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MEMOIRA Signs With NIGHTMARE RECORDS

Nightmare Records has announced the signing of MEMOIRA, a young female-fronted Finnish band playing what the label calls "epic melancholic metal that has progressive and gothic orchestral parts." According to Nightmare, MEMOIRA carries on "in the fashon of bands such as NIGHTWISH, EPICA, KAMELOT, WI...

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ANATHEMA: 'Hindsight' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Kscope has set an August 25 release date for the new semi-acoustic album from ANATHEMA entitled "Hindsight". The LP will be available to download from August 18. "Hindsight" features old and new favourites from the band's career, with new arrangements utilizing acoustic, electrical and orchestral in...

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PRO-PAIN Mainman Talks About Forthcoming Album

Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with PRO-PAIN frontman Gary Meskil. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Tangra Mega Rock: Have you already started writing stuff for your 11th studio album? Gary Meskil: Yeah. When we put our minds to it, we get pr...

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OPETH Frontman Performs With DREAM THEATER In New York City; Video Available

Fan-filmed video footage of OPETH frontman Mikael kerfeldt joining DREAM THEATER on stage at Terminal 5 in New York City on Thursday, May 22, 2008 to sing a part of the song "Repentance" can be viewed below. OPETH is currently supporting DREAM THEATER on the Progressive Nation 2008 Tour, also featur...

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SCAR SYMMETRY: 'Holographic Universe' Trailer Available

A video trailer for "Holographic Universe", the third CD from Swedish metallers SCAR SYMMETRY, can be viewed below. A track from the CD, "Morphogenesis", can be heard on the band's MySpace page. Due on June 20 via Nuclear Blast Records, "Holographic Universe" will feature the following track listing...

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ANATHEMA 'Unplugged' In Bucharest; Photos Available

Metalhead.ro has posted a photo gallery from ANATHEMA's May 24, 2008 sold-out "unplugged" concert in Bucharest, Romania. The British atmospheric rock outfit performed in front of nearly 700 people. Check out the pictures at this location. Kscope has set an August 25 release date for the new semi-aco...

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CRYSTAL EYES Begins Recording New Album

Swedish/Danish metallers CRYSTAL EYES have entered the studio to begin recording their sixth album, due later in the year via Metal Heaven. According to the band, "Stefan [Svantesson] has nailed the drum tracks, and Claes [Wikander] is busy recording his bass tracks. The recording of the guitars wil...

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GORGOROTH Pulls Out Of Slovenia's METAL MANIA OPEN AIR Festival

The Gaahl-fronted version of the Norweigian black metal band GORGOROTH has issued the following update: "GORGOROTH are very sorry to inform that they have cancelled their appearance at the Metal Mania Open Air festival in Slovenia on August 14th due to a lot of studio work, and new recordings for th...

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Y&T Confirmed For California's X FEST

Legendary California hard rockers Y&T have been confirmed for the X Fest, set to take place July 19 in Modesto, California. Joining them on the Hawk Stage will be DAM, EVE 6, MOTHER HIPS, CANDLEBOX and AQUANETT. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/xfest. For a complete list of upcoming Y...

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Top Heavy Metal Musicians Select Favorite Guitarists Of All Time

Thiago Sarkis of Roadie Crew magazine (web site) organized a poll in which 330 guitarists were asked about their favorite guitarists of all time. Among the participants in the poll were current and former members of such bands as GUNS N' ROSES, KISS, MACHINE HEAD, NIGHTWISH, MEGADETH, SCORPIONS, TES...

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MOONSPELL Performs On Portuguese TV; Video Available

Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL performed their new single "Scorpion Flower" and the group's singer, Fernando Ribeiro, took part in a short interview with the Portuguese TV station RTP1 this past Saturday, May 17. Watch footage of the interview and performance below. MOONSPELL's video for the track "...

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Delusions

TO-MERA strikes me as somewhat of an anomaly in the world of progressive metal. While that may be a bit of an oxymoron, when you consider that be definition, progressive metal is supposed to be about pushing the envelope in an effort to create music that is above and beyond everything else that came...

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Embracing this Deformity

When the subject of British metal comes up, my first thoughts are invariably ones concerning blinding insanity, teeth-rattling noisiness, and dangerous levels of psychosis. That's because over the last couple of years I've been reviewing albums by the likes of AKERCOCKE, BIOMECHANICAL, and BURNING S...

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DEVIL'S GIFT Featuring LENNON: Debut Album Due In September

DEVIL'S GIFT, the metal project of Orlando, Florida-based singer-songwriter Lennon Murphy (who performs under the name LENNON),will release its debut album in Europe in September via an as-yet-undisclosed Universal subsidiary. A seven-week European tour in support of the album will kick off in Octo...

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DECAPITATED: 'Human's Dust' DVD Preview Available

Metal Mind Productions will release the first-ever DVD from Polish extreme metallers DECAPITATED, entitled "Human's Dust", on June 9 in Europe and June 10 in the U.S. The DVD will be available in two versions: as a standard DVD and as a very unique star metalpack DVD edition limited to 3,000 copies....