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MERCENARY Singer Checks In From Recording Studio

Vocalist Mikkel Sandager of the Danish metallers MERCENARY has issued the following update: "Today is quite a big day for me as I finished the final clean parts and did all of my screaming parts for the next MERCENARY album. The album has a title but that's not official yet. "I think it is safe ...

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SOILWORK Drummer: DECAPITATED's VITEK 'Was A Great Inspiration To Me'

SOILWORK drummer Dirk Verbeuren has commented on the passing of DECAPITATED drummer Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka, who died in a Russian hospital from injuries sustained in a recent road collision. He was 23 years old. "I'm truly devastated about this untimely passing," Dirk said in a statement. "Vitek wa...

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AFTER ALL Frontman To Host 'Vocal Coaching' Master Class At Belgium's MUZIKANTENDAG

AFTER ALL singer Piet Focroul will host the master class "Vocal Coaching / Metal" at this year's Muzikantendag (Musician's Day),which will be held on November 10 at Backstage in Brussels, Belgium between 2:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Piet will share tips and tricks on how to keep your metal voice in shap...

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NEVERMORE Frontman Continuing Work On Solo Album

NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane has issued an update on his upcoming debut solo album, which is tentatively due in early 2008. Dane has written about eight tracks with former SOILWORK guitarist-turned-producer Peter Wichers and has also collaborated with ex-HIMSA guitarist Matt Wicklund on a few song...

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DARKANE Guitarist Says He Is 'Fascinated' By MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX

Guitarist Christofer Malmström of the Swedish thrashers DARKANE has issued the following update: "I'm sitting with my laptop in my couch with the wife. She's watching a Swedish version of 'Top Model', so I thought I just might write whatever comes out (everything is better than watching that show)....

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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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SERJ TANKIAN, ROB ZOMBIE, SOILWORK, EXODUS, SKINDRED First-Week Sales Revealed

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending October 28, 2007, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest hundred [except numbers over 20,000, which are rounded to the nearest thousand]; The Billboard 200 chart position includ...

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NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS: Four Releases In German Top 100

20 years after its inception, Nuclear Blast Records is still going strong. For the first time in the history of the German label, Nuclear Blast has four releases in the German Top 100 — two of them in the Top 10. Here are the rankings for Week 44: * SUBWAY TO SALLY's "Bastard" - #7 ...

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MERCENARY Vocalist Issues Recording Update

Vocalist Mikkel Sandager of the Danish metallers MERCENARY has issued the following update: "Right now I have finished my third day of recording the vocals for the next MERCENARY album. "As always, it is very very exciting to be allowed to make the vocals for such talented made music. They have done...

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MUNICIPAL WASTE Confirmed For Sweden's CLOSE-UP BÅTEN Metal Cruise

Richmond, Virginia thrashers MUNICIPAL WASTE are the final confirmed act for the Close-Up Båten metal cruise, which is scheduled to depart Stockholm, Sweden on February 14, 2008 and return the following day. The festival lineup is as follows: SOILWORK BACKYARD BABIES DANKO JONES AVATAR GENERAL SURGE...

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SOILWORK: Finnish Dates Announced

Swedish metallers SOILWORK will embark on a five-date tour of Finland in February. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 15 - Turku - Klubi Feb. 16 - Helsinki - Cable Factory Feb. 17 - Tampere - 2250 Feb. 18 - Jyväskylä - Lutakko Feb. 19 - Mikkeli - Night Vakuna SOILWORK's music will be featured ...

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GENERAL SURGERY Confirmed For Sweden's CLOSE-UP BÅTEN

Legendary Swedish grindcore merchants GENERAL SURGERY have been confirmed for the Close-Up Båten metal cruise departing Stockholm, Sweden on February 14, 2008 and returning the following day. Also scheduled to appear are SOILWORK, BACKYARD BABIES, DANKO JONES and AVATAR. For more information on Clos...

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DARKANE's MALMSTRÖM Schedules Hometown 'Guitar Show'

Guitarist Christofer Malmström of the Swedish thrashers DARKANE has issued the following update: "This upcoming Thursday, October 25, I will hold a little guitar show in RumEtt at Dunkers Kulturhus in Helsingborg. I will play the guitar to backing tracks with songs from DARKANE, NON-HUMAN LEVEL and...

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MERCENARY Begins Recording New Album

Danish metallers MERCENARY have issued the following update: "This weekend MERCENARY entered Jacob Hansen's studio in Ribe to record the follow-up to 'The Hours That Remain'. The following week drums and guitars will be recorded, after which keyboards, vocals and bass will be tracked. The album is s...

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DEVIAN: Fourth 'Webisode' Posted Online

Swedish melodic death/black metallers DEVIAN — who feature in their ranks former MARDUK members Legion (vocals) and Emil Dragutinovic (drums) after their departure from MARDUK — have posted the fourth "webisode" documenting the recording process for the group's debut album, "Ninewinged Serpent", due...