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OPETH Frontman Treated For Minor Cut On The Head; Maplewood Concert Canceled

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH were forced to cancel their performance last night (Monday, May 7) at the Myth in Maplewood, Minnesota after the band's guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt was rushed to the hospital to receive treatment for a minor cut on his head. Contrary to online reports, Åke...

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KATATONIA Frontman Completes Laying Down Vocals On New Album

Singer Jonas Renkse of Swedish dark rockers KATATONIA has finished laying down vocals on the band's new album, tentatively due in September via Peaceville Records. He says in an online posting, "Vocals done a few days ago, now checking through every song to make sure this baby is ready for mix!" In...

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STORM CORROSION Talks Song Structure In New Interview Clip (Video)

A three-and-a-half-minute clip in which the members of STORM CORROSION — the long-discussed and highly anticipated collaboration between two of the modern progressive rock scene's most innovative and multi-talented artists — Mikael Åkerfeldt of OPETH and PORCUPINE TREE's Steven Wilson — talk about "...

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EVOCATION Parts Ways With Bassist, Seeks Replacement

Swedish death metallers EVOCATION have issued the following update: "It's with great sadness we have to announce the departure of bass player Martin 'Tore' Toresson from EVOCATION. Tore has been a part of the band ever since the reunion in 2005 and has grown into become a brother with us. We have sh...

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THE MURDER OF MY SWEET: Official 'Black September' Lyric Video Released

The official lyric video for the song "Black September" from the Swedish female-fronted symphonic rock/metal band THE MURDER OF MY SWEET can be seen below. THE MURDER OF MY SWEET will release its second album, "Bye Bye Lullaby", on May 25 via AFM Records. The follow-up to 2010's "Divanity" will incl...

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ODDLAND: 'The Treachery Of Senses' Album Teaser Available

Century Media Records, the Finnish Metal Expo, Inferno magazine, Terrorizer magazine and Imperiumi.net joined forces in 2010 to find the "Suomi Metal Star 2011." Around 240 Finnish bands signed up to take part in the contest and 12 were selected to be voted on by the public prior to the end of that...

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KREATOR: 'Phantom Antichrist' Video Released

"Phantom Antichrist", the video for the title track of the new album from German thrash metal veterans KREATOR, can be seen below. The clip was helmed by Poland's Grupa 13, which has previously worked with BEHEMOTH, ELUVEITIE, SONATA ARCTICA and DECAPITATED, among others. Commented KREATOR guitarist...

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STORM CORROSION Talks Vinyl In New Video Interview

Sound+Vision has posted an exclusive 10-minute interview clip with STORM CORROSION, the long-discussed and highly anticipated collaboration between two of the modern progressive rock scene's most innovative and multi-talented artists — Mikael Åkerfeldt of OPETH and PORCUPINE TREE's Steven Wilson. In...

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MASTODON Interviewed On KISW 99.9 FM's 'Metal Shop' (Audio)

Ian of the "Metal Shop" radio show, which airs airs every Saturday night from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. on the Seattle station KISW 99.9 FM, conducted an interview with Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON prior to the band's April 30 performance at Showbox SoDo in Seattle. You can now listen to the chat...

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OPETH: San Antonio Footage Available

Quality fan-filmed video footage of OPETH's April 20 performance at Backstage Live in San Antonio, Texas as part of the "Heritage Hunter" tour with MASTODON and GHOST can be seen below. OPETH's new album, "Heritage", sold 19,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at po...

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BILOCATE: New Album Artwork, Release Date Revealed

Jordanian dark oriental metallers BILOCATE will release their new album, "Summoning The Bygones", on June 11 via Code666 Records (Aural Music). The artwork was designed by by Matthew Vickerstaff of U.K.'s Darkwave Art (MY DYING BRIDE, DEICIDE, MORBID ANGEL, CRADLE OF FILTH, DECAPITATED, HATE ETERNAL...

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MORGOTH To Release 'Cursed To Live' Live Album, DVD In June

Resurrected German death metallers MORGOTH will release their first-ever live album and DVD, "Cursed To Live", on June 25 via Century Media Records. The audio tracks were mixed at Unisound Studio in Sweden with Dan Swanö (OPETH, KATATONIA, DISSECTION). "Cursed To Live" is the documentation of MORGOT...

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KREATOR Frontman On New Album: 'We Wanted To Top Everything That We'd Done Before '

Suicide Scriptures conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Miland "Mille" Petrozza of German thrash metal veterans KREATOR on April 19 in London, England. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow. On KREATOR's new album, "Phantom Antichrist", which is d...

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KATATONIA Guitarist Talks Upcoming Album In New Audio Interview

Loud TV recently conducted an interview with guitarist/co-founder Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström of Swedish dark rockers KATATONIA. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. KATATONIA entered the studio in early February to begin recording its ninth album, to be released on September...

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GHOST: 'We Like BEACH BOYS'

Noisey, Vice magazine's music channel, has uploaded video footage of "a nameless ghoul" from the mysterious Swedish buzz metal act GHOST talking about Satan's faith in his band and his band's faith in the BEACH BOYS. Check out the clip below. GHOST cult leader "Papa Emeritus" (rumored to be REPUGNAN...