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BLACK SUN AEON Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

BLACK SUN AEON — the new "dark, death, doom" project from Tuomas Saukkonen (BEFORE THE DAWN, THE FINAL HARVEST, DAWN OF SOLACE) — has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2009 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is shapin...

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SWALLOW THE SUN Announces New Drummer

Finnish doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN have issued the following update: "We are glad to announce that Kai Hahto (WINTERSUN, ex-ROTTEN SOUND) will be playing drums on our forthcoming album and live shows next summer. "We have known Kai for years, and we have worked with him earlier when he played wi...

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AMANDA SOMERVILLE Talks About AFTER FOREVER Guitarist's HDK Project; Video Available

Video footage of Amanda Somerville talking about her involvement with HDK (formerly HATE DEATH KILL) — the Dutch project led by AFTER FOREVER co-founder, main songwriter and guitarist Sander Gommans — can be viewed below. Amanda Somerville is the American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who was ta...

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SEPULTURA Frontman's MUSICA DIABLO: Another New Song Posted Online

MUSICA DIABLO — the São Paulo, Brazil-based thrash metal project featuring SEPULTURA singer Derrick Green, guitarist Andre NM (NITROMINDS),drummer Marcão (AÇÃO DIRETA, DEAD FISH) and bassist Ricardo Brigas — has posted another new song, "The Rack", on the band's MySpace page. It can also be heard u...

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BLUE ÖYSTER CULT Meets 'Warhammer'

IGN Music recently learned of a unique collaboration between members of the legendary heavy rock band BLUE ÖYSTER CULT and the development team behind the fantasy MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning. Lead singer Eric Bloom and guitarist Richie C...

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ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW: Audio Samples Of Entire New Album Available

Audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on "Children of the Dark Waters", the sixth album from the Finnish melodic death metal band ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW, are available on the Amazon.co.uk web site. "Children of the Dark Waters" will be released in Finland on May 27 via Suomen ...

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SWALLOW THE SUN Parts Ways With Drummer

Finnish doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN have issued the following update: "There is no easy way to phrase this, so let's get straight to the point: due to a mutual decision Pasi Pasanen [drums] will no longer be playing with SWALLOW THE SUN. Pasi, as one of the founding members, has been an integral...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist Collaborates With Former FEMME FATALE, VIXEN Members; Audio Available

Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young has collaborated with ex-FEMME FATALE vocalist Lorraine Lewis and ex-VIXEN drummer Roxy Petrucci on "a little BAD COMPANY-esque/countryfied rocker" entitled "Desperate". The track is currently available for streaming at Jeff's MySpace page. Jeff Young wil release...

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Tokyo Thrashers GRIEF OF WAR To Release 'Worship' In July

Tokyo thrash disciples GRIEF OF WAR return with a vengeance on new album "Worship", which will be released on July 7. A new track, "Disorder", is currently streaming on the band's MySpace page, and the group kicks off their new touring cycle with a show alongside INTO ETERNITY in Hong Kong this week...

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PLUTONIUM ORANGE Completes Recording Debut Album

PLUTONIUM ORANGE, the Finnish "melodic and metallic rock and roll" band which features in its ranks SWALLOW THE SUN members Juha Raivio (guitar) and Pasi Pasanen (drums),has finished recording its debut album at Studio Watercastle with Sami Kokko for a fall release via Firebox Records. The CD will...

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AMORPHIS: Second 'Skyforger' Video Trailer Available

The second video trailer for "Skyforger", the new album from Finnish metallers AMORPHIS, which is scheduled for release on May 29 via Nuclear Blast Records (May 27 in Finland),can be viewed below. The follow-up to the "Eclipse" and "Silent Waters" LPs, both of which were certified gold in the band'...

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ALICE COOPER Performs At ASU Commencement Ceremonies In Phoenix; Video Available

Legendary rocker Alice Cooper appeared yesterday (Wednesday, May 13) before a crowd of 70,000, including 9,000 Arizona State University graduates, at ASU commencement ceremonies at Sun Devil Stadium in Phoenix. Alice performed the perennial start-of-summer anthem "School's Out", backed by RUNAWAY PH...

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San Diego Prog-Rock Masters ASTRA To Issue Debut Album

San Diego-based progressive metal band ASTRA has completed work on its debut album, "The Weirding", for a June 23 North American release via Rise Above Records. Originally formed in 2001 as SILVER SUNSHINE, ASTRA dubs its forward-thinking sound "freaked out prog rock." As ambitious a unit as you wil...

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EX DEO: 'Romulus' Video Released

"Romulus", the new video from EX DEO — the band led by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono — can be viewed below. The clip was shot in March in Belgrade, Serbia with renowned director Stanimir "Staca" Lukic (MOONSPELL, KAMELOT, DEATHSTARS, TYPE O NEGATIVE). Maurizio stated, "The setup was extremely p...

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SLIPKNOT Frontman: 'Our Fans Can Smell Lies Like Farts In A Car'

Darryl Sterdan of Canada's Toronto Sun recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Toronto Sun: Why do you still live in Des Moines? Shouldn't you be closer to where the action is? Taylor: This has been my home for so long. My famil...