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ANCARA To Release 'Chasing Shadows' In October

Finnish hard rockers ANCARA will release their third album, "Chasing Shadows", on October 21 in the band's home country and a later date in other parts of Europe. According to the group, the CD's release was "postponed by two months because the band decided to release the album independently though...

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CRYSTALLION: 'Hundred Days' Release Moved Forward

The release date for "Hundred Days", the third album from German "noble power metal" hopefuls CRYSTALLION, has been moved forward to October 23 from the previously announced November 13 (via Dockyard 1). The CD is said to be "a concept album about the return of Napoleon (after his first exile) until...

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PARADOX: 'Riot Squad' Artwork Unveiled; New Song Posted Online

Long-running German metallers PARADOX will release their fifth album, "Riot Squad", on October 16, 2009 via AFM Records. The cover artwork was once again created by Claudio Bergamin and can be viewed below. "Riot Squad" was produced by Charly Steinhauer and it was was mixed and mastered by Achim Köh...

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ANCARA: 'Tears With a Smile' Video Teaser Available

A teaser for the "Tears With a Smile" video from Finnish hard rockers ANCARA can be viewed below. The song — which is described as "a duet ballad" — features a guest appearance by Agnes Pihlava, a finalist in the 2005 Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols". "Tears With a Smile" comes off ANC...

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Grey Rigorism

Unbridled, untutored fury makes for good, scary, compelling black metal, as the rawest and most primitive bands of the genre have proved over and over again. But perhaps even more powerful is the band who wields a weighty sound with crushing, calculating precision, creating dynamic tension and labyr...

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Unleash the Carnivore

If unintelligible, impossibly low guttural vocals and a style that bludgeons and then suffocates, while melody is left bleeding in the street do not appeal to you, then you are probably not one of those people dedicated to the deepest part of the death metal underground known as the "brutal death" s...

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Praise the Beast

All the talk has been about BEHEMOTH's position atop the throne of Polish death metal and the attention new album "Evangelion" has been getting, and rightly so. But people should also be talking about AZARATH's "Praise the Beast", an album that will not receive near the international attention, yet...

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TRAIL OF TEARS To Tour Europe With GOTHMINISTER, MAGENTA

TRAIL OF TEARS will join forces with fellow Norwegian bands GOTHMINISTER and MAGENTA for the "Darkness, Bloodstains And Accidents" European tour in November/December. The first confirmed dates are as follows: Nov. 22 - Gargarin205 - Athens, Greece Nov. 23 - The Underworld - London, UK Nov. 25 - Z7 -...

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KORN Frontman Discusses Forthcoming Album

ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with KORN frontman Jonathan Davis. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect.com: How's the new record coming along? Has the concept been fully fleshed out? Davis: It's going to be what it's going to be. The alb...

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GOTTHARD Interviewed By Italy's SpazioRock.it

Italian web site SpazioRock.it recently conducted an interview with Swiss hard rock veterans GOTTHARD. The chat can now be viewed in two parts below (with English subtitles). GOTTHARD's new album, "Need To Believe", is scheduled for release on September 4 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD will featu...

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TRISTANIA Joined By Former OCTAVIA SPERATI Guitarist

Norway's TRISTANIA have issued the following update: "We are very happy to announce that Gyri Losnegård has joined the ranks of TRISTANIA as a permanent member! It was never a hard decision to ask her to get on board. We quickly got to know her as a hard-working, talented guitar player, skilled song...

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CROSSBREED To Release 'KE 101' This Month

Florida industrial metal act CROSSBREED will release its new album, "KE 101", on September 15, 2009 through Driven Music Group, the independent label founded by former KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch. The band has also scheduled a series of warm-up dates in September before embarking on a full-sca...

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DARK FUNERAL: New Album Title Announced

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have set "Angelus Exuro pro Eternus" as the title of their new album, tentatively due on November 18. Guitarist Lord Ahriman states, "Peter Tägtgren [HYPOCRISY, PAIN] is currently mixing our new album at his Abyss Studios [in Pärlby, outside Ludvika, Sweden]. Onc...

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Former HELLOWEEN Singer To Guest On AVANTASIA Album

Former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske will guest on the forthcoming album from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Kiske has appeared on every AVANTASIA album so far, including the first two full-length releases, "The Metal Opera" (2001) and "The Metal Opera Pt. II" (2002). Commented...

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DESOLATE WAYS Completes Work On New Album; 'Regret' Single Posted Online

Brazilian metallers DESOLATE WAYS have completed work on their third studio album with producer Roger "Earth" Fingle (BLOOD TEARS, SEDUCED BY SUICIDE). The CD will be released in Brazil before the end of the year via Die Hard Records. One of the songs from the forthcoming album, "Regret", is availab...