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SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING Featured In New WITCHERY Video

"Witchkrieg", the new video from Swedish metallers WITCHERY, can be viewed below. The clip, which was shot in early May in Stockholm, Sweden, was filmed, directed and produced by Daniel Larrson and AT THE GATES/THE HAUNTED guitarist Anders Björler (At The Gates Productions). Additional scenes featur...

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SPIRITUAL BEGGARS: 'Return To Zero' North American Release Date Announced

SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, the Swedish band featuring ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott and bassist Sharlee D'Angelo, along with new vocalist Apollo Papathanasio (FIREWIND),will release its seventh studio album, "Return To Zero", in North America on October 12 and in Europe on August 30 via InsideOut Musi...

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SIX FEET UNDER Frontman Interviewed On 'The Governor's Ball'

Vocalist Chris Barnes of Florida death metallers SIX FEET UNDER was interviewed for the latest episode of "The Governor's Ball". You can now stream the program in two parts below. The third installment of SIX FEET UNDER's cover series, "Graveyard Classics 3", sold around 800 copies in the United Sta...

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SPIRITUAL BEGGARS Inks Japanese Deal For New Album

SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, the Swedish band featuring ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott and bassist Sharlee D'Angelo, along with new vocalist Apollo Papathanasio (FIREWIND),has inked a deal with Trooper Entertainment Inc. — a label founded by legendary Japanese heavy metal music industry guru Tetsu Miyamo...

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THERION Confirms SNOWY SHAW/DIMMU BORGIR Rumor?

Swedish progressive/experimental metallers THERION have confirmed that their split with vocalist Snowy Shaw (real name: Tommie Helgesson; DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) was caused by his decision to join "another big band" — rumored to be the Norwegian symphonic b...

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RHAPSODY OF FIRE Guitarist Interviewed By INFERNAL MASQUERADE

Infernal Masquerade webzine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Luca Turilli of Italian symphonic metal masters RHAPSODY OF FIRE. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. RHAPSODY OF FIRE's new album, "The Frozen Tears Of Angels", sold around 800 copies in the United S...

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TONY IOMMI On The Future Of HEAVEN & HELL And BLACK SABBATH

Paul Cole of the Sunday Mercury recently conducted an interview with the legendary BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN & HELL guitarist Tony Iommi. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On late HEAVEN & HELL/BLACK SABBATH singer Ronnie James Dio: "I first met Ronnie at a party in Los Angeles, and we g...

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EVIL SURVIVES' 'Powerkiller' To Be Released Through HEAVY ARTILLERY

Heavy Artillery Records continues its war on false metal with the release of "Powerkiller", the sophomore album from Canadian heavy/speed metal masters EVIL SURVIVES. The effort will be made available on CD and digitally on October 12. Based out Winnipeg, Manitoba, EVIL SURVIVES first began spreadin...

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VANDEN PLAS Guitarist Interviewed On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

Guitarist Stephan Lill of German progressive metallers VANDEN PLAS was interviewed on the July 4 edition of the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show with Mike "The Big Cheese". The program can now be streamed using the audio player below. VANDEN PLAS released its new concept album, "The Seraphic Clockwor...

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DIMMU BORGIR Rumored To Have Tapped SNOWY SHAW For Upcoming Album, Tour

Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR are rumored to have tapped Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (real name: Tommie Helgesson; THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) to replace bassist/clean vocalist ICS Vortex (real name: Simen Hestnæs) on th...

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SPIRITUAL BEGGARS: 'Return To Zero' Track Listing Revealed

SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, the Swedish band featuring ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott and bassist Sharlee D'Angelo, along with new vocalist Apollo Papathanasio (FIREWIND),will release its seventh studio album, "Return To Zero", in Europe on August 30 via InsideOut Music. The follow-up to 2005's "Demons"...

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Vocalist SNOWY SHAW Quits THERION

Vocalist Snowy Shaw has quit Swedish progressive/experimental metallers THERION after four years, two studio albums, live DVDs and numerous tours around the world. "I've had a terrific and great time touring and working with THERION and I do wish them nothing but the best in the future, but I've fel...

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RHAPSODY OF FIRE: 'The Frozen Tears Of Angels' First-Week Sales Revealed

"The Frozen Tears Of Angels", the new album from Italian symphonic metal masters RHAPSODY OF FIRE, sold around 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 52 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new a...

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WITCHERY: 'Witchkrieg' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Witchkrieg", the new album Swedish metallers WITCHERY, sold around 600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 84 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who...

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SPIRITUAL BEGGARS: New Album Artwork Unveiled

SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, the Swedish band featuring ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott and bassist Sharlee D'Angelo, along with new vocalist Apollo Papathanasio (FIREWIND),will release its seventh studio album, "Return To Zero", in Europe on August 30 via InsideOut Music. The follow-up to 2005's "Demons"...