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PAIN CONFESSOR Announces New Album Title

Finnish metallers PAIN CONFESSOR have set "Purgatory of the Second Sun" as the title of their third album, tentatively due March 2007. "It's a metal title," the band writes on its web site. "It will be a metal album, totally. Writing and arranging material for this CD has been a new found source of...

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Tequila

The time has arrived to stand up and take notice of the no-frills American hard rock of BRAND NEW SIN. "Tequila" is here and the burn never felt so good. Teaming up with producer Joey Z (LIFE OF AGONY, STEREOMUD),the new album is 14 tracks of BNS magic. The southern-tinged and blues-based riffs of...

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The Call of the Wretched Sea

The best doom creates an indefinable feeling of dread and a sinking feeling like no other. It may be shrouded in epic atmosphere or dressed up with lighter instrumentation, but the conclusion is a foregone one: man's ultimate demise. And if it is funeral doom akin to the style played by Germany's AH...

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HELION Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

Finnish melodic metallers HELION are putting the finishing touches on their fourth CD, "Mercury Rising", tentatively due before the end of the year. The follow-up to 2005's "Shadow of the Sun" was recorded at Studio Sound Supreme (AMORAL, PAIN CONFESSOR, ROTTEN SOUND) and is the group's first CD to...

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Ex-GODFLESH Frontman's JESU To Tour With ISIS

Justin Broadrick — former member of two legendary bands: NAPALM DEATH and GODFLESH; currently in JESU — will be performing with SUNN 0))) on their current tour of U.K and Ireland. The dates are as follows: Oct. 13 - London – Hippodrome [Frieze] Oct. 15 - Glasgow - ABC2 Oct. 16 - Belfast - Black ...

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CHARON, SWALLOW THE SUN Confirmed For SPINEFEAST 2006

CHARON, SWALLOW THE SUN and BROTHER FIRETRIBE (the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen) are among the confirmed bands for the Spinefeast 2006, set to take place October 20-21 at Nosturi in Helsinki, Finland. The running order for the festival is as follows: Friday...

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NEGATIVE: 'Anorectic' Album Tops Finnish Chart

Finnish hard/glam rock band NEGATIVE has entered the national album chart in its home country at position No. 1 with its third album, "Anorectic". View the whole chart at this location. The group previously topped the Finnish chart with its latest single, "Planet of the Sun", which came out in early...

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TONY IOMMI's Advice To Aspiring Guitarists: 'Believe In What You're Doing And Stick To It'

Times Online recently conducted an interview with BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi. The question-and-answer session follows: Times Online: What was the turning point in your guitar career? Iommi: Before BLACK SABBATH I used to work in a sheet metal factory. One day as I put my hand in this press,...

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STAIND To Release Retrospective Collection Next Month

According to MTV.com, STAIND will issue a retrospective collection next month called "The Singles", featuring tons of bonus material that singer Aaron Lewis said should tide fans over "while we go away for a minute, and begin working on our next album." The disc will boast all of STAIND's singles, a...

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CANDLEMASS Mainman Discusses KRUX Project

Lords of Metal e-zine recently conducted an interview with CANDLEMASS/KRUX mainman Leif Edling. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Lords of Metal: In the interview on the KRUX DVD you were saying that you were pleased by the amount of sales of the KRUX album. I know that the most popular albums .....

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AMORPHIS Guitarists Sing ESP's Praises

AMORPHIS members Tomi Koivusaari and Esa Holopainen have joined the growing ranks of ESP artists. The two guitarists recently received their brand-new Eclipse guitars straight from ESP's custom shop, where the instruments had been built according to their own design and specifications. The endorseme...

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THY MAJESTIE Hard At Work On New Material

Italian "symphonic power epic" metal band THY MAJESTIE has confirmed that it has parted ways with American singer Matt Aub (TIMELORD) and rejoined forces with Dario Grillo. "Unfortunately the exeperience with a singer in the USA didn't work," the group writes in a statement. THY MAJESTIE is currentl...

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Vocalist DARIO GRILLO Rejoins THY MAJESTIE

After three long years, vocalist Dario Grillo and his previous band THY MAJESTIE have rejoined forces and are working on the group's new album. A 2007 release is expected. THY MAJESTIE parted ways with vocalist Giulio Di Gregorio (IRENCROS) earlier in the year due to "personal reasons." The band's l...

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GOATWHORE: 'Alchemy Of The Black Sun Cult' Video Posted Online

GOATWHORE's video for the song "Alchemy of the Black Sun Cult" has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). The track comes off >, the New Orleans-based band's third full-length album, "A Haunting Curse", which was recorded at Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida with producer Erik...

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GODSMACK: More Headlining Tour Dates Announced

GODSMACK has revealed details for the second leg of their 2006 North American tour. The trek is in support of the group's latest CD, "IV", which debuted at the #1 spot on The Billboard 200 chart and has sold 611,000 copies in the United States to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan. BREAKING BENJAM...