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MY DYING BRIDE: 'Treasure Trove' Of Items Unearthed

U.K. doom titans MY DYING BRIDE have unearthed a treasure trove of delightful band-related items in the MDB crypt and have collated them all in one place so that anyone interested in adding them to their collection may do so. Ultra-rare 12" white labels of the first EP, "Symphonaire", signed by sing...

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THERION: 'Sitra Ahra' Video Contest Winner Announced

The THERION video contest for the track "Sitra Ahra" is now over — and THERION mastermind Christofer Johnsson has picked a lucky winner. His name is Fredrik Mattson, and he's from Sweden. The lucky man won a meet-and-greet with the band plus a massive voucher for the Nuclear Blast shop. Commented Jo...

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Swedish RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute Concert: More Footage Available, Details Revealed

Some of Sweden's finest heavy metal musicians gathered to pay tribute to Ronnie James Dio during this fall's edition of the Sweden Rock Cruise, which sailed on October 7 from Stockholm, Sweden for Åbo, Finland and returned the following day. There was a long tribute concert with a number of guest mu...

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Swedish Heavy Metal Musicians Pay Tribute To DIO On SWEDEN ROCK CRUISE (Video)

Some of Sweden's finest heavy metal musicians gathered to pay tribute to Ronnie James Dio during this fall's edition of the Sweden Rock Cruise, which sailed on October 7, 2010 from Stockholm, Sweden for Åbo, Finland and returned the following day. There was a long tribute concert with a number of gu...

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Ashes to Ashes

Whatever your thoughts concerning the exit of Messiah Marcolin and his replacement by SOLITUDE AETURNUS's Robert Lowe, you must at least admit that CANDLEMASS career has been on the upswing since the Texan joined the Swedish doomsters. Much of that has to do with the release of a couple of great alb...

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ODYSSEY: 'Reinventing The Past' Audio Samples, Track-By-Track Introductions Available

Back in 1999, Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based Utopian Vision Music released a three-song self-titled EP by ODYSSEY, a band featuring Swedish multi-instrumentalist/producer Dan Swanö (NIGHTINGALE, EDGE OF SANITY, BLOODBATH),Rick Gustafson (ex-MEMORY GARDEN),and Kenth Philipsson (DARK FUNERAL, THE PR...

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Former NARNIA Frontman Launches GOLDEN RESURRECTION

Christian Liljegren, vocalist and founder of DIVINEFIRE, NARNIA and AUDIOVISION, is back with a new Swedish melodic neo-classical metal sensation called GOLDEN RESURRECTION. In 2008 Christian Liljegren joined forces with Tommy Johansson, a 20-year-old super-talented vocalist and guitar hero. Both sh...

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7DAYS To Release 'Into Forever' In October

7DAYS, the epic metal project led by DARKWATER/HARMONY guitarist and composer Markus Sigfridsson, will release its second album, "Into Forever", on October 15 via Liljegren Records. The CD features contributions from the following musicians: * Markus Sigfridsson (HARMONY, DARKWATER) - Guitar, Keyboa...

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THERION: Tour Schedules Changes Announced

Swedish progressive/experimental metallers THERION have issued the following update: "The tour schedule has changed: The shows in Caracas (Venezuela),Chihuahua and Puebla (both Mexico) have to be cancelled and the show in Santiago de Chile has moved to the Teatro Caupolican. In Europe there will be...

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MY DYING BRIDE To Release 20th-Anniversary Collection

2010 marks the 20th anniversary of the U.K. doom titans MY DYING BRIDE. To commemorate two decades of doom and gloom, the band embarked upon a project to re-work familiar melodies and themes from MY DYING BRIDE's extensive catalogue into long, flowing symphonic compositions, including new vocals and...

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SNOWY SHAW 'Quits' DIMMU BORGIR, Rejoins THERION

Just one day after confirming that he has been tapped by Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR to replace bassist/clean vocalist ICS Vortex on the band's upcoming ninth album, "Abrahadabra", and world tour, Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (real name: Tommie Helgesson; THERION, DR...

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GRAND MAGUS To Support MOTÖRHEAD In Germany

Swedish heavy rockers GRAND MAGUS will support MOTÖRHEAD on the following dates: Nov. 30 - Düsseldorf, GER - Philipshalle Dec. 01 - Hannover, GER - AWD Hall Dec. 03 - Trier, GER - Arena Dec. 04 - Stuttgart, GER - Schleyer-Halle Dec. 07 - Berlin, GER - Arena Treptow Dec. 08 - Wiesbaden, GER - ...

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WACKEN OPEN AIR 2010: Video Overview

PitCam Production has posted a four-minute video overview of this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, which was held August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. You can watch the clip below. A number of high-quality photos from this year's Wacken Open Air festival have been posted online at Met...

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CANDLEMASS's 'Nightfall' Gold-Colored Vinyl Reissue To Include New Liner Notes

"Nightfall", the classic 1987 album from Swedish doom legends CANDLEMASS, will be reissued by Peaceville Records on September 20. This special vinyl edition of "Nightfall" features new liner notes from bassist/songwriter Leif Edling. It is limited to just 2,000 numbered copies and comes presented on...

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KRUX To Enter Studio In The Fall

KRUX — the Swedish band featuring CANDLEMASS bassist Leif Edling, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Mats Levén, ex-ENTOMBED drummer Peter Stjärnvind, guitarist Jörgen Sandstrom (also in THE PROJECT HATE, ex-ENTOMBED/GRAVE),OPETH/ex-ARCH ENEMY guitarist Fredrik Åkesson and OPETH keyboardist Pär Wiberg — wi...