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VESANIA Report On 'The Domination Tour'

Polish black metal masters VESANIA, whose lineup includes Orion (BEHEMOTH) and Daray (VADER),have posted the following update on the recently completed "The Domination Tour 2006", also featuring GRAVE, CRYPTOPSY, DEW-SCENTED and ABORTED: "We're approaching the end of the tour, with the final part t...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Frontman Discusses New Album's Direction

Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with BLIND GUARDIAN frontman Hansi Kürsch. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Alysum: Is the direction of the new album as orchestrated and layered with vocal harmonies as "Night at the Opera" or does it have more in common with "Imagination...

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Beyond Fear

Whether or not you liked his two albums with JUDAS PRIEST, or got your metal panties in a bunch over his replacement of Matthew Barlow in ICED EARTH, it can't be denied that Tim "Ripper" Owens is one of the best vocalists we have in our midst today. Christ, he could make the bad songs ...

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DESTRUCTION Frontman Comments On Ecuadorian Concert Fiasco

It was reported yesterday that DESTRUCTION's April 15 concert in Quito, Ecuador ended in total chaos after the local promoter lost control of the 2,000 fans that wanted to attend the gig in a venue that could only accommodate half of them and that didn't have a working lighting system. According to...

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DESTRUCTION: Ecuador Concert Ends In Total Chaos

According to a posting on DESTRUCTION's official web site, the German thrashers' April 15 concert in Quito, Ecuador ended in total chaos after the local promoter lost control of the 2,000 fans that wanted to attend the gig in a venue that could only accommodate half of them and that didn't have a wo...

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INSISION: New Songtitles Revealed

INSISION vocalist Carl Birath has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "I know it was a long time since the last update so here is the deal at the moment: Insision has been working on new material for the third and upcoming album this 2006. What we have been doing lately ...

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BLUDGEON To Release 'World Controlled' In June

Chicago's BLUDGEON — the first band to be signed to MANOWAR's Magic Circle Music — will release their sophomore album, "World Controlled", on June 27. BLUDGEON has earned several distinctions in their relatively young career. When MANOWAR bassist and Magic Circle Music founder Joey DeMaio discovered...

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WOLF's New Album Will Be 'A 45-Minute Heavy Metal Feast'

Swedish metallers WOLF will enter Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden in June with producer Fredrik Nordström to begin recording their fourth album, tentatively due before the end of the year via Century Media Records. WOLF's former drummer Daniel "Dale" Bergkvist — who apparently remains on good t...

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STRYPER: Nordic Shows Cancelled

According to a posting at Stryper.biz, STRYPER's previously announced Nordic shows have been cancelled "for reasons beyond our control." STRYPER will try to schedule new dates in Sweden and Finland this fall. In other news, STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet is putting the finishing touches on an update...

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NICODEMUS: 'Next In Nocturne' Video Posted Online

Portland-based progressive metallers NICODEMUS have unveiled the web premiere of their new longform conceptual video for the track "Next In Nocturne". The clip is now available at the band's web site, www.nicodemus.us. The video was directed by Joni DeRouchie, a Northwest-based independent filmmaker...

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CLAWFINGER To Head In 'Slightly Different' Direction On Next Album

CLAWFINGER frontman Zak Tell has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Yeah, so what's going on is what some of you might be wondering. Well, if there was something going on then I would have written about it, I promise! Apart from me meeting up with Jocke [Skog, keyboards]...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Members To Urge Congressional Leaders To Recognize Armenian Genocide

Serj Tankian and John Dolmayan of the Grammy Award-winning band SYSTEM OF A DOWN will travel to Washington, D.C. on April 24 for a three-day campaign to urge Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert and other Congressional leaders to end their complicity in Turkey's ongoing denial of the Armenian Genocid...

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Terra

If it walks like a BORKNAGAR album, quacks like a BORKNAGAR album, and is comprised entirely of members of BORKNAGAR, who can it be? Uh, CRONIAN, apparently. That's being a bit glib — there are differences between this two-man project (featuring Øystein G. Brun and Mr. V, a/k/a Vintersorg) and the b...

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Decrowning

Ratings are tricky little buggers, and in a perfect world, we'd probably just ditch the damn things. But I don't think anyone's ever used "perfect" in the same sentence as this place, so the number persists. What does a 7 mean? Is it a thoroughly enjoyable record that you should purchase, from a ban...

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SEPULTURA: 'Dante XXI' Enters German Chart At No. 64

SEPULTURA's latest album, "Dante XXI", has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 64. The CD was recorded at Trama Studios in São Paulo, Brazil, where the group had previously laid down the "Revolusongs" EP, which contained cover versions of songs from such acts as MASSIVE ATTACK to...