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STEEL ATTACK Confirmed For Sweden's ROCKWEEKEND

Swedish metallers STEEL ATTACK have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Rockweekend festival, set to take place July 8-10 in Kilafors (two hours north of Stockholm),Sweden. For more information, go to this location. STEEL ATTACK recently announced that it was "back together again" with a...

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VANDEN PLAS: New Album Details Revealed

German progressive metallers VANDEN PLAS will release their new concept album, "The Seraphic Clockwork", on June 4 in Europe and June 22 in the U.S. via Frontiers Records. Highly anticipated by fans and critics alike, "The Seraphic Clockwork" is a fascinating concept album, which not only shows the...

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GLORIOR BELLI: New Single Artwork, Lyrics Revealed

French black metallers GLORIOR BELLI have unveiled the cover artwork and lyrics for their new single, "Agitation In The Glorious Theme". The track will appear on the band's new album, "The Full Intrepid Experience Of Light", to be released later this year. The track listing for the CD is as follows:...

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DEMONICA Confirmed For Holland's ALCATRAZ METAL FESTIVAL

DEMONICA — the new project featuring MERCYFUL FATE guitarist Hank Shermann — has been confirmed for the third edition of the Alcatraz Metal Festival, set to take place on Saturday, August 7, 2010 at Brielpoort in Deinze, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: CIRRHA NIVA DEMONICA EP...

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MANTICORA Preparing To Enter Studio

Danish power/thrash/prog metallers MANTICORA have issued the following update: "We have three shows here in Denmark during the next 14 days and we have also been booked for the Metalfest Hungary for May 23rd. Looking forward to that!! In the meantime, we're going to pay Tommy Hansen (HELLOWEEN, PRET...

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THE GATES OF SLUMBER Cancels European Dates

Indianapolis, Indiana doom metal masters THE GATES OF SLUMBER have been forced to cancel a number of dates in continental Europe after a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano continued to blanket Europe Saturday, shutting down airspace in 23 countries and causing travel misery for millions of peopl...

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STEEL ATTACK To Be Accompanied By Singer ANDERS HULTÉN For Upcoming Live Performances

Swedish metallers STEEL ATTACK recently announced that they were "back together again" with a lineup that includes members from the band's first two albums: Steve Steel (Stefan Westerberg) - Bass, Vocals John Allan - Guitar Dennis Westman - Guitar Andereas de Vera - Drums The group has since issued...

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WITCHERY Is Back!

Sweden's WITCHERY will release a new album, "Witchkrieg", in July via Century Media Records. The CD will mark the recording debut of the band's new vocalist, Legion (MARDUK, DEVIAN). Commented guitarist Jensen: "So it's finally, finally, FINALLY time for a new WITCHERY album! And not just any ol' ne...

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ICED EARTH: First 'Box Of The Wicked' Photo Released

ICED EARTH's "Box Of The Wicked" will be released in Europe on April 26 (three days earlier in Germany) and May 18 in the U.S. via SPV/Steamhammer Records. The set is limited to 10,000 copies worldwide. While ICED EARTH's 1998 album "Something Wicked This Way Comes" provided a general overview of th...

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NIGHTFALL Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Reformed Greek metallers NIGHTFALL — featuring frontman and lyricist Efthimis Karadimas alongside Evan Hensley on guitar, Stathis Kassios on keyboards and Jörg Uken on drums — have inked a deal with Metal Blade Records. The band's new album, "Astron Black And The Thirty Tyrants", will be released la...

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SATURNUS Working On New Material

Denmark's melodic doom metal masters SATURNUS have issued the following update: "As you might know, we went through a substantial 're-grouping' last year. Thomas A.G. Nielsen and Brian Hansen are, of course, still in the band handling vocals and bass while lead guitarist Rune Stiassny, who already p...

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Chile's BREAKDOWN Completes Work On 'Made Of Scars'

Chilean metallers BREAKDOWN have completed work on their new album, "Made Of Scars". The CD was produced by Pablo Stipicic (BLACKOUT, MPD) contains "10 tracks of metal and rock sound with more contemporary passages groove metal technique involving rhythms and melodic," according to a press release....

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HEIDEVOLK: 'Nehalennia' Video Released

"Nehalennia", the new video from the Dutch folk metal six-piece HEIDEVOLK, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's new album, "Uit Oude Grond" ("From Old Soil"),which was released on March 26 via Napalm Records. "Uit Oude Grond" was recorded at S&K Studio in Doetinchem, Holland with...

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WOLF: 'Hail Cesar' Video Released

"Hail Cesar", the new video from Swedish heavy metallers WOLF, can be viewed below. Commented guitarist Johannes "Axeman" Losbäck: "When approached by Morningstar Film Production to shoot a video for 'Hail Cesar', we were thrilled since we've never worked with them before. They had similar ideas as...

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MUNICIPAL WASTE's RYAN WASTE Launches VOLTURE

Starting in early 2009 in between a rigorous MUNICIPAL WASTE touring schedule, guitarist Ryan Waste began working on a new project entitled VOLTURE. As a longtime fan of bands like MERCYFUL FATE, HEAVY LOAD, and JUDAS PRIEST he thought it would only be approproate to form a proper band in that vein....