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DARK TRANQUILLITY To Begin Work On Follow-Up To 'Atoma' In Early 2019

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY are planning to enter the studio in early 2019 to begin writing material for the follow-up to 2016's "Atoma" album. Speaking to Kaaos TV before the band's July 20 concert at the John Smith Rock Festival in Peurunka, Finland, DARK TRANQUILLITY vocalis...

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MOONSPELL's FERNANDO RIBEIRO Launches ALMA MATER RECORDS

Fernando Ribeiro, vocalist of Portuguese dark metal pioneers MOONSPELL, seems to be a restless spirit. Beside heavily touring the world, releasing highly acclaimed records with his band MOONSPELL, including their upcoming live DVD, "Lisboa Under The Spell", as well as his recent dark poetry book rel...

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MOONSPELL: 'Alma Mater' Performance Clip From 'Lisboa Under The Spell'

A performance clip of the song "Alma Mater", taken from MOONSPELL's upcoming "Lisboa Under The Spell" release, can be seen below. A unique and solemn spell seems to shroud every spot as soon as Portuguese alchemists MOONSPELL enter the stage — and it was a very special evening indeed when the band p...

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ROTTING CHRIST: 'Under Our Black Cult' CD+Book Set Due In July

Marking 30 years of ROTTING CHRIST, "Under Our Black Cult" is a deluxe five-CD, 72-page book-set charting the early years of the Greek black metal legends. The set, which is due on July 6, also includes a limited hand-signed certificate from Sakis "Necromayhem" Tolis (while stocks last). Written by...

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MOONSPELL To Release 'Lisboa Under The Spell' In August

A unique and solemn spell seems to shroud every spot as soon as Portuguese alchemists MOONSPELL enter the stage — and it was a very special evening indeed when the band played an exceptional show at the Campo Pequeno arena in their hometown Lisbon on February 4, 2017. That inimitable bond between th...

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Former GRIP INC. Guitarist WALDEMAR SORYCHTA Launches MANDRAH

Former GRIP INC. guitarist and acclaimed producer Waldemar Sorychta has joined forces with Danish-German singer Cornelia Schmitt (THE HEROINES) and drummer Vic Chains (THE SPOOK, THE DEAD KINGS) in a new band called MANDRAH. Sorychta's music has never been about walking trodden paths, following tren...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY's MIKAEL STANNE On Using Clean Vocals On 1999's 'Projector': 'We Wanted To Prove To Ourselves We Can Be Different'

Slobodan Trifunović of Serbian Metal conducted an interview with frontman Mikael Stanne of veteran Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY prior to the band's April 18 concert at SKCNS Fabrika in Novi Sad, Serbia. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by B...

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MOONSPELL Releases 'Desastre' Video

"Desastre", the new video from Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's latest album, "1755", which was released last November via Napalm Records. The Portuguese-language disc was written about the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon ear...

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Resurrected DESPAIR Feat. Ex-GRIP INC., MORGOTH Members: Audio Snippets Of Reworked 'History Of Hate' Album

Acclaimed producer/guitarist Waldemar Sorychta (GRIP INC., LACUNA COIL, MOONSPELL, SAMAEL) last year resurrected the German technical thrash band DESPAIR. Joining him in the group's current incarnation are former MORGOTH vocalist Marc Grewe, original DESPAIR drummer Markus "Makka" Freiwald and new b...

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CRADLE OF FILTH's DANI FILTH On Upcoming 'Cruelty And The Beast' Reissue: 'It Sounds Fantastic'

Prior to CRADLE OF FILTH's performance in Odense, Denmark on March 3, frontman Dani Filth was interviewed by HeavyMetal.dk. The full conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the band's plans to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the group's th...

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MOONSPELL Guitarist: 'I Don't Know For How Long We're Gonna Keep On Doing This'

LoudTV.net recently conducted an interview with guitarist Ricardo Amorim of Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL. You can now watch the chat below. Asked what the future holds for MOONSPELL, Ricardo responded: "To keep on working, I believe. I don't know for how long we're gonna keep on doing this. As lon...

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MOONSPELL Frontman On '1755' Album: 'It's Very Intense, It's Very Dramatic'

Spark TV, which is part of the Czech monthly magazine Spark, conducted an interview with frontman Fernando Ribeiro of Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL prior to their January 18 concert at Roxy in Prague, Czech Republic (where they played alongside CRADLE OF FILTH). You can watch the entire chat below....

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AMORPHIS And DARK TRANQUILLITY To Tour North America With MOONSPELL, OMNIUM GATHERUM

Melancholic progressive metallers AMORPHIS will return to North America with a co-headlining trek with DARK TRANQUILLITY this September/October. Joining them are Portugal's premier gothic-metallic-force MOONSPELL, and Finnish melo-death contingent OMNIUM GATHERUM. AMORPHIS will be touring in suppor...

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MOONSPELL Frontman Says 'Best Reactions' To Band's New Portuguese-Language Album 'Come From Countries That Have No Idea' What He Is Singing About

Impact metal channel conducted an interview with frontman Fernando Ribeiro of Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL prior to their January 21 concert at A38 in Budapest, Hungary. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the reaction to MOONSPELL's ne...

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1755

MOONSPELL has never been the kind of band that writes the same album over and over again. The overarching label "gothic metal" is an adequate descriptor, yet Portugal's leading metal band clearly does its best to differentiate its material from that which came before. This mindset bleeds through to...