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NECROPHOBIC: Spanish Tour Details Revealed

Swedish death metallers NECROPHOBIC have confirmed the details of their four-date Spanish tour, which is set to take place in June. The dates are as follows: Jun. 15 - Cabell Disc - Valencia, SPA Jun. 16 - El Doblon - Madrid, SPA Jun. 17 - Mogambo - Donosti, SPA Jun. 18 - Mephisto - Barcelona, ...

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CELTIC FROST Announce New Touring Guitarist

Swiss metal pioneers CELTIC FROST have announced the addition of Norwegian guitar player Anders Odden to their touring lineup. Odden, who has played with APOPTYGMA BERZERK, SATYRICON, CADAVER, and MAYHEM, auditioned for the group in April, and returned to Zurich, Switzerland (CELTIC FROST's base) la...

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CLOUDSCAPE To Film SWEDEN ROCK Performance For Possible DVD

Swedish metallers CLOUDSCAPE have posted the following message on their official web site: "CLOUDSCAPE will have their concert at Sweden Rock Festival on June 9 filmed by a camera crew. The audio will be recorded on a 48-channel mixerboard. CLOUDSCAPE hopes that there will be as many people and fans...

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HAMMERFALL: Studio Update

Sweden's HAMMERFALL have entered the studio to begin recording the follow-up to 2005's "Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken", tentatively due in October via Nuclear Blast Records. Guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following recording update on his official blog: "Computer malfunctions and othe...

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CLOUDSCAPE: New Song Posted Online

A brand new CLOUDSCAPE track, entitled "Shapeshifter", has been posted online at this location. The song comes off the Swedish metallers' sophomore album, "Crimson Skies", due in Europe on June 3 via Metal Heaven. Japanese and U.S. release dates for the CD have yet to be announced. Check out the alb...

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Former BLACK SABBATH Singer TONY MARTIN To Guest On METAL EXPRESS RADIO

Tony Martin (ex-BLACK SABBATH) will be joining Metal Express Radio's "Premiere Friday" today (May 5) to present six tracks from the new EMPIRE album, "The Raven Ride", on which he handles the lead vocals. During the show, you will also hear an interview with Tony where he talks about his past, prese...

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TIAMAT DVD Enters Swedish Chart At No. 5; Band Cancel METALLIANCE Festival Appearance

TIAMAT's brand new DVD, "The Church of Tiamat", has entered the Swedish Music DVD chart at position No. 5. View the entire chart at www.hitlistan.se. An e-card for the DVD has been posted online at this location. The e-card contains several features, such as a streamable sample video of the DVD, ...

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THE HAUNTED: Studio Video Clip, Photos Posted Online

Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED have entered Puk studios in Randers, Denmark to begin recording the drums for their upcoming album, tentatively due before the end of the year via Century Media Records. A two-minute video clip of some of the early recording sessions has been posted online at this locat...

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IN FLAMES Frontman Is Happy To Be A Forefather Of The 'Gothenburg Sound'

Karma E. Omowale of the FourteenG e-zine recently conducted an interview with IN FLAMES frontman Anders Fridén. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: FourteenG: How does it feel to be one of the forefathers in the Gothenburg sound, a genre…to be credited by so many as an influence? How do feel...

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TRISTANIA Complete Work On New Album

Norwegian symphonic metal band TRISTANIA have issued the following update: "We are eager to announce that the new album is completely finished. We are all delighted with our latest creation, which has been named 'Illumination'. The planned release is in September. Some titles from the album are 'San...

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TIAMAT: 'The Church Of Tiamat' E-Card Available

An e-card for TIAMAT's recently released DVD, "The Church of Tiamat", has been posted online at this location. The e-card contains several features, such as a streamable sample video of the DVD, the band's most recent tour dates, photos as well as detailed information on TIAMAT itself and the band's...

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THE HAUNTED Guitarist Checks In From Recording Studio

Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED have entered Puk studios in Randers, Denmark to begin recording the drums for their upcoming album, tentatively due before the end of the year via Century Media Records. Commented guitarist Anders Björler: "Finally, the first day of recording the new album. This is what...

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Ex-YNGWIE Singer EDMAN Joins Forces With Swedish Guitarist In GEFF

According to a posting at www.goranedman.net, vocalist Göran Edman (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, GLORY) has joined forces with Swedish guitarist Ralf Jedestedt in a new project called GEFF. The group's current lineup, which sees Jedestedt handling all the music and Edman taking care of the lyrics and vocal arr...

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NECROPHOBIC To Tour Spain In June

Swedish death metallers NECROPHOBIC will undertake a four-date Spanish tour in June. The dates are as follows (venue details to be confirmed): Jun. 18 - Barcelona, SPA @ TBA Jun. 17 - Donosti, SPA @ TBA Jun. 16 - Madrid, SPA @ TBA Jun. 15 - Valencia, SPA @ TBA As previously reported, audio samples ....

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The Undying Darkness

Germany's CALIBAN proved how popular this style of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, Swedish-influenced, growl 'n' croon can be with the success of "The Opposite from Within". In fact, I rather enjoyed the band's most recent split with the far more inflammatory HEAVEN SHALL BURN, though that may have had more to d...