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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...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD's 'Alien' To Be Released On Vinyl

Hot on the heels of Deepsend Records signing an exclusive distribution deal with CM Distro (a division of Century Media),the label has also secured the licensing rights to press all future Century Media releases on vinyl. The label will start this vinyl deal off with a limited-edition pressing of S...

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LACUNA COIL: Back Catalog To Be Reissued In July

Century Media Records will be re-releasing LACUNA COIL's back catalog this July (July 25 in Europe; the North American release date has yet to confirmed). Included in the reissues will be the band's first two full-length albums, "In a Reverie" (1999) and "Unleashed Memories" (2001),plus a combined...

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NEVERMORE: Release Date Set For 'This Godless Endeavor'

Century Media Records has set a July 26 release date for the new NEVERMORE album, entitled "This Godless Endeavor". Creating metal's most progressively innovative, insidiously addictive, and blazingly entangled music, mesmerizing vocalist Warrel Dane, backed by guitar virtuoso Jeff Loomis and the ja...

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OPETH: Keyboardist PER WIBERG Officially Joins The Band

Sweden's OPETH have posted the following update on their official web site: "Per Wiberg [keyboards] has now officially joined OPETH as a permanent member of the band. As most of you know he's been touring with OPETH since their 'Damnation' record. SPIRITUAL BEGGARS fans should not despair as he will...

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36 CRAZYFISTS: Back In Writing Mode

36 CRAZYFISTS have posted the following message on their official web site: "Hey, all, we are back from our European tour and let me tell you, IT WAS AMAZING!!!! Thanks to everyone who came out and sang the songs with us, you all rule!!! "Well, it looks like the beginning of summer and we have ...

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LAMB OF GOD Singer Says Corporate Politics Played No Part In SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND TOUR

LAMB OF GOD have been officially confirmed as the headliners of the 2005 Sounds Of The Underground Tour, which is scheduled to kick off June 25 in Lowell, MA. Joining LAMB OF GOD on the tour will be CLUTCH, POISON THE WELL, OPETH, UNEARTH, FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES, CHIMAIRA, GWAR, EVERY TIME I DIE, NORM...