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SAXON Manager Checks In

SAXON's manager Thomas Jensen has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "After a hectic week I would like to keep you posted on the latest activities of the band. It might be too much information but I'll try to keep it short. "Thursday: Biff [Byford, vocals] and Charlie [Ba...

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SAXON: New Single Available For Paid Download

SAXON's new single, "If I Was You", is now available for download from a number of online shops. A complete list of participating shops can be found on the band's official web site. SAXON has finalized the track listing for its new album, "The Inner Sanctum", due in Europe on March 5 (Germany: ...

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SAXON: 'The Inner Sanctum' Details Revealed

British heavy metal legends SAXON have finalized the track listing for their new album, "The Inner Sanctum", due in Europe on March 5 (Germany: March 2, U.S.: April 3) via SPV Records. Commented frontman Biff Byford: "'The Inner Sanctum' is a typical SAXON recording that kicks off with gargatum heav...

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SHINING To Film Swedish Gig For Upcoming DVD

Reactivated Swedish black metallers SHINING will film their February 3, 2007 concert at Diezel in Halmstad, Sweden for an upcoming DVD, entitled "Fy Fan För Livet!" In addition to the live footage, the disc will consist of a two-hour "road movie" and the promotional video for the new song "Låt Oss T...

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SHINING, OPERA IX Confirmed For Germany's HELLS PLEASURE Festival

Sweden's SHINING and Italy's OPERA IX are among the latest confirmed bands for the Hells Pleasure festival, set to take place July 20-21, 2007 in Pößneck, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): DEFLORATION DEATHRONATION DESASTER DOOMSHINE EARTH FLIGHT EURE ER...

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Vocalist LANCE KING Parts Ways With PYRAMAZE

Due to "irreconcilable differences," Lance King will no longer be singing with PYRAMAZE. Commented Lance: "I would like to thank the PYRAMAZE guys for many wonderful memories. I'm very proud of the music we created together! I wish each and every member of the band success in their careers and perso...

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DEFTONES Frontman: 'We're Never Gonna Be A Huge Band And I Don't Care'

Sweden's Close-Up magazine (web site) recently conducted an interview with DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Close-Up: Why did you first opt to work with producer Bob Ezrin? Chino: "Well, we didn't have a producer for a while. We were in Malibu writing songs. We re...

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Subliminal Genocide

It seemed a tad strange to find that the new 71-minute full-length from Malefic's XASTHUR was being released on Hydra Head. That is, until one considers that the lo-fi black metal atmospheres and dread-drenched trance of "Subliminal Genocide" is the kind of expansive, heady, and off-the-beaten path...

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Swedish Black Metallers SHINING Comment On Rumors Of Singer's Suicide

Reactivated Swedish black metallers SHINING have issued the following statement regarding the widespread rumors that the group's leader, Niklas Kvarforth, has committed suicide: "There have been many rumours saying that our front-man, founder Kvarforth is dead. We wish these speculations to be put t...

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Man of Straw

With this, their second release, the Lost and Found label is quickly becoming a benchmark for how these limited reissues should be done. The second effort from Los Angeles cult favorites VIKING is the latest album to come down off the high-priced eBay auction block, available again for all who misse...

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Desperate Man's Diary

GLASS CASKET's debut album, "We Are Gathered Here Today", made some waves in the metal world for its technical blend of thrash and death metal, set against a metalcore backdrop. Counting a couple of BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME members in its ranks (guitarist Waring and drummer Blake Richardson) didn't...

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RUSH Drummer Checks In With Songwriting Update

RUSH drummer Neil Peart has posted a lengthy update at his official web site. An excerpt from message follows: "My bandmates and I had decided to spend May working together in a Toronto studio, to refine some of the songs we had worked on long-distance over the winter, and hopefully to write some ne...

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SHINING Begin Recording New Album

Mastering Kvarforth of the reactivated Swedish black metallers SHINING has issued the following update: "We have just returned from the Razors Across Europe tour we made throughout Europe. The ten ceremonies and three emergency hospital visits, were more or less successful and we will soon return be...

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POISON: Part One Of New C.C. DEVILLE Audio Interview Available For Download

A 25-minute audio interview with POISON guitarist C.C. Deville, conducted earlier in the month by Alberta, Canada's Shining Star Radio, has been made available for download at this location (MP3, 10.5 MB). Deville discusses his appearance on VH1's "The Surreal Life", POISON's long history and this y...

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EYES OF FIRE: 'It All Dies Today' Video Posted Online

Orange County ambient-metal quintet EYES OF FIRE's video for the track "It All Dies Today" — the first single off the group's sophomore disc, "Prisons" — has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). "I'm just glad there's not a whole lot of us in it," EYES OF FIRE frontman Dan Kaufman .....