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THE BLACK LEAGUE Begin Recording New Album

THE BLACK LEAGUE, the Finnish band fronted by former SENTENCED vocalist Taneli Jarva, have entered Seawolf Studios in Suomenlinna (just outside Helsinki) to begin recording their fourth full-length album, tentatively entitled "A Place Called Bad". The band have undergone several major lineup changes...

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Killer Of Original GRAND FUNK RAILROAD Manager Sentenced To Life In Prison

Bryn Mickle of The Flint Journal has issued the following report: A Texas man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday (May 26) for killing former GRAND FUNK RAILROAD manager Terry Knight. Donald A. Fair, 27, of Temple did not speak before his sentencing, but his attorney read a short statement apol...

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THE BLACK LEAGUE Unveil New Lineup, Begin Work On New CD

THE BLACK LEAGUE, the Finnish band fronted by former SENTENCED vocalist Taneli Jarva, have reportedly set "A Place Called Bad" as the title of their new album, tentatively due before the end of the year via Major Leidén Productions. The follow-up to "Man's Ruin Revisited" will be recorded at Seawolf...

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LACUNA COIL Premier New Song At France's ROTONDE FESTIVAL

According to a post at EmptySpiral.net, LACUNA COIL premiered one new song from their upcoming album during their appearance at the Rotonde Festival in Hirson, France Saturday night (May 21). Additionally, the band's setlist included tracks from their self-titled EP (originally released in 1998) as...

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New York Artist Inspired By Norwegian Black Metal

Randy Kennedy of The New York Times has issued the following report: In Oslo in the summer of 1993, a guitarist named Snorre Ruch [THORNS mastermind] — part of Norway's emergent cult of black metal, extreme heavy metal with overtones of arson and suicide — served as the accomplice to a gruesome murd...

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SOLUTION 13 Schedule First Show With New Singer

SOLUTION 13, the Finnish band featuring SENTENCED bassist Sami Kukkohovi and POISONBLACK drummer Tarmo Kanerva, will play their first gig with new vocalist Risto Stenroos (ex-HUMAN) on May 28 at Hevimesta in Oulu, Finland. Headlining the show will be CHARON. Risto Stenroos joined SOLUTION 13 late la...

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MANOWAR Confirmed For Spain's METALWAY FESTIVAL

MANOWAR have been confirmed as one of the headliners of the Metalway Festival 2005, which set to take place August 12-14 in Gernika (Bizkaia),Spain. Other acts scheduled to perform at the festival include ACCEPT, W.A.S.P., KORN, KREATOR, SENTENCED, CHILDREN OF BODOM, SONATA ARCTICA, SODOM, OBITUARY...

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JUDAS PRIEST: We Are Not Playing Spain's METALWAY FESTIVAL

Despite published reports to the contrary, JUDAS PRIEST will NOT be headlining the Metalway Festival in Spain in August. PRIEST were previously said to be headlining Day Two (August 13) of the three-day event, while KORN and ACCEPT were scheduled to top the bill on August 12 and August 14, respectiv...

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SENTENCED Frontman: 'POISONBLACK Is Not Dying Yet'

SENTENCED/POISONBLACK frontman Ville Laihiala has rejected Internet rumors that his POISONBLACK project is on the verge of splitting up after failing to complete work on the follow-up to their "Escapextacy" debut. Commented Laihiala: "POISONBLACK is not dying yet. The next album is allready recorded...

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LACUNA COIL: Back Catalog To Be Reissued In July

Century Media Records will be re-releasing LACUNA COIL's back catalog this July (July 25 in Europe; the North American release date has yet to confirmed). Included in the reissues will be the band's first two full-length albums, "In a Reverie" (1999) and "Unleashed Memories" (2001),plus a combined...

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SENTENCED Top Finnish Single Chart

SENTENCED's new single, "Ever-Frost", has entered the Finnish single chart at position No. 1. View the whole chart at this location. In addition to the "single edit" version of the title cut, the CD includes the song "Despair-Ridden Hearts". The single was released in Finland only, but fans can buy...

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GORGOROTH Guitarist Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Rape

GORGOROTH guitarist Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) was sentenced in a Norwegian court to three years in prison for rape. The incident happened April 27, 2004 when Tiegs, 34, and a friend, 32, brought a 29-year-old woman they met at a nightclub called Garage in Bergen back to Tiegs' appartment aft...

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The Nihilist Demos

If you're any kind of death metal fan, you recognize some of those song titles above as classic ENTOMBED cuts. NIHILIST was the band that spawned not only ENTOMBED, but UNLEASHED (formed by Johnny Hedlund upon NIHILIST's breakup in 1989). In the span of a short two years, before morphing into ENTOMB...

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THE GITS Documentary To Premier At SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Seattle punk-rock band THE GITS, whose lead singer, Mia Zapata, was murdered in 1993, are the subject of a new documentary, "The Gits Movie", which is scheduled to premier on Friday, May 28 at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) at the Egyptian Theater on Capitol Hill. There will be a sec...

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VILE Putting Finishing Touches On New CD

Californian brutal death metallers VILE are putting the finishing touches on their third full-length album, "The New Age of Chaos", tentatively due in September. "We are recording the final two vocal and bass tracks right now," the band write in a statement. "Mixing of the other songs is now in prog...