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ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW: Video Footage From New Year's Eve Concert Available

Reactivated Finnish melodic extreme metal band ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW has launched a YouTube page containing footage from its December 31, 2006 appearance at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland. Check it out at this location. ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW utilized the services of two session musicians for thei...

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Existentia

"Existentia" by Norway's TRAIL OF TEARS is easily one of the best gothic metal albums I've heard in some time, largely because of the combination of the heavy with the ethereal is so soundly written and performed. Granted, many would not call "Existentia" a purely gothic release due at least in part...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: New Album Is In The Same League As 'Blizzard Of Ozz', 'Diary Of A Madman'

Ozzy Osbourne has told Dan Epstein of Revolver magazine (web site) that he has finally found the perfect setting for making records: the newly soundproofed guest house behind his Beverly Hills mansion, which he's outfitted with a mixing desk and a ProTools rig. "When I made records before, I'd have...

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RUFFIANS To Support TESTAMENT In San Francisco

RUFFIANS, the reunited power metal band that at one time featured in its ranks late VICIOUS RUMORS frontman Carl Albert, will start off the year by supporting TESTAMENT on January 27 in San Francisco at The Independent nightclub along with VICIOUS RUMORS and OSKEREI. Also, look for a live RUFFIANS r...

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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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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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FREEDOM CALL To Release 'Dimensions' In April

German melodic speed metallers FREEDOM CALL are tentatively scheduled to release theeir new album, "Dimensions", on April 20. According to drummer Daniel Zimmermann (also in GAMMA RAY),the CD will contain 11 "fast and melodic speed hymns," which will be similar in style to the band's 2002 album, "E...

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Alone

When those stately riffs ponderously march in, and that voice soars above them, the criminally long wait since the last SOLITUDE AETURNUS album will disappear in your mind. The hair will raise on the back of your neck, your spine will tingle, and that inimitable doom sound will flood your spirit onc...

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SONIC SYNDICATE: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed

Swedish metal band SONIC SYNDICATE has set "Only Inhuman" as the title of its second album, due on April 20 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Black Lounge Studios in Avesta, Sweden with producer Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY guitarist). Songtitles set to appear on the album include...

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PANTERA, SLAYER, METALLICA 'Lullabies' Featured On 'Rockabye Baby!' Compilation

"Lullaby renditions" of songs by PANTERA, SLAYER, KISS, METALLICA, IRON MAIDEN, and OZZY OSBOURNE, among others, are featured on "Rockabye Baby!", a compilation album that aims to take "the best indie, metal and rock songs and [craft] them into radiant instrumental lullabies!" according to the offic...

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Former NIGHTWISH Frontwoman Named Best Finnish Female Singer

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's official web site has been updated with the following message: "[On] December 30, 2006 more than 7600 readers of Finnish newspaper Iltalehti voted in different categories for the personalities of the year 2006 in Finland. They chose Tarja as the best Finnish f...

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BELIEVER Drummer Issues Update On FOUNTAIN OF TEARS Project

Drummer Joey Daub of the the much-missed late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metal band BELIEVER has completed work on the new album from his FOUNTAIN OF TEARS project, entitled "Fate". The CD, which is scheduled for release on February 13, is available for pre-order now on FountainOfTears.com. "A...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Frontman Promises 'A New Album Of Songs And A World Tour Of Tears'

According to MTV.com, Billy Corgan has updated fans on the progress he's been making with the forthcoming SMASHING PUMPKINS comeback LP. In a posting to the band's MySpace page, the singer promised that the reunited band would be touring in 2007 in support of a new album, which will also be in store...

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Ex-MASTERPLAN Singer JORN LANDE Confirmed For Poland's METALMANIA Festival

Former MASTERPLAN singer Jorn Lande has been confirmed for the 21st edition of Metalmania festival — "the biggest metal fest in Central-Eastern Europe" — set to take place on March 24, 2007 at Spodek Hall in Katowice, Poland. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):...

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THE CURSED Featuring OVERKILL, Ex-HADES Members; Audio Available

THE CURSED, the new band featuring vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth (OVERKILL) and former HADES guitarist Dan Lorenzo, has posted audio samples of the tracks "Leven Als God in Frankrijk" (Living like a God in France) and the single "Evil, In The Bag" on its MySpace page. THE CURSED, which also featu...