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HAMMERFALL, KING DIAMOND Members Join Forces In X-WORLD/5

HAMMERFALL bassist Magnus Rosén has teamed up with KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque and PAGAN'S MIND vocalist Nils K.Rue in a brand new project called X-WORLD/5. The band, whose mission is to "bring heavy metal into the future," features a sound that "comes to bring light above the darkness . ....

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RED HARVEST To Perform Entire New Album At CD-Release Party In Oslo

Norway's RED HARVEST has scheduled a CD-release party for its new album, "A Greater Darkness", on February 23, 2007 at Club Maiden in Oslo. The band will play the entire new CD live that evening and will return after a short break to perform some "oldies but goldies." "A Greater Darkness" is schedul...

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Out from the Dark Side

If crust punk tickles your nerve endings, then you really must grab a copy of this split CD from Portland's HELLSHOCK and Japan's EFFIGY. Originally released as a 10" and limited to 500 copies, the crusty folks at Crimes Against Humanity now make it available in CD format for the masses to choke dow...

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DEATHRASH Bassist On New Songs: 'Jaws Are Going To Drop'

Bassist/founding member Pat Burns of the reunited New Jersey thrashers DEATHRASH has issued the following update: "We got together last weekend and fucking KILLED! We ripped through all the DEATHRASH classics, but 'Feel You Die', 'A Time to Slay' and 'Heart of the Darkness' have NEVER sounded better...

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NECROPHOBIC Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

Swedish death metallers NECROPHOBIC have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are AMON AMARTH, DARK FUNERAL, IN EXTREMO, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, MOONSORROW, ILLDISPOSED, L'ÂME...

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SHINING, OPERA IX Confirmed For Germany's HELLS PLEASURE Festival

Sweden's SHINING and Italy's OPERA IX are among the latest confirmed bands for the Hells Pleasure festival, set to take place July 20-21, 2007 in Pößneck, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): DEFLORATION DEATHRONATION DESASTER DOOMSHINE EARTH FLIGHT EURE ER...

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GAIA EPICUS To Release New Album Via Own Label

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS have posted the following message on their official web site: "After having reviewed six offers for a new record deal, there was only two that could have been interesting to proceed, but we didn't go with any of these offers. For some time Thomas [Christian Hans...

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MORTAL SIN: Video Interview Available

Vocalist Mat Maurer of the reactivated Australian thrashers MORTAL SIN was interviewed by Italy's Terror Metal at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place in early August in Wacken, Germany. Watch the video interview at YouTube.com. MORTAL SIN earlier in the year recorded nine live tra...

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AMORPHIS, KOTIPELTO, NORTHER Featured On 'V2: Jäätynyt Enkeli' Soundtrack

AMORPHIS, KOTIPELTO, NORTHER and THUNDERSTONE are among the featured artists on the soundtrack to the new Finnish film "V2: Jäätynyt Enkeli" (cover),due in Finland on January 5 via King Foo Entertainment. The complete track listing is as follows: 01. NORTHER - "Frozen Angel" 02. KOTITEOLLISUUS - "P...

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DARKEST HOUR Prepares For U.K. Headlining Tour

Washington D.C.-based metallers DARKEST HOUR have issued the following update: "We are about to head out for our headlining U.K. tour with BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME and MISERY SIGNALS. We are stoked as hell to travel to the land of ZEPPELIN, THE DARKNESS, THE BEATLES, THE WHO (insert every other gre...

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THE LAW Featuring VOMITORY Guitarist: Another New Song Posted Online

THE LAW, the Swedish Bay Area-influenced band featuring VOMITORY guitarist Peter Östlund, has uploaded another song, "Distort", to its MySpace page. According to the group, "the song is a bit different than the other tracks, and it goes to show that the band focuses alot on dynamic songwriting." THE...

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IMMORTAL Confirmed For France's HELLFEST

Reunited Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL have been confirmed as the co-headliners of the Hellfest, set to take place June 22-24, 2007 in Clisson, France. The show will mark IMMORTAL's only appearance in France in 2007. Upcoming IMMORTAL concerts: Apr. 5-7 - Oslo, NOR @ Inferno Festival Jun. 22-24...

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MORTAL SIN Confirmed For Australia's METALSTOCK FESTIVAL

For the third time, an innocent farm near Scone, New South Wales will be turned into an open-air battleground to celebrate Australia's metal scene. More than half of the 36 bands have already been booked and confirmed, offering a wide range of heavy acts that will blow minds and ears of hundreds of...

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MOURNING BELOVETH Parts Ways With Bassist

Irish doom titans MOURNING BELOVETH have parted ways with bassist Adrian Butler. Adrian's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "I am no longer part of the doom troupe that are MOURNING BELOVETH. I was talking to Darren [Moore, vocals] last weekend and the band are going to continue wit...

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CELTIC FROST To Return To North America In 2007

Seminal avant-garde metal pioneers CELTIC FROST have issued the following update: "On the occasion of the conclusion of the 2006 North American leg of CELTIC FROST's 'Monotheist' tour, we would like to pause for a moment to thank the many who made this massive undertaking possible. "We wish to pay t...