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GRAND MAGUS: 'Hammer Of The North' Video Released

"Hammer Of The North", the new video from GRAND MAGUS — the three-piece Swedish heavy rock band featuring "JB" Christofferson (guitar, lead vocals),Fox Skinner (bass, backing vocals) and Sebastian "Seb" Sippola (drums) — can be viewed below. The song is the title cut of the group's new album, which...

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OPETH Members To Perform With JON LORD

Former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord will perform at the Nidarosdomen cathedral in Norway along with The Lord Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Torodd Wigum, on Sunday evening, May 23. Lord will be joined by Martin Axenrot and Martin Mendez of OPETH, with Steve Balsamo, who played and sang the role...

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LEMMY And MOTÖRHEAD Dominate ROCKtropia

Neverdie Studios has launched ROCKtropia, the first virtual music world and the first independently developed virtual planet in MindArk's Entropia Universe. Created by virtual world pioneer and entrepreneur Jon "Neverdie" Jacobs, the planet introduces a revolutionary, highly interactive venue for ar...

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GRAND MAGUS: New Song to Be Made Available For Free Download

Beginning today (Tuesday, May 11) at 5 p.m. Central European Daylight Time, and running for 72 hours, the new GRAND MAGUS track "I, The Jury" will be available for free download at this location. GRAND MAGUS is the three-piece Swedish heavy rock band featuring "JB" Christofferson (guitar, lead vocal...

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SAXON, CATHEDRAL, HAMMERFALL Confirmed For U.K.'s HIGH VOLTAGE Festival

SAXON, CATHEDRAL and HAMMERFALL have been confirmed for High Voltage, the U.K.'s new rock festival, which is scheduled to take place July 24-25, 2010 at Victoria Park in London, U.K. The festival billing is shaping up as follows : Saturday, July 24: Main Stage: ZZ TOP HEAVEN & HELL FOREIGNER GAR...

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CATHEDRAL: 'The Guessing Game' First-Week Sales Revealed

"The Guessing Game", the ninth full-length album from the veteran British doom/stoner band CATHEDRAL, sold around 700 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 74 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by ne...

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CATHEDRAL Frontman Discusses New Album; Audio Available

Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with vocalist Lee Dorrian of the veteran British doom/stoner band CATHEDRAL on march 29, 2010. You can listen to the chat in two parts below. An eight-minute trailer for "The Guessing Game", the ninth full-length album from CATHEDRAL,...

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THE GATES OF SLUMBER Cancels European Dates

Indianapolis, Indiana doom metal masters THE GATES OF SLUMBER have been forced to cancel a number of dates in continental Europe after a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano continued to blanket Europe Saturday, shutting down airspace in 23 countries and causing travel misery for millions of peopl...

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TREAT Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Reunited Swedish hard rockers TREAT have been confirmed for this year's Sweden Rock Festival festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AEROSMITH (US) ALDO NOVA (CAN) ALESTORM (UK) ANVIL (CAN) BACHMAN & TURNER (CAN...

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Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival: Complete Lineup Announced

WATAIN, SUFFOCATION, IHSAHN and ROTTING CHRIST are among the newly confirmed bands for this year's edition of the Hole In The Sky festival (a.k.a. Bergen Metal Fest XI),set to take place August 25-28 in Bergen, Norway. Commented the festival organizers: "Welcome to Hell, or should we say, welcome t...

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HIGH ON FIRE Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

HIGH ON FIRE has been confirmed for this year's Sweden Rock Festival festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AEROSMITH (US) ALDO NOVA (CAN) ALESTORM (UK) ANVIL (CAN) BACHMAN & TURNER (CAN) BEHEMOTH (PL) BIGELF (...

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CATHEDRAL Frontman Talks About The Making Of 'The Guessing Game'

Toby Cook of The Quietus recently conducted an interview with singer Lee Dorrian of the veteran British doom/stoner band CATHEDRAL. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Quietus: It's been a while since the last CATHEDRAL album. What prompted a return to the studio? Lee Dorrian: Well,...

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GRAND MAGUS: First Sample Of New Album Released

Behind-the-scenes video footage from the photo shoot for GRAND MAGUS' new album, "Hammer Of The North", where you can hear one of the new tracks called "I, The Jury" in the background, can be viewed below. GRAND MAGUS is the three-piece Swedish heavy rock band featuring "JB" Christofferson (guitar,...

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PRAYING MANTIS Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) legends PRAYING MANTIS have been confirmed for this year's Sweden Rock Festival festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AEROSMITH (US) ALDO NOVA (CAN) ALESTORM (UK) ANVIL (CA...

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CATHEDRAL Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Veteran British doom/stoner band CATHEDRAL has been confirmed for this year's Sweden Rock Festival festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AEROSMITH (US) ALDO NOVA (CAN) ALESTORM (UK) ANVIL (CAN) BACHMAN & TURNE...