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HAMMERFALL To Host Listening Party In New York City
HAMMERFALL members Oscar Dronjak and Joacim Cans will host a listening party for their new album, "Threshold", at Lit Lounge (93 Second Avenue - between 5th & 6th Streets) in New York City on Monday, October 30. Scheduled for North American release on October 31, "Threshold" will be played in it...October 25, 2006
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'All-Star' Band Featuring ACCEPT, HAMMERFALL Members To Perform At SWEDEN ROCK Kick-Off
The Sweden Rock Festival kick-off will be on December 2, at Nalen in Stockholm, Sweden. At this event the first batch of bands booked for next year's festival will be announced. Also scheduled to perform at the show are HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, WOLF and HARM'S WAY. In addition, a one-off all-star band ha...October 20, 2006
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DRAGONLAND: New Song Posted Online
A new DRAGONLAND song, entitled "Contact", has been posted online at the group's official MySpace page. The track comes off the Swedish metallers' upcoming fourth album, "Astronomy", due on November 13 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Starfall" was recorded at Studio Fredman (IN F...October 19, 2006
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HAMMERFALL Frontman Discusses Songwriting Process For 'Threshold'
Norway's Metal Express Radio recently conducted an interview with HAMMERFALL frontman Joacim Cans. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Express Radio: The new album followed "Chapter V" really quickly. Not even a year passed since its release... Joacim Cans: There was such a big break be...October 18, 2006
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HAMMERFALL And EUROPE To Compete For Spot In EUROVISION SONG CONTEST?
ESCToday.com reports that Swedish broadcaster SVT is planning to have HAMMERFALL or EUROPE to take part in Melodifestival 2007 — the Swedish national preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest — according to Swedish newspaper Expressen. Heavy metal is popular in Sweden, and both HAMMERFALL and EUR...October 16, 2006
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Guitarist ROLF MUNKES To Join Ex-BLACK SABBATH Singer TONY MARTIN On Russian Tour
German guitarist Rolf Munkes (RAZORBACK, ex-MAJESTY, VANIZE) will join former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin for three shows in Russia next month. The dates are as follows: Nov. 07 – Moscow, RUS - Kremlin Palace Nov. 09 - St. Petersburg, RUS - New Ice-Hall Nov. 11 - Moscow, RUS - Luzhniki Arena Mu...October 12, 2006
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DRAGONLAND: 'Astronomy' Artwork Revealed
The cover artwork for DRAGONLAND's fourth album, "Astronomy", has been posted online at this location. Created by art wizard Niklas Sundin (who has previously worked with ARCH ENEMY, IN FLAMES, and DARK TRANQUILLITY, among others),it "reflects the astronomical theme of the album, with Copernicus su...October 11, 2006
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MESHUGGAH's HAAKE At DRUMMERLIVE: Video Footage, Photos Available
MESHUGGAH's Tomas Haake was one of the performers at the DrummerLive 2006 event on September 24 at ExCeL Centre, London Docklands, England. Check out a couple of video clips: Clip#1, Clip#2. Photos are available at this location. MESHUGGAH's reissue of its acclaimed 2002 effort, "Nothing", is due in...October 7, 2006
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DRAGONLAND: 'Astronomy' Details Revealed
Swedish power metallers DRAGONLAND will release their fourth album, "Astronomy", on November 13 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Starfall" was recorded at Studio Fredman (IN FLAMES, HAMMERFALL, DIMMU BORGIR) in Gothenburg with producer Fredrik Nordström and features cover art by a...October 6, 2006
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NOCTURNAL RITES Bassist: 'Songwriting Is Going Really Well'
NOCTURNAL RITES bassist Nils Eriksson has posted the following update at the band's official web site: "Just dropping by to let you all know that songwriting [for the new album] is going really well (still). We worked on some vocals yesterday and Jonny [Lindqvist] can still sing (again). Some of the...October 3, 2006
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MESHUGGAH's 'Destroy Erase Improve' Inducted Into DECIBEL's 'Hall Of Fame'
MESHUGGAH's "Destroy Erase Improve" is the 21st album to be inducted into Decibel magazine's as ongoing "Hall of Fame" feature. The "Hall of Fame" feature highlights influential and pivotal releases in metal history, and "Destroy Erase Improve" joins of ranks of previously profiled classics such as...September 29, 2006
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EVERGREY: European Tour Dates Announced
Swedish metallers EVERGREY have lined up the following European tour dates with up-and-coming melodic death metal band AVATAR as support: Oct. 24 - München (DE),Metropolis Oct. 25 - Milano (ITA),Rainbow Oct. 27 - Madrid (ESP),Caracol Oct. 28 - Bilbao (ESP),Kafe Antzoki Oct. 29 - Barcelona (ESP),...September 27, 2006
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NUCLEAR BLAST On YouTube; RSS Feeds Now Available
If you're using a RSS feed reader, you may now subscribe to the following services from Nuclear Blast Records: * Nuclear Blast News (get all the latest information about NB artists): http://www.nuclearblast.de/rssdemo/?id=1 (paste this link into your feed reader) * Nuclear Blast videos on YouTube (g...September 25, 2006
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MESHUGGAH's HAAKE Schedules Drum Clinics
MESHUGGAH's Tomas Haake will be conducting drum clinics at the following two locations this month: 1) Sunday, Sept. 24 - DrummerLive 2006 - ExCeL Centre, London Docklands Haake will appear between 11:15 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. (noon) For more information, visit www.drummerlive.co.uk. 2) Saturday, Sept....September 18, 2006
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HAMMERFALL, LIZZY BORDEN, ANDROMEDA Members To Guest On MOUNTAIN OF POWER CD
Swedish guitarist Janne Stark (OVERDRIVE, LOCOMOTIVE BREATH) has released more information about his MOUNTAIN OF POWER project, featuring guest appearances by current and/or former members of HAMMERFALL, LIZZY BORDEN, ANDROMEDA and TREAT, among many others. Says Janne: "The project is basically me w...September 18, 2006
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