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DARK TRANQUILLITY Guitarist Talks About Album Reissues

The German edition of Metal Hammer recently conducted an interview with guitarist Niklas Sundin of Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY. Sundin talked about the band's early days and the upcoming re-releases of the albums "Projector", "Haven" and "Damage Done". "'Haven' is actually my l...

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STORMHAMMER: New Drummer Announced

German power metallers STORMHAMMER have announced the addition of drummer Ruben Strenzke (RAID SHELTER) to teh group's ranks. STORMHAMMER will release its fourth album, "Signs Of Revolution", on May 22 via Silverwolf/SPV. According to a press release, the CD sees the band "deliver[ing] a very divers...

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DUFF MCKAGAN: The Dirty Side Of The Music Business

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has penned the latest installment of his weeky financial column, which appears at Playboy.com. An excerpt follows below. "Back when I was in GN'R, bands like us could pretty much operate at a break-even point on the road because acts were selling...

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THE LUCIFER PRINCIPLE: Footage From CD-Release Party Available

Video footage of Dutch death metallers THE LUCIFER PRINCIPLE performing at their May 16, 2009 CD-release party in Apeldoorn, Holland can be viewed below. THE LUCIFER PRINCIPLE's second album, "Welcome To Bloodshed", was released on May 15 via Apache Productions in collaboration with Suburban distrib...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE: Athens Concert Footage, Report Available

CIRCLE II CIRCLE — the band led by ex-SAVATAGE singer Zak Stevens — played a headlining show at Texas Necropolis Club in Athens, Greece on May 18, 2009. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Fatal Warning 02. Dead Of Dawn 03. Forever 04. Waiting 05. Sea Of White 06. Heal You 07. Echoes 08. ...

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STRATOVARIUS: Footage From The Road Posted Online

Bassist Lauri Porra of Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS has uploaded a six-minute video clip (see below) featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the first three days of the band's current European tour, which kicked off on May 15, 2009 in Wolverhampton, U.K. STRATOVARIUS' new studio album, "P...

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AMBERIAN DAWN Schedules CD-Release Concert

Finnish female-fronted symphonic metallers AMBERIAN DAWN will perform at their CD-release party on May 23 at Gloria in Helsinki, Finland. Support at the gig will come from ADAMANTRA and SOULCAGE. Audio samples of all the tracks that appear on "The Clouds of Northland Thunder", the second album from...

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BLACK SUN AEON Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

BLACK SUN AEON — the new "dark, death, doom" project from Tuomas Saukkonen (BEFORE THE DAWN, THE FINAL HARVEST, DAWN OF SOLACE) — has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2009 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is shapin...

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STRATOVARIUS: Interview, Performance Footage From Nottingham Available

Baconmusic's James Allman conducted an interview with guitarist Matias Kupiainen and bassist Lauri Porra of Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS prior to the band's May 16, 2009 concert at The Rescue Rooms in Nottingham, U.K. Watch the chat in two parts below. Also available is performance footage...

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CANDLEMASS, MAYHEM, SOLITUDE AETURNUS Confirmed For Romania's ROCK CITY OPEN AIR

CANDLEMASS, MAYHEM, SOLITUDE AETURNUS and DEW-SCENTED are among the newly confirmed bands for the Rock City Open Air 2009 festival, set to take place August 20-23 in Fetesti, Romania. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGATHODAIMON AMON AMARTH ANCIENT RITES BELPHEGOR BETRAYER BLAZE BAYLE...

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ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW: Audio Samples Of Entire New Album Available

Audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on "Children of the Dark Waters", the sixth album from the Finnish melodic death metal band ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW, are available on the Amazon.co.uk web site. "Children of the Dark Waters" will be released in Finland on May 27 via Suomen ...

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DARK FILTH FRATERNITY Changes Name To DFF, Begins Work On New Material

DARK FILTH FRATERNITY, the Finnish alternative/progressive band headed by Panu Willman (ex-BEFORE THE DAWN, ENTWINE),has officially changed its name to DFF. According to a posting on the group's MySpace page, "DFF has started working on its third studio album. Panu has been hard at work putting ide...

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RAZORMAZE: New Song Posted Online

RAZORMAZE, Boston's self-proclaimed "reigning champions of speed," have unleashed a brand new cut called "Desperado" from their forthcoming full-length debut, "The True Speed Of Steel". The song is available for your face-melting pleasure on RAZORMAZE's MySpace page. According to a press release, "T...

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DÉTENTE: In Pre-Production Mode

Reunited California-based metallers DÉTENTE — featuring vocalist Ann Boleyn (HELLION) alongside original DÉTENTE members Dennis Butler (drums),Caleb Quinn (guitar) and Steve Hochheiser (bass) — have begun pre-production work on their new album, titled "Decline". The effort will be engineered by Bil...

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RAZOR OF OCCAM Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

RAZOR OF OCCAM, the London, England-based black/thrash metal band featuring members of DESTRÖYER 666 and ADORIOR, has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2009 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows:...