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NOCTURNAL RITES Cancels WACKEN Appearance; METAL CHURCH Steps In

Swedish melodic metallers NOCTURNAL RITES have been forced to cancel their appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. Replacing them on the bill will be none other than METAL CHURCH, who will perform on August 5 at 12:00 on the "Party Stage."...

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SEPULTURA Introduces New Drummer At Portugal's VILAR DE MOUROS Festival

Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA introduced their new drummer Jean Dolabella (ex-UDORA) last Friday (July 21) at the Vilar de Mouros festival in Portugal. The following report was posted at the band's official web site by the group's bassist, Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr.: "Last Friday, July 21st, we had our d...

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SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING: 'We Won't Change. We'll Always Be Angry'

Angela Yeager of the Statesman Journal recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the war in Iraq servng as the inspiration for a few of the songs on the upcoming CD, "Christ Illusion", which will be released Aug. 8: "Tom [Araya] w...

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PRETTY MAIDS Sign With FRONTIERS RECORDS

Frontiers Records has announced the signing of Danish metal legends PRETTY MAIDS to a multi-album deal. The group's long awaited follow-up to 2002's "Planet Panic", entitled "Wake Up to the Real World", will be released in November. Commented singer Ronnie Atkins: "The new record has all the tradema...

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VIRGIN STEELE Frontman: New Album Is 'Extremely Heavy, Moody And Melodic'

Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with VIRGIN STEELE frontman David DeFeis about the band's forthcoming epic, entitled "Visions of Eden". An excerpt from the chat follows: Metal Asylum: Tell us about the forthcoming album "Visions of Eden". Why that title? David: "The work is based on the...

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HARKONIN: New Album Details Revealed

HARKONIN, the St. Louis, Missouri-based "blackened war metal" act featuring former EULOGY drummer Clayton Gore, have revealed the track listing for their new album, "Ghanima", tentatively due mid-to-late August. The cover realisation by Clayton Gore can be seen at this location. This album is being...

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BLOODBOUND To Headline Sweden's ROCK THE MOUNTAIN Festival

BLOODBOUND, the new Swedish metal band featuring Urban Breed (ex-TAD MOROSE; vocals),Fredrik Bergh (STREET TALK; bass, keyboards and backing vocals) and Tomas Olsson (lead and rhythm guitars),will headline the Rock The Mountain festival in Söderhamn, Sweden on July 22. As previously reported, BLOO...

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ROCK CITY MORGUE: In Writing Mode

ROCK CITY MORGUE, the New Orleans, Louisiana-based band featuring former WHITE ZOMBIE bassist Sean Yseult and ex-MAN SCOUTS OF AMERICA frontman Rik Slave, has posted the following message on its official web site: "ROCK CITY MORGUE is busy in the studio writing more songs for their next CD release,...

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Latvia's SUPERHUMAN To Support BILLY IDOL In Baltics

Latvian up-and-coming hard rock band SUPERHUMAN will support BILLY IDOL during his Europian tour shows in the Baltics — July 5 at Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia, and July 6 at Utenos pramogu arena in Vilnius, Lithuania. SUPERHUMAN's debut EP, "Taste It", will be released at the end of July via SDV. The...

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NOCTURNAL BREED Invite Fans To Design Cover Of Next Album

Norwegian metallers NOCTURNAL BREED are inviting fans to design the cover art for their next album, "Fields of Rot", due later in the year via an as-yet-undetermined label. "If your art is chosen, you can win some great prizes!" reads a posting on the group's web site. More information is available...

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EMPEROR: In-Store Signing Sessions Announced

Candlelight Records has announced exclusive autograph signings/in-stores for the upcoming EMPEROR shows. The concerts, announced early December 2005, have been met with much excitement. Two of the performances are already sold out (July 14 at B.B. King and July 16 at Key Club). Fans are urged to pur...

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RANDY PIPER's ANIMAL Announce German Release Date For 'Violent New Breed'

ANIMAL, the group featuring original W.A.S.P. guitarist Randy Piper, will release their new album, "Violent New Breed", in Germany on August 18 via Soulfood. The CD was recently issued in the U.K. via Cargo Records, and in Sweden and Finland via Sound Pollution. ANIMAL have uploaded a couple of trak...

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MOONSPELL, KATATONIA, DAYLIGHT DIES: More Tour Dates Announced

Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL are preparing to embark on their first North Amercan headlining tour in five years. Supporting MOONSPELL on the appropriately labeled "Nocturnal Mourning" tour are KATATONIA and DAYLIGHT DIES. This is the first American tour for MOONSPELL in support of "Memorial", the...

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MANNGARD Guitarist To Publish 'Shocking' Book

Guitarist Olav Kristiseter of the Norwegian extreme metallers MANNGARD is planning on releasing his debut novel through a well-known Norwegian publisher later in the year. According to a posting on Kristiseter's MySpace profile, "early readers have called [the book] a 'shocker.'" MANNGARD re-release...

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NOCTURNAL RITES Bassist: Songwriting For New Album 'Is Going Really Well'

Bassist Nils Eriksson of the Swedish melodic metallers NOCTURNAL RITES has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Songwriting is going really well. At this point we have quite an impressive bunch of roughly schetched out songs, for being us (this early on in the writing proce...