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In Blood We Rock

This is the kind of review that makes a writer feel like a real asshole. Texas retro-rockers BLOOD OF THE SUN have an amazingly good thing going on here — instrumentally, they can't be touched. Big warm analog riffs, a keyboard player that throws in just the right amount of piano and Hammond B-3 org...

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THINE EYES BLEED Begins Recording Sophomore Album

Canadian thrashers THINE EYES BLEED — who feature in their ranks former KITTIE guitarist/technician Jeff Phillips and bassist Johnny Araya (brother of SLAYER's Tom Araya — have entered the studio to commence work on their sophomore album. Commented frontman Justin Wolfe: "We entered Beach Road Studi...

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ABIGOR: 'Fractal Possesion' Release Dates Announced

Reunited Austrian black metallers ABIGOR have announced the following release dates for their new album, "Fractal Possesion": Europe: May 2, 2007 USA: June 5, 2007 "Fractal Possession" track listing: 01. Warning 02. Project: Shadow 03. Cold Void Choir 04. Lairf Of Infinite Deparation 05. 3D Blasphem...

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KATATONIA: 'Live Consternation' Live Album/DVD Due In May

KATATONIA's live performance from last year's Summer Breeze open-air festival in Germany will be released as a double-disc live album/DVD, entitled "Live Consternation", on May 28. The "super jewelcase" packaging will feature both the audio on CD and the show on DVD (including both 2.0 and 5.1 versi...

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' Performs IRON MAIDEN On National TV; Video Available

A video clip of 22-year-old Finnish heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen performing a version of IRON MAIDEN's "The Evil That Men Do" on the Finnish TV talent show "Idols" has been posted online at YouTube.com. Koivunen reportedly had a cold during the show's taping, but managed to move on to the next ro...

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The Spitfire Collection

First and foremost, let it be known that the stone-cold zero (NA) rating above has nothing to do with TESTAMENT as a musical entity, or about the music on this CD. You'd have to be a dick not to show some respect for their (ahem) legacy — they're one of the few bands of their ...

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The Dead Live by Love

It seems that Scotland's MENDEED have been making quite a buzz with their melody-laced Swedish-inflected thrash and semi-metalcore. As I have not heard 2006's "The War Will Last Forever", I cannot determine whether the hype is justified, based on that album alone. Instead, the focus will be on the s...

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KING DIAMOND: New Album Release Dates Announced

KING DIAMOND's new album, "Gimme Your Soul ... Please", will be released in North America on June 26 via Metal Blade Records. Massacre Records will issue the album in Germany on June 29. "Gimme Your Soul … Please" track listing: 01. The Dead (King) 02. Never Ending Hill (Andy) 03. Is Anybody Here? (...

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Former COLD Frontman Signs With ROSS ROBINSON's I AM: WOLFPACK

Former COLD frontman Scooter Ward has inked a deal with I Am: Wolfpack Records for his WHEN NOVEMBER FALLS project. The group's debut album, tentatively titled "The Series of Emotion", is due later in the year. Commented Ward: "I have chosen to sign with super producer Ross Robinson's [KORN, LIMP BI...

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LAY DOWN ROTTEN Confirmed For Germany's PARTY.SAN METAL OPEN AIR Festival

German death metallers LAY DOWN ROTTEN have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Party.San Metal Open Air festival, set to take place August 9-11, 2007 in Bad Berka, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ASPHYX BELPHEGOR BEWITCHED CEPHALIC CARNAGE C...

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KATATONIA: 'July' Video Posted Online

KATATONIA's brand new video for the song "July", shot and directed by Charlie Granberg, has been posted online at YouTube.com. Commented Granberg: "It's basically a perfomance video. But I wanted the feeling of the band playing in a very rough, abandonded or even bombed out house, in an extremely wa...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: Floored At The Gay Club

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "Slow day. Actually I'm enjoying it, fire cracklin' in the fireplace, spring just around the corner. I've had a bad cold this last week but finally it's going away. "Tomorrow we record a live session at Sveriges...

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INSISION: New Song Posted Online

A brand new INSISION track, entitled "Doubt Denied", is available for listening on the Dental Records MySpace page. The song comes off the Swedish death metallers' third album, "Ikon", due at the end of April via Dental. The CD was recorded at Black Lounge studios (SCAR SYMMETRY, CENTINEX) in Avesta...

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SILENTIUM To Release New Single In April

Finnish atmospheric doom metallers SILENTIUM have issued the following update: "SILENTIUM shall release the second single out from the album 'Seducia'. The release date shall be at the end of April. The A-side of the single is 'Dead Silent', which has been reincarnated. There shall also be two B-sid...

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KING DIAMOND: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

Renzo van Soelen, the webmaster of KING DIAMOND's official web site, Coven Worldwide, has issued the following update: "I just got off the phone with King. We talked about two hours and he gave me some very exclusive info about the forthcoming KING DIAMOND CD. King told me he had just finished recor...