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DAWN OF DESTINY, DOWNSCARRED Confirmed For Germany's ELEMENTS-BENEFITFESTIVAL

DAWN OF DESTINY and DOWNSCARRED are among the confirmed bands for the Elements-Benefitfestival, set to take place August 18 at Kultopia in Hagen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: CURSED IN SILENCE ELEFANT BROAD TREE DAWN OF DESTINY DOWNSCARRED INVOID HEAVENFALL THE FLAW STORMA...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Guitarist: OZZY OSBOURNE 'Is A Smart, Genuine, Talented Man'

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY is currently on a European arena tour as the support act for OZZY OSBOURNE. The band is touring on the back of latest release, "Shot to Hell", which was released last September on Roadrunner Records. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Nick Catanese has offered the following update: "G...

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DEAD TO THIS WORLD Begins Recording Debut Album

DEAD TO THIS WORLD, the speed/thrash/black metal project led by former IMMORTAL bassist Iscariah, has issued the following update: "After some rehearsals, myself [Iscariah] and Kvitrafn will enter studio on this coming Thursday [June 14] to record the debut album of DEAD TO THIS WORLD. We feel very...

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OCEANS OF TIME: New Song Posted Online

Norwegian prog-metal band OCEANS OF TIME has posted a new track, entitled "Kingdom Falls", on its MySpace page. "This is a test version of the title track from out forthcoming album 'Kingdom Falls'," the band writes. "But, however, this is not the final version which will apear on the album." OCEANS...

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WINDS: New Album Release Date Announced

The End Records has set a September 4 release date of for the new album from Norway's WINDS, entitled "Prominence and Demise". The classical/progressive band — consisting of Lars E. Si, Carl August Tidemann, Jan Axel von Blomberg and Andy Winter — is excited with the upcoming release of "Prominence...

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H.I.M.: 'Venus Doom' Track Listing Revealed

According to a posting on the web site of the Los Angeles newspaper The Rockit, Finnish goth metallers H.I.M. have finished mixing their sixth studio album, "Venus Doom", at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California. Once again, the band entered the studio with producer/mixer Tim Palmer (TIN MACHIN...

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PROTEST THE HERO To Enter Studio This Weekend

PROTEST THE HERO, a radical five-piece band from Whitby, Ontario, recently finished writing its second full-length album and will begin recording this weekend with producer Julius "Juice" Butty at Toronto's Silo studio. The band expects to complete the recordings by August 1 for a tentative fall rel...

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FIREWIND To Release 'Breaking The Silence' Single

Greek melodic metal sensation FIREWIND will release a new single, "Breaking the Silence", in Greece on July 2. A video for the title cut was recently shot with director Patric Ullaeus from Sweden's Revolver Film Company (DIMMU BORGIR, WITHIN TEMPTATION, IN FLAMES). "Breaking The Silence" CD single t...

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VANISHING POINT Finishes Mixing New Album

Australian progressive metal band VANISHING POINT has finished recording and mixing its new album, "Where Truth Lies", for a late 2007 release via Dockyard 1. The follow-up to 2005's "Embrace the Silence" was once again recorded with Endel Rivers at Palm studios in the band's hometown of Melbourne....

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SONATA ARCTICA: Footage From SAUNA OPEN AIR Festival Posted Online

Keyboardist Henrik "Lance" Klingenberg of Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA has posted lengthy report on the band's official web site covering SONATA ARCTICA's recent trip to Japan to promote its latest CD, "Unia". Read the report at this location. In other news, fan-filmed video footage of S...

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Collateral Defect

Recalling my review of 2005's "(N)utopia" by Italy's GRAVEWORM, the album was a decent effort that combined the band's patented dark, gothic-tinged even, and keyboard-laced black/death metal, but seemed to lack a certain something. The resulting 6.5/10 was an indication of an album that contained so...

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PUNGENT STENCH Finishes Recording New Album

Long-running Austrian extreme metallers PUNGENT STENCH have finished recording their new album, tentatively due later in the year via an as-yet-undetermined label. The CD, which is currently being mixed by guitarist/vocalist Martin Schirenc (a.k.a. Don Cochino) will feature the following track listi...

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CRASHDIET: Footage From SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Swedish/Finnish "glam rockers" CRASHDIET performing the song "Riot in Everyone" at the Sweden Rock Festival on June 6, 2007 in Sölvesborg, Sweden has been posted at YouTube. CRASHDIET recently entered a studio in Sundsvall, Sweden to begin recording its second album, tent...

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EVILE: 'Enter The Grave' U.S. Release Date Announced

Fast-rising Yorkshire, U.K. thrashers EVILE will release their debut album, "Enter the Grave", in the U.S. on September 25 via Earache Records. The CD will arrive in the U.K. on August 27. "Enter the Grave" was recorded at Sweet Silence studios in Copenhagen, Denmark with producer Flemming Rasmussen...

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SONATA ARCTICA: More 'Unia' Chart Positions Revealed

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have achieved the following chart positions for their new album, "Unia": Finland: #1 Japan: #7 (international),#22 (overall) Sweden: #27 Germany: #35 Switzerland: #40 Austria: #62 As previously reported, audio samples from "Unia" (Finnish for "Dreams") are a...