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FORCE OF EVIL: Live Video Posted Online

FORCE OF EVIL, the new Danish band featuring guitarist Michael Denner (ex-MERCYFUL FATE),guitarist Hank Shermann (MERCYFUL FATE),bassist Hal Patino (KING DIAMOND),drummer Bjarne Holm (MERCYFUL FATE),and vocalist Martin Steene (ex-IRONFIRE),have uploaded a short video clip of their last live per...

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Veteran Metal Producer ANDY SNEAP Reflects On Past Year

British producer extraordinaire (and former SABBAT guitarist) Andy "I Pissed On Colin Richardson's Hotel Room Desk" Sneap has posted the following message on his official web site: "Well, it's come to the end of the year and 2005 has been nothing but a blast. Great fun, good times and some killer al...

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SABATON To Support EDGUY, DRAGONFORCE On European Tour

Sweden's SABATON have been confirmed as the support act for EDGUY and DRAGONFORCE on their upcoming joint European tour, which is scheduled to kick off in late January. A complete list of currently confirmed tour dates can be found at NuclearBlast.de. As previously reported, SABATON will enter the s...

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DARKTHRONE: World Premiere Of New Single Scheduled For Tonight; Webcast Available

Norwegian metal radio show "Tinitus" will present the world premiere of the new DARKTHRONE single, "Too Old, Too Cold", on tonight's program. "Tinitus" airs every Wednesday from 20:00 (8:00 p.m.) to 22:00 (10:00 p.m.) on P3. The show is also available on the Internet: www.nrk.no/tinitus. As previous...

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DARKTHRONE: Release Dates Announced For New Single, Full-Length Album

Peaceville Records has set a January 23, 2006 release date for the new DARKTHRONE single, "Too Old, Too Cold". The single will be available as a CD-single and a limited-edition 12-inch vinyl single on polar white vinyl. "Too Old, Too Cold" track listing: 01. Too Old, Too Cold 02. High on Cold War (f...

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BACKYARD BABIES: New Album To Be Produced By HELLACOPTERS' ANDERSSON

Sweden's BACKYARD BABIES have tapped THE HELLACOPTERS frontman/ex-ENTOMBED drummer Nicke Andersson to produce their upcoming CD, tentatively due late spring 2006 via BMG. The upcoming collaboration will mark the first time that BACKYARD BABIES guitarist Dregen and Andersson have worked together sinc...

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SABATON To Enter Studio In January

Sweden's SABATON will enter the studio on January 2, 2006 to begin recording their third full-length album, tentatively due next spring via Black Lodge Records. 11 songs will be recorded for the follow-up to this year's "Primo Victoria". The CD's artwork will once again be handled by Mattias Norén o...

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LED ZEPPELIN: Polar Music Prize Announcement Video Posted Online

LED ZEPPELIN were named the recipients of the annual Polar Music Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in Stockholm on Monday (Nov. 7). Watch the announcement video at this location. The citation issued by the Academy called LED ZEPPELIN "one of the great pioneers of rock" and commented that t...

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DIECAST Check In From AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE Tour

DIECAST are currently in the midst of a massive U.S. tour as the support act for AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE (other opening bands on the trek are BLEED THE SKY and INDEX CASE). The group just wrapped up a highly-successful run with ILL NINO and also shot a new video for the track "These Days" with ...

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LED ZEPPELIN Win Polar Music Prize

CBC Arts is reporting that LED ZEPPELIN and Russian conductor Valery Gergiev have been named the 2006 winners of the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm. Founded in 1989 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and Stig Anderson, manager of Swedish pop group ABBA, the annual prize honors one pop and one cla...

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CANDLEMASS: No Confirmed South American Tour Dates

Despite published reports to the contrary, CANDLEMASS have not made definite plans to tour the Latin American continent. "Some fake tour dates are being advertised in South America at the moment," the band write on their web site. "Please notice that the only official and confirmed CANDLEMASS shows...

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DOPESICK Featuring Former SKINLAB/SEBASTIAN BACH Guitarist: New Music Posted Online

DOPESICK, the San Francisco Bay Area band featuring former SKINLAB/SEBASTIAN BACH guitarist Adam Albright, have posted two new songs — "Dust" and "Candyass" — at this location. Said Adam, "We are going into the studio to do two or three more songs then put out a new EP. 'Bi-Polar' I think we will .....

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8THSIN: New Album Samples Posted Online

8THSIN, the new project led by IT (a.k.a. Tony Särkkä; WAR, ABRUPTUM, OPHTHTALAMIA, VONDUR),have uploaded audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on their sophomore album, "Angelseed & Demonmilk", tentatively due later in the year. The follow-up to last year's "Sinners Inc." (Bla...

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FORCE OF EVIL: Tour Dates In The Works

FORCE OF EVIL, the new Danish band featuring guitarist Michael Denner (ex-MERCYFUL FATE),guitarist Hank Shermann (MERCYFUL FATE),bassist Hal Patino (KING DIAMOND),drummer Bjarne Holm (MERCYFUL FATE),and vocalist Martin Steene (ex-IRONFIRE),have uploaded photos from their appearance at the Earth...

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Review: ULI JON ROTH Performs With The SCORPIONS For First Time In 27 Years

On September 10, SCORPIONS and Uli Jon Roth performed their first concert together in Colmar, France, since they had been on stage together in Tokyo in 1978. For many of Uli Jon Roth and SCORPIONS fans, this was a very emotional and truly historic event which they had long been waiting for. The Parc...