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AT THE GATES: 'The Flames Of The End' DVD Preview Clip Posted Online

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES will release "The Flames Of The End", a brand new three-disc DVD set, on February 22 in Europe and April 6 in the U.S. through Earache Records. AT THE GATES released its definitive album, "Slaughter Of The Soul" — often regarded as one of the all-tim...

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KATATONIA Guitarist: We Really Didn't Want To Make A Clone Of 'The Great Cold Distance' Album

U.K.'s Guitarist magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström of Sweden's KATATONIA. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Guitarist: You collaborated with a musicians outside the band, keyboard player Frank Default, for this album ["Night Is The New...

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THE PROJECT HATE MCMXCIX Announces Lineup Changes

THE PROJECT HATE MCMXCIX — the Swedish band featuring Jörgen Sandström (vocals; VICIOUS ART, KRUX, ex-ENTOMBED, GRAVE),Lord K. Philipson (guitar; TORTURE DIVISION, ex-GOD AMONG INSECTS, HOUSE OF USHER, LEUKEMIA) and Anders Bertilsson (guitar; COLDWORKER),has parted ways with bassist Michael Håkans...

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FULLFORCE Parts Ways With Bassist MAGNUS ROSÉN

FULLFORCE (now apparently written as one word),the new Swedish melodic metal project featuring Mike Andersson (CLOUDSCAPE, SILENT MEMORIAL, PLANET ALLIANCE) on vocals, Stefan Elmgren (HAMMERFALL) on guitar, Anders Johansson (HAMMERFALL, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) on drums, and Carl-Johan Grimmark (NARNIA) o...

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NIGHTWISH Singer ANETTE OLZON: X3M Interview With English Subtitles Available

NIGHTWISH lead singer Anette Olzon was interviewed on Finnish national radio station YLE X3M, the Swedish-language radio, on September 18, 2009 — the day before the band's special homecoming show at the sold-out, 11,000-capacity Hartwall Arena in Helsinki to mark the end of the group's colossal "Dar...

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CARPATHIAN FOREST Drummer Joins DEN SAAKALDTE

Norwegian black metallers DEN SAAKALDTE have recruited Anders Kobro, longtime drummer with the legendary CARPATHIAN FOREST, to their ranks to replace the departing Uruz. Kobro will join the band with immediate effect, and begin rehearsing for next year's live appearances and upcoming recording sessi...

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UNLEASHED: Photos From The Studio Posted Online

Swedish death metal veterans UNLEASHED will release their tenth full-length album, "As Yggdrasil Trembles",in early 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records. According to the band, the musical direction of the forthcoming CD, which is being recorded at guitarist Fredrik Folkare's Chrome studio, will be "the l...

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KATATONIA Lineup Changes

Fredrik "North" Norrman (guitar) and Mattias "Kryptan" Norrman (bass) have both left Sweden's KATATONIA. The band states, "We respect their decision and would like to take the opportunity to collectively thank them both for all the years gone by, all the ups and downs we shared out on the road, in t...

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UNLEASHED To Headline Metal Stage At MINUS 30° Festival

Swedish death metal veterans UNLEASHED will headline the metal stage at the Minus 30° indoor festival at Folkets Hus in Luleå, Sweden on Saturday, March 20, 2010. UNLEASHED has set "As Yggdrasil Trembles" as the title of its tenth full-length album, due in early 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records. Accor...

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BLOODBATH's 'Breeding Death' To Be Re-Released On Vinyl

BLOODBATH's "Breeding Death" (1999) album wil be re-released via Animate Records on January 8, 2010 as a high-quality gatefold 12-inch mini-LP with a black inner sleeve on 180-gram vinyl. The LP contains two bonus tracks and will be limited to 999 copies (first 200 copies as collector's edition in g...

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UNLEASHED: New Album Title Announced

Swedish death metal veterans UNLEASHED have set "As Yggdrasil Trembles" as the title of their tenth full-length album, due in early 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records. According to the band, the musical direction of the forthcoming CD, which is being recorded at guitarist Fredrik Folkare's Chrome studio...

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ANNIHILATOR Signs European Deal With EARACHE RECORDS

Earache Records has announced the signing of Canadian thrash metal pioneers ANNIHILATOR to a European deal. Since releasing its classic "Alice In Hell" debut in 1989, ANNIHILATOR has consistently played heads-down, no-frills metal, led by guitar virtuoso Jeff Waters. Now, in 2009, Earache is proud t...

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IN FLAMES Frontman Interviewed In Berlin

Berlin, Germany's PitCam Production and More-Metal.com conducted an interview with vocalist Anders Fridén of Swedish metallers IN FLAMES when the band played in Berlin on December 6, 2009. Watch the chat below. IN FLAMES is continuing to tour without guitarist Jesper Strömblad, who checked himself i...

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KATATONIA Frontman Discusses Songwriting Process For 'Night Is The New Day'

Brendan Crabb (a.k.a. Spiritech) of PyroMusic.net recently conducted an interview with vocalist Jonas Renkse of Sweden's KATATONIA. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. PyroMusic.net: The band has never made any secret of the fact that you aren't too fond of the writing and recording pro...

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NIGHTWISH Singer To Perform At Sweden's 'P3 Guld' Event

NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon will perform on January 19, 2010 during the "P3 Guld" (Swedish radio's annual music awards) live awards ceremony broadcast from the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg, Sweden. The event will be aired live on both Swedish national TV and radio. Commented Olzon: "The gala i...