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STRATOVARIUS Begin Recording New Album

STRATOVARIUS keyboardist Jens Johansson has posted the following message in the band's official forum: "This is a sort of informal update. "I went to Helsinki, basically to try and help with anything I could. Am here now. "Jörg Michael will play on the next STRATOVARIUS record (as he is very good of...

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CHARON Name New Guitarist

Finnish goth-metallers CHARON have selected FOR MY PAIN… guitarist Lauri Tuohimaa as the permanent replacement for of Jasse Von Hast, who left the group last November. Tuohimaa has spent the last few months playing with CHARON as a session guitarist during their winter live dates. CHARON have severa...

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Long-Running New York Death Metal Band CEREMONIUM Call It Quits

New York-based death metal band CEREMONIUM have officially called it quits. After 11 years, two albums, numerous compilation and festival appearances the band's former members have decided to move on with other projects. "I initially put CEREMONIUM on indefinite hiatus because of Brandon Diaz's (voc...

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BLIND GUARDIAN: DVD Details Revealed

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have set a tentative June 14 German release date for their upcoming live DVD, "Imaginations Through The Looking Glass". The disc, which was recorded primarily at the Blind Guardian Open Air festival in Coburg, Germany last June, will come with a bonus DVD, featu...

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Former KISS Guitarist Records Guest Appearances For LION'S SHARE, AUDIOVISION

Former KISS/current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick was at Stockholm, Sweden's Canvas studio (web site) on Saturday (April 10) recording guest appearances for the new LION'S SHARE and AUDIOVISION albums. The recording session was overseen by producer and LION'S SHARE guitarist Lars Chriss...

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Sonic Firestorm

If you're big on impassioned warbling, fluttering keyboards and perma-galloping rhythms, the question is why go for DRAGONFORCE's second album specifically? Can it bring fresh joys to your record collection? The answer is, well, yes, although not — in the spirit of this breed of dramatic metal — a r...

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THE HAUNTED Finish Recording New Album

Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED have completed the tracking for fourth full-length album, tentatively due later in the year through an as-yet-undetermined label (the band were previously signed to Earache Records). "We have now finished the recording at Studio Fredman & right now we're preparing f...

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POSSESSED Tribute Album: U.S. Release Date Confirmed

Candlelight Records has set May 18 as the U.S. release date for the POSSESSED tribute album, entitled "Tribute To Possessed... Seven Gates of Horror". The mid-priced recording features selections from CANNIBAL CORPSE, AMON AMARTH, VADER and many other metal notables. Included on the CD is an appeara...

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W.A.S.P.'s LAWLESS Talks About The Inspiration Behind 'The Neon God'

W.A.S.P. mainman Blackie Lawless spoke to Metal-Exiles.com about the group's upcoming album, "The Neon God: Part One – The Rise", and the group's touring plans in the U.S. and abroad. The following are some excerpts from that interview: On where the story for the new album came from: Blackie Lawless...

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HIDDEN IN THE FOG Ink Deal With TWILIGHT, Mini-CD To Be Reissued

German symphonic black metallers HIDDEN IN THE FOG have inked a deal with the German company Twilight-Vertrieb GbR. The group's five-song CD, "Abstract Maelstrom Paragon", which originally came out last year, will be released worldwide via Twilight on May 3. A brand-new full-length CD will follow in...

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RAZORBACK: Audio Samples Posted Online

RAZORBACK, the new band consisting of Rolf Munkes (guitar, MAJESTY, ex-VANIZE),Stefan Berggren (vocals, ex-COMPANY OF SNAKES),Marcus Bielenberg (bass, ex-VANIZE),Pierre Fienhold (drums, ex-VANIZE) and Chris Heun (guitar, ex-SHYLOCK),have uploaded three short audio samples from their upcoming deb...

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THE RING To Release Debut Album In June

THE RING, the Swedish band featuring former HUMANIMAL/GREAT KING RAT guitarist Pontus Norgren and ex-JEKYLL & HYDE frontman Jakob Samuel, will release their debut album, "Tales From Midgard", on June 7 through Italy's Scarlet Records. The first part of a trilogy based on the fantastic story of T...

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KROKUS Take Time Off To Write New Material

After successful concerts in Germany, Switzerland and Austria this winter, veteran Swiss hard rockers KROKUS will take a few weeks off to write new material for their next studio production. This summer the band will play some summer festivals, including the Rock Hard Festival on May 29-30 at Amphit...

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PARAGON To Cover SAXON, RUNNING WILD For Upcoming Tribute CDs

German power metallers PARAGON will shortly enter the studio to record a pair of cover songs: a version of SAXON's "20,000 Feet" for an upcoming SAXON tribute CD, plus an as-yet-undetermined RUNNING WILD selection (possibly "Masquerade") for the "Tribute To Running Wild" album being released this su...

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SEVENDUST: Acoustic CD Details Revealed

SEVENDUST have finalized the track listing for their upcoming acoustic live live CD/DVD, "Southside Double-Wide Acoustic Live", due on May 4 through TVT Records. Recorded and filmed at The Georgia Theater in Athens, GA, the set contains many of the band's greatest hits, including "Bitch", "Too Close...