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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...February 19, 2007
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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...February 18, 2007
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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...February 15, 2007
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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...February 12, 2007
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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...February 12, 2007
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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...February 11, 2007
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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...February 11, 2007
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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...February 8, 2007
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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...February 6, 2007
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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...February 5, 2007
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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...February 5, 2007
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Blood Libels
Getting a promotional CD from a French black metal act is now the norm, rather than the exception. The French black metal underground has been polluting the ears of fans the world over in a big way these last couple of years. ANTAEUS is yet another vicious beast and "Blood Libels" is about as aurall...February 4, 2007
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ROTTING CHRIST Mainman Feels 'Sorry' For MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE
Decibel magazine (web site) reports that MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine forced Greece's ROTTING CHRIST off a 2005 Athens gig, later saying he didn't want to play with "full-on" Satanic band since being "saved" in 2002. He further spouted off on MEGADETH's web site that "No one knows for sure what [R...February 4, 2007
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JOEY BELLADONNA: I Found Out ANTHRAX Reunion Was Over Via Internet
BLABBERMOUTH.NET spoke to singer Joey Belladonna on Wednesday, January 31 about his departure from ANTHRAX and his future plans. A transcript of the chat follows: Q: Scott Ian [ANTHRAX guitarist] said in his statement that was released on January 24 that ANTHRAX was offered a direct-support slot on...February 3, 2007
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KEEP OF KALESSIN Cancels SUMMER BREEZE Appearance
Norwegian black metallers KEEP OF KALESSIN have cancelled their previously announced appearance at Germany's Summer Breeze festival (set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl) due to circumstances beyond their control, according to a posting on the group's official web site. KEEP OF KALESS...February 1, 2007
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