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RUNEMAGICK Begin Mixing New Album

Swedish "dark death metal" act RUNEMAGICK began mixing their new album, "Invocation of Magick", on Saturday (August 20) for a tentative November release. The album, which was recorded in part at Los Angered Recording (owned by Andy LaRocque of KING DIAMOND) will be issued in a limited edition of 999...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: European Itinerary Updated

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY have announced the following European dates during September/October: w/ special guests WITCHCRAFT: Sep. 25 - Stoke On Trent, UK - The Sugarmill Sep. 26 - Oxford, UK - The Zodiac Sep. 27 - Brighton, UK - Concorde 2 Sep. 28 - Portsmouth, UK - Wedgewood Rooms Sep. 29 - Nottingh...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Says He Won't Play PISTOLS' 'Anarchy' Because Of 'Anti-Christ' Reference

Jeff Kerby of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A few excerpts from the chat follow: KNAC.COM: Your convictions are obviously strong, and that's admirable...you cancelled a couple tour dates overseas because you had a problem with a couple of bands...on th...

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RUNEMAGICK Continuing Work On New Album

Swedish "dark death metal" act RUNEMAGICK are continuing work on their new album, tentatively due in November. "All additional guitars and effects are now recorded at Magick Sound studio," the band write on their web site. "Next mission will be the bass for Emma, maybe next week... Then all vocals w...

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FORGOTTEN TOMB, MORTUARY DRAPE, MORRIGAN Confirmed For Austria's DUNKELHEIT FESTIVAL

FORGOTTEN TOMB, MORTUARY DRAPE, MORRIGAN and KOLDBRANN are among the bands confirmed for the Dunkelheit Festival, set to take place September 2-3, 2005 in Niederhollabrunn, Austria (about 30km from Vienna). The festival billing is shaping up as follows: FORGOTTEN TOMB (ITA) NACHTFALKE (GER) MORTUARY...

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Firewood

The story goes that Sweden's WITCHCRAFT first began as a tribute to former 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS legend Roky Erickson and PENTAGRAM's Bobby Liebling. The self-titled debut album caused quite a buzz and if it's anything like "Firewood", I can understand why. Prior to actually hearing "Firewood", I wou...

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SLAYER: H'arpeggione Version Of 'Reign In Blood' Released by Georgia Composer

Erik Hinds, an Athens, Georgia-based composer and performer, has just released his solo H'arpeggione version of SLAYER's classic "Reign In Blood" album on Solponticello Records. Audio samples from the CD can be heard at CDBaby.com. Hinds plays quartertone electric guitar and the H'arpeggione, an upr...

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WITCHCRAFT To Release New Album In July

Candlelight Records with Rise Above Records are gearing up for a hot summer with the release of the new album from WITCHCRAFT. Titled "Firewood", the album will hit stores nationwide on July 26. The band is expected to premiere material from the album at this weekend's Emissions of the Monolith fest...

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WITCHCRAFT Discuss Upcoming Album

Fresh from their recent Terrorizer readers' poll triumph, Swedish retro-merchants WITCHCRAFT found themselves in the U.K. again recently for another well-received live outing. Terrorizer caught up with the band backstage to get the lowdown on their keenly anticipated sophomore album. Terrorizer: Do...

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STORMWITCH Name New Album

STORMWITCH frontman/founding member Andy Mück has set "Tears of Rage" as the title of the group's tenth studio album, tentatively due in late 2005/early 2006 via Nuclear Blast Records. Mück is in the process of rehearsing with several new musicians after the rest of the group's most recent lineup —...

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STORMWITCH: Future Uncertain

Andy Mück, vocalist and founding member of the classic German power metallers STORMWITCH, appears to be the sole remaining member of the group after the rest of STORMWITCH's most recent lineup — guitar players Fabian Schwarz (ex-TYRAN PACE) and Martin Winkler (ex-NIGHTWOLF),bass player Dominik Schw...

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CANDLELIGHT RECORDS Inks Deal With LEE DORRIAN's RISE ABOVE Label

Candlelight Records has announced its newly agreed cooperation with England's Rise Above Records. Under the agreement, Candlelight will see to the stateside release of all new recordings from the popular doom rock label. The first planned release is the fourth album from Canada's SHEAVY in early Apr...

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CATHEDRAL: More U.K. Dates Announced

Following on from the success of their controversial U.K. tour with H.I.M., British cult doom rockers CATHEDRAL have scheduled three final shows to round off 2004: Dec. 10 – Bradford, UK @ Rios Dec. 11 – London, UK @ The Garage (w/ WITCHCRAFT) Dec. 16 – Wolverhampton, UK @ Wulfrun Hall (w/ PARADISE...

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STORMWITCH, EVIDENCE ONE To Team Up For Special German Show

German melodic metallers STORMWITCH and EVIDENCE ONE will be teaming up for a special show at Die Halle in Reichenbach (near Göppingen),Germany on September 17. Both STORMWITCH and EVIDENCE ONE will be releasing brand-new albums through Nuclear Blast on November 15 — "Witchcraft" and "Tattoed Heart...

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STORMWITCH Confirmed For Germany's KEEP IT TRUE III Festival

Classic German power metallers STORMWITCH will play a very special "old-school" show concentrating mainly on the group's earlier albums during their appearance at Germany's Keep It True III festival, set to be held November 6 in Lauda-Königshofen. In addition, the band will also have a similar stage...