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ENSIFERUM's SAMI HINKKA To Miss This Weekend's Festival Shows

Sami Hinkka (bass, clean vocals) of Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM has released the following statement: "I'm really sorry to inform that due to personal reasons, I can't make it to Summer Breeze and Rockstad: Falun festivals next weekend. But fear not! Mr. Jukka-Pekka Miettinen has kindly promise...

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THE MAN-EATING TREE Parts Ways With Keyboardist, Prepares To Enter Studio

THE MAN-EATING TREE — the atmospheric metal band featuring former SENTENCED drummer Vesa Ranta alongside current/former members of POISONBLACK, REFLEXION and EMBRAZE — has issued the following update: "Our band has been working on a material for the third record for over a year now, with some very p...

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Former KORN Drummer Says Band's New Music Is 'Not Funky And Groovy' Like Early Albums

Former KORN drummer David Silveria says that the band's current musical output is "not funky and groovy" like the early material the California-based group wrote and recorded while he was playing with them. Asked by fans on his Facebook page if he has heard the new KORN single "Never Never", Silveri...

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POISONBLACK Films New Video

POISONBLACK — the Finnish band featuring former SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala — recently filmed a video for an as-yet-undisclosed song off its upcoming sixth studio album, "Lyijy". Photos from the video shoot can be found at this location. "Lyijy" will be released on September 13. The CD was rec...

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VARG VIKERNES And Wife Released From Custody

BURZUM mastermind Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh) and his 25-year-old French wife, Marie Cachet, have been released from custody — just two days after they were arrested on suspicion of planning a "massacre." French prosecutors confirmed to NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) that Viker...

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VARG VIKERNES Was a 'Family Man' Who Lived A Peaceful Life With His Wife And Children

NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) has posted photos of the farm near the town of Salon-la-Tour, a commune in the Corrèze department in central France, where BURZUM mastermind Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh) and his wife were arrested yesterday morning (Tuesday, July 16) on suspicion o...

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VARG VIKERNES' Former Lawyer Says Evidence Is 'Thin' In Case Against BURZUM Mastermind

Varg Vikernes' former defense attorney says that there is very little legal basis for the BURZUM leader's arrest in France on suspicion of planning "a large terrorist act." Vikerenes, 40, who has been living in France for the past three years, was taken into custody Tuesday morning (July 16),along...

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THE MAN-EATING TREE Announces New Singer

THE MAN-EATING TREE — the atmospheric metal band featuring former SENTENCED drummer Vesa Ranta alongside current/former members of POISONBLACK, REFLEXION and EMBRAZE — has announced the addition of singer Antti Kumpulainen (pictured below) to the group's ranks. Says Ranta: "For the last six months,...

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POISONBLACK To Release New Album In September

POISONBLACK — the Finnish band featuring former SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala — will release its sixth studio album, "Lyijy", on September 13. The CD was recorded at Sonic Pump studio in Helsinki and Victory Audio studio in Kokkola with producer Jonas Olsson. The CD's opening track, "Home Is Whe...

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ENSIFERUM Keyboardist Forced To Sit Out South American Tour

Keyboardist Emmi Silvennoinen of Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM will be forced to sit out the band's South American tour — which is scheduled to kick off on May 28 in Bogota, Colombia — due to personal reasons. The group states: "The shows will go ahead as planned and the band will perform with Em...

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TERÄSBETONI Announces First Show In Two Years

Finnish metal group TERÄSBETONI — which represented Finland in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest — will celebrate its 10 year journey and perform at Down By The Laituri festival in Turku next summer, on July 26. The band has been laying low for a while now and was last seen on stage in the summer ...

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ENSIFERUM Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Finland's ENSIFERUM have spent the past 18 years honing the steel of their folk-infused battle metal auditory attack. Their albums are further bolstered by a live show that has become one of the most entertaining in all of metal. Proof of ENSIFERUM's status as one of the most vital bands in modern m...

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ENSIFERUM Interviewed In Montreal (Video)

On April 18, MusikUniverse.net conducted an interview with bassist Sami Hinkka of Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. ENSIFERUM's fifth album, "Unsung Heroes", was released on August 27, 2012 via Spinefarm Records. The CD was produced by Hi...

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DAVE LOMBARDO Taps AMEN Singer For Resurrected GRIP INC.

SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo revealed to Greece's Rock Overdose in a new interview that Casey Chaos from AMEN will front a resurrected version of Lombardo's GRIP INC. project. A tour is in the works, with the possibility that a new studio album will follow. GRIP INC.'s fourth studio LP, "Incorporate...

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ENSIFERUM: New Video Interview Posted Online

On March 31, Resident Rock Star conducted an interview with Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM. You can now watch the chat below. ENSIFERUM's fifth album, "Unsung Heroes", was released on August 27, 2012 via Spinefarm Records. The CD was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, SENTENCED) at Petrax studio (C...