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IN FLAMES Bassist Checks In

IN FLAMES bassist Peter Iwers has issued the following update: "I trust and hope you all had a really good new year and X-mas — I know I did. Me, the girlfriend and child went to Mexico city for our friends' wedding. It was fantastic, I've never been on a wedding in Mexico before and ...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Says New Album Is 'Very Traditional-Sounding'

Guitarist Eric Peterson of the veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT recently spoke to Decibel magazine about the group's forthcoming album, "The Formation of Damnation", due in North America on April 29 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band recently spent time recording the effort with p...

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NACHTMYSTIUM: Mixing Sessions To Begin Late January

Chicago-area psychedelic black metal group NACHTMYSTIUM has issued the following update: "We have spent two weeks in December tracking our new album, 'Assassins', to be released by Candlelight (Europe) and Century Media (rest of the world). The session was the perfect combination of productive and d...

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DIMMU BORGIR, MAYHEM, RED HARVEST Nominated For Norwegian 'Spellemann' Award

DIMMU BORGIR, MAYHEM, RED HARVEST and AUDREY HORNE have been nominated in the "Metal" category at the 36th annual Spellemann awards (the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy Awards). The largest and oldest Norwegian music awards show will be held Saturday, February 2 at the Spektrum in Oslo, Norway an...

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ANONYMUS Schedules Montreal Date

Quebec metallers ANONYMUS will perform at Club Soda in Montreal, Quebec on January 19, 2008 alongside ACCROPHONE, MICLIFE, BMC, 2E MONDE, CEA, MC LASAUCE and OB.SCENE.KIDZ. Tickets are available at www.ticketpro.ca and Soundcentral. ANONYMUS recently released the video for the song "Terremoto". The...

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TESTAMENT Confirmed For CHICAGO POWERFEST 2008

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have been confirmed for the Chicago Powerfest 2008, set to take place on May 1-3 at The Pearl Room in Mokena, Illinois. Commented festival organizers, CRJ Productions: "The news came just in time for Christmas, and made the holidays that much better...

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MAYHEM Drummer HELLHAMMER To Guest On New NIDINGR EP

Norwegan black/thrash metal act NIDINGR is currently working on a new EP, titled "Wolf-Father", which will feature drummer Hellhammer (real name: Jan Axel von Blomberg; MAYHEM, WINDS, ARCTURUS, DIMMU BORGIR, THE KOVENANT). More information will be made available soon. NIDINGR guitarist Teloch recent...

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DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist Talks About 20-Year Anniversary Of NUCLEAR BLAST; Video Available

A two-minute interview with DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Silenoz about the 20-year anniversary of the group's record label, Nuclear Blast Records, can be viewed below. DIMMU BORGIR is rumored to be planning a North American tour in February/March 2008 with BEHEMOTH as support. More information will be mad...

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TÝR Confirmed For UK's BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

Faroe Islands metallers TÝR have been confirmed for next year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 15-17, 2008 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: AT THE GATES COMMUNIC DIMMU BORGIR ELUVEITIE EVILE MOONSORROW OPETH PRIMAL FEAR...

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FREEVIL: Another Song Posted Online

FREEVIL, the new Swedish band featuring former DENATA members Tomas Andersson (guitar) and Roger Blomberg (bass) alongside vocalist/drummer Mique Flesh (WITCHERY, SEANCE),has posted another song, entitled "Hate", on its MySpace page. The track comes off the group's debut album, "Freevil Burning", w...

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GORGOROTH's GAAHL, KING Retain Ownership Of Band's Name And Logo

King Ov Hell (real name: Tom Cato Visnes) and Gaahl (real name: Kristian Eivind Espedal) from the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH have issued the following statement: "Norwegian authorities at Patentstyret (Norwegian patent office) have made the verdict on the dispute over the further use of th...

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CHUCK SCHULDINER Tribute Concert In Quebec City: Photos Available

Capitale du Metal has uploaded nine galleries of high-quality pictures taken at the benefit concert to honor late DEATH/CONTROL DENIED mastermind Chuck Schuldiner, which took place on December 12, 2007 at the Theatre Imperial in Quebec City, QC, Canada. The concert — which featured the local DEATH c...

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DIMMU BORGIR Rumored To Be Planning North American Tour With BEHEMOTH

Norwegian black metallers DIMMU BORGIR are rumored to be planning a North American tour in February/March 2008 with BEHEMOTH as support. More information will be made available soon. The Norwegian version of MTV's "Headbanger's Ball" has filed a four-minute report featuring interview and performance...

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COR SCORPII Completes Work On Debut Album

Norwegian extreme metal band COR SCORPII has completed work on its debut album, "Monument", due in late February via Descent Productions. The CD was recorded and mixed at TopRoom studio (BORKNAGAR, MAYHEM, TRISTANIA) by Borge Finstad and it was mastered by at Tailor Maid Productions (DIMMU BORGIR, K...

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KATAKLYSM Pulls Out Of BEHEMOTH Tour To 'Recharge Batteries'

Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM have cancelled their previously announced tour of the UK and Iberia with Poland's BEHEMOTH (scheduled for February 2008). Commented KATAKLYSM singer Maurizio Iacono: "First, I'd like to say how crazy of a ride it's been since the release of 'In the Arms of Devastat...