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KORN, OPETH, LACUNA COIL Confirmed For Poland's METAL HAMMER FESTIVAL

KORN, OPETH and LACUNA COIL have been confirmed for the Metal Hammer Festival, set to take place August 31 at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland. Commented KORN frontman Jonathan Davis in an online posting: "I made our booking guy book a show there in Poland. I'm very excited to play there again....

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OPETH Mainman MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT: 'The New Album Never, Ever Gets Boring'

OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt recently spoke to U.K.'s Terrorizer magazine about the group's upcoming album, "Ghost Reveries", tentatively due on August 30 via Roadrunner Records. A few excerpts from the interview follow: Terrorizer: Still working on the album? Mikael: "We still have the cover to d...

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Label Rep: New OPETH Album Is 'Crushing'

Roadrunner Records A&R rep Mike Gitter was in the studio with OPETH early last week checking out the progress of the recording sessions for the band's new album, "Ghost Reveries", due late summer via Roadrunner. Gitter had the following to say about what he's heard: "Heard four songs and was blo...

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STORMLORD Part Ways With Keyboardist, Announce Replacement

Italian "extreme epic metal" act STORMLORD have parted ways with keyboardist Simone Scazzocchio. "There were no discussions or troubles with him, he was simply not interested in playing metal music anymore," the band write in a press release. "Our split has been friendly, we kept good relations and...

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THE ETERNAL Name New Album

Australian melodic doom metal band THE ETERNAL (formerly CRYPTAL DARKNESS) have set "Sleep of Reason" as the title of their forthcoming second album, due late September via Firebox Records. The follow-up to last year's "The Sombre Light of Isolation" was recorded at Palm Studios in Melbourne and is...

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OBITUARY, OPETH, NILE Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

OBITUARY, OPETH, NILE and BEHEMOTH are among the confirmed bands for the Hole in the Sky festival, set to be held August 24-27 in Bergen, Norway. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are HIGH ON FIRE, TAAKE, BLOOD RED THRONE, AUDIOPAIN and SAHG (featuring members of GORGOROTH, AUDREY HORNE and M...

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OPETH Announce New Album Title

Sweden's OPETH have set "Ghost Reveries" as the title of their new album, tentatively due late summer via Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2003's acoustic masterpiece, "Damnation", and OPETH's first disc in years without producer Steve Wilson, the album will include the following tracks, among o...

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OPETH Frontman: 'New Album Is Going To Really KILL!'

Roadrunner Records has officially announced the signing of OPETH. With a release planned for late summer 2005 — following a spate of international touring that includes the much-anticipated "Sounds of the Underground" run in the U.S. — OPETH has never been busier or more excited about the prospect o...

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OPETH: New Album Due Late August/Early September

Sweden's OPETH have posted the following message on their official web site: "We can now officially announce that OPETH has signed a worldwide contract with Roadrunner records. The rumours were true! The new album is set to be released sometime in the late August or early September of 2005. "OPETH h...

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LACUNA COIL Premier New Song At France's ROTONDE FESTIVAL

According to a post at EmptySpiral.net, LACUNA COIL premiered one new song from their upcoming album during their appearance at the Rotonde Festival in Hirson, France Saturday night (May 21). Additionally, the band's setlist included tracks from their self-titled EP (originally released in 1998) as...

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OPETH And SKINDRED Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

OPETH and SKINDRED have been confirmed for the 2005 edition of the Summer Breeze festival, set to be held August 18-20 in Abtsgmünd, Germany. The complete list of artists currently confirmed to appear at the festival is as follows: AMON AMARTH ANOREXIA NERVOSA ATROCITY BARCODE BEHEMOTH BORN FROM PAI...

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HIGH ON FIRE: 'Devilution' Video To Receive 'Headbanger's Ball' Premiere

HIGH ON FIRE will see their new video — for the song "Devilution" — premiere on this weekend's edition of "Headbanger's Ball" (Saturday, May 21). "Headbanger's Ball" airs Saturdays at 10:00 p.m. EST on MTV2. "Devilution", the roll-out single from HIGH IN FIRE's critically acclaimed album, "Blessed B...

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DARKEST HOUR Guitarist's LOCUST FACTOR Project Available For Download

DARKEST HOUR guitarist Kris Norris has uploaded the entire 2002 album from his LOCUST FACTOR project at his official web site, KrisNorris.com. According to a posting on the site, "LOCUS FACTOR started out as a Kris Norris solo project when he was 18. After years of recording on the computer he met u...

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It's Official: OPETH Sign With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on April 18, OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt has now officially confirmed to MTV.com that the band have finalized a deal with New York's Roadrunner Records, bolstering an imposing roster that already includes KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SLIPKNOT, OBITUARY and CRADLE OF FILTH...

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APHELION: Rough-Mix Sample From Debut Album Posted Online

APHELION (formerly MANDYLION),the Oslo, Norway-based group featuring former members of SACRALIS, OLD MAN'S CHILD, PECCATUM and DIMENSION F3H, have posted a rough-mix version of their song "Shock" at this location. "Shock" comes off the group's upcoming debut album, due this summer via an as-yet-und...