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MESHUGGAH: More 'Nothing' Reissue Details Revealed

More information has been released about the upcoming reissue of MESHUGGAH's acclaimed 2002 effort, "Nothing", due in the U.S. on October 31 via Nuclear Blast Records. The new edition of the album includes re-recorded guitars and comes in a custom-shaped slipcase featuring a 3D hologram card. The CD...

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CANDLEMASS Resumes Recording New Album — Without Vocalist MESSIAH

Legendary Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS returned to Polar studio in Stockholm this past weekend to add one song to their forthcoming album. The brutally heavy "Of Stars and Smoke" was put down with ease and in a very releaxed working environment. Since the as-yet-untitled CD won't be out until next y...

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SWALLOW THE SUN Prepares To Record New Album

Finnish melodic death/doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN will enter the Seawolf Studios in Helsinki on September 11 to record its third, as-yet-untitled album. A February 7, 2007 release via Spinefarm Records is expected. SWALLOW THE SUN's second album, "Ghosts of Loss", was released last summer via Fir...

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Sahg 1

If Norway's SAHG could keep the vibe they launch at the beginning of this lead-heavy album, they'd be serious Album of the Year contenders. It's a doomy, crushing SABBATH stomp with soaring melodic vocals and ponderous, coffin-lidded grooves, the kind of monumental doom birthed by "Children of the S...

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CANDLEMASS Mainman: 'I Can't Really Say If MESSIAH Will Sing On The Upcoming Album Or Not'

Bassist/songwriter Leif Edling of the legendary Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "It is hotter than hell right now (in Sweden anyway) and most of you doom-lovers are on vacation. So are we. And we do get worried questions though about wha...

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MESHUGGAH, CRADLE OF FILTH Members To Take Part In Sweden's BASS 'N DRUMS DAYS

MESHUGGAH members Tomas Haake and Dick Lövgren, along with CRADLE OF FILTH drummer Adrian Erlandsson, are among the musicians scheduled to take part in Bass 'N Drums Days, set to take place September 29-30 at Draken in Stockholm, Sweden. More information is available at www.bassndrum.se. As previous...

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MESHUGGAH: Cover Artwork For 'Nothing' Remix Posted Online

The cover artwork for MESHUGGAH's upcoming remixed version of its acclaimed 2002 effort, "Nothing" has been posted online at this location. Due on September 15 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD will include a bonus DVD containing live footage from the Swedish experimental extreme metallers' most rec...

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ARCH ENEMY Singer Sounds Off On Vocal Technique, Early Influences And Being A Vegetarian

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her official MySpace page: "I get so many wonderful messages every day it is almost overwhelming. I am sorry, but it is impossible to answer them all.. So I have collected the most frequently asked questions and will answer them...

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MESHUGGAH: 'Nothing' Re-Release To Include Bonus DVD

Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH have spent the last few months remixing their acclaimed 2002 effort, "Nothing", with plans to re-release the effort with a bonus DVD sometime this fall. Although nothing has yet been confirmed, the DVD is expected to include live footage from the band...

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CANDLEMASS: Post-MESSIAH Albums To Be Re-Released With Bonus Tracks

GMR Music has announced plans to re-release the CANDLEMASS albums "Chapter VI" (1992) and "Dactylis Glomerata" (1998) as double remastered discs. "Chapter VI" will include the "Sjunger Sigge Furst" EP as bonus tracks plus a live DVD disc and "Dactylis Glomerata" will contain an entire previously unr...

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Former CARCASS Frontman Talks About Solo Album, Possible Reunion

Lords of Metal e-zine recently conducted an interview with former CARCASS frontman Jeff Walker. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Lords of Metal: "Welcome To Carcass Cuntry" is your first solo album. How did you get the idea of releasing a solo album? And moreover, an album full of country and bl...

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EXODUS Pull Out Of Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS have cancelled their previously announced appearance at this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24, 2006 in Balingen, Germany. The festival organizers have issued the following statement on the matter: "Havi...

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CANDLEMASS: New Studio Photos Posted Online

Legendary Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS have uploaded several photos from their recent recording sessions at Stockholm's Polar Studios. Check them out at Candlemass.se. As previously reported, CANDLEMASS frontman Messiah Marcolin contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET on April 28, 2006 to reveal that he has part...

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CANDLEMASS Continue Work On New Album

Legendary Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS have posted the following message on their official web site: "Hello doomlovers!! Not everything is clouded in the C-MASS camp. The band is currently recording the new album with full force, again in Stockholm's Polar Studios — the new place. Ten killer doom me...

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CANDLEMASS Replaced By METAL CHURCH At Germany's HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR Festival

The organizers of the Headbangers Open Air festival — which is set to take place June 14-15 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany — have issued the following statement regarding the cancellation of CANDLEMASS' appearance at the event: "After we tried to clear the situation with CANDLEMASS in the last day...