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DAN SWANÖ To Mix New KATATONIA CD

Sweden's KATATONIA have enlisted NIGHTINGALE mainman Dan Swanö to mix their sixth full-length album, due in early 2003 through Peaceville Records. The CD, which was recorded at a "very exquisite studio, located just outside Stockholm", will be mixed at a facility in Örebro, Sweden. A total of 15 son...

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IN FLAMES, GARDENIAN Members Team Up In PASSENGER

Sweden's PASSENGER, the new project featuring IN FLAMES vocalist Anders Friden, ex-TRANSPORT LEAGUE drummer Patrik J. Sten, GARDENIAN guitarist Niclas Engelin (ex-IN FLAMES),and HEADPLATE bassist Håkan Skoger, have completed work on their as-yet-untitled debut album at Gothenburg's Studio Fredman....

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MOTÖRHEAD's MIKKEY DEE: 'HAMMERFALL Can Suck My Cock'

MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee has slammed fellow Swedes HAMMERFALL for "acting like rock stars" and "completely ripping off" bands like HELLOWEEN, IRON MAIDEN and KING DIAMOND in order to attain their current level of success. Speaking to Metal Rules, Dee stated, "Look at a band like HAMMERFALL and s...

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MERCYFUL FATE, KING DIAMOND Members Join Forces In New Band

MERCYFUL FATE guitarist Hank Shermann has teamed up with KING DIAMOND bassist Hal Patino and MERCYFUL FATE drummer Bjarne T. Holm in a new project. The group, which is presently unnamed, is due to record a new demo shortly at the Danish studio owned and operated by KONKHRA mainman Anders Lundemark (...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Guests On New THE HAUNTED CD!

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has laid down a guest solo on the new THE HAUNTED CD, tentatively titled "One Kill Wonder". "That was really cool," commented Amott. "Their new album is sounding frighteningly good [laughs]. That was pretty scary, but I enjoyed playing on that. Me and Anders [Björl...

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THE HAUNTED Completes Work On New CD

Swedish high-energy thrash act THE HAUNTED has completed work on its third full-length album, tentatively titled "One Kill Wonder", at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden. "Everything went great and we're all very pleased with the result," stated guitarist Anders Björler. "Expect some really brutal...

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KATATONIA Enter Studio To Record New Album

Sweden's KATATONIA have entered a "very exquisite studio, located just outside Stockholm" to begin recording their sixth full-length album, due in early 2003 through Peaceville Records. The group will spend four weeks tracking 15 songs, which guitarist Anders Nyström has described as the "hardest" t...

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KONKHRA Confirmed For Italian Festival

Long-running Danish metallers KONKHRA have been confirmed for an Italian metal festival taking place on March 1, 2003 in Venice. Also scheduled to appear at the event are Italy's MERENDINE ATOMICHE, with 1-2 more headlining acts to be added soon. As previously reported, KONKHRA recently completed wo...

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EMPIRE Enlist Help From Metal Superstars For Sophomore CD

EMPIRE, the solo project of VANIZE guitarist Rolf Munkes, are currently working on the follow-up to last year's Hypnotica CD, due in early 2003 through Lion Music. The full list of musicians contributing to the album is as follows: Tony Martin (ex-BLACK SABBATH) - Vocals Neil Murray (ex-WHITESNAKE,...

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KATATONIA Commence Work On New Material

Sweden's KATATONIA are hard at work on material for their sixth full-length album, which is scheduled to be recorded this fall for an early 2003 release through Peaceville Records. "Our process of writing/pre-producing the new album has started to take off well now," guitarist Anders Nyström stated...

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IN FLAMES' ANDERS FRIDEN: Our New CD Is Bridge Between '80s And 2000

IN FLAMES frontman Anders Friden has admitted to MTV.com that he's concerned about how the group's latest album, Reroute To Remain is being received by the band's longtime fans. "I'm afraid that [older fans] will judge this album upon if it's a 'Gothenburg death metal album' and already make up thei...

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NARNIA Continue Work On 'The Great Fall', Spring 2003 Release Expected

Swedish neo-classical metallers NARNIA are finishing up work on their fourth full-length album, entitled The Great Fall, for a spring 2003 release through Nuclear Blast Records. According to the group's official web site, "this time we will give you a concept album based on some of today's topical i...

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Reroute To Remain

Quite remarkable how far this band has come from their ever-so-humble beginnings on a small Swedish death metal label to their internationally successful status of today, having inspired not only a great deal of metal bands in the process, but whose melodic twin guitar attack has already seen its in...

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KONKHRA To Remix New Album

Danish extreme metallers KONKHRA have posted the following update via the group's official web site at www.konkhra.com: "OK, we did mix the [new] record but we are going to run it by again. There are a couple of leads that turned out a little low, and we want to make sure that everything ...

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IN FLAMES Film Scene For Swedish Movie

IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper Strömblad and bassist Peter Iwers were joined by longtime friends Fredrik Kreem (IN FLAMES webmaster),Daniel Antonsson (PATHOS, DIMENSION ZERO) and Fredrik Johansson (guitarist/drummer, appears on The Jester Race) during the filming of a performance scene for an upcoming...