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WRETCH Records Song In Honor Of HEADBANGER'S OPEN AIR FESTIVAL

Cleveland band WRETCH has just completed a new song called "Make This Garden Burn". The track, which was written in honor of the 10th anniversary of the Headbanger's Open Air Festival, is dedicated to festival promoters Thomas Tegelhütter and Jürgen Hegewald (Hellion Records). The recording was done...

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CANDLEMASS: Audio Samples Of Entire New Album Available

An e-card for the new CANDLEMASS album, "King of the Grey Islands", can be accessed at this location. The e-card features audio samples of all tracks that are set to appear on the CD, which is due on June 22 via Nuclear Blast Records. As previously reported, a brand new audio interview with ...

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UNLEASHED Confirmed For Finland's JALOMETALLI Festival

Swedish death metal legends UNLEASHED have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Jalometalli festival, set to take place August 17-18 at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALTARIA AMORAL BURNING POINT CANDLEMASS DEATHCHAIN DOMIN...

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AGENT STEEL: 'Alienigma' Artwork Revealed

California-based metallers AGENT STEEL have posted the cover artwork for their new album, "Alienigma", at this location (artwork by Dimitri Patelis). Due in September via Mascot Records, "Alienigma" will feature the following track listing: 01. Fashioned From Dust 02. Wash The Planet Clean 03. Hail...

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DEATHCHAIN: 'Cult Of Death' Enters Finnish Chart At No. 17

Finnish death/thrash metallers DEATHCHAIN have entered the album chart in their home country at position No. 17 with their third effort, "Cult of Death" (Dynamic Arts Records). View the chart at this location. A video for the song "Pit of the Possessed", taken from the CD, has been posted at YouTube...

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CANDLEMASS: New Audio Interview With LEIF EDLING Available

A brand new audio interview with CANDLEMASS bassist/songwriter Leif Edling has been posted online in two parts: Part#1, Part#2. The interview was broadcast on "Whiplash", the only metal show on national radio in Belgium, on Studio Brussels. The program is hosted by Dries Van Damme, guitarist of the...

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MUSTASCH, BACKWATER Confirmed For Sweden's METALTOWN Festival

MUSTASCH, SYCONAUT, DIGRESSION ASSASSIN and BACKWATER have been confirmed for the Metaltown festival, set to take place June 30 at Frihammen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BACKWATER (S) CANDLEMASS (S) CULT OF LUNA (S) DIGRESSION ASSASSIN (S) HARDCORE SUPERSTAR...

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LEIF EDLING: 'You Can't Have A Rock Star Attitude In CANDLEMASS'

Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with CANDLEMASS mainman/bassist Leif Edling. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Tangra Mega Rock: Two years ago, when you released your self-titled album, you were very excited to have vocalist Messiah Marcolin ba...

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ELVENKING Working On 'The Divided Heart' Video

Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING recently finished mixing its new album at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland. The mastering took place on April 10 at Finnvox Studios with Mika Jussila and Nino Laurenne. The group has issued the following update "On the studio report page you can find a...

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THERION's SNOWY SHAW Laying Down Drums For New Gothenburg Project

Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) is currently recording session drums for the debut album of an as-yet-unnamed Gothenburg-based project. According to a posting on Snowy's web site, "style-wise is very much in the ve...

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DEATHCHAIN: 'Pit Of The Possessed' Video Posted Online

DEATHCHAIN's new video for the song "Pit of the Possessed" has been posted at YouTube. The track comes off the Finnish death/thrash metallers' third album, "Cult of Death", due on May 28 via Dynamic Arts Records (May 23 in Finland and June 1 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland). The track listing is...

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THERION To Embark On 20th Anniversary Tour In December

THERION mainman Christofer Johnsson has posted the following message on the band's web site: "It's not completely finished with all details yet, but as one of the promoters seems to have published the info already, we can reveal that in December we will celebrate 20 years of THERION by making a tour...

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CANDLEMASS: New Album To Receive Swedish Premiere This Weekend

According to HardRockInfo.com, CANDLEMASS guitarist Mats "Mappe" Björkman will debut the group's new album, "King of the Grey Islands", at Skivlagret in Borås, Sweden on Saturday, May 19 at 16.00 — an entire month before the album's official release date, which is June 22. Björkman may also show a D...

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MARSHALL LAW Pulls Out Of HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR, INTENSE Steps In

Long-running Birmingham, U.K. metallers MARSHALL LAW have cancelled their appearance at the Headbanger's Open Air (set to take place June 13-14 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany) because they still haven't found a replacement for drummer Pete Hunt who left the band last November. Newly confirmed for...

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ELVENKING Preparing For New Album Release

Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING recently finished mixing its new album at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland. The mastering took place on April 10 at Finnvox Studios with Mika Jussila and Nino Laurenne. Commented guitarist Aydan: "Everything looks calm and relaxed but it is not exactely...