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CRUCIFIED BARBARA Interviewed By NRV TV; Video Available

France's NRV TV recently conducted an interview with the Swedish all-female rock/metal band CRUCIFIED BARBARA. Watch the chat at this location. CRUCIFIED BARBARA's second full-length album, "Til Death Do Us Party", was released in February. The CD was produced by Mats Levén (THERION, YNGWIE MALMSTEE...

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AMASEFFER Seeking New Label Home

Israeli heavy metal band AMASEFFER has issued the following update: "Due to reasons [that we will keep] to ourselves, we have decided not to implement the rest of our contract with InsideOut/SPV. We are now in negotiations with new record labels and will post news regarding that soon. "We are now in...

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SNOWY SHAW's 'Beloved' GIBSON Bass Stolen

Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) has issued the following update: "I recently had my old favorite Gibson bass [see photo below] stolen out of our touring van that was parked in Gothenburg city [Sweden] during a few...

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MOB RESEARCH: Audio Samples Of Entire 'Holy City Zoo' Album Available

Audio samples of all 17 tracks that are set to appear on MOB RESEARCH's forthcoming album, "Holy City Zoo", have been posted on Amazon.com. "Holy City Zoo" will be released on Code7 in the U.K. and Echozone Records in the rest of Europe and on May 22. A U.S. release will be announced ...

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THERION Announces New Members

Mainman Christofer Johnsson of Swedish progressive/experimental metallers THERION had a meeting with singer Thomas Vikström (ex-CANDLEMASS) several weeks ago and offered him permanent status in the band. Commented Christofer: "Thomas is, besides being a very warm and nice person, an incredibly talen...

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Former THERION, CANDLEMASS, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Members Featured On CRASH THE SYSTEM Debut

Frontiers Records has set a July 3 European release date (August 11 in the U.S.) for CRASH THE SYSTEM's debut album, entitled "The Crowning". The CRASH THE SYSTEM project came about as a collaboration between songwriter Sören Kronqvist (former Finnish 400-meter hurdle champion and songwriter for Mic...

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SNOWY SHAW Launches Concept/Design Company

Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) has joined forces with Anders Fastader (GREAT KING RAT, TITANIC TRUTH, SOUTHFORK) to launch a concept/design company called TrailerMade Production. Shaw and Fastader explain the idea...

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COVERED CALL Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Swedish melodic hard rock band COVERED CALL — which features established members of the Swedish music scene, including founding member/drummer Ronny Svanströmer and Thomas Vikström (ex-CANDLEMASS, THERION) — has been confirmed for the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesb...

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THERION: 'The Miskolc Experience' CD/DVD Details Revealed

Nuclear Blast Records has set a June 5 release date for "The Miskolc Experience", the new CD/DVD from Swedish progressive/experimental metallers THERION. The set's description reads as follows: "After the phenomenal last studio album 'Gothic Kabbalah' (2007),easily THERION's most stunning effort si...

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NECRONOMICON: 'The Time Is Now' Video Released

"The Time is Now", the new video from Quebec's black/death metal trio NECRONOMICON, can be viewed below. The clip was shot last spring with Benoit Nantel (GHOULUNATICS, URBAN ALIEN, LES ECORCHES) who "did his best to capture the band's atmosphere and power." NECRONOMICON is said to be "really satisf...

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Dark Hours

If you love melodic heavy metal (or muscular power metal) and you haven't heard of LION'S SHARE, then you really must start researching now! "Dark Hours" represents what this band is all about: great riffs, diesel-fueled rhythms, and spectacular melodies, and I mean every one of these 11 tracks. The...

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Voice of Saturn

If an apocalyptically slow sludge band gets psychedelic on us, is it tuning in, turning on, or selling out? Something tells me Atlanta crunge merchants ZOROASTER won't be swimming in endorsement deals for adding piano and droney chant to "Seeing the Dark", but it does widen their sonic palette in a...

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CRUCIFIED BARBARA: 'Nyhetsmorgon' Performance, Interview Available

Swedish all-female rock/metal band CRUCIFIED BARBARA was the featured musical guest on the March 5, 2009 edition of the "Nyhetsmorgon" program on Sweden's TV4. The band performed two songs and took part in an interview. Watch footage of their appearance below. CRUCIFIED BARBARA's second full-length...

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MOB RESEARCH: Four Previously Unheard Mixes Posted Online

Four previously unheard mixes from the highly anticipated MOB RESEARCH album, "Holy City Zoo", have been posted on the band's MySpace page. Check out the tracks "Sky God Worshippers", "The New Religion", "Holy City Zoo" (Do Not Feed Remix by Akanoid) and "Skull & Bones" (322 Cubed Remix by SiNDA...

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TOM GABRIEL FISCHER: 'One Year Ago Today I Left CELTIC FROST'

Former CELTIC FROST and current TRIPTYKON frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his blog: "One year ago today I left CELTIC FROST. "I had seen the 'Monotheist' album as a mere beginning, and a tame one at that. There was a time when I was not alone with this view and ...