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CANDLEMASS Resumes Recording New Album — Without Vocalist MESSIAH

Legendary Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS returned to Polar studio in Stockholm this past weekend to add one song to their forthcoming album. The brutally heavy "Of Stars and Smoke" was put down with ease and in a very releaxed working environment. Since the as-yet-untitled CD won't be out until next y...

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DRAGONLORD: New Tour Dates Announced

DRAGONLORD — the San Francisco-based black metal band featuring Eric Peterson (guitar, vocals; TESTAMENT),Gian Pyres (guitar; ex-CRADLE OF FILTH),Derrick Ramirez (bass),Lyle Livingston (keys) and Jon Allen (drums; SADUS, ex-TESTAMENT) — has lined up the following dates: Sep. 06 - Bourbon Street B...

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DEAD TROOPER To Support ENTOMBED In Oslo

Norwegian thrashers DEAD TROOPER will support ENTOMBED on September 24 at Amplifier in Oslo, Norway. DEAD TROOPER has just returned from their opening show at the Hole In The Sky festival in Bergen, Norway, which "went great," according to the band. The group will also perform at the Mandatory Festi...

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EUROPE: 'Secret Society' Japanese Release Date Announced; Track Listing Revealed

Reunited Swedish hard rockers EUROPE will release their new album, "Secret Society", in Japan on November 18 via JVC/Victor Entertainment Inc. The CD will be issued in Europe on October 27. A U.S. release date has not yet been announced. Although the band members chose to produce the album themselve...

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CARNAL FORGE: Songwriting Update

Swedish thrashers CARNAL FORGE have issued the following update: "The pre-production of the new album has been a long, long process but in the end it has been really worth it. We have gone through all the arrangements and vocal parts in a way that we never have done with CARNAL FORGE before. The res...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Reveals Next Single

Massachusetts-based metal act ALL THAT REMAINS has posted two additional tracks from the band's highly acclaimed new record, "The Fall of Ideals", online. The band has added "Not Alone" and "The Air I Breathe" to its MySpace page, the latter will be the album's second single and video. The forthcomi...

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KING DIAMOND Voices Character On 'Death Clock Metalocalypse'

KING DIAMOND is the latest metal musician to lend his voice to the cartoon series "Death Clock Metalocalypse". King Diamond recorded his part on Monday, August 21 and reportedly "kicked ass." Other musicians who have contributed to the series include Michael Amott (ARCH ENEMY),Warrel Dane (NEVERMOR...

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A Haunting Curse

There's something manifestly wrong with any metalhead who doesn't bow down to GOATWHORE's charismatic, malevolent assault. These guys string the rotting skin of New Orleans' dark, mean underbelly onto the skeletal framework of early death and black metal — imagine HELLHAMMER if they could play their...

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ARCH ENEMY, LACUNA COIL Singers Present Award To SLAYER: Photos Available

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her MySpace page: "I was invited to the Kerrang! Awards on Thursday [August 24]. It's all industry and business, not much of a metal party with bands like PLACEBO and MUSE. I had to do a couple of Jagermeister shots with Kerry K...

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ANVIL Confirmed For Japan's LOUD PARK 06 Festival

According to a posting on ANVIL's official web site, the veteran Canadian metal band has been confirmed for the Loud Park 06 festival, set to take place October 14-15, 2006 at the Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Halls 9-11 in Tokyo, Japan. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: S...

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LIGHT THIS CITY Frontwoman Denies 'My Abuser' Song Is Autobiographical

LIGHT THIS CITY's Laura Nichol recently told MTV.com that two tracks on the Bay Area death-metallers' 2005 LP, "Remains of the Gods" — "Letter to My Abuser" and "Your Devoted Victim" — are not about any skeletons Nichol has in her proverbial closet, although fans ask her all the time if she'd ever ....

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OPETH Frontman: New Material Sounds 'Twisted'

OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt has checked in with the following update: "We're trying to fix the visas for the Gigantour. Gonna start rehearsing eventually but we don't know how much time we'll get on stage. Have a few cool songs for ya if you're going. Done a little bit of writing too and it sound...

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ONSLAUGHT: New Album Pushed Back To February

Drummer Steve Grice of the reformed lineup of the classic U.K. thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "ONSLAUGHT are off to Japan with VENOM, DEATH ANGEL and SODOM in September to play Thrash Domination 06 Festival in Tokyo and would like to announce a warm-up dat...

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Live Apocalypse

Bands could learn a thing or two from ARCH ENEMY about releasing a debut DVD. The Swedish metal giants do pretty much everything right on the double-DVD "Live Apocalypse". Diving right in, Disc 1 contains the DVD's main feature, an outstanding live set recorded at the London Forum on December 17th,...

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GIGANTOUR Schedule Updated

Several new stops have been added to the second annual Gigantour, according to LiveDaily.com. Originally due to launch Sept. 7 in San Diego, the trek will now get underway Sept. 6 in Boise, ID, and won't hit San Diego until Sept. 9; as a result, the previously announced Sept. 9 show in San ...