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NASUM: 'Grand Finale' Artwork Revealed

NASUM drummer Anders Jakobson has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "This past week the artwork and booklet design for the last (?)NASUM release, the collection 'Grind Finale', was finalized and sent to the printer. Now I finally can give you a preview of the front cover...

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NASUM Drummer Comments On PIGGY's Passing

NASUM drummer Anders Jakobson has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "What the fuck is going on? People in the metal community seems to die each and every week... Now Piggy of VOIVOD passed away due to the big C, and it is of course as sad as any death these ...

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PREY To Release Debut Album Next Month

PREY, the Swedish metal band featuring YNGWIE MALMSTEEN drummer Patrick Johansson, will release their debut album, "The Hunter", on September 19 via Mausoelum Records. Production duties on the effort were handled by Anders "Theo" Theander, who has previously worked with LAST TRIBE, PAIN OF SALVATION...

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IN FLAMES: Bus Breakdown Forces Tonight's Show Cancellation

Due to a bus breakdown, Sweden's IN FLAMES will be unable to play their (non-Ozzfest) show in Odessa, Texas tonight (August 24) with MUDVAYNE, SHADOWS FALL and TRIVIUM. As previously reported, Nuclear Blast Records has pushed back the projected release date of the new IN FLAMES album, "Come Clarity"...

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NASUM's ANDERS JAKOBSON: VADER's DOC Was A 'Kick-Ass Drummer'

NASUM drummer Anders Jakobson has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "I just learned that ex-VADER drummer Doc passed away at age 35. Now, I wasn't really a huge VADER fan — I mean I liked their music but I didn't listen to them much. But I can safely say that ...

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NARNIA Part Ways With Keyboardist, Continue Work On New Album

Swedish neo-classical metallers NARNIA have announced the departure of keyboardist Linus Kåse. "For different reasons we have decided to go separate ways and we wish Linus all the best with his music and projects," the band write on their web site. "Andreas Lindahl, who played keyboards with us at F...

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IN FLAMES Frontman: I Would Rather Be On OZZFEST's Second Stage

Crawfordsville, IN's The Journal Review recently conducted an interview with IN FLAMES frontman Anders Fridén. Several excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's evolution: "We never really set out to be anything, you know. Obviously when we first started out, we had all the influences from other...

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IN FLAMES: More 'Used & Abused - In Live We Trust' Chart Positions Revealed

IN FLAMES's "Used & Abused - In Live We Trust" two-DVD/two-CD set — directed by Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, KAMELOT) — has registered the following first-week chart positions in Europe: #1 in the Swedish music DVD charts #1 in the Finnish music DVD charts #2 in the Hungarian DVD c...

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BLOODBATH: WACKEN Report Posted Online

BLOODBATH guitarist Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström (KATATONIA, DIABOLICAL MASQUERADE, BEWITCHED) has posted a lengthy report on the band's appearance at the Wacken Open Air festival, which took place this past weekend in Wacken, Germany. Read it at this location. BLOODBATH's lineup for Wacken Open Air f...

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HATESPHERE Finalize 'The Sickness Within' Track Listing

Danish thrashers HATESPHERE have finalized the track listing for their new album, "The Sickness Within", due in the U.S. on September 27 via SPV Records (one day earlier internationally). HATESPHERE's follow-up to 2004's "Ballet of the Brute" was recorded in part at Jailhouse Studios with producer T...

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IN FLAMES: 'Used & Abused' DVD Tops Swedish Chart

IN FLAMES's "Used & Abused - In Live We Trust" two-DVD/two-CD set — directed by Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, KAMELOT) — has entered the Swedish music DVD chart at position No. 1. The set also debuted on the official German Media Control chart at position No. 56. As previously repor...

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IN FLAMES Bassist Checks In From OZZFEST

IN FLAMES bassist Peter Iwers has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Hey, all! We just started this whole roundtrip with the Ozzfest and the first show was yesterday! Wow, we really had a blast , I'm really looking forward to the next shows as well... "I was a bit worrie...

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NEVERMORE Guitarist To Guest On New HATESPHERE CD

NEVERMORE guitarist Steve Smyth (ex-TESTAMENT) has completed a guest solo for the upcoming HATESPHERE CD, "The Sickness Within", due on September 26 via SPV Records. Smyth recorded his contribution to the song "Marked by Darkness" at Signal Creative Studios in London with engineer Gareth. HATESPHERE...

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USIPIAN To Release Debut Album This Month

Danish "apocalyptic" old-school death metallers USIPIAN will be releasing their debut album, "Dead Corner of the Eye" on July 18 via Metal Fortress. The album's artwork was painted by legendary artist Dan Seagrave and can be viewed at this location. USIPIAN recorded the album at Starstuck Studio in...

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IN FLAMES: New Album Delayed Until February

Nuclear Blast Records has pushed back the projected release date of the new IN FLAMES album, "Come Clarity", to February 2006. No reason was given for the delay. The follow-up to 2004's "Soundtrack to Your Escape", "Come Clarity" was mixed at Tonteknik studio in Umeå, Sweden and will be "more uptemp...