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CANDLEMASS: 'Death Magic Doom' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Death Magic Doom", the new album from Swedish/Texan doom legends CANDLEMASS, sold around 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD debuted at No. 79 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by ne...

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CANDLEMASS, SAHG, ABSU, CYNIC Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

CANDLEMASS, SAHG, ABSU and CYNIC are among the newly confirmed bands for the Hole in the Sky festival (a.k.a. Bergen Metal Fest X),set to take place August 26-29, 2009 in Bergen, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Tuesday, August 25 - Hole in the Sky: Incoming SAHG KVELERTAK DER...

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Former TIGERTAILZ Vocalist To Guest On 'The Rich Willey Show'

Former TIGERTAILZ vocalist Steevi Jaimz will take part in a one-hour interview on "The Rich Willey Show" on May 24 at 20.30 GMT. For more information, go to this location. Steevi Jaimz will release his new solo album, "My Private Hell", on May 25 via Cargo/SCS Records. According to a press release,...

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AMORPHIS: 'Silver Bride' Video Released

"Silver Bride", the new video from Finnish metallers AMORPHIS, can be viewed below. Commented guitarist Esa Holopainen: "Director Owe Lingvall did a great job with 'Silver Bride'. We are very happy how the video came out and it really serves the song." The "Silver Bride" single recently topped the n...

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TEXTURES, EYEFEAR Confirmed For PROGPOWER SCANDINAVIA Festival

Holland's TEXTURES and Australia's EYEFEAR have been confirmed for the ProgPower Scandinavia festival, set to take place September 25-26, 2009 at Vega in Copenhagen, Denmark. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Pre-Party / Thursday, September 24 at The Rock, Copenhagen, Denmark: ANUBIS GA...

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CANDLEMASS Confirmed For Holland's FORTAROCK

Swedish/Texan doom legends CANDLEMASS have been confirmed for the inaugural FortaRock festival, set to take place July 11, 2009 at Park Brakkestein in Nijmegen, Holland. A total of 12 bands will perform at the event, which will feature one open stage and one tent stage. The festival billing is shapi...

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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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AMORPHIS: New Audio Interview With ESA HOLOPAINEN Available

A new audio interview with guitarist Esa Holopainen of the Finnish metal band AMORPHIS conducted by Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock is available for download at this location (MP3, 8 MB). The entire chat is available in text format by clicking here. AMORPHIS' new single, "Silver Bride...

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AMORPHIS: 'Silver Bride' Single Tops Finnish Chart

"Silver Bride", the new single from Finnish metallers AMORPHIS, has topped the national chart in the band's home country. The "Silver Bride" single includes the radio-edit and full-length album versions of the title cut along with the non-album track "Separated". The "Silver Bride" radio edit was or...

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ROB HALFORD, BILLY SHEEHAN And More To Guest On Tonight's 'Talking Metal Live'

Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST),Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, TALAS, DAVID LEE ROTH),Robert Lowe (CANDLEMASS, SOLITUDE AETURNUS),Mary Zimmer (LUNA MORTIS),Helena Cos (SPIDER ROCKETS),and Nigel Rojas (ORANGE SKY) will be the featured guests on tonight's (Tuesday, April 28) episode of "Talking Metal Live"....

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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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Former TIGERTAILZ Frontman To Release Solo Album

Former TIGERTAILZ vocalist Steevi Jaimz will release his new solo album, "My Private Hell", on May 25 via Cargo/SCS Records. According to a press release, the CD "combines Steevi's trademark glam-style melodies with KISS and OZZY OSBOURNE-style hard rock." "My Private Hell" was written, performed an...

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EARTHEN GRAVE: Audio Interview Available

Chris Mezyk of the WCRX's "The Metal Show" conducted an interview with EARTHEN GRAVE — the new six-piece doom/thrash metal band featuring Mark Weiner on vocals, Ron Holzner on bass, Jason Muxlow and Tony Spillman on guitar, Scott Davidson on drums, and Rachel Barton Pine on an extended-range electri...

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AMORPHIS Announces 'Forging Europe Tour 2009'

Finnish metallers AMORPHIS will embark on a one-month "Forging Europe Tour 2009" European headlining tour in October/November. Confirmed dates are as follows: Oct. 07 - Kato, Berlin (D) Oct. 08 - Club Romein, Leeuwarden (NL) Oct. 09 - De Nieuwe Pul, Uden (NL) Oct. 10 - Underworld, London (GB) Oct. 1...