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ALTARIA Announces New Singer

Finnish melodic metallers ALTARIA have issued the following update: "The search is over! ALTARIA has found their man to take the place behind the microphone. Multitalented vocalist Marco Luponero attended the auditions and managed to impress the band to the point that he was invited to join. The thi...

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THRESHOLD Completes Work On 'Dead Reckoning'

U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD have finished recording their new album, "Dead Reckoning", for a March 23, 2007 release via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced by guitarist Karl Groom and keyboardist Richard West at Thin Ice Studios. The track listing is as follows: 01. Slipstream 02. Th...

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HAMMERFALL Announces U.K., Irish Tour Dates

Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL have added dates in U.K. and Ireland for their "At The Threshold of...Europe 2007" package tour, also featuring KROKUS and THE POODLES. The details are as follows: Feb. 20 - The Electric Ballroom - London, UK Feb. 21 - The Garage - Glasgow, UK Feb. 22 - Temple Ba...

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DESTINY Drummer To Play On HAMMERFALL Bassist's New Solo Album

DESTINY's Birger Löfman has been tapped to play drums on HAMMERFALL bassist Magnus Rosén's new solo album. Starting on December 20 and finishing on December 22, Löfman is laying down the drums on eleven tracks together with Magnus Rosén for Magnus' forthcoming fifth solo CD. The recordings are takin...

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DREAMLAND: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Revealed

Swedish metallers DREAMLAND have set "Eye for an Eye" (cover) as the title of their second album, due on January 26, 2007 via Dockyard 1. The CD was recorded at Joacim Cans' (HAMMERFALL) Moonshine Studio and Andy LaRocque's (KING DIAMOND) Los Angered Recording, where the album was also mixed. The gr...

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THE HAUNTED: Rescheduled Finnish Dates Announced

Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED have announced the rescheduled dates for their Finnish mini-tour with BURST. They are as follows: Feb. 19 - Nosturi, Helsinki Feb. 20 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä Feb. 21 - Klubi, Tampere Feb. 22 - Klubi, Turku THE HAUNTED has been confirmed as main support for KILLSWITCH ENGAG...

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HAMMERFALL: New Audio Interview Available

Melbourne true metal program "Odin's Jukebox" recently conducted an interview with HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak. The interview can be heard at this location (just activate the player on the right of screen to tune in). HAMMERFALL were recently forced to postpone their Finnish headlining shows...

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DRAGONLORD: California Dates Announced

DRAGONLORD, the San Francisco-based black metal band featuring Eric Peterson (guitar, vocals; TESTAMENT),Gian Pyres (guitar; ex-CRADLE OF FILTH),Derrick Ramirez (bass),Lyle Livingston (keys) and Jon Allen (drums; SADUS, ex-TESTAMENT),has announced the following dates: Jan. 05 - Roosters Roadhous...

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MOTÖRHEAD, HAMMERFALL, RAGE Confirmed For Czech Republic's MASTERS OF ROCK Festival

MOTÖRHEAD, HAMMERFALL and RAGE are among the confirmed bands for the Masters Of Rock festival, set to take place July 13-15, 2007 in Vizovice, Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: MOTÖRHEAD HAMMERFALL RAGE + LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA STRATOVARIUS DIE HAPPY PINK CREAM 69 AFTER...

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HAMMERFALL, KING DIAMOND Members Join Forces In X-WORLD/5

HAMMERFALL bassist Magnus Rosén has teamed up with KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque and PAGAN'S MIND vocalist Nils K.Rue in a brand new project called X-WORLD/5. The band, whose mission is to "bring heavy metal into the future," features a sound that "comes to bring light above the darkness . ....

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Threshold

Six albums in, and a darker wind seems to be blowing through the HAMMERFALL camp, ruffling the frilliest of shirts and injecting a little minor-chord pomposity into the band's helium odes to how much rocking, well, rocks. Don't get me wrong, the band isn't reinventing their sound, or even trying any...

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ROKTOPUSS Featuring Ex-MEGADETH, VIXEN, FEMME FATALE Members: Video Available

A couple of low-quality video clips of ROKTOPUSS performing at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, CA this past Halloween have been posted online in the "Videos" section of the ROKTOPUSS MySpace page. "The first clip is a portion of our version of VIXEN's 'I Want You to Rock Me' and the second is ...

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IN FLAMES, THE HAUNTED, HAMMERFALL Nominated For 'Best Hard Rock' Award At Sweden's GRAMMIS

BACKYARD BABIES, EUROPE, HAMMERFALL, IN FLAMES and THE HAUNTED are competing for the "Best Hard Rock" honor at the Swedish "Grammis" awards, which are set to be held January 30, 2007 at Hovet in Stockholm. The bands have each been nominated for their most recent releases, all of which came out durin...

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THE POODLES Sign With AFM RECORDS

Swedish hard rock band THE POODLES — consisting of vocalist Jakob Samuel (THE RING, ex-TALISMAN, JEKYLL & HYDE),guitarist Pontus Norgren (THE RING, ex-TALISMAN),bassist Pontus Egberg (ex-LION'S SHARE) and drummer Christian Lundqvist — has inked a deal with Germany's AFM Records. The group's de...

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NIGHTMARE To Record New Album In May

After three albums produced by Norwegian producer Terje Refsnes, French power metallers NIGHTMARE are ready for a new challenge. The recording of the group's sixth studio album will start May 7, 2007 at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden with producer Fredrik Nordström (DIMMU BORGIR, IN FLAMES, HA...