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SOILWORK Guitarist Talks About The Making Of 'Sworn To A Great Divide'

MetalSucks recently sat down with guitarist Ola Frenning of Swedish metal kings SOILWORK mere hours before their sold-out show at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, LAMB OF GOD, and DEVILDRIVER. Frenning talked about the tour, the band's new album "Sworn to a Great Divide",...

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SOILWORK Frontman On Hockey, Lineup Changes And The City Of Pittsburgh

SOILWORK frontman Björn "Speed" Strid reveals in the November/December issue of Metal Maniacs that he once had aspirations to be a professional hockey player. He also discusses the band's latest album, "Sworn to a Great Divide", the after-effects of lineup changes on the long-running group, and the...

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SOILWORK Frontman Comments On New Album's Billboard Chart Debut

Swedish melodic metal titans SOILWORK sold 5,000 copies of their new album, "Sworn to a Great Divide", in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 148 on The Billboard 200 chart (as first reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET this morning). The group's lead singer Björn "Speed"...

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ONESIDEZERO Guitarist Comments On Resistance To Recognize Armenian Genocide

Guitarist Levon Sultanian of the Los Angeles-based band ONESIDEZERO has commented on the Bush Administration's recommendation to Congress to reject legislation that would declare the World War I-era killings of hundreds of thousands of Armenians as genocide. "Genocide still exists," Sultanian said....

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SOILWORK Frontman Says New CD Is 'Almost Like A Best-Of Album'

Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with SOILWORK frontman Björn "Speed" Strid. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Tangra Mega Rock: How does the new SOILWORK album sound to you, in your heart? Strid: Well, it sounds really fuckin' solid! I think it...

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ONESIDEZERO: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

Los Angeles-based band ONESIDEZERO is currently streaming its entire new album at this location. "We feel this record represents where we are now in life and music," says frontman Jasan Radford. "We just wanted to share our music with as many people as possible and the internet gives us a chance to...

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SOILWORK: 'Sworn To A Great Divide' Japanese Edition to Include Bonus Track

The official SOILWORK fan site Soilworkers.com has been updated with the following mesage: "On September 21st, Nuclear Blast officially released [the new SOILWORK song] 'Exile' as a single. The B-side is 'The Pittsburgh Syndrome' which is one of the [new SOILWORK] album's ['Sworn to a Great Divide']...

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SOILWORK: 'Exile' Video Posted Online

SOILWORK's video for the song "Exile" can be viewed below. The track comes off the Swedish metallers' new album, "Sworn to a Great Divide", due in North America on October 23 via Nuclear Blast Records. The vocals for the new CD were recorded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with the help of ST...

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ONESIDEZERO Added To KROQ's L.A. INVASION

Los Angeles-based band ONESIDEZERO has been added to KROQ's L.A. Invasion featuring SMASHING PUMPKINS, FOO FIGHTERS, VELVET REVOLVER, KID ROCK and CHRIS CORNELL at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles on September 15. ONESIDEZERO will headline the Bud Light-sponsored second stage. Performances begin...

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Report: Heavy Metal Bandmember Says Bassist Stabbed Crew Manager

Bob Fowler of the Knoxville News Sentinel reports: A heavy-metal band member repeatedly stabbed the crew manager in the chest after a Knoxville, Tennessee show with a knife the group used as a stage prop, according to testimony Thursday in Anderson County General Sessions Court. During performances,...

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SOILWORK To Film 'Exile' Video

Swedish metallers SOILWORK will film a video for the song "Exile" in Gothenburg, Sweden. According to the group's vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid, the clip "has a pretty trippy script. I'm sure it's gonna turn out awesome!" "Exile" comes off SOILWORK's new album, "Sworn to a Great Divide", due on Octob...

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SOILWORK: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

Swedish metallers SOILWORK have set "Sworn to a Great Divide" as the title of their new album, due on October 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. The vocals for the new CD were recorded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with the help of STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mastermind Devin Townsend. The track listing...

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SOILWORK: New Video Interview With OLA FRENNING Available

Get in the Pit TV interviewed SOILWORK guitarist Ola Frenning at the Ilosaarirock festival on July 15, 2007 in Joensuu, the capital of Eastern Finland. Watch the footage at this location. Frenning and SOILWORK drummer Peter Wildoer recently finished mixing the group's new album, due later in the yea...

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ONESIDEZERO: Tour Dates Announced

Los Angeles-based band ONESIDEZERO has announced a short headlining tour beginning on July 20 in Santa Barbara, CA and running through August 3 in Salt Lake City, UT. ONESIDEZERO is supporting its recently released Ulrich Wild-produced (STATIC-X, STABBING WESTWARD, TAPROOT) sophomore album, which wa...

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SOILWORK Completes Work On New Album

SOILWORK guitarist Ola Frenning and drummer Peter Wildoer have finished mixing the group's new album, due later in the year via Nuclear Blast Records. "All I can say, it sounds excellent... great sound, great playing and a good mix of songs," Ola writes on the band's web site. "I'm very happy to hav...