, frontman of Swedish melodic death metal band IN FLAMES, has weighed in on THE HALO EFFECT, the new project featuring five former IN FLAMES members — Jesper Strömblad (guitar), Daniel Svensson (drums), Peter Iwers (bass), Niclas Engelin (guitar) and Mikael Stanne (vocals...

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Is NICLAS ENGELIN Still A Member Of IN FLAMES? 'I Pass On That' Question, He Says

Guitarist Niclas Engelin, who has been sitting out IN FLAMES' tour dates for the past three and a half years, was asked in a new interview with Australia's "Scars And Guitars" podcast what the "health complications" were that reportedly prevented him from taking part in the band's touring activities...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Shares Music Video For New Single 'Don't Pray For Me'

WITHIN TEMPTATION has released the official Jeb Hardwick-directed music video for the band's new single, "Don't Pray For Me". It is the fourth single of the band's independent releases and will lead up to WITHIN TEMPTATION's next studio album. In recent years, WITHIN TEMPTATION shifted its focus fro...

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SYMPHONY X Singer RUSSELL ALLEN And Ex-NIGHTWISH Frontwoman ANETTE OLZON Announce 'Army Of Dreamers' Album

Frontiers Music Srl has announced that the dynamic trio of Russell Allen (SYMPHONY X, ADRENALINE MOB),Anette Olzon (THE DARK ELEMENT, ex-NIGHTWISH) and Magnus Karlsson (PRIMAL FEAR) have crafted a follow-up to the well-received debut ANETTE/OLZON album "Worlds Apart". The new LP, "Army Of Dreamers"...