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DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

German metal band DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER has been confirmed for the Metalcamp 2007 festival, set to take place July 16-22, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands will perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMART...

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FATAL SMILE Will Not Support W.A.S.P. In Spain

Despite a previous announcement to the contrary, Swedish "traditional" hard rock/heavy metal band FATAL SMILE will NOT support W.A.S.P. on their Spanish dates. As previously reported, FATAL SMILE is currently writing songs for its next studio album, tentatively due in early 2007. According to the ba...

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KAMELOT Guitarist: 'New Album Is Going Killer'

Guitarist Thomas Youngblood of the American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT has issued the following update: "I am flying back from some intense and very productive recording sessions with producer Sascha Paeth in Wolfsburg, Germany. We are flying over one of nature's most beautiful sites, a cry...

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Between Two Worlds

How appropriate that this debut album from Abbath's I is called "Between Two Worlds". It is in a fact a fusing of the mammoth black metal anthems of the mighty IMMORTAL and a pronounced rock 'n' groove component that borrows from the likes of MOTÖRHEAD. However, "I" does not mimic the blackened rock...

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Gateway

The cold grey album cover of "Gateway" from Finland's PESTIFEROUS speaks volumes of the pitch-black metal in store for the listener. Few would mistake PESTIFEROUS for one of the genre's great ones, but many should applaud the band's better than average assault, which features more than just DARKTHRO...

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Ladron

Kinda jammy, kinda sludgy, somewhere at a dusty crossroads between stoner metal and sparse indie rock, TOTIMOSHI have been a hard-touring, genre-defying bar-band staple for a few years now. Fans of THE HIDDEN HAND and KALAS will wanna dig into "Ladron", its desert-baked skeletons of riffs coming off...

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BLACKMORE'S NIGHT: 'Winter Carols' Enters New Age Chart At No. 7

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT's holiday album, "Winter Carols", has entered Billboard's New Age album chart at position No. 7. View the whole chart at this location. Ritchie Blackmore has been known worldwide for his guitar shredding in DEEP PURPLE and RAINBOW. He has also shown hints of his penchant for mediev...

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DESTRUCTOR's New Full-Length Album Due Next Spring

DESTRUCTOR's headlining appearance at the opening night of the Keep It True VIII festival in Germany on April 13, 2007 is officially sold out. The legendary Cleveland, Ohio power/thrash band will be delivering an extended headlining set that will feature classics from past releases "Maximum Destruct...

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PRIMORDIAL Vocalist Issues Update

Vocalist Nemtheanga of the Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Fuck, autumn didn't seem to last long, did it? We only seem to have two seasons these days — winter for nine months and summer for three. That's global warming for you....

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TME Featuring VINTERSORG, FISSION Members: Audio Available

TME, the Swedish project featuring Mattias Marklund (VINTERSORG, CASKET CASEY) on lead guitar and Benny Hägglund (FISSION) on drums, is putting the finishing touches on its debut album, "Worlds Collide", tentatively due in early 2007 via Aphotic Records. The track listing for the effort is as follow...

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ELVENKING: New Touring Guitarist Announced

Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING has introduced a new member to their live lineup. "After the European tour we have decided to fill Jarpen's [recently departed guitarist] place at least on the live side. The guy who's helping us out at the moment is Luca, a friend of ours. Both of us will tak...

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IN FLAMES: Photos With New Touring Guitarist Posted Online

Several photos of IN FLAMES performing with their new touring guitarist Niklas Engelin (ENGEL, PASSENGER, GARDENIAN, IN FLAMES) on November 13, 2006 at Jahalli in Tampere, Finland on the "Unholy Alliance" tour have been posted online at HardcoreSounds.Net. (NOTE: Scroll down to the bottom of the pag...

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STREAM OF PASSION Vocalist To Appear At Mexican THE GATHERING Tribute

Vocalist Marcela Bovio (STREAM OF PASSION, ELFONÍA) has been confirmed as a special guest at the third annual "Tribute to The Gathering" party, to be held in Mexico City on December 15, 2006 at DADA X Club. The details of the event are as follows: * Live THE GATHERING videos displayed on widescreen...

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ELVENKING: Studio Update

Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING recently entered Gernhart studios in Germany to record the drums for their new album, tentatively due in early 2007 via AFM Records. A brief studio report can be found on the group's official web site. ELVENKING released its third album, "The Winter Wake", in...

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SLAYER Guitarist Looking Forward To Playing Venues 'Where We Can Be Right In The Fans' Faces'

SLAYER will hit the road on January 24 for a four-week North American tour. The dates are in support of "Christ Illusion" (August 8, American Recordings),the original band's first new studio album since 1990's "Seasons In The Abyss", and its highest-charting album ever (#5 on Billboard's Top 200 Al...