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EMERALD To Begin Recording New Album This Weekend

Swiss melodic metallers EMERALD will enter a studio in Aue, Germany on February 10 to begin recording their fourth album, entitled "Hymns to Steel". The following songs will be laid down during the sessions (in no particular order): 01. Preparing for Battle 02. Hymns to Steel 03. Revenge 04. Bastard...

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HYDROGYN: More Details Revealed About 'Strip 'Em Blind' Pay-Per-View Event

West Virginia's HYDROGYN has announced more details about its Strip 'Em Blind pay-per-view event for Monday, February 12. The footage was shot on the close of the tour that took the band all through 2006 and proved to be a great show for all involved. The program will be made available on February 1...

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AFTER ALL To Support LAAZ ROCKIT

Belgium's AFTER ALL wil support the reactivated San Francisco Bay Area metal band LAAZ ROCKIT on the following dates: Apr. 13 - Dynamo - Eindhoven, NETH Apr. 15 - CC Herbakker - Eeklo, BEL AFTER ALL is also confirmed to appear at this year's Pestpop festival on April 21 in Wieze, Belgium. Also sched...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'We've Become Stormtroopers Of Metal'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on the band's MySpace page: "Last night this was on my feeble little mind: "We've become stormtroopers of metal. Insane. Transformed. We will come in to town. Relentlessly set about preparing for an hours worth of sonic annihilation...

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SLAYER Guitarist Says ABC-TV Put Last-Minute 'Gag Order' On Band's 'Jimmy Kimmel' Performance

Ashley Brown of The Kansas City Star reports: For the second year SLAYER has been nominated for a Grammy in the best metal performance category. It goes to the ceremony, according to guitarist Kerry King, if only for the courtesy booze. "We went for the parties with no intention of winning," he says...

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P.O.D. Forms Partnership With INO And COLUMBIA RECORDS

INO and Columbia Records has announced a partnership with spiritual rockers P.O.D. (a.k.a. PAYABLE ON DEATH),fresh off the heels of their New Year's Eve performance in Times Square. This event marked guitarist Marcos Curiel's first performance with P.O.D. in nearly four years. Currently involved in...

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ESTUARY Completes Work On New Album

Cincinnati death/thrashers ESTUARY have completed work on their second album, "The Craft of Contradiction", which is set for release April 17 on Ibex Moon Records. "It is by far the sickest and most thrashing brutal stuff I've done to date," said front gutturalist Zdenka Prado. "It kicked my ass, an...

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MENDEED Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

Glasgow-based modern metallers MENDEED have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place July 6-7 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. Also scheduled to appear are BLIND GUARDIAN, KORPIKLAANI and RISE TO ADDICTION. MENDEED has revealed the track listin...

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DAATH: 'The Hinderers' E-Card Available

An e-card for the upcoming debut album from DAATH, entitled "The Hinderers", is available at this location. Due on March 20 via Roadrunner Records, the CD was produced by James Murphy (ex-DEATH, OBITUARY, DISINCARNATE, TESTAMENT),co-produced by DAATH, and mixed by Colin Richardson (BULLET FOR MY VA...

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AFTER FOREVER Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER ALL ENDS AMON AMARTH ANNIHILATOR AXEL...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY: New Album Details Revealed; Audio Sample Available

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers DARK TRANQUILLITY triumphantly return with "Fiction" in April 2007, a scorching effort that will undoubtedly add an exhilarating new chapter to the genre's storied history. The album was mixed by the acclaimed Tue Madsen (HIMSA, THE HAUNTED) and encompasses all o...

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ICED EARTH, TIAMAT, AMON AMARTH, VOMITORY Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

ICED EARTH, TIAMAT, AMON AMARTH, VOMITORY, NOCTURNAL RITES, TRAIL OF TEARS, NOVEMBER and ALL ENDS have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALL ENDS AM...

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HYDROGYN: European Dates Announced

West Virginia's HYDROGYN has fully confirmed the first part of the upcoming European tour which will begin in the U.K. in late February. The initial dates are as follows: Feb. 23 - The Tavern - Wigan, UK Feb. 24 - Rock City - Nottingham, UK Feb. 25 - Cert 18 - York, UK Feb. 27 ...

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KATRA's Song 'Tietäjä' Is Not WITHIN TEMPTATION Copy

ESCToday.com reports: A neutral jury YLE put together to decide if the KATRA song "Tietäjä" — which qualified for the Finnish final in the Eurovision Song Contest — is a copy of WITHIN TEMPTATION's "Jillian" has come to the conclusion that it is not. The "Katragate" exploded over the weekend after t...

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SLAYER Frontman: 'We Enjoy Aggressive And Just Fast, Energetic Stuff'

Chris Macias of The Star Online recently conducted an interview with SLAYER frontman Tom Araya. A few excerepts from the chat follow: On whether the group's new album, "Christ Illusion", is faster than what the band has done before: "I listen to that record and it doesn't sound fast to me. But it's...