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SOULFLY Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

SOULFLY has been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH BLACK MESSIAH BOLT THROWER CALIBAN COMMUNIC...

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Israel's DMA To Record Debut Album With ROLF MUNKES

Israeli alternative metal band DMA has signed a production deal with German producer/guitar virtuozo Rolf Munkes (RAZORBACK, EMPIRE). The group will record its first full-length album this May at Empire Studios in Germany. Formed in 2003, DMA — which stands for "Direct Memory Access" — describes its...

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1349, DARK TRANQUILLITY, INTO ETERNITY, UNLEASHED Audio Interviews Available

"Black Night Meditations" radio show has an updated interviews page featuring downloadable audio interviews with 1349, DARK TRANQUILLITY, INTO ETERNITY, UNLEASHED, DARK FUNERAL, ENSLAVED, as well as past interviews with OVERKILL, BLIND GUARDIAN, LEAVES' EYES, METAL CHURCH, and more. "Black Night Med...

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THE DEFACED Completes Work On 'Anomaly'

THE DEFACED, the Swedish band featuring DARKANE/TERROR 2000 guitarist Klas Ideberg, has posted the following message on its official web site: "HOLY HELL!!! It's been way too long since we updated this page. But, we're right on track here people. What we've been up to since the final mastering of th...

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OBITUARY Frontman Comments On New Record Deal

OBITUARY frontman John Tardy has posted the following message on the band's web site: "First I need to say how happy we are to be signed with a new record company. We signed with Candlelight Records. We did a lot of work over the last several months and Candlelight just felt right for OBITUARY. It ....

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SAVAGE CIRCUS Explains European Concert Cancellations

SAVAGE CIRCUS, the German/Swedish band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch and PERSUADER members Jens Karlsson (vocals, guitar) and Emil Norberg (lead guitar),announced last week that it has cancelled the remaining dates on its European tour with CIRCLE II CIRCLE and TOMORROW'S EV...

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DORO Celebrates 20 Years This Spring With 2-DVD Set And Tour

Locomotive Records celebrates two decades of DORO with the May 22 release of "20 Years: A Warrior Soul", a double-DVD visual treat filmed in state-of-the-art DVD9 format, plus bonus CD. The first disc is 90 minutes of behind-the-scenes documentary-styled concert footage of the "Metal Queen"'s triump...

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'Club Satan' Featuring DARK FUNERAL: Screenings Announced

The Satanic forces are uniting behind the first-ever Satanic porno movie, "Club Satan: The Witches' Sabbath". This film was overseen by an actual priest in the Church Of Satan, and includes a real Black Mass, the likes of which has not been caught on tape since Anton LaVey's "Satanis" more than 30 y...

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OBITUARY Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

Candlelight Records has set a September 11 U.S. release date for the forthcoming album from death metal legends OBITUARY. Recording of the currently untitled album is already underway with the CD's completion expected for June 1. Regarding the new cooperation, bassist Frank Watkins says, "We are ver...

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Into the Chasms of Lunacy

One of the things I like most about "Into the Chasms of Lunacy" by Hungary's VORKUTA is the sound. It is raw, yet not lo-fi, and the instrument separation is right where it needs to be. Atmosphere cannot be discounted in assessing the merits of a black metal album, especially one that recalls origin...

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SAVAGE CIRCUS Drops Off CIRCLE II CIRCLE European Tour

SAVAGE CIRCUS, the German/Swedish band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch and PERSUADER members Jens Karlsson (vocals, guitar) and Emil Norberg (lead guitar),has cancelled the remaining dates on its European tour with CIRCLE II CIRCLE and TOMORROW'S EVE for reasons that have not...

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MIDNATTSOL Prepares To Record New Album

The German-Norwegian folk metal band MIDNATTSOL has completed work on seven new songs and is currently preparing to enter the studio to record the follow-up to "Where Twilight Dwells". Guitarist Christian Hector states, "The new songs are a bit more complex and have a [stronger] folk influence than...

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DARK FUNERAL, NAGLFAR, DAATH: More Tour Dates Announced

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL will return to North America for another month's worth of shows in October/November. This time support comes from their Swedish brothers NAGLFAR and Atlanta-based newcomers DAATH. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Oct. 09 - Crocodile Rock Cafe - Allentown, P...

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DROWNING POOL: 'Full Circle' Release Date Announced

DROWNING POOL will release its third album, "Full Circle", on July 24 through the group's new record label, Eleven Seven Music (BUCKCHERRY). The band was reportedly looking at offers from Sanctuary and Century Media, but turned both down in favor of Eleven Seven Music. DROWNING POOL also has taken o...

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IMMORTAL's DEMONAZ Working On PERFECT VISIONS Solo Project

MP3.com has posted a report from the Inferno Festival which took place over Easter week in Oslo, Norway. There are photos and several short video interviews, including one with Demonaz (IMMORTAL, I) where he talks about his new project PERFECT VISIONS. "We're working on a new IMMORTAL album," Demona...