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SONIC SYNDICATE Singer Quits

Swedish modern metallers SONIC SYNDICATE, whose sound revolves around the dual vocals of Richard Sjunnesson and Roland Johansson, have announced that Roland (who is responsible for the "clean"/melodic singing in the group) has decided to leave the band "due to personal reasons beyond our control." T...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

Austrian symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have been confirmed for the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 2-8, 2009 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The group says, "[This] will be the last and only show before the band focuses a 100% on the recordings for the new album. So be sure not to miss thi...

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SAMAEL: New Video Interview With VORPH Available

Sonic Excess conducted an interview with frontman Vorph of Swiss extreme metallers SAMAEL on March 24, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. Watch the chat in two parts at this location. "Above", the new album from SAMAEL, entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 99. Audio samples of all 10 tracks...

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LACUNA COIL: New Video Interview Available

Sonic Excess conducted an interview with guitarist Cristiano "Pizza" Migliore of Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL on March 25, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. Watch the chat in two parts at this location. LACUNA COIL will release its much-anticipated new album, "Shallow Life", via Century Media Records o...

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DISTURBED: New Video Interview Available

Sonic Excess conducted an interview with bassist John Moyer and drummer Mike Wengren of Chicago heavy rockers DISTURBED on March 25, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. Watch the chat in two parts at this location. DISTURBED kicked off the fourth edition of the Music As A Weapon tour on March 21 in Waterloo,...

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SACRIFICE: Second 'The Ones I Condemn' Audio Teaser Available

A new one-minute teaser for "The Ones I Condemn", the much-anticipated new album from reunited Canadian thrashers SACRIFICE, is available below. Tentatively due this spring via Brazil's Marquee Records, the CD was recorded at Rouge Valley Studio in Toronto, Ontario with engineer Darius Szczepaniak,...

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RIMFROST Begins Recording New Album

Swedish black metallers RIMFROST have entered Andy La Rocque's (KING DIAMOND) Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden to begin recording their second album, "Veraldar Nagli", due later in the year via Season of Mist's Underground Activists division. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "The Rav...

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DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED: 'Sick' Video Trailer Available

A video trailer for "Sick", the new full-length album from DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, can be viewed below. An ecard is available at this location. Due on April 7 via Century Media Records, "Sick" was produced by Martin Feveyear (PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, KINGS OF LEON). In addition to...

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SONIC SYNDICATE: New Video Interview Available

Dark Moments webzine conducted an interview with guitarist Robin Sjunnesson of the Swedish metal band SONIC SYNDICATE on March 9, 2009 at the Underground in Cologne, Germany. Watch the chat in two parts below below. SONIC SYNDICATE's latest album, "Love And Other Disasters", landed at position No. 1...

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Second Annual 'Metal Insider Summit' Announced

New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, Crimson Management and The Syndicate have announce the second annual Metal Insider Summit on April 17, 2009. The Metal Insider Summit is an interactive, educational conference consisting of two panels where fans and the metal music industry can engage, share...

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CRYSTAL VIPER Confirmed For Germany's MAGIC CIRCLE FESTIVAL

Polish female-fronted heavy metal squad CRYSTAL VIPER has been confirmed for the Magic Circle Festival, set to take place Saturday, July 18 in Loreley, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are headliners MANOWAR along with HOLYHELL, METALFORCE as well as Germany's most famous fantasy author, Wolfgang H...

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IMPELLITTERI Mainman Says New Album Was 'Truly A Group Effort'

IMPELLITTERI's long-awaited new album, "Wicked Maiden", will be released in Europe on April 24 via Metal Heaven Records. Released in Japan on February 25 via Victor Entertainment, "Wicked Maiden" reunites mainman Chris Impellitteri with longtime lead vocalist and writing collaborator Rob Rock, The b...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Backing Vocalist PAMELA MOORE Interviewed; Audio Available

The Metal Crypt recently conducted an interview with singer Pamela Moore — best known for her performance as Sister Mary on QUEENSRŸCHE's 1988 epic concept album "Operation: Mindcrime" and 2006's epic sequel "Operation: Mindcrime II". You can now listen to the chat in four parts below. Pamela Moore'...

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DOWN, SATYRICON, AMON AMARTH Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

DOWN, SATYRICON and AMON AMARTH have been confirmed for the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 2-8, 2009 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABORTED ALESTORM AMON AMARTH BLIND GUARDIAN DEATH ANGEL DEATHSTARS DESTRUCTION DIE APOKALYPTSCHEN REITER DIMMU BORGIR D...

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STEVEN ADLER: AXL ROSE Should Have Released 'Chinese Democracy' Under Different Band Name

Sonic Excess recently conducted an interview with original GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sonic Excess: In 2005, ADLER'S APPETITE recorded an EP with original material. Do you have any plans on going into the studio and recording a full-length al...