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When Shadows Fall

Greece's REFLECTION has been releasing albums since 1992, yet its debut for traditional metal powerhouse Cruz Del Sur may be the one that pushes the name to the world stage. The act refers to itself as "Hellenic epic/doom metal" and the style heard on "When Shadows Fall" is in fact doomy, but the ep...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Pulls Out Of METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST, Acquires New Singer

Austrian symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have issued the following update: "First the bad news: in a mutual agreement with the organisation of Metal Female Voices Fest [set to take place October 18-19 in Wieze, Belgium], we have come to the point to not play at this year's edition and postpo...

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SAXON Films 'Live To Rock' Video

Aestheticom's Bill Schacht, who has previously directed music videos for DIO, KING DIAMOND, AMON AMARTH, FATAL SMILE, LIBERTY X/REV RUN, ZAKK WYLDE and SISTER SIN, among others, has just completed filming footage for the upcoming SAXON clip for the soon-to-be classic rock anthem "Live To Rock". Acco...

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FREEDOM CALL: New Dates Announced

German metallers FREEDOM CALL will take a break from the songwriting sessions for their new album to play the following dates: Sep. 06 - Saalbau Rosenau - Bayreuth, GER Oct. 26 - LKA Longhorn - Stuttgart, GER Oct. 31 - Centre Culturel - Eloyes, FRA FREEDOM CALL's video for the song "Far Away" can be...

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SHARON OSBOURNE Turns Novelist

UK's Guardian reports that Sharon Osbourne is turning her hand to fiction with a novel, rumored to be set in the glitzy world of reality TV competitions. Sharon is in talks with her publisher about the book, which would follow her two bestselling autobiographies. Little, Brown Book Group, which is a...

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EPHEL DUATH Completes Work On New Album

Italian avant-garde metal band EPHEL DUATH has completed work on its new studio album, "Through My Dog's Eyes". The recording took place at Rome's Outer Sound Studio with producer Giuseppe Orlando (NOVEMBRE, KLIMT 1918). The guitars were laid down by Davide Tiso, the voice by Luciano Lorusso George...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman: 'We Write Music Because We Love What We Do'

Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Tangra Mega Rock: Compared to Clive Barker, is Ann Rice better or worse in writing horror literature? Dani: It depends. Both are very ma...

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ICED EARTH Mainman Talks About Songwriting Process For New Album

Metal-Experience.com recently conducted an interview with ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer. An excerpt from the chat follows. Metal-Experience.com: Did you run into any difficulties when Matt (Barlow, vocals) rejoined the band? Schaffer: No. Because, contrary to what people think, the songwriting doe...

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EPHEL DUATH: New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By Italian Techno/Rap Producer

Italian techno/rap producer Lou Chano (TRUCEKLAN, MINISTERO DELL'INFERNO, IUS PRIMAE NOCTIS) will make a guest appearance on "Through My Dog's Eyes", the new album from the Italian avant-garde metal band EPHEL DUATH. According to the band, Chano "appears on the song 'Nina', together with crew mates...

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WINTERFYLLETH Completes Work On Debut Album

Manchester, England's WINTERFYLLETH has completed work on its debut album, "The Ghost Of Heritage". A mid-October release via Profound Lore Records is expected. Formed with the intention to honor England's ancestral Anglo-Saxon past, WINTERFYLLETH — comprised of members culled from the UK's most dev...

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JIMI HENDRIX, JANIS JOPLIN, KURT COBAIN Featured In London's 'Forever 27' Photo Exhibit

Francesca Martin of UK's The Guardian reports that Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain — musicians who all died at age 27, often in circumstances never fully explained — are being remembered in a new exhibition, Forever 27, opening this September at London's Proud C...

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BLIND GUARDIAN To Appear At Comic-Con International To Promote 'Sacred 2: Fallen Angel'

CDV Software Entertainment USA and Nuclear Blast Records USA have announced that Hansi Kürsch and André Olbrich, lead vocalist and lead guitarist of the definitive power metal band BLIND GUARDIAN, will take part in an autograph-signing session in the Sacred 2: Fallen Angel area (Booth 5129) at this...

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LOTHLÖRYEN Signs With DIE HARD RECORDS

Brazilian heavy/folk metallers LOTHLÖRYEN have inked a deal with Die Hard Records. The band's second album, "Some Ways Back No More", will be released later in the year. According to the group's official bio, LOTHLÖRYEN's musical influences range from THE BEATLES to BLIND GUARDIAN. "The result is a...

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NEVERLAND: Special Edition Of 'Reversing Time' To Be Released In Turkey

NEVERLAND, the collaboration between Turkey's progressive power metal band DREAMTONE and Greek artist Iris Mavraki, will have a special edition of its debut album, "Reversing Time", released in Turkey at the end of July via AFM/Ghostwall Records. This package contains: * 10 songs from the original "...

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TAROT: 'Undead Indeed' E-Card Available

An e-card for "Undead Indeed", the new DVD from TAROT — the Finnish group led by NIGHTWISH/ex-SINERGY bassist Marco Hietala — can be accessed at this location. "Undead Indeed" recently topped the Music DVD chart in Finland in its first week of release. The two-DVD and two-CD versions of "Undead Inde...