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Vena Sera

CHEVELLE has always been in a strange place. Catching the tail end of the grunge era, heavily influenced by both that and especially early TOOL, the band managed to carve out a niche for itself despite coming along at the height of the rap-metal movement. The Chicago- based trio's sound has never ha...

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MANOWAR To Perform 'Black Wind, Fire & Steel' In Greek At Athens Festival

The production manager of the March Metal Day festival, set to take place April 4 at the Fencing Olympic Complex at Hellinicon in Athens, Greece, has revealed to the "Metalzone" radio show that MANOWAR will perform its song "Black Wind, Fire & Steel" in Greek at this year's event. MANOWAR will p...

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Beautiful Tragedy

MySpace strikes again! The buzz generated from over a million plays of IN THIS MOMENT's tunes on the popular Internet community apparently got the attention of the Century Media folks and the rest, as they say, is history. And surprisingly (at least to me),the hype over this band's melodic, Swedish...

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The Hinderers

They brought in the big dogs for DAATH's debut album, "The Hinderers". A James Murphy production (co-produced by the band),engineering assistance from Andy Sneap, and a Colin Richardson mix gives the disc the kind of fat and chunky sound that's been heard on other Roadrunner releases from bands lik...

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It's Official: ENSIFERUM Is A Star!

Now it is official: ENSIFERUM is a star. The Russian ENSIFERUM fan club has given the band a gift of astronomical proportions, as on their request the Russian International Star Catalogue Space Earth has denominated a star in the Ursa Major constellation after the Finnish metal band. The star is loc...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Frontman: 'I Want To Be The Only Man In This World'

Daniel Robert Epstein of SuicideGirls.com recently conducted an interview with TYPE O NEGATIVE frontman Peter Steele. An excerpt from the chat follows: SuicideGirls.com: I bet you get some really cute girls at your shows. Peter Steele: There are always cute girls at our shows. But I'm getting old an...

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HATE To Headline Russia's METAL SPIRIT RESURRECTION VOL. 4 Tour

Polish death metallers HATE will headline the latest edition of the Russian tour Metal Spirit Resurrection Vol. 4 beginning mid-April. Also appearing on the bill are the the Russian acts SINFUL, ACT OF GOD, LITTLE DEAS BERTHA, TARTHARIS, GOTHIC SKY and DEMOGORGON. Confirmed dates are as follows: Apr...

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Ex-NECROPHAGIST Drummer Says His Replacement 'Plays Circles Around Me'

NECROPHAGIST drummer Hannes Grossman, who played on the German death metal band's last album, "Epitaph" (2004),and took part in all touring activities following its release, has commented on his decision to leave the group following the the band's appearance at the California Metalfest on April 1....

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Blood of the Black Owl

Describing BLOOD OF THE BLACK OWL's self-titled debut as "blackened doom" is not inaccurate but does not tell the whole story. With plenty of the suffocating heaviness of funeral doom, yet not reaching the muddy bottom of an act like CATABOMBS, and mining some of the same accents and majestic sliver...

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BEHEMOTH Begins Mixing 'The Apostasy'

Polish extreme metal titans BEHEMOTH have started mixing their new album, "The Apostasy", at Dug-Out studios in Uppsala, Sweden with Daniel Bergstrand (MESHUGGAH, IN FLAMES, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD). Commented mainman Nergal: "Finally I made it to Sweden. I know, we owe you the new video report and some...

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SAXON Drummer Is 'Ready To Rock'

SAXON drummer Nigel Glockler has issued the following update: "So we're off on tour again, via production rehearsals in Bad Soden, near Frankfurt. "Doug [Scarratt, SAXON guitarist] and I hit the Eurostar and the Ice train on Tuesday. "Really looking forward to the gigs. Here I must mention that some...

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The Forgotten Goddess

The story behind the formation of Los Angeles' ECHOES OF ETERNITY is an interesting one. Conceptualist/guitarist/songwriter Brandon S. Patton enlisted the assistance of musicians residing in Canada, Texas, South Carolina, and Japan to record debut album "The Forgotten Goddess", despite geographical...

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OCTOBER FILE To Enter Studio In April

U.K. hardcore act OCTOBER FILE is currently working on material for its new album, entitled "Holy Armour from the Jaws of God". The follow-up to last year's "Hallowed be thy Army" EP will be recorded between April 9 and April 18 for a tentative July 16 release via Candlelight Records. Songtitles set...

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JOE LYNN TURNER: Russian Tour Setlist Revealed

Former DEEP PURPLE/RAINBOW singer Joe Lynn Turner is in the middle of a headlining tour of Russia on which he is being backed by the Moscow-based band GREEN TOWN. His setlist for the February 14, 2007 show in Ivanovo, Russia was as follows: 01. Street Of Dreams 02. Stone Cold 03. Death Alley Driver...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Frontman: 'I Was Pretty Lost In The Cocaine Thing For A Couple Of Years'

Tina Cederberg of Sweden's GetMetal.com recently conducted an interview with TYPE O NEGATIVE members Peter Steele (vocals, bass) and Johnny Kelly (drums). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: GetMetal.com: The new album has been a long time in the making, tell us why? Johnny: We were traveling...