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OPETH: Video Interview With MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Available

Germany's PowerMetal.de recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH. Watch the chat below. Also available is fan-filmed video footage of OPETH's September 30, 2009 performance in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Åkerfeldt recently revealed to Hol...

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BARREN EARTH: 'Our Twilight' Mini-Site Launched

BARREN EARTH, the new Helsinki, Finland-based project featuring members of KREATOR, MOONSORROW, SWALLOW THE SUN and MANNHAI, will release a four-song EP, "Our Twilight", on November 9 in Europe and November 17 in North America via Peaceville Records. According to a press release, the EP "opens with...

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LION'S SHARE Inks Licensing Deal With Russia's SOYUZ MUSIC

Swedish melodic heavy metal masters LION'S SHARE have inked a Russian licensing deal with Soyuz Music for the release of their critically acclaimed "Dark Hours" album. "Dark Hours" was released in March via Blistering Records. The follow-up to 2007's "Emotional Coma" was mixed and mastered by Jens B...

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OPETH Frontman Checks In From PROGRESSIVE NATION Tour

Guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH has issued the following update: "We're holed up in a sterile 'dressing room' somewhere in Poland. Five shows into the Progressive Nation 2009 tour with DREAM THEATER, us, BIGELF and UNEXPECT. "Things are going well; we've pl...

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ETERNAL GRAY Mastering New Album

Israeli "dark death metal" act ETERNAL GRAY has tapped Göran Finnberg to master its new album, "Your Gods, My Enemies". Commented guitarist Dory Bar Or: "It is a great pleasure and honor for us to work with Göran Finnberg, a talented guy that mastered many albums of great bands such as SOILWORK, THE...

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Into Night's Requiem Infernal

As far as developing and refining a sound is concerned, Chicago old-timers NOVEMBERS DOOM seemed to really hit stride with 2005's "The Pale Haunt Departure", maintaining that quality level and upping the death metal ante with 2007's "The Novella Reservoir", a more aggressive outing that came with ev...

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Fragmentary Evidence

"Fragmentary Evidence" is 55 minutes of progressive death metal from a band that assuredly put a lot of blood, sweat, and quite possibly tears into this long-awaited follow-up to 2004's "Concealed". More than just a dazzling display of technical expertise, Montreal's AUGURY craft compositions of unb...

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KATATONIA To Film 'Day & Then The Shade' Video

Sweden's KATATONIA has selected the song "Day & Then The Shade" as the first single from its eighth studio album, "Night is the New Day". The single will be released in late October. A video for the track be filmed as well. The mini-site for "Night is the New Day" can be accessed at

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ORPHANED LAND: New Album Due In January

Israel's progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND are scheduled to release their new album, "The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR", in January 2010 via Century Media Records. The highly anticipated follow-up to 2004's "Mabool" was mixed by legendary musician/producer Steven Wilson (PORCUPINE TREE,...

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HEAVENWOOD: '13th Moon' Video Released

"13th Moon", the new video from Portuguese metallers HEAVENWOOD, can be viewed below. This clip was shot on May 30 in Braga, Portugal with the production team of Carlos Barros, Rui Correia and Ricardo Coutinho (NomedeCena.com),who are described as "young talented Portuguese video/filmmakers, design...

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NEVERBORNE Signs With GLASSTONE RECORDS

NEVERBORNE, originally hailing from South Africa but now residing in Surrey, U.K., has inked a deal with Glasstone Records. The band's debut EP, "In Absence Of Fear" was produced at Surrey's Thin Ice Studios by Karl Groom (DRAGONFORCE, HAMMERFALL) and will be released on November 23. According to a...

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BARREN EARTH To Release 'Our Twilight' EP

BARREN EARTH, the new Helsinki, Finland-based project featuring members of KREATOR, MOONSORROW, SWALLOW THE SUN and MANNHAI, will release a four-song EP, "Our Twilight", in October via Peaceville Records. According to a press release, the EP "opens with the title track, a fine exploration of broodin...

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ICED EARTH, DEVILDRIVER, SKINDRED Confirmed For U.K.'s HAMMERFEST II

ICED EARTH, DEVILDRIVER, SKINDRED, ATTICA RAGE and PANIC CELL have been confirmed for next year's Hammerfest II festival, set to take place March 11-13, 2010 at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, United Kingdom. The original Hammerfest brought together some of the biggest names in metal for a tr...

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OPETH: Japanese Tour Dates Announced

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH have scheduled the following Japanese tour dates: Nov. 17 - O-East - Tokyo, Japan Nov. 18 - Club Quattro - Osaka, Japan OPETH guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt recently revealed to Holland's FaceCulture that he is contemplating recording a singer-songwriter acou...

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SWALLOW THE SUN: 'New Moon' Artwork Unveiled; Audio Samples Available

Finnish doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN will release their fifth album, entitled "New Moon", on November 10 via Spinefarm Records. The CD was recorded at Fascination Street studios in Örebro, Sweden with Jens Bogren, who has previously worked with such acts as KATATONIA, OPETH, PARADISE LOST and AMON...