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'Swedish Death Metal' Book Author To Guest On SIRIUS' 'Bloody Roots'

Daniel Ekeroth, author of the massive new book "Swedish Death Metal", will appear on this week's "Bloody Roots" show on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack channel. Learn how the assassination of the prime minister and the death of METALLICA's Cliff Burton in Sweden in the 1980s gave rise to the wo...

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TIAMAT At Romania's ARTMANIA Festival; Performance Footage, Video Interview Available

MetalheadTV.com has posted video footage of TIAMAT performing at the Artmania Festival 2008, which was held July 18-19 in Sibiu, Romania. Watch the clip below. Video interviews with TIAMAT, GAMMA RAY and LACRIMOSA can be found at this location. "Amanethes", the new album from TIAMAT, entered the Ger...

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Video Preview Of 'Swedish Death Metal' Book Available

INSISION/TYRANT bassist Daniel Ekeroth's acclaimed history "Swedish Death Metal" is now available in revised and expanded edition from new U.S. publisher Bazillion Points. All pre-orders have been shipped, and the first 50 copies include surprise page proofs signed by the author. Watch a video previ...

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Amanethes

It's been a long, slow slide for TIAMAT, from primitive death metal to highbrow avant-garde psychedelia to drippy Eurotrash pop swagger. After five years of silence, the band that asked us to "vote for love" and seemed doomed to end its life narcissistically sniffing SISTERS OF MERCY's long-discarde...

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THE POODLES To Release New Single

Swedish hard rockers THE POODLES will release their new single, "Raise The Banner", on Wednesday, July 2. THE POODLES recently recruited guitarist Henrik Bergqvist (SOUTHFORK, TIAMAT) to replace Pontus Norgren, who left the group to join HAMMERFALL. The new axeman made his live debut with THE POODLE...

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'Swedish Death Metal' Book Expanded Edition Due In July

INSISION/TYRANT bassist Daniel Ekeroth's acclaimed history "Swedish Death Metal" will be available this July in revised and expanded edition from new U.S. publisher Bazillion Points. The ultimate insider's account of the rise of the Scandinavian metal scene, the book boasts over 450 pages, over 500...

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New 'Swedish Death Metal' Book On The Way

According to Voices From The Darkside, another book focusing on the early Swedish death metal scene called "Encyclopedia of Svensk Ddsmetall" (Encyclopedia of Swedish Death Metal) will be released in the coming weeks. Author Nicola Costantini began working on the book at the end of 2005 and has chos...

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THE POODLES: New Guitarist Announced

Swedish hard rockers THE POODLES have recruited guitarist Henrik Bergqvist (SOUTHFORK, TIAMAT) to replace Pontus Norgren, who recently left the group to join HAMMERFALL. The new axeman made his live debut with THE POODLES on Friday (June 6) at the Sweden Rock Festival in Slvesborg, Sweden. Commented...

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TIAMAT, FINNTROLL, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR Confirmed For Sweden's METALTOWN Festival

TIAMAT, FINNTROLL, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR and SABATON have been confirmed for this year's Metaltown festival, set to take place June 27-28 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: IN FLAMES (S) NIGHTWISH (FIN) CAVALERA CONSPIRACY (US) MONSTER MAGNET (US) DIMMU BORGIR (N) DAN...

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TRISTANIA: Video Interview With STEN BERGY Available

Romania's Metalhead.ro conducted an interview with TRISTANIA's male singer sten Bergy at the 2008 edition of Greece's MMD (March Metal Day) festival, which was held on March 8 at Olympic Fencing Arena in Athens. Watch the chat below. TRISTANIA recently parted ways with guitarist Svein Terje Solvang....

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TIAMAT: 'Amanethes' Lands On German Chart

"Amanethes", the new album from TIAMAT, has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 69. As previously reported, the CD also landed on the Swedish chart at No. 13 TIAMAT's highest-ever chart entry in its home country. "Amanethes" has received rave reviews in Sweden, with the major news...

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TIAMAT: 'Amanethes' To Receive U.S. Radio Premiere Tonight

Songs from the new TIAMAT album "Amanethes" will receive their U.S. radio premiere on Indie 103.1 FM's specialty metal program "Chaos with Full Metal Jackie" tonight (Sunday, May 11) at 10:00 p.m. PST (1:00 a.m. EST Monday morning). To listen to the show live via the Internet, go to this location. T...

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WITCHBREED Completes Pre-Production With WALDEMAR SORYCHTA; Video Available

WITCHBREED, the female-fronted Portuguese metal band formed by bassist Ares (ex-MOONSPELL, DEEPSKIN) and guitarist Dikk (ex-DEEPSKIN),has completed the pre-production for its debut album, "Heretic Rapture", at Medusa Lab Studios with German producer Waldemar Sorychta (LACUNA COIL, THE GATHERING, SA...

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TRISTANIA Guitarist Quits

TRISTANIA's male vocalist sten Bergy has issued following update: "After a turbulent year with injured drummers and runaway female singers, we thought that our worst struggles belonged to the past. It is with regrets I must announce that we were wrong. "Putting a last hand on the preparations for [t...

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TIAMAT's 'Amanethes' Lands On Swedish Chart

"Amanethes", the new album from TIAMAT, has entered the Swedish chart at position No. 13 TIAMAT's highest-ever chart entry in its home country. "Amanethes" has received rave reviews in Sweden, with the major newspaper Expressen calling it "a perfect album" and giving it a rare top rating. On Kritike...