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JORN: New Album Details Revealed

Frontiers Records has announced the release of JORN's brand new studio album, entitled "Spirit Black", on June 5 in Europe and July 14 in the USA. Considered by many fans and critics as one of the finest voices in hard rock to arrive on the scene at the end of the 20th century, JORN is ...

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'Brütal Legend' Action Game Gets Release Date

The Brütal Legend game — which features the voices of a number of metal superstars, including Rob Halford from JUDAS PRIEST, Lemmy Kilmister from MOTÖRHEAD and Ronnie James Dio from BLACK SABBATH — will be available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and the PlayStation computer en...

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AMORPHIS Announces 'Forging Europe Tour 2009'

Finnish metallers AMORPHIS will embark on a one-month "Forging Europe Tour 2009" European headlining tour in October/November. Confirmed dates are as follows: Oct. 07 - Kato, Berlin (D) Oct. 08 - Club Romein, Leeuwarden (NL) Oct. 09 - De Nieuwe Pul, Uden (NL) Oct. 10 - Underworld, London (GB) Oct. 1...

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KISS Featured On NICKELODEON's 'The Fairly OddParents'

KISS members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons last year lent their voices to a special episode of Nickelodeon's highly rated animated show "The Fairly OddParents". The three-part movie, "The Fairly OddParents: Wishology", will begin airing May 1. Paul is pictured below with Butch Hartman, creator of "T...

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TARJA Confirmed For Belgium's METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST VII

TARJA and PINKY DOODLE POODLE have been confirmed for the Metal Female Voices Fest VII, set to take place October 17, 2009 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Saturday, October 17: SIRENIA MIDNATTSOL AUTUMN AMBERIAN DAWN FLOWING TEARS KIVIMETSAN DRUIDI...

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FIREBIRD: Two New Songs Posted Online

FIREBIRD, the British band led by former CARCASS/NAPALM DEATH guitarist Bill Steer, will release its fifth album, "Grand Union", on April 20 via Rise Above Records. The CD was recorded and mixed over a two-week period in May 2008 at Berno studios in Malmö, Sweden where FIREBIRD's second album, 2001'...

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AMORPHIS: 'Skyforger' Trailer Available

A video trailer for AMORPHIS' new album, "Skyforger", which is scheduled for release on May 29 via Nuclear Blast Records (May 27 in Finland),can be viewed below. The follow-up to the "Eclipse" and "Silent Waters" LPs, both of which were certified gold in the band's native Finland, was recorded at S...

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Discussing The Resurgence Of Metal Vinyl With Key Record Labels

To commemorate this year's Record Store Day (April 18),Mark Morton of Heavy Metal Examiner coordinated a round-table discussion with several record label executives and got their opinions on the resurgence and collectability of heavy metal vinyl. Participating in this discussion were Paula Hogan (G...

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TROLL: New Performance Footage, Photos Available

Video footage of TROLL — the Norwegian black metal band founded in 1992 by Stian Arnesen (a.k.a. Nagash; a.k.a. Lex Icon of THE KOVENANT) — performing at this year's Inferno festival, which was held April 8-11, 2009 in Oslo, Norway, can be viewed below (courtesy of "OndeOrm"). Photos of TROLL's Apri...

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AMORPHIS: New Video Blog Available

A new AMORPHIS video blog featuring footage from singer Tomi Joutsen's birthday party on stage can be viewed below. AMORPHIS will release a new single, "Silver Bride", in Finland on April 22. The "radio edit" version of the track is now available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The "Silver...

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HARDLINE Singer To Guest On 'Allee Martell's Purrfect Timing'

HARDLINE/AXEL RUDI PELL vocalist Johnny Gioeli will be the special guest on Megarock Radio melodic hard rock program "Allee Martell's Purrfect Timing" today (Wednesday, April 15) at 8 p.m. EST. According to the show's hostess Allee Martell, the interview will be focused on "talking music and all abo...

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CANDLEMASS: 'Death Magic Doom' Lands On German Chart

"Death Magic Doom", the new album from Swedish/Texan doom legends CANDLEMASS, has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 52. The group's previous CD, "King of the Grey Islands", debuted at No. 83 back in June 2007. Due in North America on May 5 via Nuclear Blast Records, "Death Magic...

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DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA: Footage From Recording Studio Posted Online

Swedish avant-garde rock band DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA entered In Flames studio in Gothenburg on April 6 with producer Roberto Laghi (IN FLAMES, SONIC SYNDICATE, MUSTASCH, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR) to begin recording its new album, "Sing-Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious", for a September release v...

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Silent Ruins

An exalted opening riff with keyboard accents soon leads to an up-tick in pace that generally reminds of a latter day NOVEMBERS DOOM cadence. A classic melodic doom vocal emerges amidst backing chants, the thunderous double-bass punching in for emphasis, then breaking and giving way to a mighty rhyt...

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Former FOREIGNER Singer To Release THE LOU GRAMM BAND Debut

Frontiers Records has set a June 5 European release date for European release of THE LOU GRAMM BAND's self-titled album. Powerhouse vocalist and songwriter Lou Gramm can be heard each and every day, all over the world, on radio, iPods, CD players, television commercials, music videos, and of course....