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SKITSYSTEM Complete Work On New Album

SKITSYSTEM, the Swedish band which had previously featured in its ranks guitarist/vocalist Tomas Lindberg (ex-AT THE GATES, THE CROWN),have completed work on their new album, "Stigmata", for an early 2006 release. The group's first album in over four years contains 12 new tracks with a total runnin...

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CULT OF LUNA Begin Recording New Album

CULT OF LUNA have begun recording around seven to eight tracks for their follow-up to their 2004 release, "Salvation", in their homeland of Sweden. The band was holed up recording in Umeå-based studio The Barn for seven days and the group's label, Earache Records, got some words from keyboardist Mag...

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SOILWORK Singer: 100 Shows And Counting

SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We have three shows to go on this tour, the bus is getting close to stink worse than you ever can imagine, still we've had an amazing tour... We got stopped by the police on the border to Califor...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Drummer: 'I'm In Vegas, Dammit! Show Me Some Titties!'

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following tour update via the band's official web site: "Well, well, well. Let me just say this; VEGAS WAS A BLAST! Holy fuck, what an awesome time! First off, everybody in the STRAPPING family would like to congratulate Byron and his lovely bri...

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DARK FUNERAL Confirmed For METALBÅTEN Metal Cruise

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Metalbåten festival, set to take place March 23-24, 2006 on Silja Line. Other bands confirmed to appear at the festival include RAGE, FREEDOM CALL, DISMEMBER and HELLFUELED. Silja Line is the leading passenger sh...

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DARK FUNERAL: Japanese Edition Of 'Attera Totus Sanctus' To Feature Bonus Tracks

According to a posting on DARK FUNERAL's web site, the Japanese edition of the group's new album, "Attera Totus Sanctus" — due on December 21 via Soundholic Ltd. — will include two bonus tracks: "an instrumental version of the dark and extremely powerful 'Atrum Regina' and a newly recorded version o...

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MESHUGGAH Drummer Talks About Upcoming Studio Album, Possible DVD

Katrina of Greece's Metal Temple magazine recently conducted an interview with MESHUGGAH drummer Tomas Haake. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Temple: You recently made a remix of RAMMSTEIN's "Benzin". How did you come to be involved in that? Tomas Haake: "Well, they asked us. We don't rea...

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MNEMIC: Live And Uncensored From The U.S.

MNEMIC guitarist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie has posted the following tour report on the group's official web site: "So we're back! I dont know how to put this, but the MESHUGGAH tour is unfortunately over. "The last week or so has been nothing but fragments of memories merging into one big pile of image...

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DARK FUNERAL: Swedish Dates Announced

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have lined up the following dates in their homecountry during February: Feb. 24 - Stockholm, SWE – Klubben Feb. 25 - Malmö, SWE – KB Feb. 26 - Göteborg, SWE – Kåren As previously reportd, DARK FUNERAL's new album, "Attera Totus Sanctus", entered the Swedish natio...

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GOD AMONG INSECTS: 'If New Album Cover Doesn't Get Banned, Something Is Wrong'

GOD AMONG INSECTS, the Swedish "old-school" death metal band featuring vocalist Emperor Magus Caligula (DARK FUNERAL),guitarist Lord K (a.k.a. Kenth Philipson) (THE PROJECT HATE),bassist Tomas Elofsson (SANCTIFICATION) and drummer Tobias Gustafsson (VOMITORY),have posted the following update on t...

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DISFEAR: 'Huge Boost In Inspiration' Yields Plenty Of New Material

DISFEAR, the Swedish "crust rock" outfit featuring former AT THE GATES/THE CROWN vocalist Tomas Lindberg and ex-ENTOMBED guitarist Uffe Cederlund, have posted the following message on their official web site: "Dear friends. We finally have some news from you. Last month we moved to a new rehearsal r...

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AREA 54 Acquire Rights To Debut Album, Have No Plans To Re-Release It

Britain's AREA 54 have posted the following message on their official web site: "Those who know the band will probably know that AREA 54 have never been happy with the debut, 'No Visible Scars'. Although we've been selling it since it was released, we've always been very unhappy with the production...

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DARK FUNERAL's 'Attera Totus Sanctus' Enters Swedish Chart At No. 35

DARK FUNERAL's new album, "Attera Totus Sanctus", has entered the Swedish national chart at position No. 35. It has also debuted on the Swedish heavy metal chart at No. 3. As previously reported, the limited digipack version of "Attera Totus Sanctus" has been delayed until January 2006 "due to a com...

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DARK FUNERAL Working With DRAGON PRODUCTIONS

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have posted the following message on their official web site: "We have decided to let Dragon Productions handle all of our bookings in Europe. This means that they will also be in charge of booking our upcoming tour throughout Europe as well as any and all future...

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Former ENTOMBED Guitarist Explains Departure

On September 8, Sweden's ENTOMBED announced the departure of original guitarist and songwriter Uffe Cederlund. "The last couple of years weren't much fun," says Cederlund in an exclusive interview in the November issue of the Swedish magazine Close-Up. "It feels like we wanted different things in th...