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STORMHAMMER: New Audio Sample Available For Download

German power metallers STORMHAMMER have uploaded an audio sample of a new song, entitled "Omens of Agony", featuring the group's new singer, former NEVERLAND/DREAMSCAPE frontman Mike Zotter. Download it at this location. "Omens of Agony" is expected to appear on the band's upcoming CD, , tentatively...
July 23, 2005
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RAGING SPEEDHORN To Tour U.S. With NILE

RAGING SPEEDHORN have secured an opening slot on an American tour with NILE in early 2006. More details will be made public as they develop. In other news, RAGING SPEEDHORN's video for the track "How Much Can A Man Take" will debut on the Fuse network's "Metal Asylum" program on Thursday, July 28. "...
July 19, 2005
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DISMEMBER To Tour Australia In October

According to HailMetal.com, long-running Swedish death metallers DISMEMBER will be embarking on an Australian tour in October. Confirmed dates are as follows: Oct. 21 - The Marquee – Sydney, AUS Oct. 22 - The Hi Fi Bar – Melbourne, AUS Oct. 27 - Black Bettys - Perth, AUS Oct. 28 - Fowlers Live ...
July 19, 2005
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QUEEN Overtake THE BEATLES As The Most Successful Albums Act In U.K. Chart History

New research by the team behind the popular music annual "The Book of British Hit Singles & Albums" has revealed that QUEEN has overtaken THE BEATLES as official UK album chart champions, having spent more weeks on chart than the fab four. According to British Hit Singles & Albums' unique da...
July 15, 2005
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Irish Metal Legends WAYLANDER Stage Mini-Reunion At DAY OF DARKNESS Festival

Long-running Celtic metal act WAYLANDER were reunited with former band member and editor of Ireland's Metalworks magazine, Martin MacCormaic, for a memorable set at the fourth installment of Ireland's Day of Darkness festival on July 9. MacCormaic, who left WAYLANDER in 2002, took to the stage to at...
July 13, 2005
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Emergency Workers Invited To QUEEN Show

The Associated Press has issued the following report: Rock group QUEEN, whose open-air concert planned for London's Hyde Park was postponed by a week because of the terrorist attacks, said it will invite thousands of emergency services personnel to Friday's event in a gesture of thanks. QUEEN frontm...
July 12, 2005
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IMMORTAL Tribute Album: More Details Revealed

More details have been revealed about the upcoming IMMORTAL tribute album, "Epimythion - Tribute to Immortal", tentatively due this fall via Greece's Townsend Avalanche Music. The complete track listing for the CD is as follows: TRAGEDY BEGINS - "The Sun No Longer Rises" BEYOND DAWN - "Storming Thro...
July 11, 2005
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STORMHAMMER: New Singer Announced

German power metallers STORMHAMMER have announced the addition of former NEVERLAND/DREAMSCAPE frontman Mike Zotter to the group's ranks. Zotter fills the slot left vacant by the departure of Tommy Lion (ex-DRIFTER) earlier in the year. STORMHAMMER released their third album, "Lord of Darkness", in M...
July 10, 2005
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CRISIS Frontwoman: 'We Have A Message That Must Be Delivered'

Nashua Telepgraph recently conducted an interview with CRISIS frontwoman Karyn Crisis. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On playing a style of music that is hard to categorize: "We're more than a little bit aware that we’re a tough band to digest. We go to very confrontational, emotional places i...
July 9, 2005
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STORMHAMMER: Former NEVERLAND Singer To Join The Fold?

According to a posting on German power metallers STORMHAMMER's web site, former NEVERLAND (Switzerland) frontman Mike Zotter is the top candidate to fill the slot left vacant by the departure of Tommy Lion (ex-DRIFTER) earlier in the year. However, the band stress that "we have two more candidates t...
July 8, 2005
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FORGOTTEN TOMB, MORTUARY DRAPE, MORRIGAN Confirmed For Austria's DUNKELHEIT FESTIVAL

FORGOTTEN TOMB, MORTUARY DRAPE, MORRIGAN and KOLDBRANN are among the bands confirmed for the Dunkelheit Festival, set to take place September 2-3, 2005 in Niederhollabrunn, Austria (about 30km from Vienna). The festival billing is shaping up as follows: FORGOTTEN TOMB (ITA) NACHTFALKE (GER) MORTUARY...
July 7, 2005
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NEVERMORE Guitarist To Guest On New HATESPHERE CD

NEVERMORE guitarist Steve Smyth (ex-TESTAMENT) has completed a guest solo for the upcoming HATESPHERE CD, "The Sickness Within", due on September 26 via SPV Records. Smyth recorded his contribution to the song "Marked by Darkness" at Signal Creative Studios in London with engineer Gareth. HATESPHERE...
July 7, 2005
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DISMEMBER To Enter Studio In August

Long-running Swedish death metallers DISMEMBER will enter Sami Studio in Stockholm on August 15 to begin recording their seventh album. The recording sessions will end in September, with a planned mid-January 2006 release date through Regain Records. Drummer Fred Estby will once again produce the fo...
July 7, 2005
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The Fury of Our Maker's Hand

COAL CHAMBER was one of those bands that just absolutely hit me the wrong way. Their overhyped simpleton nu-metal fuckery used to just piss me off, more so than almost any band this side of SIX FEET UNDER. So when frontman Dez Fafara killed that band off and released DEVILDRIVER's debut last year, m...
July 7, 2005
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Japan's Premiere Horror Punks BALZAC Return With New Release On MISFITS RECORDS

Japanese horror punks BALZAC have returned with their second North American release, "Out of the Grave and Into the Dark", available on Misfits Records/Rykodisc. "Out of the Grave and Into the Dark" is a double CD/DVD package combining two brand new full-length BALZAC CDs, "Came Out of the Grave" an...
July 5, 2005