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DREAMLAND: More New Album Details Revealed
Swedish metal band DREAMLAND will enter Andy La Rocque's (KING DIAMOND) Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden this fall to begin recording its new album for a March 2009 release via Dockyard 1. According to the group, "the recording will start in the middle of November and the album is scheduled to...October 7, 2008
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FINNTROLL, PROFUGUS MORTIS Members Interviewed On 'The Governor's Ball'; Audio Available
Guitarist Mikael "Routa" Karlbom of Finland's FINNTROLL and vocalist Paul Ablaze of the Montreal-based sympho/black/folk/power metal band PROFUGUS MORTIS were interviewed for this week's edition of the "The Governor's Ball". You can download the program at this location. FINNTROLL's fifth album, "Ur...October 7, 2008
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SCARLET SINS: New Gydget Available
Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based all-female hard rock band SCARLET SINS has posted a new gydget (see below) featuring audio samples from its self-titled debut album, performance footage and links to buy music. SCARLET SINS supported MÖTLEY CRÜE at Sarnia, Ontario, Canada's annual Rogers Bayfest on Jul...October 7, 2008
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AURA NOIR, ABSU Confirmed For Germany's FESTUNG OPEN AIR Festival
Norwegian black/thrash metal band AURA NOIR and Texas-based mythological occult metal outfit ABSU are the first two confirmed bands for next year's edition of the Festung Open Air festival, set to take place May 30-31, 2009 in Bitterfeld, Germany. AURA NOIR released its new album, "Hades Rise", on A...October 6, 2008
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FALCONER: New Audio Interview With STEFAN WEINERHALL Available
Revolution-Music.dk recently conducted an interview with guitarist Stefan Weinerhall of the Swedish metal band FALCONER. Download the audio file at this location. "Carnival Of Disgust", the new video from FALCONER, can be viewed below. The clip, which was shot at the medieval Vadstena castle on a wi...October 6, 2008
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Dominator
When it comes to blackened thrash/death metal, Singapore's IMPIETY should always be mentioned as one of those legendary bands that do it as well as anyone. Many of those self-described "war metal" groups surely owe a debt to the merchants of breakneck speed and sonic annihilation. The "Dominator" EP...October 6, 2008
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Graves of the Archangels
As indicated in my review of DEAD CONGREGATION's "Purifying Consecrated Ground", the Greek act's obsidian death metal hymns, which clearly owe a debt to INCANTATION and early IMMOLATION, piqued my curiosity about the full-length, "Graves of the Archangels". Having recently received that very full-le...October 6, 2008
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All Hope Is Gone
After spending the last four years in side projects, on tour, suing Burger King, on hiatus and atypically exploding (or imploding, depending on your outlook) in to bona fide rock stardom, the costumed collective known as SLIPKNOT have regrouped and re-energized for what is arguably the most importan...October 6, 2008
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UIGG Signs With DIMINISHED FIFTH RECORDS
Diminished Fifth Records has announced the signing of UIGG. Hailing from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, UIGG has been leaving a path of sonic destruction behind it since 2006. Having released two independent EPs, the band is now preparing to unleash itsr debut full-length, "To Punish a...October 5, 2008
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OBITUARY Guitarist RALPH SANTOLLA Interviewed; Video Available
Sonic Excess conducted an interview late last month with guitarist Ralph Santolla of the legendary Florida death metallers OBITUARY. Watch the chat in two parts below. OBITUARY has just released the "Left To Die" EP via Candlelight Records. The CD contains four songs: two new originals, a new 2008 s...October 5, 2008
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DREAMLAND To Enter Studio This Fall
Swedish metal band DREAMLAND will enter Andy La Rocque's (KING DIAMOND) Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden this fall to begin recording their new album for a March 2009 release via Dockyard 1. DREAMLAND last year saw both of its full-length albums released in the U.S. via Ryko Distribution / Loc...October 5, 2008
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CRYSTAL VIPER: Video Footage Of Entire Concert Posted Online
Video footage of a complete live show from the Polish female-fronted heavy metal band CRYSTAL VIPER has been posted on band's official MySpace profile. CRYSTAL VIPER co-headlined the first edition of the Hard Rocker Festival in Poland, alongside such bands as OMEN (USA),SACRED STEEL (Germany) and O...October 5, 2008
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SOTHIS Drummer, Producer ANDY LA ROCQUE Interviewed; Video Available
Drummer Dross of the Los Angeles-based black metal band SOTHIS and producer Andy La Rocque (KING DIAMOND guitarist) — who mixed SOTHIS' recently released album, "De Oppresso Liber", at his studio in Sweden — are featured in an in-depth mixing board discussion on the CD shot on location at La Rocque'...October 4, 2008
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AMON AMARTH: New Audio Interview With JOHAN HEGG Available
Headbanger's Blog recently tracked down AMON AMARTH frontman Johan Hegg to talk to him about the energy that powers the band's new record, "Twilight of the Thunder God", guest musicians, AMON AMARTH's eagerness to explore uncharted realms, their fascination with ancient texts and why they were almos...October 4, 2008
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METAL CHURCH: 'This Present Wasteland' First-Week Sales Revealed
"This Present Wasteland", the new album from veteran Seattle metallers METAL CHURCH, sold 920 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Commented the band: "We just got news that although 'This Present Wasteland' has been out for only a few days, we la...October 3, 2008
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