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SOILWORK To Film 'Exile' Video

Swedish metallers SOILWORK will film a video for the song "Exile" in Gothenburg, Sweden. According to the group's vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid, the clip "has a pretty trippy script. I'm sure it's gonna turn out awesome!" "Exile" comes off SOILWORK's new album, "Sworn to a Great Divide", due on Octob...

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KING'S X's TY TABOR To Guest On New AYREON CD

AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen's webmaster has issued the following update: "For a limited time only we've put up a 10-minute demo track [from the upcoming AYREON album] here for which vocals have not yet been recorded. Ben Mathot of the band DIS plays violin on this track. Ed Warby [GOREFEST], as...

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SOILWORK: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

Swedish metallers SOILWORK have set "Sworn to a Great Divide" as the title of their new album, due on October 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. The vocals for the new CD were recorded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with the help of STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mastermind Devin Townsend. The track listing...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND: 'I Find The Energy Of A Lot Of People Really Taxing'

Mike Exley of Planet-Loud.com recently conducted an interview with Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Planet-Loud.com: You're well known of course, for producing music with an introverted influence rather than stuff influenced fr...

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SOILWORK: New Video Interview With OLA FRENNING Available

Get in the Pit TV interviewed SOILWORK guitarist Ola Frenning at the Ilosaarirock festival on July 15, 2007 in Joensuu, the capital of Eastern Finland. Watch the footage at this location. Frenning and SOILWORK drummer Peter Wildoer recently finished mixing the group's new album, due later in the yea...

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Deliver Us

DARKEST HOUR took a big step forward with "Undoing Ruin", retaining much of the AT THE GATES-style thrash/death galloping heard on "Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation" and broadening its arrangements to include more melody and an expansive sound thanks to producer Devin Townsend. The result made them,...

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EPICA Singer To Guest On New AYREON Album

AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen, has revealed the identity of the second singer who will guest on the band's upcoming album, tentatively due late 2007/early 2008: Simone Simons of EPICA. Simone's recording session for the new AYREON CD took place on July 5 at the El...

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POISON Frontman Talks Touring, Upcoming VH1 Show

Patrick Douglas of The Culture Shock recently conducted an interview with POISON frontman Bret Michaels. A few excerpts from the chat follow: The Culture Shock: What's the biggest difference for you guys as a touring band, as POISON today, in comparison to 20 years ago, as far as taking the show on...

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HIMSA: 'Summon In Thunder' Artwork Revealed

Seattle's HIMSA has revealed the artwork for its new album, "Summon in Thunder", due on September 17 via Century Media Records. Check it out at this location. Steve Carter (who produced the band's second album, "Courting Tragedy And Disaster") produced the music while Devin Townsend (LAMB OF GOD, DA...

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Woman Admits To Stalking LINKIN PARK Singer

The Associated Press reports that a former national laboratory worker has admitted that she used government computers to access the e-mail account of LINKIN PARK lead singer Chester Bennington and hacked into a cell phone company's Web site to obtain his phone number. Devon Townsend, 28, appeared Fr...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Confirmed For Japan's LOUDPARK Festival

Massachusetts' ALL THAT REMAINS has been confirmed for the Loudpark 07 festival, set to take place October 20-21 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS ANTHEM AS I LAY DYING BLIND GUARDIAN HEAVEN AND HELL LACUNA COI...

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SOILWORK Completes Work On New Album

SOILWORK guitarist Ola Frenning and drummer Peter Wildoer have finished mixing the group's new album, due later in the year via Nuclear Blast Records. "All I can say, it sounds excellent... great sound, great playing and a good mix of songs," Ola writes on the band's web site. "I'm very happy to hav...

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AYREON: First Guest Singer For New Album Revealed

AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen, has revealed the identity of the first singer who will guest on the band's upcoming album, tentatively due late 2007/early 2008: Magali Luyten (VIRUS IV, BEAUTIFUL SIN). Twelve vocalists have been confirmed so far, with a number of s...

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DARKEST HOUR: Another New Song Posted Online

Another new DARKEST HOUR track, entitled "Stand and Receive Your Judgment", has been posted on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the Washington D.C.-based metallers' new album, "Deliver Us", due on July 10 via Victory Records. The long-awaited follow-up to 2005's "Undoing Ruin" was record...

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HIMSA: New Album Title, Release Date Announced

Seattle's HIMSA have set "Summon In Thunder" as the title of its new album, due on September 17 via Century Media Records. Steve Carter (who produced the band's second album, "Courting Tragedy And Disaster") produced the music while Devin Townsend (LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR) produced vocals and the...