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THERION: Singer Applications No Longer Accepted

THERION mainman Christofer Johnsson has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We want to thank everyone who sent their applications for the soprano position with THERION live 2007. We have received tons of applications. Both from hopeful amateurs and professional singers. To...

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SEPULTURA Explains Show Cancellations

Brazilan thrashers SEPULTURA have issued a statement explaining the cancellation of the first few shows of their North American headlining tour (as BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported yesterday). It reads as follows: "We would like to apologize to everyone for our delay for the upcoming U.S. tour. There...

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Gateway

The cold grey album cover of "Gateway" from Finland's PESTIFEROUS speaks volumes of the pitch-black metal in store for the listener. Few would mistake PESTIFEROUS for one of the genre's great ones, but many should applaud the band's better than average assault, which features more than just DARKTHRO...

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DEVILDRIVER Completes Drum Tracks For New CD

DEVILDRIVER, the Santa Barbara, California-based band featuring former COAL CHAMBER frontman Dez Fafara, has entered Sonic Ranch studios in El Paso, Texas to begin recording its third album, tentatively due next summer via Roadrunner Records. "We got to Sonic Ranch three days ago, loaded in and bega...

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COLD Disbands Once Again

After announcing the band's break-up in February 2006 and then apparently having a change of heart in April, COLD frontman Scooter Ward has once again announced the group's decision to disband. In a posting on the COLD MySpace page, Ward writes, "We had a great career and played together for over .....

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EPICA Shoots Down Rumors Singer SIMONE Will Leave Band For NIGHTWISH

Dutch symphonic metal act EPICA has rejected as false a report published in the Finnish weekly celebrity gossip magazine Katso that NIGHTWISH leader Tuomas Holopainen and the group's manager Ewo Rytkönen have been in contact with EPICA singer Simone Simons about her possibly taking over the frontwom...

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BLITZKRIEG Confirmed For Italy's PLAY IT LOUD FESTIVAL

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG have been confirmed for the Play It Loud Festival, set to take place February 17, 2007 in Milan, Italy. Headlining the event will be RAVEN. BLITZKRIEG supported German metal queen DORO on her U.K. dates in early November. BLITZKRIEG's most...

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IRON MAIDEN Book Author Slams 'Pathetic' BLABBERMOUTH.NET Detractors

OneMetal recently conducted an interview with Paul Stenning, author of the GUNS N' ROSES book "The Band That Time Forgot", AC/DC tome "Two Sides to Every Glory", and the 130,000-word biography on IRON MAIDEN, entitled "30 Years of the Beast - The Complete Biography 1976-2006". An excerpt from the ch...

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DEADLY BLESSING Vows To Continue Following Singer's Departure

The remaining members of South New Jersey metal band DEADLY BLESSING have issued a statement regarding the sudden departure of singer Ski (as first reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET yesterday). "DEADLY BLESSING is shocked and somewhat saddened to hear of Ski's sudden departure," the statement begins. "Al...

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ORANGE GOBLIN: In Writing Mode

British doomsters ORANGE GOBLIN have begun writing material for their new album, tentatively due next May via Sanctuary Records. Four tracks have already been completed and lots of ideas are coming together. The band says that the next record will definitely be a progression from 2004's "Thieving fr...

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DIVINITY DESTROYED: Lineup Change Announced, New Video Posted Online

Toms River, New Jersey-based progressive metal band DIVINITY DESTROYED has issued the following update: "DIVINITY DESTROYED has always taken chances in their seven-year history and now they have done it again... completely on their own. Mark Ward has retired his duties on guitar and vocals and moved...

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Paintings Of Late CRASHDIET Frontman To Be Displayed At Stockholm Exhibition

Lisbeth Hellman — mother of late CRASHDIET frontman David Hellman (a.k.a. Dave Lepard) — will include some of her artwork at the exhibition at the Hard Rock Café in Stockholm, Sweden on November 17-18 between 10:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. "She will be showing some really awesome paintings of her son," re...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Rides Again For Tucson Food Bank

QUEENSRŸCHE members Geoff Tate (vocals),Mike Stone (guitar) and Michael Wilton (guitar) will take part in a lunch and a meet-and-greet on Sunday, November 26 at 2:00 p.m. at: Arizona Honda 4710 South Palo Verde Road Tucson Phone: 520-748-7202 KLPX will be on hand to give out soundcheck passes to th...

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KAMELOT Launches YouTube Channel

American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT have launched KamTV on YouTube.com. There you will find all KAMELOT videos, interviews, clips from the new band's newly released DVD and more. Due to "production issues," the North American release date for KAMELOT's first-ever DVD and double live CD, ent...

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NEAERA: In Songwriting Mode

Up-and-coming German metal/hardcore outfit NEAERA is currently writing material for its third album, tentatively due late 2007 via Metal Blade Records. "Everything's running smoothly, five new songs are already finished, and we are aiming for a studio date sometime between late spring and early summ...