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SIRENIA Parts Ways With Singer, Seeks Replacement

Norwegian gothic metal band SIRENIA has parted ways with Danish singer Monika Pedersen due to "musical differences." Commented Monika: "After much consideration I have chosen to leave SIRENIA, but I will continue with music. The reason is that we have too many musical differences, and I don't feel l...

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THERION: Santa Ana Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of THERION's October 18, 2007 concert at The Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana, California can be viewed below (courtesy of Seolblackmetal). Photos of THERION's October 20, 2007 performance in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada are available at Capitale du Metal. According to Alain Gagno...

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DRACONIAN: New Album Title Announced

Swedish doom metal band DRACONIAN have issued the following update: "DRACONIAN's fourth album is now completed. It was born in Fascination Street studio (OPETH, KATATONIA) in Örebro, Sweden, during September. For this recording the band invited U.S. NOVEMBERS DOOM vocalist Paul Kuhr for the narrativ...

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CELLADOR Guitarist: 'We Really Hope To Come Back To Japan As Soon As We Can'

Guitarist Bill Hudson of the Nebraska-based power metallers CELLADOR has issued the following update: "What the hell was that? Seriously, I've always heard that everybody loves to play in Japan and now I know why! "Our show at Loudpark 07 was the first ever in Japan, I couldn't believe how many peop...

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THERION Mainman: 'This Will Be Your Last Opportunity To See Band Perform In USA/Canada'

Mainman Christofer Johnsson of the Swedish metallers THERION has issued the following update: "Philadelphia show is now cancelled. There was this known issue with the promoter announcing the wrong date. It was too late to correct the date to the same venue, but we tried to book it into some other pl...

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THERION Singer SNOWY SHAW Back In U.S. Following Passport Theft

Christofer Johnsson of Swedish metallers THERION has issued the following update: "Snowy [Shaw, vocals] got his passport stolen in San Franciso (as some of you already know). He traveled to Japan with a temporary pass and managed to get a new visa for Japan. While there he has now managed to sort ou...

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ULI JON ROTH, MARK BOALS, GOTTHARD To Perform At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Kick-Off

This year's Sweden Rock Festival kick-off celebration will be held on November 24 at Tyrol in Stockholm, Sweden. At this event the first batch of bands booked for next year's festival will be announced. Also scheduled to perform at the show are GOTTHARD, SABATON and HAZY/DIZZY. In addition, a one-of...

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HEAVEN AND HELL, MACHINE HEAD, HANOI ROCKS: Loudpark 07 Photos Available

HEAVEN AND HELL, MACHINE HEAD, LACUNA COIL and HANOI ROCKS are among the bands that performed at the Loudpark 07 festival on October 20-21 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan. Check out photos at this location. Included are pictures of the following artists: ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS A...

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THERION Mainman: 'There Is No Risk At All That We Will Be Canceling Shows'

THERION mainman Christofer Johnsson has vowed to carry on with the group's North American tour even if vocalist singer Snowy Shaw (who shares the vocal duties with Thomas Vikström and two female singers) is forced to sit out a few dates due to his passport being stolen in San Francisco. In a stateme...

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THERION: Remaning North American Tour Dates In Jeopardy

THERION singer Snowy Shaw — who shares the vocal duties with Thomas Vikström (CANDLEMASS) and two female singers — has sent the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "As soon as THERION left the South American leg of the world tour and arrived at the hotel in the ghetto-like area Tenderloin, San...

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THERION: Deluxe Vinyl Release Of 'Lemuria - Sirius B' Available

Night of the Vinyl Dead Records has announced its 20th vinyl release: THERION's "Lemuria - Sirius B". The two splatter vinyls come in a deluxe triple gatefold cover with double booklet. This double album (released on CD through Nuclear Blast Records, in 2004) is a limited edition of 500 hand-numbere...

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ESSENCE OF SORROW: New Demo Song Posted Online

ESSENCE OF SORROW, the Finnish band led by DIVINEFIRE guitarist Jani Stefanovic, has posted a demo version of a new song, "Blind Man", on its MySpace page. ESSENCE OF SORROW released its debut album, "Reflections of the Obscure", in December 2006 in Japan through King Records and in January 2007 in...

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CANDLEMASS: New Stockholm Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of legendary Swedish doom metallers CANDLEMASS performing the song "Emperor of the Void" on September 26, 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden can be viewed below. CANDLEMASS filmed its 20th anniversary concert on March 31, 2007 at Stockholm's Kolingsborg for an upcoming DVD, "20 Year...

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AMASEFFER: Vocal Recordings Complete

Drummer and main songwriter Erez Yohanan of the "holy project" AMASEFFER has issued the following update: "We are happy to announce that the work on the vocal lines for the album is done. It is performed and recorded by Mats Levén (KRUX, ex-THERION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) at his studio in Sweden. "Since...

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SIRENIA Pulls Out Of THERION's European Tour

According to a posting on THERION's web site, Norwegian/Danish gothic metal band SIRENIA has cancelled its participation in THERION's upcoming European headlining tour "due to lineup problems." THERION added, "As we're on tour and time is short, we won't replace them. THERION will be playing 2.5 hou...