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NIGHTWISH: DualDisc Version Of 'Sleeping Sun' Single To Arrive In June

Drakkar Records has set a June 2, 2006 release date for the DualDisc version of the NIGHTWISH single "Sleeping Sun", entitled "Ballads of the Eclipse". In addition to four audio tracks, the DualDisc will contain the videos for "Sleeping Sun" and the live clips for "Walking in the Air" and "Swanheart...

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SWALLOW THE SUN Sign With SPINEFARM RECORDS

Finnish melodic death/doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN have signed a new deal with Spinefarm Records. "[Spinefarm] being one of the most respected metal labels in Finland, we are looking forward to working with them," the band write on their web site. SWALLOW THE SUN's second album, "Ghosts of Loss",...

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SUN DESCENDS Forced To Cancel European Tour

New York City thrashers SUN DESCENDS have been forced to cancel their previously announced European tour due to accusations that were levelled against the trek's projected headliners, IMPALED NAZARENE, regarding their alleged neo-fascist views and lyrical content. IMPALED NAZARENE had to call off a...

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INFINITUM OBSCURE To Support BELPHEGOR On Mexican Tour

Tijuana, Mexico-based metal band INFINITUM OBSCURE have been confirmed as the support act for Austrian black/death metallers BELPHEGOR on their upcoming Mexican tour. INFINITUM OBSCURE will be promoting their full-length debut, "Internal Dark Force", which is scheduled for release at the end of May...

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Reactivated STREET TALK To Release New Album In June

MTM Music has released the following statement from Fredrik Bergh, the mainman behind the Swedish melodic rock act STREET TALK: "In January 2005, exactly one year after the release of the compilation album 'Destination', which was supposed to be the final release by STREET TALK, I decided to compose...

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WINTERTHRALL To Master Debut Album This Week

WINTERTHRALL, the Orange County, California-based doom/death metal project featuring Rob Alaniz (NOCTUARY, ex-RISE, EVILDEAD),Steve Nelson (NOCTUARY),and Jeremy Peto (ex-MORGION),are scheduled to sequence and master their full-length debut, tentatively titled "Nightmares for the Sleepless", this...

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Kalas

A bruising slab of ponderous metal riffing from this San Franciscan supergroup, helmed by Matt Pike (HIGH ON FIRE, SLEEP) on vocals. The band's aesthetic is uniformly slow, plodding, dirty and dirge-y, Pike yowling quasi-tunefully over pork-fisted riffs and thudding rhythms. The effect is somewhere...

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Canadian Church Fire Linked To Norwegian Black Metal Movement

Dean Pritchard of the Winnipeg Sun has issued the following report: A fire that destroyed a 105-year-old church in Minnedosa last winter was not an isolated act of arson, but part of an international movement with links to a Norwegian "death metal" musician, say justice officials. The disturbing rev...

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L.A. GUNS Frontman: 'Sex, Drugs And Rock 'N' Roll - There's Nothing Wrong With That'

Kristi Singer of The Sun News recently conducted an interview with L.A. GUNS frontman Phil Lewis. An excerpt from the chat follows: Q: Do you enjoy performing the old or new material more? Lewis: "I like doing it all. I like doing the new stuff and impressing people that we've still got it ...

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HATE ETERNAL, SINISTER Confirmed For Germany's F*CK THE COMMERCE Festival; ORIGIN Cancel

HATE ETERNAL, SINISTER, ACCION MUTANTE, AMBROSSIA, GADGET, LE SCRAWL, VERMIN, SUFFERAGE, DIVISION666, GUT and NOXA have been confirmed for the 2006 edition of the Fuck the Commerce festival, set to take place May 25-27 at MZA (Mehrzweckhalle) in Luckau, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as...

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DANKO JONES: North American Tour Dates Announced

Canada's powerhouse rock trio DANKO JONES will be hitting the road in North America in May/June. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: May 05 - Montreal, QUE - Cabaret Music Hall May 06 - Toronto, ONT - The Opera House May 19 - Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen May 20 - Cleveland, OH - ...

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CLOVEN HOOF: 'Eye Of The Sun' To Surface In June

Reunited NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends CLOVEN HOOF will release their long-awaited new album, "Eye of the Sun" on June 23 via Escape Music. "Eye of the Sun" was produced by Tom Galley of the PHENOMENA fame, who has previously worked with such high-caliber musicians as Brian May, C...

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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Announce New Members

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER have announced the addition of drummer Pierre Langois and bassist Bart Williams to the group's ranks. After both musicians toured with the band on their co-headlining run with THROWDOWN and their European dates with LIAR, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER decided these were the guys th...

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Bestial

Let's begin by giving thanks to the fine people at At a Loss Recordings for continuing to dredge up some of the angriest, angular, and utterly mind-fucking sonic trample in the universe. The trend ain't dead either. Now comes a two-man project called BLACK COBRA that fills every nook and cranny with...

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Spine of God

I remember seeing MONSTER MAGNET at the State Theater in Detroit, Michigan sometime around 1991. The quartet opened a bill that featured SOUNDGARDEN with SWERVEDRIVER as direct support, and I'll never forget Dave Wyndorf entering stage left carrying a long neck bottle of Budweiser in one hand with a...