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ENSIFERUM: 'Victory Songs' Enters Finnish Chart At No. 6

ENSIFERUM's third album, "Victory Songs", has entered the Finnish national chart at position No. 6. View the entire chart at this location. "Victory Songs" was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki with producer Janne Joutsenniemi. A limited-edition version of the album includes an extra track,...

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It's Official: ENSIFERUM Is A Star!

Now it is official: ENSIFERUM is a star. The Russian ENSIFERUM fan club has given the band a gift of astronomical proportions, as on their request the Russian International Star Catalogue Space Earth has denominated a star in the Ursa Major constellation after the Finnish metal band. The star is loc...

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Producer Says New BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE CD Is Full Of 'Pounding Old-School Metal'

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE started recording its new album in January at Sonic Ranch studios in Tornillo, Texas with producer Colin Richardson (MACHINE HEAD, FEAR FACTORY, NAPALM DEATH). Richardson has issued the following update on the project: "I've had a lot of messages from people asking for more d...

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L.A. GUNS Parts Ways With Bassist

L.A. GUNS frontman Phil Lewis has issued the following update: "Dear friends, it is with enormous regret we announce the departure of our good friend Adam Hamilton [bass]. Adam has been offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pursue his dreams as a producer. From this point on he will become a f...

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COBALT Signs With PROFOUND LORE; New Album To Feature Guest Vocals From SWANS Singer

Colorado blackened musical warmachine COBALT (comprised of the duo Erik Wunder and Phil McSorley) has forged a deal with Profound Lore Records to release its sophomore album, "Eater of Birds". Taking the band's vicious and unconventional sound paradigm that was witnessed on its "Hammerfight" debut E...

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TRIVIUM's COREY And MATT Discuss Their Passion For DEAN; Video Available

Dean Guitars has uploaded a streaming video interview with TRIVIUM's Corey Beaulieu and Matt Heafy where the guys discuss their passion for Dean Guitars. Check it out at this location. A four-minute video interview with TRIVIUM, conducted late last month by Possum of Altitude TV at the Los Angeles s...

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PAMELA MOORE: New Song Available For Download

Singer Pamela Moore — best known for her performance as Sister Mary on QUEENSRŸCHE's 1988 epic concept album "Operation: Mindcrime" and last year's epic sequel "Operation: Mindcrime II" — has posted a fifth song titled "Shotdown" on her MySpace page. The song is taken from her recent CD, titled "Sto...

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The Blackening

"The Blackening", MACHINE HEAD's sixth studio album, is quite simply the band's best effort since its shattering 1994 debut, "Burn My Eyes", and may even surpass that modern classic. It may also be the best all-out metal recording of 2007. This is a no-holds-barred, brutally heavy, uncompromising al...

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From These Wounds

Stark, obsidian funeral doom metal with low-toned clean vocals — on the surface, there doesn't seem to be much about FUNERAL to set them apart from so many other purveyors of bleak, depressive sound. But while there are reference points – early KATATONIA, SWALLOW THE SUN, RAPTURE, DIABOLIQUE, OPETH...

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Age Eternal

Mike Scheidt may have been the guitarist and vocalist of revered northwest U.S. space-doom freaks YOB, but the opening track of his new band's debut seems determined to highlight the differences between his earlier outfit and MIDDIAN. "Dreamless Eye" crashes out of the gate with a fast, aggressive,...

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BATTERED Confirmed For MILWAUKEE METALFEST

BATTERED, the Norwegian band featuring former EINHERJER members Frode Glesnes (a.k.a. Grimar, vocals/guitar),Aksel Herløe (guitar) and Gerhard Storesund (a.k.a. Vivar, drums),has been confirmed for the Milwaukee Metalfest, set to take place May 11-12 at Waukesha County Expo Center in Waukesha, Wis...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Frontman: 'We Want To Be More Metal All Across The Board'

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE frontman Matt Tuck told Revolver magazine that he is writing meaner, less syrupy melodies for the group's upcoming CD, which the band recently started recording at Sonic Ranch studios in Tornillo, Texas with producer Colin Richardson (MACHINE HEAD, FEAR FACTORY, NAPALM DEATH)...

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SUFFOCATION: More Tour Dates Announced

Legendary New York death metallers SUFFOCATION have announced another month's worth of tour dates, expanding their already exhaustive "Suffocation World Tour". The band, who recently completed tours of Australia and New Zealand, will hit cities all across Europe beginning March 29. SUFFOCATION will...

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SEBASTIAN BACH To Headline Italy's EVOLUTION FESTIVAL

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has issued the following update: "We are honored to headline this year's Evolution Festival in Tuscany, Italy this 7.7.7!!!! This will be the second time we have played the Evolution Festival, and we can't wait to see all our friends in Italy again! How lucky...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE To Support METALLICA At Wembley Stadium

Welsh metalcore act BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE will support METALLICA on the following dates: July 05 - Rotudenplatz - Vienna, Austria July 08 - Wembley Stadium - London, UK HEAVEN AND HELL has also been announced as one of the "special guests" at the Vienna show. BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE will be the fe...