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MERCENARY: First Two Albums To Be Re-Released

Danish metallers MERCENARY will have their first two albums re-released through Karmageddon Media. "First Breath" (1998) and "Everblack" (2002) were both remastered to keep up with today's sound standard and the reissue of "Everblack" also includes the bonus track "Nothing's What It Seems" (which wa...

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MASTERPLAN Drummer To Release BEAUTIFUL SIN Debut

BEAUTIFUL SIN, the new project featuring ex-HELLOWEEN/GAMMA RAY and current MASTERPLAN drummer Uli Kusch, have completed work on their debut album, "The Unexpected", due in May via AFM Records. The CD was produced by Kusch in 2005 in Belgium and Norway and was mixed by Tommy Hansen at Jailhouse Stud...

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FATAL FORCE To Release Debut Album In April

FATAL FORCE, the new project featuring Danish guitarist Torben Enevoldsen, vocalist Mats Levén (TREAT, SWEDISH EROTICA, AT VANCE, THERION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and drummer Daniel Flores (XSAVIOR, MIND'S EYE, SPEEDY GONZALES, FARO, PHILIP BARDOWELL),will release their self-titled debut album in April v...

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BEYOND TWILIGHT Announce Release Date For 'For The Love Of Art And The Making'

Danish/Swedish prog-metallers BEYOND TWILIGHT will release their new album, "For the Love of Art and the Making", on April 21. The recording sessions for the CD took place in three different studios: Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark with Jacob Hansen, Zierler's Dungeon and Jailhouse Studio with Tommy...

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ROTTEN SOUND Part Ways With Drummer, Announce Replacement

Drummer Kai Hahto has left Finland's ROTTEN SOUND in order to concentrate more on his family and his other band WINTERSUN. His replacement is Sami Latva of DEATHBOUND fame. Commented the band in a statement: "Two weeks ago Sami Latva joined ROTTEN SOUND to replace our longtime drummer Kai Hahto. We...

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HATESPHERE To Play Japan In March

Danish thrashers HATESPHERE have lined up two dates in Japan in early March. "This will be the first time for HATESPHERE in Japan and we are very excited finally to go there after having released 4+ albums in Japan," the band write in a statement. The details are as follows: Mar. 03 - Hate Thrash .....

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FUELBLOODED Sign With COPRO RECORDS

Copro Records have announced the signing of the Dutch melodic death/thrash act FUELBLOODED (formerly SACRAMENTAL SACHEM). Mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen (MERCENARY, INVOCATOR, RAUNCHY, COMMUNIC),and with artwork by Travis Smith (ANATHEMA, OPETH, KATATONIA),the group's debut album, "Inflict the...

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Reunited FATE To Release New Album In April

Reunited Danish hard rockers FATE will release their new album, "V", in April via MTM Music. Formed back in the early '80s, FATE made themselves quite a name on the metal/rock scene with their four superb albums. The band came to life in 1984 when guitarist Hank Shermann left MERCYFUL FATE. Hank hoo...

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Norway's ALLFADER Sign With OSMOSE PRODUCTIONS

Norwegian metallers ALLFADER have inked a deal with Osmose Productions for the release of their debut album, "At Least We Will Die Together". Described in a press release as "a mix of death, black and heavy metal," this album is said to sum up what ALLFADER is all about: "aggression, monstrous sound...

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MERCENARY Drummer Breaks Leg

Drummer Mike Park of the Danish metallers MERCENARY broke his leg in a minor accident last week, according to a posting on the band's official web site. "As it was a clean and uncomplicated break, Mike is expected to recover quickly and this will not delay MERCENARY's upcoming album recordings durin...

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RAUNCHY To Support SOULFLY In Germany

Danish modern metalles RAUNCHY will support SOULFLY on their German club dates in February/March. The details are as follows: Feb. 14 - Koln, GER @ Live Music Hall Feb. 15 - Bremen, GER @ Aladin Feb. 16 - Hamburg, GER @ Docks Feb. 17 - Berlin, GER @ SO36 Feb. 18 - Leipzig, GER @ ...

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MERCENARY To Enter Studio In March

Danish metallers MERCENARY are currently in pre-production for their as-yet-untitled fifth full-length album, tentatively due late summer via Century Media Records. "So far 10 songs have been written," the band write on their web site. "MERCENARY will enter Hansen studios [in Ribe, Denmark] in March...

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VOLBEAT Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD Festival

Denmark's VOLBEAT have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place June 2-4 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BOLT THROWER BRAINSTORM CALIBAN CELTIC FROST CRUCIFIED BARBARA EVERGREY FATES WARNING...

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GAMMA RAY Add Minnesota Date To North American Tour

Hamburg, Germany-based GAMMA RAY, featuring Kai Hansen (formerly of HELLOWEEN) on lead vocals, will make their only Midwest/mid-country appearance at the Rock Nightclub in Maplewood, Minnesota, on Friday, May 12. This performance will be the closing date of their first-ever U.S. tour and the only pe...

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VOLBEAT Film Video For DUSTY SPRINGFIELD Cover

Denmark's VOLBEAT have just finished shooting their first video for the cover track "I Only Wanna Be With You" (originally recorded by DUSTY SPRINGFIELD). The song comes off VOLBEAT's debut album, "The Strength, The Sound, The Songs", which was released in September 2005 via the Mascot Records subsi...