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PRIMORDIAL Sign With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Irish "dark metal" band PRIMORDIAL have inked a deal with Metal Blade Records for the release of their fifth studio album, tentatively titled "Harvest". "After thirteen years in existence this will be our fourth record label and hopefully our last," PRIMORDIAL vocalist Alan Nemtheanga said in a stat...

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SETH: Video Posted Online

French black metal band SETH have uploaded their video for the track "Addicted To Psychotropic Angeldust" at this location (Windows Media, 11 MB). "Addicted To Psychotropic Angeldust" comes off the group's third studio album, "Divine-X", released in March 2002 through Osmose Productions. SETH recent...

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FATES WARNING Announce New Album Title, Confirm Drummer's Departure

Progressive-metal veterans FATES WARNING have set "FWX" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in October through Metal Blade Records. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Left Here", "River Wide Ocean Deep", "Another Perfect Day", "Stranger (With A Familiar Face)" and "Wish". "Ray...

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CALLENISH CIRCLE To Support DISMEMBER In September

Dutch melodic death metallers CALLENISH CIRCLE will embark on a short Benelux mini-tour with Swedish old-school death metal legend DISMEMBER in September. Two shows in Holland and one show in Belgium are confirmed. Other bands on the bill are Dutch thrashers OCCULT and the Swedish band HEARSE, featu...

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SOILWORK Extend Contract With NUCLEAR BLAST

Sweden's SOILWORK have extended their contract with Nuclear Blast Records. The group will shortly begin work on the video for the song "Departure Plan" off their most recent CD, "Figure Number Five". A brand-new full-length album will likely be recorded before the end of the year for an early 2005 r...

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ANTHRAX Playing Longer Sets On Japanese Tour

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has posted another installment of his regular online column, dubbed "Alpha Mail". An excerpt: "The Tokyo shows were great. The venue, On Air East was killer and both nights were packed. We changed the set after the first show and played six different songs the second nigh...

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KING DIAMOND To Begin Mixing Live Album In May

Guitarist Andy LaRocque and vocalist King Diamond will begin mixing KING DIAMOND's upcoming live album in May at LaRocque's Los Angered studio outside Gothenburg, Sweden. A September/October release through Metal Blade Records is expected. "Still no details are known at the moment such as album titl...

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DREAM THEATER: First Two Home Videos To Be Reissued On DVD

The first two DREAM THEATER home videos, "Dream Theater - Images And Words: Live In Tokyo" (1993) and "Dream Theater: 5 Years in a Livetime" (1998),will be re-issued together on DVD on June 22, 2004. No further information is currently available. As previously reported, DREAM THEATER will be record...

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Former DREAM THEATER Keyboardist To Join JOHN SYKES On Japanese Tour

Former DREAM THEATER/YNGWIE MALMSTEEN keyboardist Derek Sherinian will be joining legendary guitarist John Sykes (THIN LIZZY, WHITESNAKE, BLUE MURDER) on his upcoming solo tour of Japan. Also appearing with Sykes in his backing band will be Marco Mendoza (WHITESNAKE, BLUE MURDER, THIN LIZZY) on bass...

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DREAM THEATER: Tokyo Show To Be Recorded For DVD/CD Release

Progressive-metal giants DREAM THEATER will be recording their show at the Budokan in Tokyo, Japan on April 26, 2004, for an upcoming Live DVD/CD release. No further information is available at this time. Upcoming DREAM THEATER shows: Apr. 22 - Nagoya, JPN @ Shimin Kainkan Chu Hall Apr. 23 - Osaka,...

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SETH: New Album Delayed

French black metal band SETH have pushed back the release date of their fourth album, "Era-Decay", to September 6. " 'Era-Decay' was supposed to come out [during the next few months], but after talks with Avantgarde Music, it seemed necessary and unavoidable to push back the release," the band write...

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CARNAL FORGE: DVD Track Listing Revealed

Swedish thrashers CARNAL FORGE have finalized the track listing for their upcoming live DVD, "Destroy Live", due in May. The disc contains 20 songs recorded the last weekend of January 2004 in Krakow, Poland and clips from "The 2003 Metal Gods Tour" in New York and "Extreme Bleeding Japan Tour 2003"...

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IMPIOUS Set Title, Release Date For New CD

Swedish death/thrashers IMPIOUS have set "Hellucinations" as the title of their fourth full-length album, tentatively due October 4 through Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2002's "The Killer" will be recorded at Studio Mega beginning on April 30. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Inj...

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THE FORSAKEN, DERANGED, MISTELTEIN Members Join Forces In FEARED CREATION

THE FORSAKEN frontman Anders Sjöholm, DERANGED bassist Calle Fäldt (on lead guitar) and MISTELTEIN bassist Magnus Gillberg have joined forced in a brand-new "fast technical thrash" band called FEARED CREATION. The band are currently planning on recording a demo in May at Calle's studio and using it...

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THE RED CHORD Sign With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Massachusetts metal/grind band THE RED CHORD has officially inked a deal with Metal Blade/Black Market Activities Records. The band plan to record their next full-length album, entitled "Clients", later this year. Commented THE RED CHORD vocalist Guy Kozowyk: "The Metal Blade offer was hands down th...