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ECHOTERRA Parts Ways With Singer MELISSA FERLAAK

Vocalist Melissa Ferlaak (VISIONS OF ATLANTIS) has confirmed her departure from ECHOTERRA, the band featuring keyboardist Jonah Weingarten (PYRAMAZE),guitarist Yan Leviathan (AVIAN),bassist Sam Van Moer (GRACEPOINT) and drummer Adam Sagan (INTO ETERNITY). She says, "[There is] no real drama, it ju...

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VOIVOD Drummer's Art Exhibition At Holland's ROADBURN Festival

The exhibition "Worlds Away - The Art of Michel Langevin" will be part of this year's edition of the Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands. The exhibition will feature work by VOIVOD drummer and artist Michel "Away" Langevin, who, along with his bandmates, is curating the special Au-delà du Réel...

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With each album released Swiss folk metal unit ELUVEITIE becomes more popular in markets like North America, more warmly embraced by the folk metal community, and afforded a higher level of recognition for their rich musical tapestry and historically-based (as opposed to strictly Pagan) lyrics. Foll...

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NACHTMYSTIUM: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed

Chicago-based extremists NACHTMYSTIUM recently entered the studio to begin recording their new album, "Silencing Machine", for a July 31 release via Century Media Records. A U.S. Midwest mini-tour with KRIEG and MURMUR will kick off on July 25. Very few bands today embrace their own individualism to...

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PHENOMENA's 'Awakening' Due In March

Escape Music has set a March 23 release date for PHENOMENA's "Awakening". People should learn to expect a little awe and mystery. PHENOMENA take us upon a journey where there is nothing pretty about the protagonists of the story that we shall meet along the way. The subject is good against evil. The...

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BORNHOLM Working On New Album

Hungarian pagan/black metal band BORNHOLM is working on its new album, "Inexorable Defiance", at Pannonia Studios with Viktor Scheer (ex-SEAR BLISS) as producer. The CD will contain 11 tracks which are said to be "more complex and much detailed than anything before in the history of the band. Wrath,...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: New Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

The fourth in a series of video updates from the recording sessions for "Ethera", the fifth album from Austrian symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS, can be seen below. Due later in the year via Napalm Records, the CD is currently being recorded at Artesonika Studios in Pordenone (near Venice),I...

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ALICE COOPER: MAIDEN Audience Is A Great Opportunity For Us To Show Them What ALICE Is About

Legendary rocker Alice Cooper, who attended yesterday's Revolver Golden Gods Awards press conference in Los Angeles, spoke to Rolling Stone about his upcoming summer tour with IRON MAIDEN, which is scheduled to kick off on June 21 in North Carolina. "Those guys are really good friends of ours," Coop...

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SLIPKNOT Drummer: Every Time I Listen To One Of Our Records, I'm Blown Away By What We've Done

Cameron Edney of Hardrock Haven recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Hardrock Haven: Last year you released the 10th anniversary edition of [SLIPKNOT's second album] "Iowa". When you look back over those recording sessi...

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CRAZY LIXX To Release 'Riot Avenue' In April

Frontiers Records has set an April 24 North American release date for the new album from Swedish hard rockers CRAZY LIXX, "Riot Avenue". Produced by the bandmembers themselves, the CD finds CRAZY LIXX in fine form, with eleven sexy, hard-rocking new tracks on the their third studio release (the seco...

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SUFFER WELL Calls It Quits

SUFFER WELL — the band featuring Brandan Schieppati (BLEEDING THROUGH) on vocals, Mick Kenney (ANAAL NATHRAKH) on guitar, Trevor Friedrich (EIGHTEEN VISIONS, COMBICHRIST) on drums, Bobby Schubenski on bass and Adam Vex (IMPERATIVE REACTION) on guitar — has officially split up. Brandan has since laun...

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TRIVIUM Frontman: 'We're The Only Band That Had To Come Out And Grow Up In The Public Eye'

EspyRock recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy of Florida metallers TRIVIUM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. EspyRock: Did you ever worry in the early days, as you set yourself out to be a career band, that the statements you released about being the big...

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NACHTMYSTIUM Signs Worldwide Deal With CENTURY MEDIA

Century Media Records has announced the worldwide signing of NACHTMYSTIUM. Very few bands today embrace their own individualism to ultimately craft something truly unique and genre defying. Enter the Chicago-based NACHTMYSTIUM, who embrace the true spirit of individuality and intolerance forming sol...

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TREAT Bassist Quits

Bassist Nalley Påhlsson has left reunited Swedish hard rockers TREAT for "personal reasons." He says in a statement, "I will now focus more on the band THERION and my own band that hopefully will see the light of day with an album out in 2013 that I will record with other great names from the ...

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THE CULT: More 'Choice Of Weapon' Details Revealed

One of the finest British rock acts to have enjoyed worldwide success over the last few decades, THE CULT has wrapped up recording "Choice Of Weapon", the group's first studio album in five years. The album is set for a May 22 U.S. release on the band's new label Cooking Vinyl, and its 10 tracks ...