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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...

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CANDLEMASS, Ex-THERION Members Featured On JUPITER SOCIETY Concept Album

Leif Edling (CANDLEMASS, KRUX) and Mats Levn (KRUX, ex-THERION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) are among the guest musicians who appear on the new album from JUPITER SOCIETY, the brainchild of KRUX keyboardist Carl Westholm (also of CARPTREE). Entitled "First Contact - Last Warning", the epic concept album conta...

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CANDLEMASS: Albuquerque Concert Cancelled

CANDLEMASS' previously announced June 4 concert at Launchpad in Albuquerque, New Mexico has been cancelled due to a fire at the venue. No further details are currently available. CANDLEMASS recently spent time in the studio recording a new EP, "Lucfer Rising", for a tentative Septeber release via Nu...

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CANDLEMASS Mainman Says Atmosphere In Band Is 'Much Better' Since MESSIAH MARCOLIN's Departure

Dimitris Kontogeorgakos of Metal Temple recently conducted an interview with CANDLEMASS mainman/bassist Leif Edling. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Metal Temple: I read on your website that you [were going to] film yesterday's [May 20] show in New York, so how did it go? Leif Edling: Act...

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DAYLIGHT DIES: New Audio Interview Posted Online

Anthony Chowanec of All Metal Music conducted an interview with members of Raleigh-based metallers DAYLIGHT DIES last night (Tueday, May 20) at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City. Listen to the seven-minute chat below. Candlelight Records USA has posted "A Portrait in White", the...

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CANDLEMASS Kicks Off First U.S. Tour In 17 Years; Setlist Revealed

Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS kicked off their first U.S. tour in 17 years last night (Monday, May 19) at Jaxx in West Springfield, Virginia. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. March Funebre (intro) 02. Well of Souls 03. Mirror Mirror 04. Solitude 05. Emperor of the Void 06. Devil Seed...

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DAYLIGHT DIES: New Song Posted Online

Candlelight Records USA has posted "A Portrait in White", the new single from North Carolina-based DAYLIGHT DIES at this location. The song is featured on the exclusive tour single now on sale via the band (on tour now with CANDLEMASS) or the group's official web site, and direct from Candlelight Re...

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A Disease for the Ages

The term "doom" gets tossed around pretty loosely these days and it takes an album like MOURNING BELOVETH's "A Disease for the Ages" to remind us what that style of music is really all about. The Irish band has always had a knack for creating the sound of crippling melancholia and utter hopefulness...

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CANDLEMASS: New York City Concert To Be Filmed For DVD Release

CANDLEMASS' May 20, 2008 concert at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City will be filmed for future DVD release. No further details are currently available. CANDLEMASS' North American tour with DAYLIGHT DIES kicks off this coming Monday (May 19) at Jaxx in Springfield, Virginia. As previ...

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

Female-fronted Israeli metal stalwarts DISTORTED last month 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 (...

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UNLEASHED To Headline Ireland's D.O.D. FESTIVAL

Swedish death metal legends UNLEASHED have been confirmed as the headliners of this year's D.O.D. Festival (formerly Day of Darkness),set to take place Saturday, July 5 in Ballylinan, County Laois, Ireland. The D.O.D. Festival is Ireland's biggest and longest-running international heavy metal festi...