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EXCALION: 'Waterlines' U.S. Release Date Announced

Finnish symphonic power metallers EXCALION will release their new album, "Waterlines" (view artwork at this location),in the U.S. on April 24 via Ryko Distribution. The follow-up to 2005's "Primal Exhale" was recorded and mixed at Watercastle studio by Arttu Sarvanne and will feature the following...

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EVANESCENCE Singer Jumps To BRITNEY SPEARS' Defense

EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee came to the defense of Britney Spears after a fan named "Strat" posted a YouTube video making fun of the troubled pop star using one of EVANESCENCE's songs. "OK, hold on a second. I have to post that I in NO WAY am going to endorse any kind of Britney bashing ...

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THE CHARIOT: New Song Posted Online

Atlanta-based technical post hardcore/metal quintet THE CHARIOT has posted a new track, entitled "They Faced Each Other", on its MySpace page. The song holds special importance to the band, as singer Josh Scogin explains: "The choice was really hard, but 'They Faced Each Other' is one of our favorit...

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EAGLES OF DEATH METAL Leader: We Told AXL ROSE To 'Go F*** Himself'

Croatia's Javno recently conducted an interview with EAGLES OF DEATH METAL leader Jesse "The Devil" Hughes. An excerpt from the chat follows: Javno: You were on tour with the legendary GUNS N' ROSES last year. I read that Axl Rose called you the "PIGEONS OF SHIT METAL." What happened? Jesse: That wa...

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A Symphony of Suffering

It was the fertile swamplands of southern Florida that spawned, among scads of other bands, the groundbreaking NOCTURNUS in the late 1980s. Their use of a full-time keyboardist was controversial at the time, when the instrument was considered a crutch of the sappiest of the hair-farmer acts. Now, of...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman Pays Tribute To BLACK SABBATH Guitarist

The current issue of Guitar World magazine includes an in-depth feature on Tom Gabriel Fischer, frontman of CELTIC FROST, who talks about how he started writing music. "I used to sit there and dissect BLACK SABBATH's music," he said. "I was interested in knowing why SABBATH sounded so dark compared...

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Ex-MASTERPLAN Singer Says New Lineup Has Good Chance Of Succeeding

Norway's Metal Express Radio recently conducted an interview with former MASTERPLAN/ARK singer Jorn Lande. An excerpt from the chat follows: Metal Express Radio: Do you think you should get back together with Tore (Tore Østby) and finish the unreleased third [ARK] album? Jorn: (laughs) Yeah, you nev...

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HANOI ROCKS Frontman: Upcoming CD Will Redefine Band's Sound And Attitude

Frontman Michael Monroe of the Finnish rock 'n' roll legends HANOI ROCKS has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Good news — the new HANOI ROCKS album is coming along very nicely! Last week we had an amazingly productive pre-production/rehearsal-studio session: in just th...

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SILENT FORCE Singer OK After Sustaining Injuries At Structure Fire

SILENT FORCE vocalist D.C. Cooper — who works as a firefighter in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area — has updated his MySpace page with the following message: "We here at the staff at DCPStudio would like to let everyone know that D.C. Cooper is OK and doing well. "D.C. was released from the hospita...

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GRAVE DIGGER To Play Russia In March

German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER have confirmed that they will play three shows in Russia in March. The concerts will take place in Krasnodar, Ektarinenburg and Moscow. Exact dates and venues will be announced soon. GRAVE DIGGER's new album, "Liberty or Death", entered the German Media Control ch...

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SHINING's Controversial Concert: An Eyewitness Account

A BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor by the name of Peter has submitted the following report from Swedish black metal band SHINING's controversial concert at Diezel in Halmstad, Sweden on February 3: "I attended the gig and thought I'd give a report since there were so many conflicting stories...I felt that I...

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NECROPHAGIST Forced To Cancel First Eight European Tour Dates

German death metal band NECROPHAGIST has been forced to cancel the first eight dates of its previously announced "Carving Europe's Epitaph Vol. II" tour. The group's official statement reads as follows: "We are extremely disappointed about having to inform you that due to unforeseen and out-of-our-c...

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TESTAMENT Frontman On New Album: 'We Have About Five Or Six Songs Written So Far'

Justin Donnelly of The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's reunion tour: "I think that we're beyond the reunion tour thing now, especially now that we've decided to do an album together now. It's simply a...

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KEEP OF KALESSIN Takes Over EXTOL's Slot At Norway's BY:LARM Festival

Norwegian black metallers KEEP OF KALESSIN will take over EXTOL's spot at the upcoming by:Larm festival, to take place February 8-10 at Öst in Trondheim, Norway. They will play the main stage at 20:30 on Thursday and Nautilus stage at 23:00 on Friday. by:Larm is Scandinavia's largest music conferenc...

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PAUL SPECKMANN: 'Good Sound Or Sh*t Sound, MASTER Still Delivers'

MASTER mainman Paul Speckmann has issued the following update: "I just returned this morning from two killer gigs in Ireland. We played in Cork, and Dublin. It was hell traveling through the U.K. airports, but we made it successfully home around 2:00 a.m Monday morning. I actually had a few laughs i...