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BLOODBOUND: New Live Shows Announced

BLOODBOUND, the new Swedish metal band featuring Urban Breed (ex-TAD MOROSE; vocals),Fredrik Bergh (STREET TALK; bass, keyboards and backing vocals) and Tomas Olsson (lead and rhythm guitars),have lined up the following dates; Jul. 01 – Woxstockfestivalen @ Öjeparken – Edsbyn, SWE Oct. 01 - United...

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Vocalist JAMES RIVERA Talks About Upcoming VICIOUS RUMORS Album

Steve Saks of LivingForMetal.com recently conducted an interview with HELSTAR/VICIOUS RUMORS vocalist James Rivera. An excerpt from the chat follows: LivingForMetal.com: How did [your collaboration with VICIOUS RUMORS] come about? I can't believe Brad Gillis is playing guitar with them now? Rivera:...

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MORTAL SIN Scrap DVD Release

Reunited Australian thrashers MORTAL SIN have scrapped plans to release a DVD of their February 4, 2006 concert at The Gaelic Club in Sydney, Australia "due to technical audio problems." Video footage, however, captured on the night was used in a alternate second cut for the "Out of the Darkness" cl...

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YEARNING Part Ways With HOLY RECORDS, Seek New Label Home

Finnish progressive dark/doom-metal band YEARNING have parted ways with France's Holy Records after a four-album collaboration and are currently seeking a new label home. The is currently working on their fourth album with a working title "Merging into Landscapes". According to the band, the new mat...

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'Sounds Of The Underground Live: Volume 1' DVD Due In June

The e-card for the "Sounds of the Underground Live: Volume 1" DVD is now online, and features a three-minute teaser of all the live footage and backstage chaos from the DVD. The teaser is available at this location. CLUTCH and GWAR live clips from the DVD will be added shortly. Last year marked ...

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ORPHANED LAND To Perform Entire 'El Norra Alila' CD At Tel-Aviv Concert

Israeli metal band ORPHANED LAND have announced plans to play a special 10-year anniversary show for their second album, "El Norra Alila". The concert, which will take place this summer in Tel-Aviv, will see the band perform the entire "El Norra Alila" CD, along with selections from the band's other...

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NIGHTINGALE To Enter Studio In June

NIGHTINGALE, the Swedish progressive-metal band headed by Dan Swanö, will enter the studio on June 12 to begin recording their new album, "White Darkness", tentatively due later in the year. About 75 percent of the material for the forthcoming CD was composed by Dan Swanö's brother Dag (a.k.a. Tom N...

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AGANKAST: New Music Posted Online

Former ATOMKRAFT guitarist Rob Matthew has released the following update on his AGANKAST project: "AGANKAST have just completed work on their new updated web site, www.Agankast.com, and it is online now. We have included two new songs that we are giving away free on our site they are 'Dementor' and...

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MY DYING BRIDE: In Recording Mode

U.K. doom metallers MY DYING BRIDE have posted the following message on their official web site: "[MY DYING BRIDE] have been locked up in the studio since the beginning of April and are busy recording their new album. According to the band, at least five songs have already been recorded with more in...

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EMPEROR Frontman Rejects 'Sellout' Accusations

Sauli Vuoti of Imhotep webzine recently conducted an interview with EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On EMPEROR's decision to split up: "It is not like pressure, but we have felt people's wishes. I don't think that people really realize what they are wishing for. If they...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: Prince Of 'Darkness'

The Daily Record reports: Veteran rocker Ozzy Osbourne lives his life in public on his reality TV show. But he turned camera-shy while powerwalking in Hawaii, pulling his vest over his head to avoid a snapper. But the "Prince of Darkness" had to pull it down when he realized he couldn't see where .....

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MORTAL SIN: New Tour Dates Announced

Reunited Australian thrashers MORTAL SIN are about to hit the road once again with the following shows now confirmed: May 26 - Metalfest VII @ Croydon Youth Centre - Melbourne, AUS May 27 - Tote Hotel – Melbourne, AUS Jun 3 - Metal Bloody Metal @ Marquis O'lorne Hotel - Newcastle, AUS Jun 23 - ...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman: 'I've Always Hated Festivals'

Steve Saks of LivingForMetal.com recently conducted an interview with CELTIC FROST frontman Thomas Gabriel Fischer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: LivingForMetal.com: I have been listening to "Monotheist" a lot these past few weeks to get a real feel for it, and there's three words that...

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HATESPHERE: 'The Sickness Within' To Receive U.S. Release In September

SPV Records has set a September 12, 2006 North American release date for the new HATESPHERE album, entitled "The Sickness Within". The follow-up to 2004's "Ballet of the Brute", which was released in Europe last September, was recorded in part at Jailhouse Studios with producer Tommy Hansen (HELLOWE...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Drummer HOGLAN: The Genius That Is DEVIN TOWNSEND

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following report from the recording sessions for their new album, "The New Black", due in July via Century Media Records: "After those last few punishing rehearsals, where, I swear to god, I broke something (My back? My cloaca? My ass?),we pack...