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COLDWORKER: European Release Date Announced For 'The Contaminated Void'

Drummer Anders Jakobson (ex-NASUM) of the Örebro, Sweden-based band COLDWORKER has issued the following update: "The European release date [for the COLDWORKER debut album, 'The Contaminated Void'] is set to November 6 [via Relapse Records]. The Japanese release will likely be at the same time or lat...

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UNLEASHED: 'Midvinterblot' Release Date Announced

SPV Records has set an October 10 U.S. release date for the eighth full-length album from Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED, entitled "Midvinterblot".The band will be teaming up with GRAVE, ENTOMBED and DISMEMBER for the "Masters Of Death Tour" beginning on November 3. "We have more qualified songs...

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SPARZANZA: Another New Song Posted Online

Another new song from Swedish hard rockers SPARZANZA, entitled "Going Down", has been posted online at the band's MySpace page. The track will appear on SPARZANZA's third CD, "Banisher of the Light", due later in the year. The album will also include the song "Dead Rising" (also available on the ban...

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IN FLAMES To Guest On KNAC.COM This Saturday

Swedish metal titans IN FLAMES will guest on Los Angeles' KNAC.COM this Saturday beginning at 1:00 p.m. PST. The highly influential band will make a live, in-studio appearance at KNAC.COM, where they will chat with DJ Will about all things IN FLAMES, including their new single and video, "Come Clari...

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THE HAUNTED Guitarist Comments On 'The Dead Eye'

Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED will release "The Dead Eye", the band's fifth official studio album, on October 31 via Century Media Records (one day earlier internationally). Commented guitarist Anders Björler: "I just got the final master from Tue Madsen (our producer) with all the tracks in the fin...

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Swedish Animal-Rights Organization Slams MAYHEM Over Use Of Animal Parts

Animal Rights Sweden, the country's largest animal-rights organization with 36,000 members, has launched an attack against the organizers of the Gates of Metal festival over Norwegian black metal band MAYHEM's use of animal parts during their performance at the event (Photo#1, Photo#2),which took p...

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IN FLAMES: 'Soundtrack To Your Escape' Sells 100,000 Copies In The U.S.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, U.S. sales figures for IN FLAMES' "Soundtrack To Your Escape" have surpassed 100,000 copies. Released by Nuclear Blast Records in 2004, "Soundtrack To Your Escape" was the seventh studio album for Gothenberg, Sweden's best known band. Praised for "redefining the stand...

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UNLEASHED Will Not Play Europe's X-MASS FESTIVALS This Year

Despite published reports to the contrary, Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED will not play the X-Mass Festivals in Europe this year. "We are concentrating on the 'Masters Of Death Tour' starting the 3rd of November, together with GRAVE, ENTOMBED and DISMEMBER," the group writes on its web site. "The...

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ANGEL BLAKE Preparing For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

ANGEL BLAKE guitarist Marko Tervonen (ex-THE CROWN) has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "We've been busy as hell rehearsing for the Summer Breeze festival that will take place in Dinkelsbuhn, Germany 17-19 August. This will be the debut show for ANGEL BLAKE. And what a...

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PONAMERO SUNDOWN Featuring Ex-DARK FUNERAL Drummer: Demo Available For Download

Swedish stoner rockers PONAMERO SUNDOWN, who feature in their ranks former DARK FUNERAL drummer Peter "Equimanthorn" Eklund, have uploaded their new demo to their web site at this location. The track listing is as follows: 01. March Of Doom / Doctor Of Evil 02. Girls From Finland 03. Immortal Machin...

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COLDWORKER Signs To RELAPSE RECORDS

Relapse Records has announce the signing of Sweden's COLDWORKER. COLDWORKER features former NASUM drummer Anders Jakobson and includes guitarists Anders Baerilsson and Andre Alvinzi, bassist Oskar Palsson, and vocalist Joel Fornbrant. The band, formed by Jakobson in January, has been hard at work on...

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UNLEASHED Sign With SPV RECORDS

SPV has announced the signing of Swedish death metal masters UNLEASHED to a worldwide deal. Known for their skillfully penned, Viking-themed songs and explosive live performances, UNLEASHED are poised to make a major impact this fall with the release of thier eighth full-length album, titled "Midvin...

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UNLEASHED To Play New Song At Austria's KALTENBACH OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED have announced that they will perform a brand new song during their appearance at the Kaltenbach Open Air festival on July 15 in Spital Am Semmering, Austria. UNLEASHED's eighth full-length album is tentatively scheduled for release before the end of the year. "We h...

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NECROPHOBIC Confirmed For Germany's HELLFLAME FESTIVAL

Swedish death metallers NECROPHOBIC have been confirmed for the Hellflame Festival, set to take place September 2 in Osnabrück, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are UNLEASHED, GOREFEST, MARDUK and 1349, among others. As previously reported, Candlelight Records has set an August 22 North American re...

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IRON FIRE: 'Revenge' Concept/Story Explained

Vocalist Martin Steene of the Danish power metallers IRON FIRE (also in FORCE OF EVIL) has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Here it is IRON heads. We now have a link up on our homepage with the story and concept behind [the latest IRON FIRE album] 'Revenge'. Due ...