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KALEDON Signs New Deal With HELLION RECORDS

Italian power metallers KALEDON have inked a new deal with Hellion Records. The group's new album will be released in Europe around May/June 2008. KALEDON has announced the addition of singer Marco Palazzi to the group's ranks. The band parted ways with vocalist Claudio Conti last month due to "pers...

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KALEDON: New Singer Announced

Italian power metallers KALEDON have announced the addition of singer Marco Palazzi to the group's ranks. KALEDON parted ways with vocalist Claudio Conti last month due to "personal differences." The band will enter the studio in March 2008 to begin recording its fifth album. KALEDON's latest album,...

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THE OCEAN: 'Precambrian' Pushed Back A Week

Berlin's THE OCEAN has had the release date of its extensive concept album, "Precambrian" (Metal Blade Records) pushed back to November 12 from the previously announced November 5. The double-disc effort is the soundtrack to the beginning of evolution, subdivided into two successive geological eons...

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KALEDON Parts Ways With Singer, Seeks Replacement

Italian power metallers KALEDON have parted ways with singer Claudio Conti due to "personal differences" and are currently seeking a replacement. The requirements are as follows: * No older than 35 years * Must speak perfect English * Stage presence * Must be serious * Must be available to go on tou...

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Former LOUDNESS/EZO Frontman Featured On FIRESIGN Album

Masaki Yamada, former frontman for FLATBACKER, EZO and LOUDNESS, is featured on the self-produced album from the New York city-based project FIRESIGN, entitled "Anger Management". Masaki alternates between bassist and guitarist for several tracks on the album, which features the vocal talents of har...

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SUNSETH MIDNIGHT: New Song Posted Online

Brazilian gothic rockers SUNSETH MIDNIGHT have uploaded a new song, entitled "Love Chaser", to their official MP3.com page. The track was released on July 21 as the opening song of the "Retratos Subterrâneos" free online compilation compiled by the Brazilian edition of the Rock Hard magazine. "Love...

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W.A.S.P.: 'Dominator' Digipack, Vinyl To Be Released

W.A.S.P.'s latest album, "Dominator", will be released in digipack and LP format on October 1 via Demolition Records. The digipack features a special 3D cover. In other news, a 32-track W.A.S.P. compilation, "The Best of the Best", is scheduled for release in Europe on September 24 via Snapper Music...

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NEW RENAISSANCE RECORDS Seeks Bands For New 'Speed Metal Hell' Compilation

New Renaissance Records, the record label which claims to have coined the term "speed metal," is looking for new bands for their first compilation album in twenty years. In the early 1980s New Renaissance Records released the first American recordings of SEPULTURA, MORBID ANGEL, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM,...

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AKASHIC Members Working On 'Tango' Project

Guitarist Marcos De Ros and bassist Fábio Alves, members of the Brazilian progressive metal band AKASHIC, are collaborating on a new non-metal project. They have joined forces with Oscar Dos Reis (bayan) and Léo Ferrarini (piano) to record a CD of compositions by Oscar Dos Reis and Ástor Piazzolla,...

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WRETCH To Release 'Make This Garden Burn' CD At HEADBANGER'S OPEN AIR Festival

Cleveland band WRETCH will release a new CD on Auburn Records, entitled "Make This Garden Burn", to support its appearance at this year's Headbanger's Open Air Festival. The 13-track disc is a specially-priced collection of previously unreleased new songs, demos, album outtakes and live tracks. The...

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THRONE OF KATARSIS To Celebrate Opening Of Norwegian Club

Norwegian black metallers THRONE OF KATARSIS have announced a special performance to celebrate the opening of the Hellion rock and metal pub on July 14 in Kopervik, Norway. Support at the gig will come from NORDAVIND (based in Stord, Norway) who will make its live debut that night. A flyer for the s...

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KALEDON Recruits DGM Bassist For HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR Festival

Italian power metallers KALEDON have recruited bassist Andrea Arcangeli from DGM to join them for their appearance at the Headbangers Open Air festival, set to take place July 12-14 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. Arcangeli will fill in for regular KALEDON bassist Paolo "The Animal" Lezziroli, who...

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WRETCH Records Song In Honor Of HEADBANGER'S OPEN AIR FESTIVAL

Cleveland band WRETCH has just completed a new song called "Make This Garden Burn". The track, which was written in honor of the 10th anniversary of the Headbanger's Open Air Festival, is dedicated to festival promoters Thomas Tegelhütter and Jürgen Hegewald (Hellion Records). The recording was done...

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METAL CHURCH Frontman Talks About Solo Project

Christine Carney of MP3.com conducted an interview with METAL CHURCH vocalist Ronny Munroe on Sunday, June 3. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MP3.com: So why don't you get us up to speed on what you've been up to. I think you've been doing some stuff away from METAL CHURCH just ...

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ATARGATIS To Enter Studio In June

German symphonic gothic metal band ATARGATIS, which features in its ranks female singer Stephanie Luzie (DARKWELL),will enter Hellion Studios (DARKSEED, EQUILIBRIUM, SYCRONOMICA) in Munich in June with producer Seref A. Badir to begin recording its new abum for a late 2007 release via Massacre Reco...