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KATATONIA: New Video Interview Posted Online

O2 Academy recently conducted an interview with Swedish dark rockers KATATONIA. You can now watch the chat below. KATATONIA's ninth album, "Dead End Kings", sold 3,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 138 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD landed at p...

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THE AGONIST: Video Recap Of Asian Tour

A five-minute video recap of THE AGONIST's November 2012 Asian tour — which included stops in Taiwan and Japan — can be seen below. THE AGONIST's third album, "Prisoners", debuted at No. 19 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing ar...

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GLORYHAMMER: 'Tales From The Kingdom Of Fife' Heroic Edition Artwork Unveiled

GLORYHAMMER, the "heroic fantasy power metal" project led by Christopher Bowes, the mastermind behind pirate metal sensation ALESTORM, with a desire to explore the more symphonic and epic side of metal, will release its debut album, "Tales From The Kingdom Of Fife", on March 29, 2013 via Napalm Reco...

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HELLOWEEN Guitarist Says He And MICHAEL KISKE Have To Eventually 'Sort Things Out' Between Them

Patrick Prince of Powerline recently conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Weikath of German power metallers HELLOWEEN. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Powerline: Now, you've said that the new album is "a continuation of the '7 Sinners' directive," but more positive. Maybe y...

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PARADOX Frontman Undergoes Open-Heart Surgery

Charly Steinhauer, guitarist/vocalist of long-running German metallers PARADOX, was scheduled to undergo open-heart surgery on December 24. His bandmates state: "The heart surgery of Charly has been moved to today.... so right now he just is over it. We wish him all the best and we will let you know...

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Former AMBERIAN DAWN Singer Launches DARK SARAH

Former AMBERIAN DAWN singer Heidi Parviainen has launched a a new project called DARK SARAH. She plans to release a promotional CD with two songs in early 2013 along with a music video for the song "Save Me". Says Parviainen: "I used to look at the world with blue eyes, I used to love with ...

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HIM Performs Brand New Song In Turku; Video Available

Finnish love metallers HIM debuted a brand new song entitled "I Will Be The End Of You" during their headlining concert last night (Wednesday, December 26) at Klubi in Turku, Finland. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below (courtesy of Nalle Österman). HIM recently finished re...

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TAAKE Celebrates 20 Years Of True Norwegian Black Metal With Double Album Release

Having started the band way back in 1993, mainman Hoest will celebrate 20 years of staying true to his musical identity by releasing a 20-song, 2 CD collection of TAAKE rarities. The anniversary album will be released on Dark Essence Records on March 1 in Norway and March 4 in the rest of the world...

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HELHORSE: 'Death Comes To The Sleeping' Video Released

"Death Comes To The Sleeping", the new video from Danish heavy rockers HELHORSE, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Rasmus G. Sejersen of THE PSYKE PROJECT, who has previously worked with EMMURE, NASUM, THE CHARIOT and THE KANDIDATE. "Death Comes To The Sleeping" comes off HELHORSE's sophom...

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MITCH LUCKER's Final Video Interview Posted Online

California deathcore masters SUICIDE SILENCE were interviewed on frontman Mitch Lucker's 28th birthday (October 20) about the charity work they had done during the previous year's holiday season. The interview was carried heavily by Mitch and ended up being his final video interview. Check out the f...

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NEGATOR Completes Recording New Album

German black/death metallers NEGATOR have finished recording their fourth album at Hammer Studios in Hamburg with producer Eike Freese (GAMMA RAY, CALLEJON, DARK AGE, NEOPERA) for an early 2013 release via Viva Hate Records. The follow-up to 2010's "Panzer Metal" will be mixed and mastered in Januar...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist's 'Geek To Guitar Hero' Book Now Due In January

TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick's book, "Geek To Guitar Hero", will be available on paperback via Amazon on January 15. Commented Skolnick: "A quick flashback of all that has happened during the few years of writing this book leaves me dizzy. Some of my most definitive recordings — 'Veritas' (ALEX...

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AMORPHIS: Performance Footage Of New Song, Video Interview With TOMI JOUTSEN Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Finnish melancholic dark metal forerunners AMORPHIS performing a brand new song — tentatively titled "Mehtä" (English-language translation: "The Forest") — on December 14 at Klubi in Turku, Finland can be seen below. Also available is a new two-part video interview with A...

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JORN: Audio Samples Of Entire 'Symphonic' Album

Audio samples of all the songs that will appear on "Symphonic", the very special album from Norwegian hard rock singer Jorn Lande, can be streamed at MelodicRock.com. The CD will be released on January 25 in Europe and January 22 in North America via Frontiers Records. "Symphonic" is not a proper ne...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Completes Songwriting Process For New Album

According to drummer Jaska Raatikainen of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM, the songwriting process for the band's next album has been completed. He states: "Next step after holidays is that I'm gonna start sweating my ass off in the studio." CHILDREN OF BODOM's new CD is tentatively due in late...