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TOOL: New Album Title Revealed?

According to a posting on TOOL's official web site, Toolband.com, TOOL's new album will be titled "10,000 Days". An early May release is expected. In a recent interview with Britain's Kerrang! magazine (web site),the members of TOOL spoke about the 77-minute, 11-song prog-metal odyssey, which is sa...

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TOOL Drummer: 'We Have The Most Retarded President We've Ever Had'

Britain's Kerrang! magazine (web site) was granted an exclusive listening session to the just-completed, as yet-untitled fourth TOOL album, which is due out May, and has revealed that anyone expecting the Californian quartet to have gone soft with age willl be sorely disappointed. True to form, TOOL...

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SOILWORK Schedule European Festival Appearances

Sweden's SOILWORK have lined up the following European festival appearances this summer May 06 - Karmøygeddon Festival - Haugesund, DEN Jun. 03 - Rock Hard Festival - Gelsenkirchen, GER Jun. 9-10 - Sauna Festival - Tampere, FIN Jun. 9-11 - Download Festival - Donington, UK Jun. 15-17 - Hultsfred Fes...

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Soothing Torture

An unconvincing mish-mash of styles marks the Stateside debut of Norway's INSENSE, a band who seem to have remembered to throw everything into their sonic stew — except compelling songwriting. Though it may be a novelty to hear a band from Oslo doing anything besides black metal, the resulting third...

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SOILWORK Frontman: 'I Have More Faith In This Band Than Ever'

SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "I'm in Studio Fredman [in Gothenburg, Sweden] right now, mixing the new DISARMONIA MUNDI album [Italian extreme death metallers, featuring a guest appearance by Strid on vocals]. Things are going...

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ANGTORIA: 'God Has A Plan For Us All' Final Cover, Track Listing Revealed

ANGTORIA, the new Swedish/British orchestral/metal band formed by female singer Sarah Jezebel Deva (CRADLE OF FILTH, THERION, MORTIIS),composer Chris Rehn (ABYSSOS) and Tommy Rehn (MOAHNI MOAHNA),have finalized the track listing and artwork for their debut album, "God Has A Plan For Us All", due o...

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FACE DOWN Part Ways With Drummer, Announce Replacement

FACE DOWN, the reunited Swedish outfit featuring former THE HAUNTED singer Marco Aro, have parted ways with drummer Erik Thyselius. "There's no hard feelings and he will continue to keep playing with CONSTRUCDEAD and TERROR 2000," the band write in a statement. "We wish him the best of luck with all...

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DARK FUNERAL: Polish Gigs Cancelled

DARK FUNERAL's previously announced headlining shows in Poland have been cancelled due to the current "political situation" in the country, according to a posting on the band's web site. Commented the Polish promoter Mariusz Kmiolek of Massive Music: "We are sorry to inform that DARK FUNERAL, NAGLFA...

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BLABBERMOUTH.NET: You Will Never Find A More Wretched Hive Of Scum And Villainy

A member of the Last.fm social music community who calls himself "killj0y" has posted the following entry in his online journal: "Let me start off by saying I am addicted to Blabbermouth.net. I read it constantly throughout the day, and find it incredibly informative. Nowhere else on the Internet ca...

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DARK FUNERAL: Brazilian Release Date Set For 'Attera Totus Sanctus'

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL will be releasing their new album, "Attera Totus Sanctus", in Brazil on March 10 via Hellion Records. As previously reported, Regain Records will be releasing picture-disc and gatefold-LP versions of "Attera Totus Sanctus", on February 20. More information is ava...

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NON-HUMAN LEVEL: Japanese Version Of Debut CD Includes W.A.S.P. Cover

NON-HUMAN LEVEL, the solo project of DARKANE guitarist Christofer Malmström, has just issued its self-debut album in Japan through Soundholic Records. The Japanese version of the CD includes a special bonus track — a cover of the W.A.S.P. classsic "I Wanna be Somebody". "It's a really heavy version...

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SATARIEL Sign With PULVERIZED RECORDS For New EP Release

Swedish metallers SATARIEL have inked a deal with Pulverized Records to release a mini-CD containing four brand new tracks. The recordings for the effort will begin on February 16. More details will be made available soon. SATARIEL's third album, "Hydra", has just received its long-awaited U.S. rele...

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CANDLEMASS Win Swedish 'GRAMMY' Award For 'Best Hard Rock' Album

CANDLEMASS won a Swedish "Grammy" award in the "Best Hard Rock" category, beating out the likes of HAMMERFALL, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, MESHUGGAH and OPETH. The Swedish doom legends were honored for their self-titled 2005 opus, which is available on Nuclear Blast Records. EVERGREY were nominated in the "...

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Aeolian

Without knowing any backstory on this German collective, "Aeolian" would (perhaps more accurately) be seen as just a decent, somewhat redundant heavy album with a lot of long songs and huge riffs. But THE OCEAN are actually a loose group of musicians who live and work in the catacombs of an abandone...

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HAMMERFALL Guitarist Hopes More Video Channels Will Play 'Hearts On Fire' Clip

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "February has come, and with that two big things for us: the annual Swedish Grammy Awards next week, and the Olympics beginning on the 10th. As I already have [mentioned], we recorded a video for 'He...