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HIMSA: New Album Title, Release Date Announced

Seattle's HIMSA have set "Summon In Thunder" as the title of its new album, due on September 17 via Century Media Records. Steve Carter (who produced the band's second album, "Courting Tragedy And Disaster") produced the music while Devin Townsend (LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR) produced vocals and the...

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SOMBER, MARIONETTE Confirmed For Sweden's METALTOWN Festival

SOMBER and MARIONETTE have been confirmed for the Metaltown festival, set to take place June 30 at Frihammen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The two bands were added to the event after winning a contest that was held in Gothenburg. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: BACKWATER CANDLEMASS CULT...

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LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON To Guest On Tonight's 'Tinitus'

LAMB OF GOD's Chris Adler and MASTODON's Troy Sanders will be the featured guests on this week's "Tinitus" radio show, airing tonight (Wednesday, June 20) between 20.00 CET (8:00 p.m.) and 22.00 CET (10:00 p.m.) on Norway's P3. Patrizia Mazzuoccolo met up with Adler at the Download festival and extr...

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BRUJERIA Confirmed For Spain's MONSTERS OF ROCK Festival

Extreme metallers BRUJERIA — whose current touring lineup includes former CARCASS frontman Jeff Walker (a.k.a. El Cynico) on bass, ex-CRADLE OF FILTH drummer Adrian Erdlandsson (a.k.a. El Podrido),and NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury (a.k.a. Hongo) on guitar — has been confirmed for the Monsters O...

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LIGHT PUPIL DILATE Signs With LIFEFORCE RECORDS

Lifeforce Records has announced the signing of Atlanta, Georgia's LIGHT PUPIL DILATE. The group's new album, "Snake Wine", is scheduled for an October 30 U.S. release and February 2008 European release. Co-produced by the band and Matt Washburn (MASTODON, NORMA JEAN),"Snake Wine" delves further int...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING Warns MARILYN MANSON About Co-Headlining Run

Chris Harris of MTV.com reports: Guitarist Kerry King can't even remember the last time his band — the iconic speed-metal maelstrom that is SLAYER — played a gig it didn't close out. That's because, with more than 25 years in the business, SLAYER have been a headlining act for quite some time. When...

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HEAVEN AND HELL, OZZY OSBOURNE, MEGADETH: Photos From FIELDS OF ROCK Available

High-quality photos taken at this year's Fields of Rock festival, which was held June 16-17 in Biddinghuizen, Holland, have been posted online at the Metal-Experience.com web site. Included are pictures of the following artists: AFTER FOREVER BLACK LABEL SOCIETY DEVILDRIVER DRAGONFORCE DREAM THEATER...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY Guitarist Comments On 'Best Underground Band' Award

Red hot extreme metal unit JOB FOR A COWBOY was named "Best Underground Band" at the 2007 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. JOB FOR A COWBOY joins an esteemed list of metal titans that have laid claim to the award including SATYRICON, MESHUGGAH, MASTODON and IN FLAMES. The band was present at the Jun...

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IN FLAMES Bassist 'Psyched' To Play With IRON MAIDEN Again

IN FLAMES bassist Peter Iwers has posted the following message on the band's web site: "Today it is Friday and in Gothenburg it feels like we're on the Canaries or somewhere else where it's freaking warm. It's hot, and it´s been like this for a while now. Just spending the days with rehersals and th...

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U.K.'s MTV2 To Air Footage From METAL HAMMER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS

U.K.'s MTV2 will air footage from this year's Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards on its "Headbanger's Ball" program on Tuesday, July 10 beginning at 11:00 p.m. (note the change of time from the usual 12:00 midnight slot). A video diary from this year's Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards gala, which was he...

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KAIHORO: 'Call Of The Statue' Video Posted Online

KAIHORO, the Finnish "sludgy rock/metal band" featuring members of TOTAL DEVASTATION, OMNIUM GATHERUM and MANITOU, has posted its video for the song "Call of the Statue" on YouTube. The song comes off the group's second full-length album, "Boulder", which was released on March 14 through Sorbus Prod...

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INTRONAUT: Tour Dates Announced

Goodfellow recording artists INTRONAUT have scheduled the following dates: July 17 - Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy (w/ MAYHEM, SIGH) July 18 - Hollywood, CA - Key Club (w/ MAYHEM, SIGH) July 19 - Los Angeles, CA - 6th/Alameda Warehouse July 20 - Berkeley, CA - Gilman St. July 21 - San Francisco, CA - ...

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HELL WITHIN: Singer MATT MCCHESNEY Hasn't Left The Band

Massachusetts-based metallers HELL WITHIN have issued a statement refuting reports that the frontman Matt McChesney has left the band to join Daytona Beach, Florida's THE AUTUMN OFFERING. "Matt is helping THE AUTUMN OFFERING out in a bad situation," says HELL WITHIN. "He is only recording an album f...

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METAL HAMMER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS Video Diary Available

A video diary from this year's Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards gala, which was held last night (Monday, June 11) at Koko in London, England, is available at Metal Hammer TV. The Sun Online reported earlier today that Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE were booed last night when they collected ....

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ADDICTION CREW To Enter Studio This Month

Italy's ADDICTION CREW will enter Fear Studios on June 18 to begin recording its new album, titled "Lethal". Guitarist/producer Alex Guadagnoli will work alongside Fear's resident producer Gabriele Ravaglia (EPHEL DUATH, GORY BLISTER) on the CD, which will contain 12-14 songs out of a possible 20 th...