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SYMPHORCE To Support SONATA ARCTICA In Europe

German power metallers SYMPHORCE, featuring BRAINSTORM frontman Andy B. Franck, will be supporting SONATA ARCTICA on their upcoming European tour beginning in early September. Also appearing on the bill will be MACHINE MEN. A list of confirmed tour dates can be found at this location. SYMPHORCE's ne...

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END OF GREEN: 'Dead End Hero' Audio, Video Posted Online

German melancholics END OF GREEN have uploaded their new single, "Dead End Hero", at www.dead-end-dreaming.de. Also available at the same location is a video for the track, which was directed by Michael Schneider (AMON AMARTH, THE CROWN, BRAINSTORM) at the Hifi Six club in Göppingen, Germany. "Dead...

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No BRAINSTORM At METAL MELTING SUMMIT Festival In Croatia

German power metallers BRAINSTORM have issued the following update: "We would like to inform our fans and friends, especially in Croatia, that we are NOT playing the Metal Melting Summit Festival on [July] 16th! We already cancelled shortly after being asked (because of important family matters) and...

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BRAINSTORM: Special Edition Of 'Liquid Monster' Released In Japan

German power metallers BRAINSTORM have had a special edition of their latest album, "Liquid Monster" (Metal Blade Records),released in Japan today (July 6),featuring a bonus track, entitled "Breathe", a bonus DVD containing the "Streets, Stages and Studios" DVD as well as three BRAINSTORM video cl...

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TAPROOT Singer On New Album: 'We Weren't Sure If We Could Finish Due To Finances'

TAPROOT have set the tentative track listing for their new album, "Blue-Sky Research", due on August 16 via Velvet Hammer Music/Atlantic. The follow-up to 2002's "Welcome", "Blue-Sky Research" was produced by Michael Beinhorn in Los Angeles and features guest appearances by Billy Corgan (ex-SMASHING...

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SYMPHORCE: 'GodSpeed' Final Track Listing Revealed

German power metallers SYMPHORCE, featuring BRAINSTORM frontman Andy B. Franck, finished recording their new album, "GodSpeed", due on September 12 via Metal Blade Records. "Within the next days, [producer] Dennis Ward will start mixing [the album]," the band write on their web site. The follow-up t...

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BOLT THROWER, SOILWORK, BRAINSTORM Confirmed For Next Year's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

BOLT THROWER, SOILWORK and BRAINSTORM are the first bands confirmed for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place June 2-4, 2006 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. More acts will be announced during the coming months. The 2005 edition of the Rock Hard Festival took place May 13-15 at...

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PUMP Sign With METAL HEAVEN/SOULFOOD

PUMP, the German heavy rockers featuring ex-BRAINSTORM singer Marcus Jürgens, have inked a multi-album deal with Metal Heaven/Soulfood. The band will enter the Area 51 studios in July with producer Tommy Newton (VICTORY, JADED HEART, CRYSTAL BALL) to record their sophomore album, "Breakdown to Break...

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SYMPHORCE: Full Speed Ahead

German power metallers SYMPHORCE, featuring BRAINSTORM frontman Andy B. Franck, have posted the following update at their official web site: "We're on full speed! "So it's time: We are now ready to enter the House of Music studios to record our fifth album, 'GodSpeed', together with producer Dennis...

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MY DARKEST HATE To Enter Studio In October

MY DARKEST HATE, the German death metal band featuring former PRIMAL FEAR drummer Klaus Sperling and members of SACRED STEEL, will enter Stage One studios in Borgentreich, Germany in Ocober with producer Andy Classen (CALLENISH CIRCLE, TANKARD, OCCULT) to begin recording their fourth album, tentativ...

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SECRET SPHERE: New Album Details Revealed

Italian power metallers SECRET SPHERE have pushed forward the release date of their new album, "Heart & Anger" (Nuclear Blast),to May 23 from the previously announced May 30. The CD was issued in Japan on April 21. The follow-up to 2003's "Scent of Human Desire", "Heart & Anger" was recorde...

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BRAINSTORM Replace DREAM EVIL At Sweden's GATES OF METAL Festival

BRAINSTORM have replaced DREAM EVIL on the billing of this year's Gates of Metal festival, set to take place August 5-6 at Folkets Park in Hultsfred, Sweden. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: DIMMU BORGIR EDGUY CHILDREN OF BODOM MASTERPLAN DARK TRANQUILLITY GRAVE DIGGER AMON AMARTH...

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DIO, DOMINE And ONKEL TOM Confirmed For Italy's TRADATE IRON FEST

DIO, DOMINE and ONKEL TOM have been confirmed for the Tradate Iron Fest, a five-day event set to take place June 1-5 at Campo Sportivo in Tradate (VA),Italy. The billing for the festival is shaping up as follows: Wednesday, June 1: MERQURY BAND (QUEEN tribute) EUROSMITH (AEROSMITH tribute) Thursday...

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Black Empire

I really thought FORCE OF EVIL would follow up a solid, if unoriginal, debut with an album that saw the band coming into its own and honing its craft. Nothing of the sort happens on "Black Empire". If anything, it's a step backwards; most of the songs sounding like tracks that didn't make it onto .....

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Liquid Monster

I remember giving BRAINSTORM's "Soul Temptation" one of those solid-but-mediocre tags in a review I did a couple of years ago, and I'm still not certain why, as it ended up growing on me. I now consider it to be a fine heavy metal album. That review has always bugged me. Needless to say, I ...