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DEVILDRIVER Joins OPETH, ARCH ENEMY On 'Defenders Of The Faith' UK Tour

DEVILDRIVER has been added to Metal Hammer's Defenders Of The Faith tour. Running from April 23 to April 26, the tour already features OPETH and ARCH ENEMY, and the last band on this awesome bill will be announced next month. The dates are as follows: April 23 - Birmingham, UK @ Academy April 24 - ....

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MARYSCREEK Begins Recording New Album

Swedish "traditional" hard rock/heavy metal band MARYSCREEK has entered the studio to begin recording its second album, tentatively titled "My Own Enemy", for a late spring release. The CD will contain the following tracks (not final order): 01. Feel The Panic 02. In The Shadows Of Reality 03. So Af...

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AUGURY Guitarist's HUMANOID Solo Project Due In February

Panoptic Records, a new division of the Disconcert Music Company, has set a February 12 release date for HUMANOID's debut album, entitled "Remembering Universe". AUGURY guitarist Mathieu Marcotte's instrumental solo project, HUMANOID is an acoustic-space-metal concept with varied influences such as...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Issues Year-End Update

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has issued the following year-end update: "2007 was another busy year for us: it pretty much started with a bang, with us touring in South America — which was completely mind-blowing! Unforgettable. And then my brother Christopher Amott rejoined the band, which was...

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AYREON: 'Beneath The Waves' Film Premiere Available

AYREON's official web site, Ayreon.com, is currently premiering "Beneath The Waves", a stunning CGI film produced by Simon van Vegten. The film was made to accompany the song of the same name from the upcoming AYREON album, "01011001", which is scheduled for release on January 28 via InsideOut Music...

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GIGANTOUR Lineup Officially Announced

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on December 22, MEGADETH has now officially revealed the lineup for this year's North American edition of Gigantour, which will kick off mid-April and run through the end of May. Joining MEGADETH on the bill will be IN FLAMES, CHILDREN OF BODOM, JOB FOR A COWBOY an...

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DRACONIAN: More New Album Samples Available

A five-minute teaser clip featuring samples of all nine tracks that are set to appear on DRACONIAN's fourth album, "Turning Season Within", is available on the band's MySpace page. "Turning Season Within" is scheduled for release on February 29 (March 4 in the U.S.) via Napalm Records. The CD was re...

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TALISMAN: New Italian Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of the long-running Swedish-American melodic hard rock band TALISMAN — which revolves around Jeff Scott Soto and Marcel Jacob (bass, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) — performing on December 15, 2007 at Tempo Rock in Gualtieri (RE),Italy can be viewed below (courtesy of "saby442"). TAL...

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AYREON: New Video Interview With ARJEN LUCASSEN Available

France's Radio Metal conducted an interview with AYREON mainman Arjen Lucassen on November 30, 2007 in Paris. Watch the chat in four parts below. On January 1, 2008, AYREON's official web site, Ayreon.com, will premiere "Beneath The Waves", a stunning CGI film produced by Simon van Vegten. The film...

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OPETH Mainman Discusses Forthcoming Album

Patrick Douglas of the Great Falls Tribune recently conducted an interview with OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the recently released double live album, "The Roundhouse Tapes", which spans OPETH's entire catalog: "We wanted to make sure that we concentra...

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AYREON: 'Beneath The Waves' Film To Debut Online Next Week

On January 1, 2008, AYREON's official web site, Ayreon.com, will premiere "Beneath The Waves", a stunning CGI film produced by Simon van Vegten. The film was made to accompany the song of the same name from the upcoming AYREON album, "01011001", which is scheduled for release on January 28, 2008 via...

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TÝR Confirmed For UK's BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

Faroe Islands metallers TÝR have been confirmed for next year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 15-17, 2008 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: AT THE GATES COMMUNIC DIMMU BORGIR ELUVEITIE EVILE MOONSORROW OPETH PRIMAL FEAR...

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The Roundhouse Tapes

Long album, short review. OPETH can still do no wrong, and you should buy anything with their name on it. That said, this massive-sounding two-disc live document really doesn't have much reason to exist, given the band's note-perfect renditions of their studio creations. There's nothing wrong at all...

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OPETH Frontman Says New Songs Are 'A Bit More Energetic'

OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt spoke to MTV.com last week about the group's forthcoming follow-up to 2005's "Ghost Reveries", tentatively due next spring via Roadrunner Records. "I had more fun working on this album than any of the past records," he said. "I have always seen the recording of an alb...

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MERCENARY Completes Work On 'Architect Of Lies'

Danish masters of melodic and progressive metal MERCENARY have wrapped up the recordings for their highly anticipated follow-up to 2006's "The Hours That Remain" (which was subsequently awarded the Danish Metal Award in the category "Album Of The Year"). Commented guitarist Jakob Molberg: "So, the n...