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KATATONIA To Release New Single In March

Sweden's KATATONIA has issued the following update: "'July' has been chosen as the third single taken from 'The Great Cold Distance'. Apart from the title track, the single will also feature a brand new/unreleased downhearted affair called 'Unfurl'. There will also be an exclusive remix of 'Soil's S...

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NAPALM DEATH Planning Back-To-Basics, Old-School U.K. Tour

NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury has posted the following message on the band's MySpace page: "[I'm] In Finland enjoying what so far has been a killer tour and we still have so many shows and places to look forward to. [It's] fucking cold, though. "Anyway, we have the idea for sometime now to hopef...

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AGENT STEEL: Recording Of New Album Completed

California-based metallers AGENT STEEL have issued the following update: "The recording on our long-overdue album [tentatively titled 'Alienigma: Veil Of The Gods] is basically completed; by next week producer/mixer Bill Metoyer should be in mixing mode. A tentative release is scheduled for sometime...

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SWALLOW THE SUN: 'Don't Fall Asleep' Single Enters Finnish Chart At No. 3

SWALLOW THE SUN's new single, "Don't Fall Asleep (Horror Pt. 2)", has entered the Finnish national chart at position No. 3. View the entire chart at this location. The single features two versions of the title cut (the video version and the album version),and "These Low Lands", which is a cover ver...

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AMESOEURS Signs With CODE666 RECORDS

French duo AMESOEURS has inked a deal with Code666 Records. Formed in 2004 by Neige (guitars, vocals) and Andrey (female vocals),the band released an acclaimed debut MCD, entitled "Ruined Humaines", in 2006, and is now working on its full-length debut, scheduled for the second half of 2007. Accordi...

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HAMMERFALL Guitarist Says Too Many Metal Albums Are Being Released Nowadays

Andreas Aubert of Imhotep webzine recently conducted an interview with HAMMERFALL vocalist Joacim Cans and guitarist Oscar Dronjak. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's status in Japan: Joacim: "Metal is not as big in Japan as people tend to think. They think it's obvious that a...

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JAGUAR: 1982 Live Recording Released On CD

Majestic Rock has just issued the first in an ongoing series of Internet-only archive releases containing a 1982 soundboard recording of NWOBHM heavyweights JAGUAR performing in Hengelo, Holland. Entitled "Holland '82", the CD is strictly limited to 1,000 copies and features sleeve notes from JAGUAR...

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Gloria

It's been a while since we've been given a front-row seat as a band self-destructs this spectacularly. MORGOTH going from bleak death metal to KILLING JOKE in the mid-1990s… the "black metal to weird industrial" metamorphosis of bands like MAYHEM and COVENANT a few years later… and of course, loomin...

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RAVENCULT Signs With DARK ESSENCE RECORDS

Greek black metal band RAVENCULT has inked a deal with Dark Essence Records. The group's debut album, "Temples of Torment", will contain "wicked, raw, grim and cold black metal," according to a posting on the Dark Essence web site. The cover artwork was handled by Stephen O'Malley (SUNN O))),KHANAT...

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DARK FORTRESS Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

German black metal outfit DARK FORTRESS has been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER BOLT THROW...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Schedules Signing Session At NAMM

TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy will be signing autographs at the Nady booth at the NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants) on Saturday, January 20 between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. As previously reported, DUBLIN DEATH PATROL (DDP),the new band featuring TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy and fo...

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SWALLOW THE SUN Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish melodic death/doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJE...

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IN BATTLE: In Recording Mode

Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE are currently recording their fourth album, "Kingdom of Fear", due later in the year via Nocturnal Art Productions. The follow-up to 2004's "Welcome to the Battlefield" will honor the memory of the group's former drummer, Otto Wiklund, who passed awa...

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SWALLOW THE SUN: 'Don't Fall Asleep (Horror Pt. 2)' Video Posted Online

Finnish melodic death/doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN have posted their video for the song "Don't Fall Asleep (Horror Pt. 2)" at YouTube.com. Produced by Medialouhos and directed by Antti Hyyrynen, the clip was shot in November 2006. The track comes off the group's forthcoming third album, "Hope", du...

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Ex-CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Singer Debuts KARL AGELL'S BLIND; Video, Photos Available

A video clip of KARL AGELL'S BLIND, the new project of former CORROSION OF CONFORMITY/current LEADFOOT vocalist Karl Agell, performing the C.O.C. classic "Dance of the Dead" this past Saturday, January 6 at the Winter Metalfest at the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh, NC has been posted online at Away-Tea...