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SOILWORK, BACKYARD BABIES, AVATAR Confirmed For Sweden's CLOSE-UP BÅTEN 2008

SOILWORK, BACKYARD BABIES and AVATAR are the first confirmed artists for the Close-Up Båten 2008. Billed as "the cheapest metal cruise on the Baltic Sea," the ferry departs Stockholm, Sweden on February 14, 2008. Three more bands will be announced. For more information (in Swedish),go to www.closeu...

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THERION Side-Project DEMONOID Working On New Material

DEMONOID, the Swedish old-school death/thrash metal project featuring THERION members Kristian Niemann (guitar) and Johan Niemann (bass) along with former SOILWORK/CHIMAIRA drummer Richard Evensand, is working on material for its second full-length CD, tentatively due next year. "The writing for the...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY: New Video Interview Available

A video interview with Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY conducted by "Angel of Metal" at this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, which took place August 16-18 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England, can be viewed below. DARK TRANQUILLITY recently confirmed its participation in the...

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Former SOILWORK Guitarist Discusses 'Out Of The Dark' All-Stars CD

Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with former SOILWORK guitarist Peter Wichers. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Tangra Mega Rock: You are the mastermind of this second Nuclear Blast "all-stars" CD, "Out of the Dark". Why you? Peter: I guess tha...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY To Play Greece With SAMAEL

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY will play two shows in Greece in November. Support on the dates will come from Switzerland's SAMAEL. The edtails are as follows: Nov. 03 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Hydrogios Nov. 04 - Athens, Greece - Gagarin 205 Commented DARK TRANQUILLITY: "This will...

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SYMPHONY X: Two European Headlining Dates Announced

Progressive metallers SYMPHONY X have announced two headlining dates in October during the band's European tour as the support act for DREAM THEATER: Oct. 18 - Prague, Czech Republic - Rock Cafe Oct. 20 - Vienna, Austria - Planet Music For a list of upcoming SYMPHONY X shows, click here. A 10-minute...

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THORIUM To Release 'Feral Creation' In January

Danish metal band THORIUM has finished mixing its "comeback" album, entitled "Feral Creation", for a January 2008 release via Mighty Music. The CD was recorded at the Berno Studio (THE HAUNTED, VOMITORY, DERANGED) in Sweden and was mixed with Jacob Hansen (ABORTED, MERCENARY, VOLBEAT) at Hansen Stud...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY: The Festival Season Is Over

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have issued the following update: "In true DARK TRANQUILLITY fashion, Bloodstock [Open Air in the U.K.] and Summer Breeze [in Germany] were ravaged last weekend, spelling an end to the festival season of 2007. This was probably our most active summer...

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AFTER ALL Singer Forced To Sit Out Tour

For reasons beyond his control, AFTER ALL singer Piet Focroul is forced to sit out most of the Belgian band's upcoming European tour with VICIOUS RUMORS and AGENT STEEL. On the affected dates, Piet will be replaced by Peter Evrard. The scheduled dates in Dortmund, Frankfurt, Weert, Eeklo, Noordwijk...

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LION'S SHARE: Swedish Dates Announced

Swedish melodic metal masters LION'S SHARE have scheduled three dates in Sweden in September: Sep. 13 - Club Helter Skelter – Stockholm, SWE (w/ TRAKTOR, MINDSHIFT) Sep. 14 - Wasteland - Gävle, SWE (w/ BLOODBOUND) Sep. 15 - Rockland - Sala, SWE (w/ BLOODBOUND) LION'S SHARE's video for the song "The...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY: Video Footage From BRUTAL ASSAULT Available

Fan-filmed video footage of DARK TRANQUILLITY's performance at this year's Brutal Assault festival, which took place August 9-11 at the Old Army Fortress Josefov in Jaromer, Czech Republic (Jaromer is situated 130 km east of Prague, 20km north from Hradec Kralove),has been posted at YouTube. Watch...

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MERCENARY To Enter Studio In October

Vocalist Mikkel Sandager of the Danish metallers MERCENARY has issued the following update: "Well, first of all, the new album is really progressing rapidly. We are in writing mode and it feels really good to be creative again. I guess I didn't realize how much I had piled up inside because I find m...

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PAIN Pulls Out Of Istanbul's SUMMER ROCKS OPEN AIR

PAIN, the Swedish band featuring HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren, has issued the following update: "We are sorry to anounce that PAIN has cancelled the Summer Rocks Open Air festival 2007 [in] Istanbul [Turkey on] 19th August due to the [fact that the] promoter didn't pay the deposit and didn't eve...

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SYBREED: New Live Appearances Announced

Switzerland's futuristic metal band SYBREED has scheduled the following dates: Sep. 10 - Pratteln, SWI @ Z7 * Sep. 15 - Genève, SWI @ L'Usine Dec. 01 - Olten, SWI @ Madsanta Festival Dec. 15 - Annemasse, FRA @ Château Rouge - Annemasse (w/ THE ARRS, LYZANXIA) * w/ VICIOUS RUMORS, AGENT STEEL, AFTER...

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DARKANE Vocalist Quits

DARKANE vocalist Andreas Sydow has officially quit the band. His statement on the matter reads as follows: "The time has come, my friends for me to step down from my position as vocalist of the greatest band in the world! "I feel I've reached a stand still in the creative process with DARKANE and to...