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CRYSTALLION: 'Hundred Days' Release Moved Forward

The release date for "Hundred Days", the third album from German "noble power metal" hopefuls CRYSTALLION, has been moved forward to October 23 from the previously announced November 13 (via Dockyard 1). The CD is said to be "a concept album about the return of Napoleon (after his first exile) until...

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Monoliths & Dimensions

With four songs split up between two shiny slabs of vinyl, "Monoliths & Dimensions" isn't exactly directed towards the iPod toting, digiphile crowd. While necessity has forced the folks at Southern Lord to issue a CD version of this release, there's no arguing that the best way to experience SUN...

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CRYSTALLION To Release 'Hundred Days' In November

German "noble power metal" hopefuls CRYSTALLION will release their third album, "Hundred Days", on November 13 via Dockyard 1. The CD is said to be "a concept album about the return of Napoleon (after his first exile) until his complete defeat in the battle of Waterloo." "Hundred Days" track listing...

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The Ichthyologist

In a sense, the eclectic collective known as GIANT SQUID is as mysterious and elusive as the lore-inspiring creature from which they took their name. Dwelling beneath the watery cloak of the ocean's depths, the over-sized cephalopod has managed to escape the clutches of science since the dawn of man...

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CLOUDSCAPE: 'Cloak & Daggers' Video Available

"Cloak & Daggers", the new video from the Swedish metal band CLOUDSCAPE, can be viewed below. The clip was filmed in Lofoten, Norway and in the southern parts of Sweden with director Rainer Holmgren (PAIN OF SALVATION, ARSIS). "Cloak & Daggers" comes off the group's third album, "Global Dram...

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CLOUDSCAPE: 'Cloak & Daggers' Video To Premiere At The End Of The Month

Swedish metal band CLOUDSCAPE recently filmed a video for the song "Cloak & Daggers" in Lofoten, Norway and in the southern parts of Sweden with director Rainer Holmgren (PAIN OF SALVATION, ARSIS). The clip will receive its online debut on August 30. "Cloak & Daggers" comes off the group's t...

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Calgary's MONSTERS OF ROCK Festival Attended By 16,500 Headbangers; Photos, Review Available

According to the Calgary Herald, 16,500 headbangers young and old flocked to McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on Saturday, July 26 for the 11 metal bands that made up the Monsters of Rock festival, headed by OZZY OSBOURNE and JUDAS PRIEST. In his review of the show, Rick Overwater of Sun...

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CLOUDSCAPE: 'Global Drama' Track Listing Revealed

Swedish metal band CLOUDSCAPE will release its third album, entitled "Global Drama", on the following dates: Aug. 18 (Europe) through Goldencore/Roastinghouse Records Aug. 19 (U.S. and Canada) through Nightmare Records The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Mind Diary 02. Darkest Legacy 03....

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JUDAS PRIEST's HALFORD Can't Wait To Put On Costumes And Makeup For 'Nostradamus' Tour

A 10-minute Japanese TV interview with JUDAS PRIEST members Rob Halford (vocals) and Glenn Tipton (guitar) can be viewed below. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Halford on the new JUDAS PRIEST album "Nostradamus": "That's what all of us love about 'Nostradamus' — it seems as that though ev...

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LIZZY BORDEN: 'Appointment With Death' Details Revealed

LIZZY BORDEN was created in 1983 in Hollywood California. Spitting venom, stage blood and dripping grease paint while breathing life into bizarre characters bred precisely for the stage. Theme-oriented creations such as "Love You to Pieces" (1985),"Menace to Society" (1986),"Visual Lies" (1987),"...

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EMPEROR's IHSAHN Discusses HARDINGROCK Project

Bjørn Hammershaug Christian Lysvåg of MIC Norway reports: Norwegian folklore and traditional tunes have been given a new musical cloak: On the record "Grimen" fiddler Knut Buen joins forces with EMPEROR's Vegard Tveitan (a.k.a. Ihsahn) and Heidi Solberg Tveitan from STAROFASH under the name HARDINGR...

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Evernight

What happened here? This over-the-top seven-piece Finnish act unleashed one of 2005's top guilty pleasures in "Third Age of the Sun", an album that crackled with life from start to finish. Its Tolkien-inspired imagery and vocal interplay (primarily soaring female vocals and a bellowing male death gr...

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GLENN DANZIG: 'Man's Inhumanity To Man Is Just As Bad As It's Always Been'

Jason Heller of The Onion's The A.V. Club recently conducted an interview with Glenn Danzig (DANZIG, MISFITS, SAMHAIN). A few excerpts from the chat follow: The A.V. Club: When you're a musician on the road, though, iPods are really convenient. Danzig: I don't even listen to music on the road, and i...

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MISFITS' JERRY ONLY Storms SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO With 'Hostile Takeover'

MISFITS' Jerry Only will storm the doors of Sirius Satellite Radio on Friday, January 5 as guest host of Sirius' weekly show "Hostile Takeover"! Tune in as Jerry controls the horizontal and the vertical for a solid 60-minutes playing, well… whatever he feels like playing! Classic punk rock of course...

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BATTLELORE: 'Evernight' Track Listing Revealed

Finnish "fantasy metal" band BATTLELORE has revealed the track listing for its fourth album, "Evernight", due in February 2007 via Napalm Records. The follow-up to 2005's "Third Age of the Sun" was recorded at MusicBros Studio and was produced by Miitri Aaltonen, who previously worked with the group...