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IMMORTAL Announces U.S. Dates For 2007

Norway's black metal legends IMMORTAL disbanded in 2003 after 13 successful years as one of the pioneers of metal, with a legacy of seven full-length albums, including their latest milestone, 2002's "Sons of Northern Darkness", through Nuclear Blast Records. After a solid break, the band has decided...

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STORMHAMMER: Temporary Drummer Announced

German power metallers STORMHAMMER have acquired Johannes Lang of STYGIAN SHORE as the stand-in drummer for their upcoming shows in Frauenfeld and München following the departure of Chris Widmann in August due to "personal reasons." STORMHAMMER will perform on December 28 at the Metropolis in Munich...

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REVENGIA Putting Finishing Touches On 'Eraser'

REVENGIA, the Swedish metal band featuring ARCH ENEMY drummer Daniel Erlandsson, is putting the finishing touches on its new album, entitled "Eraser". Commented guitarist Matti Almsenius: "Still have some intros to do and some vocals are left too. Otherwise I'm in editing mode, cutting away noises e...

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Review: AXL ROSE's Delayed Return At INLAND INVASION Falls Flat

Ben Wener of The Orange County Register reports: The harder-edged sixth staging of KROQ's Inland Invasion festival was supposed to be remembered for the highly anticipated but somewhat dubious return of headliner GUNS N' ROSES, marking oft-ridiculed, long-missing Axl Rose's first major performance n...

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STONEMAN: 'Devil In A Gucci Dress' Video Posted Online

Swiss industrial goth rock band STONEMAN has posted its video for the song "Devil in a Gucci Dress" at YouTube.com. The track comes off the group's debut album, "sex.drugs.murder", which is due on October 20 via Twilight-Vertrieb. The CD, which features a guest appearance by late ELIS frontwoman Sab...

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Switzerland's STONEMAN Schedules Debut Release

Swiss industrial goth rock band STONEMAN will release its debut album, "sex.drugs.murder", on October 20 via Twilight-Vertrieb. The CD, which features a guest appearance by late ELIS frontwoman Sabine Dünser on the song "Protect Me", will contain the following track listing: 01. In My Arms 02. Devil...

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DEVILDRIVER: 'The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand' Special Edition Details Revealed

Roadrunner Records has announced the details of the "special edition" of DEVILDRIVER's "The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand" CD, which is being reissued on October 31. The album will contain the following: Disc 1: CD 01. End Of The Line 02. Driving Down The Darkness 03. Grinfucked 04. Hold Back The Day 05....

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NECROPHOBIC Confirmed For Holland's ARNHEM METAL MEETING

Swedish death metallers NECROPHOBIC have been confirmed for the Arnhem Metal Meeting, set to take place December 9 in Arnhem, Holland. Also scheduled to appear are IMMOLATION and MOONSORROW. Candlelight Records released the fifth album from NECROPHOBIC, entitled "Hrimthursum", on August 22. The foll...

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HAMMERFALL, LIZZY BORDEN, ANDROMEDA Members To Guest On MOUNTAIN OF POWER CD

Swedish guitarist Janne Stark (OVERDRIVE, LOCOMOTIVE BREATH) has released more information about his MOUNTAIN OF POWER project, featuring guest appearances by current and/or former members of HAMMERFALL, LIZZY BORDEN, ANDROMEDA and TREAT, among many others. Says Janne: "The project is basically me w...

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DEATHRASH Announces 'New' Drummer

Bassist/founding member Pat Burns of the reunited New Jersey thrashers DEATHRASH has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "DEATHRASH has found a new drummer! Actually it's our original drummer, Marc Grossman, who formed the band with me in 1985. Marc left to pursue other interests in 1986...

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PANTHEON I Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

PANTHEON I, the Norwegian extreme metal band featuring vocalist/guitarist Andrè Kvebek (1349) and guitarist John Espen Sagstad (TROLLFEST, SARKOM),has signed a deal with Candlelight Records. A pre-production recording of three new songs that will appear on the band's upcoming CD — "Where Angels Bur...

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NIGHTINGALE: New Songtitles Revealed

Dag Swanö (a.k.a. Tom Nouga) of NIGHTINGALE — the Swedish progressive-metal band headed by Dag's brother Dan Swanö — has issued the following update on the recording process for the band's new album, "White Darkness": "Dan [Swanö] has been working hard with the lead vocals. Five songs of ten ready t...

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STORMHAMMER To Begin Auditioning Drummers This Week

German power metallers STORMHAMMER will begin holding drummer auditions this week. The group's previous skinsman, Chris Widmann, left the band in August due to "personal reasons." Interested parties can obtain more information at www.stormhammer.de. In other news, STORMHAMMER has scheduled a live sh...

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GAIA EPICUS: New Song Posted Online

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS have posted a new song, entitled "New Life", at their MySpace page. The track comes off the group's upcoming third album, "Victory", tentatively due in late 2006/early 2007 via an as-yet-undetermined label. Check out the album cover art at this location. The cov...

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DEICIDE Frontman On JON NÖDVEIDT's Suicide: 'Only Cowards And Losers Choose That Option'

DEICIDE members Glen Benton and Steve Asheim recently answered 20 questions submitted by fans via the Earache Records web site. A few excerpts follow: Q: How do you see the recent suicide of DISSECTION's leader Jon Nödveidt? It seems it was a suicide in order to respect his own Satanic beliefs. How...