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CANDLEMASS Bassist Checks In From The Road

CANDLEMASS mainman/bassist Leif Edling has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We still live and breathe after a week on the road [with German thrashers DESTRUCTION]. It's been good and a bit bad too. "The bad things first: Had to cancel two shows: Oslo (Norway) and Oulu (...

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NASHVILLE PUSSY: Equipment Damage Forces Show Cancellations

NASHVILLE PUSSY were forced to cancel their previously announced U.S. dates in November after "a winter storm in Wyoming caused their equipment van to roll — injuring crew members and damaging equipment," according to a band statement. "No one was seriously injured. However, assessment of damage to...

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UNEARTH Announce Last Three Shows Of The Year

UNEARTH have announced their last three shows of 2005. They are as follows: Dec. 08 - Revere, MA @ Club Lido (Wonderland Ballroom) Dec. 09 - Portland, ME @ The Station Dec. 11 - Providence, RI @ The Living Room Support at the first two shows will come from WALLS OF JERICHO, SINCE THE FLOOD, ...

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JOE LYNN TURNER Teams Up With Japanese Guitarist For 'Fire Without Flame' CD

According to MelodicRock.com, legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) has teamed up with Japanese guitarist Akira Kajiyama for a brand new "commercial hard rock" release, due out exclusively in Japan. Due out on December 7 via Pony Canyon, the album enti...

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KORPIKLAANI Begin Recording New Album

Finnish folk metallers KORPIKLAANI entered the studio on November 14 to begin recording their third full-length album, "Tales along This Road". The CD will be released in March 2006 on Napalm Records. The recording sessions for the new album will be interrupted for a couple of weeks by the second le...

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DESTRUCTION: Oulu, Oslo Shows Cancelled

Veteran German thrashers DESTRUCTION have been forced to cancel their previously announced shows in Oulu, Finland and Oslo, Norway. The group have issued the following statement via their official web site: "A storm on the north and east sea and the cancellation of several ferries from Tallin, Eston...

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Former BLIND GUARDIAN Drummer Checks In With SAVAGE CIRCUS, COLDSEED Update

SAVAGE CIRCUS/COLDSEED drummer Thomen Stauch (ex-BLIND GUARDIAN) has posted the following message on his official web site: "I'm really sorry for there hasn´t been any update from my side for so long, but as most of you might have known, I moved to another house in Spain where I will build my own st...

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SEVENTH ONE To Begin Pre-production For New Album

Swedish power metallers SEVENTH ONE have posted the following message on their official web site: "Proof of life from the SEVENTH ONE HQ here. We have had quite a busy summer writing new stuff (apart from the usual work/studies and of course the occasional beer....) Now that the autumn and soon the...

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RIOT: Spanish Tour Dates Announced

Veteran hard rockers RIOT have lined up the following dates in March/April: Mar. 17 - Palencia, SPA @ Carabel Mar. 18 - Bilbao, SPA @ Santana 27 Mar. 19 - Madrid, SPA @ Caracol Apr. 08 - Lauda-Königshofen, GER @ Tauberfrankenhalle As previously reported, RIOT were recently joined for several shows (...

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MORTICIAN, INCANTATION, SADISTIC INTENT Confirmed For TO APPEASE THE BEAST Festival

MORTICIAN, INCANTATION and SADISTIC INTENT have been confirmed for the To Appease The Beast festival, set to take place on December 3 at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California. According to the event organizers, "There will be not a Gathering of the Bestial Legion Fest in 2005. (Los Angeles'...

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ELVENKING: Live Shows Announced

Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING have set "The Winter Wake" as the title of their third album, due on January 27, 2006 via AFM Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Wyrd" was recorded at Sherpa Studios (Italy),mixed at Sonic Pump Studios by Nino Laurenne and was mastered at Finnvox Studios by Mi...

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ZYKLON Begin Recording New Album

ZYKLON, the Norwegian band featuring EMPEROR members Samoth (guitar) and Trym (drums),have begun recording their third album, tentatively titled "Disintegrate". The album is being recorded at Akkerhaugen Lydstudio in Norway with time already set at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden for the album...

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Inventor Of Evil

Fourth post-reunion album from these German thrash heroes, and all eyes are on the "We Are the World"-esque "The Alliance of Hellhoundz" — the track (yet another paean to how much metal rocks) boasts a slew of guest vocalists. Doro Pesch, Paul Di'Anno, "Speed" Strid" of SOILWORK, Peter Tägtgren, Bif...

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DISSECTION Part Ways With Bassist HAAKON FORWALD

Reactivated Swedish death metallers DISSECTION have parted ways with recently recruited bassist Haakon Forwald (a.k.a. General K; MYRKSKOG, DISIPLIN). The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "As a result of bassist Haakon Forwald's family situation back home in Norway and his...

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TEMPEST REIGN: Former ICED EARTH Drummer To Perform At Florida's PLANETFEST 6

TEMPEST REIGN, the Florida-based band featuring former ICED EARTH drummer Brent Smedley, have been cofirmed to appear at Planetfest 6, set to take place on Sunday, November 20 at the Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville, Florida. Also scheduled to perform at the all-day event are SHINEDOWN, P.O.D., COL...