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NATIONAL NAPALM SYNDICATE Parts Ways With POISON ARROW RECORDS

Finnish speed/thrash metal pioneers NATIONAL NAPALM SYNDICATE have severed ties with Poison Arrow Records. This will not affect the band's co-operation with Trinity Records, which released the band's latest album, "Resurrection of the Wicked", earlier in the year. The CD was recorded at Helgate Stud...

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EVERGREY, DARK FUNERAL, NOCTURNAL RITES Confirmed For GATES OF METALBÅTEN Festival

EVERGREY, DARK FUNERAL, NOCTURNAL RITES, SONIC SYNDICATE and MANTICORA are the first confirmed bands for the Gates of Metalbåten festival, set to take place April 26-27 on the Silja Festival ferry (which traffics the Baltic Sea between Stockholm, Sweden and Turku, Finland). For more information, vis...

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SOULFLY Guitarist MARC RIZZO Discusses Solo Career

Mark Carras of RockMyMonkey.com recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: Your new solo CD, "Colossal Myopia", is about as far from anything SOULFLY as anybody would expect. Was that on purpose? Marc Rizzo: Yeah. Bas...

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VICIOUS RUMORS Guitarist Performs JUDAS PRIEST Cover With BEYOND FEAR: Photos Available

VICIOUS RUMORS and BEYOND FEAR (featuring former JUDAS PRIEST and current ICED EARTH frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens) performed at The Lantaarn In Hellendoorn, Holland on Saturday, November 11. VICIOUS RUMORS guitarist Geoff Thorpe celebrated his birthday and joined BEYOND FEAR onstage to perform the JU...

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ELVENKING: Studio Update

Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING recently entered Gernhart studios in Germany to record the drums for their new album, tentatively due in early 2007 via AFM Records. A brief studio report can be found on the group's official web site. ELVENKING released its third album, "The Winter Wake", in...

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PARAGON: Possible New Album Title Revealed

PARAGON bassist Jan Bünning has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Tomorrow [November 15] we will have the last rehearsal for our show on Friday which will take place at the Falkendom in Bielefeld, Germany. It will be the last show for this year, and and next Buschi (Andr...

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VICIOUS RUMORS, BEYOND FEAR: New Live Photos Available

VICIOUS RUMORS and BEYOND FEAR (featuring former JUDAS PRIEST and current ICED EARTH frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens) performed at Zeche in Bochum, Germany on Tuesday, November 7. Check out pictures at MetalPix.com: Beyond Fear, Vicious Rumors. As previously reported, the members of VICIOUS RUMORS were...

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THE CULT Frontman Doesn't Rule Out Possibility Of New Album

Wade Tatangelo of McClatchy Newspapers recently conducted an interview with THE CULT frontman Ian Astbury. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's decision to go on hiatus in the mid-1990s: "I just wasn't feeling it. After 12 years I was done, spent, burnt out, exhausted, at the end of my...

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OMNIUM GATHERUM Begins Recording New Album; Studio Diary Launched

Finnish death metallers OMNIUM GATHERUM entered Southeast Studios in Karhula, Finland on November 6 with producer Teemu Aalto to begin recording their third album, tentatively titled "Stuck Here On Snake's Way". So far, the drums have been recorded, according to a posting on the group's web site. A...

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GRENDEL To Release Debut Album In December

GRENDEL, the melancholic metal band from Finland, will release its debut album, "Lost Beyond Retrieval", on December 13. The group was formed in 1999 and has so far released two self-financed EPs and three promotional CDs. "Lost Beyond Retrieval" was recorded and mixed by Nino Laurenne at Sonic Pump...

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BATTERED: New Songs Are Starting To Take Shape

BATTERED, the new Norwegian band featuring former EINHERJER members Frode Glesnes (a.k.a. Grimar, vocals/guitar),Aksel Herløe (guitar) and Gerhard Storesund (a.k.a. Vivar, drums),has posted the following update on its official web site: "We started out 2006 with a bang, with excellent album review...

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SONIC SYNDICATE To Enter Studio This Month

Swedish metal band SONIC SYNDICATE will enter Black Lounge Studios in Avesta, Sweden on November 20 with producer Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY guitarist) to begin recording its second album, tentatively due in April 2007 on Nuclear Blast Records. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Psychic...

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ENSIFERUM: New Album Title Revealed

Finnish folk-influenced melodic death metal band ENSIFERUM entered Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki last week with producer Janne Joutsenniemi to begin recording its third album, "Victory Songs", for a February 21 release via Spinefarm. A CD single will precede the album on February 7. ENSIFERUM earli...

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STRATOVARIUS: Proposed 'Anthology' Release Shelved

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS have issued the following update: "[The proposed STRATOVARIUS anthology] album has been shelved for now for the undetermined time. We were never supporting this idea of Sanctuary [record label] and finally after long discussions, they are not releasing it, at l...

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THUNDERSTONE To Compete To Represent Finland In Next Year's EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Finnish melodic power metallers THUNDERSTONE are one of a dozen acts that will compete to represent Finland in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, set to take place May 2007 in Helsinki. The artists are, in alphabetical order (record label in brackets): BEATS AND STYLES (AJ Records Finland) HANNA P...