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STEELHEART Cancels BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Appearance; LETHAL Steps In

STEELHEART has cancelled its appearance at this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 22-23, 2007 in Balingen, Germany. Replacing them at the event is LETHAL. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH AMORPHIS ARCHER BRA...

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EVERGREY Seeking New Label Home

Justin Donnelly of Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with EVERGREY drummer Jonas Ekdahl. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's last release, "Monday Morning Apocalypse": "Some of the old EVERGREY fans thought that we were too commercial-sounding on the album, but then...

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AVATAR: Video Footage From Recording Studio Available

Swedish band AVATAR has posted several video updates from the studio where they are currently recording their second album, due in October through Gain Records. The latest update features samples from the new CD and can be viewed on the group's YouTube channel. AVATAR started recording the follow-up...

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AMASEFFER Parts Ways With VANDEN PLAS Singer ANDY KUNTZ

Drummer and main songwriter Erez Yohanan of AMASEFFER has issued the following update: "With sad hearts and mixed emotions we are sadly announcing that Andy Kuntz [lead singer of German progressive metal band VANDEN PLAS] will not sing on our trilogy of albums and the lead singer role is now open. "...

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SHOT INJECTION Parts Ways With Drummer, Seeks Replacement

Sweden's SHOT INJECTION has parted ways with drummer Niklas Jonsson and is currently seeking a replacement. If you think you've got what it takes, contact the band at [email protected]. SHOT INJECTION earlier in the year announced the departure of vocalist Kristian Forsell. A replacement singer...

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THERION's SNOWY SHAW Laying Down Drums For New Gothenburg Project

Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) is currently recording session drums for the debut album of an as-yet-unnamed Gothenburg-based project. According to a posting on Snowy's web site, "style-wise is very much in the ve...

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VICIOUS RUMORS: Setlist For BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival Revealed

San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans VICIOUS RUMORS have revealed the setlist for their upcoming appearance at the Bang Your Head!!! festival, which will be held June 22-23 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. The setlist was chosen by fans via an Internet poll and it features "songs we haven't pl...

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THERION's SNOWY SHAW To Handle Artwork, Photography For HARDCORE SUPERSTAR

Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) has been hired to handle the artwork, illustrations and photography for the upcoming releases by Swedish sleaze rockers HARDCORE SUPERSTAR. In other news, Swedish glam/sleaze act LOU...

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ENGEL Signs With SPV/STEAMHAMMER RECORDS

Steamhammer/SPV has announced the worldwide signing of ENGEL, the Gothenburg, Sweden-based quintet featuring guitarists Marcus Sunesson (ex-THE CROWN) and Niclas Engelin (PASSENGER, ex-GARDENIAN, IN FLAMES),drummer Mojjo (RELEVANT FEW, DRACENA),vocalist Mangan Klavborn, and bassist Michael Håkanss...

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AVATAR To Resume Recording Second Album

Up-and-coming Swedish metal band AVATAR recently entered the studio to record its second album, due later in the year through Gain Records. "We're finally sober enough to do the final recording sessions for the album," the group writes on its web site. "The first date is set to be May 21. The album...

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EVERGREY: New Audio Interview With RIKARD ZANDER Available

EVERGREY keyboardist Rikard Zander was recently interviewed by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). Listen to the interview in streaming audio at the Triple J web site: Windows Media, Real Media (NOTE: The Rikard Zander interview begins at around the 51-minute mark). C...

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KATAGORY V: New Album Details Revealed

Utah-based progressive/power metallers KATAGORY V have announced the release dates for their fourth album, "Hymns of Dissension", as well as the track listing and artist creating the album cover. The band has currently completed the recording of the album and is moving into the mixing phase. "Here w...

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MIND'S EYE: 'Feed My Revolver' Video Available

MIND'S EYE, the Swedish progressive rock/metal band featuring former/current members of THERION, SECRET SPHERE and NOVAK, has posted its video for the song "Feed My Revolver" at this location. The clip was produced by Fredrik Englund and Viktor Blanke. "Feed My Revolver" comes off the group's new al...

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EVERGREY: More Video Footage Of Bucharest Concert Available

Video footage of EVERGREY performing on April 21, 2007 at Preoteasa in Bucharest, Romania has been posted online at Metalhead.ro. A video interview with EVERGREY vocalist/guitarist Tom Englund and keyboardist Rikard Zander, filmed in Romania, is available for viewing online at Metalhead.ro. More tha...

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ENGEL: New Video From Recording Studio Available

ENGEL — the Gothenburg, Sweden-based quintet featuring guitarists Marcus Sunesson (ex-THE CROWN) and Niclas Engelin (PASSENGER, ex-GARDENIAN, IN FLAMES),drummer Mojjo (RELEVANT FEW, DRACENA),vocalist Mangan Klavborn, and bassist Michael Håkansson (ex-EVERGREY) — has posted a video clip of a recent...