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KRUX Featuring CANDLEMASS, OPETH, Ex-ENTOMBED Members; More Stockholm Footage Available

More video footage of KRUX — the Swedish band featuring CANDLEMASS bassist Leif Edling, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Mats Levén, ex-ENTOMBED drummer Peter Stjärnvind, guitarist Jörgen Sandstrom (also in THE PROJECT HATE, ex-ENTOMBED/GRAVE),OPETH/ex-ARCH ENEMY guitarist Fredrik Åkesson, and keyboardis...

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FUNERAL: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Norwegian masters of doom FUNERAL will release their new album, "As The Light Does The Shadow", on September 22 via Indie Recordings. One of the tracks, "In The Fathoms Of Wit And Reason", features a guest appearance by Robert Lowe (CANDLEMASS, SOLITUDE AETURNUS) on vocals. "As The Light Does The Sh...

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ELVENKING Completes Work On Acoustic Album

Italian folk metallers ELVENKING have issued the following update: "The acoustic album is finally ready! Everything is done. It’s been a hell of a ride, for sure the hardest work was to stay in the deadlines but in the end we reached the goal and we’re here. The mix has been done the last days ...

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CANDLEMASS, DEMON Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK CRUISE

CANDLEMASS and DEMON have been confirmed for the next Sweden Rock Cruise. Also scheduled to appear are EVERGREY and DISMEMBER. This will be the first metal cruise aboard the new ship M/S Silja Galaxy, which holds 2,800 passengers (800 more than the M/S Silja Festival which was used for previous crui...

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KRUX: Stockholm Footage Posted Online

Video footage of KRUX — the Swedish band featuring CANDLEMASS bassist Leif Edling, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Mats Levén, ex-ENTOMBED drummer Peter Stjärnvind, guitarist Jörgen Sandstrom (also in THE PROJECT HATE, ex-ENTOMBED/GRAVE),OPETH/ex-ARCH ENEMY guitarist Fredrik Åkesson, and keyboardist Car...

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PROCESSION Signs With IRON KODEX

Iron Kodex has announced the signing of Chile's PROCESSION. The group's first vinyl EP, "The Cult of Disease", will be released in November, featuring three brand new songs and the sold-out "Burn" demo. A full-length debut will follow in the spring. Formed in 2006 by Felipe Plaza and Daniel Perez in...

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CANDLEMASS To Release 'Lucifer Rising' EP In October

Swedish doom legends CANDLEMASS recently spent time in the studio recording a new EP, "Lucfer Rising", for a tentative early October release via Nuclear Blast Records. It will include two brand new tracks — "Lucifer Rising" and "The White God" — plus re-recorded version of "Demon's Gate" live in the...

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CANDLEMASS Guitarist's Axe Now Available On eBay

CANDLEMASS guitarist Mats "Mappe" Björkman is selling the white "Candlemass skull" Gibson Les Paul Junior guitar that he used on the band's Grammis award-winning (Swedish Grammy equivalent) comeback album in 2005. The axe, which was also used at a number of live shows that year, comes with a Seymour...

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Sweden's OPERA DIABOLICUS 'Fixing The Flaws' On Self-Titled Debut

OPERA DIABOLICUS, the Swedish doom rock-opera project featuring multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME),has returned to the studio to "fix the flaws" on its self-titled debut album. According to a press release, "This decision wa...

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TED NUGENT: 'Doing The Right Thing Is Ridiculously Easy And Always Much More Satisfying'

Ted Nugent brought the 2008 Monsters of Rock in Spain to a halt after he performed a Native American rain dance donned in full-feathered headgear. The ritual came as Ted wrapped his set with his "Great White Buffalo" and the ensuing downpour destroyed all the production, staging and lighting, which...

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CANDLEMASS Guitarist Selling 'Piece Of Doom Metal History'

CANDLEMASS guitarist Mats "Mappe" Björkman is selling the white "Candlemass skull" Gibson Les Paul Junior guitar that he used on the band's Grammis award-winning (Swedish Grammy equivalent) comeback album in 2005. The axe, which was also used at a number of live shows that year, comes with a Seymour...

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THERION/Ex-CANDLEMASS Singer To Perform With ETHERNA In Argentina

Argentine gothic metal band ETHERNA will be joined by singer Thomas Vikstrm (THERION, CANDLEMASS, TALK OF THE TOWN, MEHIDA) for its August 8 concert at Acatraz in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They will play new songs as well as tracks from ETHERNA's 2006 EP and from Vikstrm's bands. ETHERNA and Thomas V...

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MUSTASCH Parts Ways With Guitarist

Swedish hard rockers MUSTASCH have announced the departure of longtime guitarist Hannes Hansson. His last concert with the group will take place on June 25 at Liseberg in Gothenburg, Sweden. "It's been a fantastic period of ten years with the band, but now the band has grown so much with touring all...

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DISTORTED: More Video Footage From 'Voices From Within' Recording Sessions Posted Online

Female-fronted Israeli metal stalwarts DISTORTED in April released their second full-length album, "Voices from Within", via Candlelight Records. The follow-up to 2006's "Memorial" was recorded at Underground Studios with producer Pelle Seather and it features guest appearances by Thomas Vikstrm (TH...

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MEHIDA Completes Recording New Album

MEHIDA, the Finnish/Swedish melodic metal band featuring former CANDLEMASS/current THERION singer Thomas Vikstrm, recently entered the studio to begin recording its second album, due later in the year via Napalm Records. "The rhythm guitars were recorded at Fear & Loathing (MESHUGGAH, CLAWFINGER...