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OPETH Mainman MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT: 'The New Album Never, Ever Gets Boring'
OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt recently spoke to U.K.'s Terrorizer magazine about the group's upcoming album, "Ghost Reveries", tentatively due on August 30 via Roadrunner Records. A few excerpts from the interview follow: Terrorizer: Still working on the album? Mikael: "We still have the cover to d...June 8, 2005
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UNLEASHED Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK Magazine's Annual Cruise
Legendary Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED have been confirmed for the Sweden Rock magazine's annual roundtrip cruise from Sweden to Finland on September 30. More information will be made available soon. In other news, UNLEASHED frontman Johnny Hedlund has issued the following update: "I'd also lik...June 8, 2005
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THE ETERNAL Name New Album
Australian melodic doom metal band THE ETERNAL (formerly CRYPTAL DARKNESS) have set "Sleep of Reason" as the title of their forthcoming second album, due late September via Firebox Records. The follow-up to last year's "The Sombre Light of Isolation" was recorded at Palm Studios in Melbourne and is...June 5, 2005
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KATATONIA Begin Recording New Album
Sweden's KATATONIA have entered Fascination Street studio located in the outskirts of Örebro, Sweden to begin recording their new album, tentatively due before the end of the year via Peaceville Records. "This is the same studio as 'Viva Emptiness' [2003] was mixed in last time," the band write on t...June 3, 2005
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SOULFORGE: In Mixing Mode
Montreal-based band SOULFORGE are currently mixing their second album with Fred Maloney for a late 2005 release. The album was recorded with producer Jean-François Dagenais (KATAKLYSM, MALEVOLENT CREATION, MISERY INDEX) and will feature artwork by acclaimed artist Travis Smith (ICED EARTH, KATATONIA...May 5, 2005
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So Pale Is the Light
Continuing Crash Music's recent trend of licensing years-old albums for belated release in the USA, we're dealt a 2001 effort from Finland's CADACROSS. This seven-track, forty-odd-minute album is a well-done, if fairly typical affair showcasing some of that more refined, pompous, keyboard-laced blac...April 30, 2005
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Ashes
With the success of EVANESCENCE, NIGHTWISH and LACUNA COIL, pretty much any band with some Eurotrash tendencies and a sultry chick in a flowing dress is gonna get a second look from the world at large. But give TRISTANIA some credit — they've been at this for a while, back when this sub-genre of got...April 17, 2005
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The Gathering Wilderness
Distill the choicest elements of BATHORY, ENSLAVED and NEUROSIS, and add the mournful echoes of the sorrowful past of their native Ireland, and you'll at least have a starting point for dealing with PRIMORDIAL. The raw, bleeding emotion they wring from the most simple, hypnotic, swelling riffs is as...April 10, 2005
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MARILYN MANSON, SLAYER, ANTHRAX, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Confirmed For Greece's ROCKWAVE Festival
The lineup has been announced for the 2005 edition of Rockwave Festival, set to take place in two separate installments — June 24-26 and July 8-9 — at the Terra Vibe venue in Athens, Greece. Confirmed bands so far are as follows: Friday, June 24: MARILYN MANSON + more acts TBA Saturday, June 25: BLA...March 28, 2005
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KATATONIA Schedule First Dates In Russia
Sweden's KATATONIA will be making their Russian live debut in September. Confirmed dates are as follows: Sep. 16 - Port Club - St. Petersburg, RUS Sep. 17 - Tochka Club – Moscow, RUS As previously reported, The End Records have licensed through their sub-label Infinite Vinyl series KATATONIA's "Saw...March 25, 2005
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BLOODBATH To Film WACKEN Performance For Upcoming DVD
Swedish death metallers BLOODBATH have posted the following message on their official web site: "Since this year's appearance at Wacken might not only be the first, but also the last gig for BLOODBATH, we've decided it will be shot for a future dvd release. Through who and when it will be released h...February 25, 2005
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APOCALYPTICA Confirmed For Poland's METALMANIA Festival
Finnish cello-rockers APOCALYPTICA have been confirmed for Poland's MetalMania festival, set to be held March 12 at the Spodek venue in Katowice. The complete billing for the festival is now as follows: Main stage: 10:35 - 10:55 DARZAMAT 11:05 - 11:35 DIES IRAE 11:45 - 12:25 ANJ 12:40 - 13:15 AMON A...February 24, 2005
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KATATONIA: 'Saw You Drown' Mini-Album To Be Released On Vinyl
The End Records have licensed through their sub-label Infinite Vinyl series KATATONIA's "Saw You Drown" — a mini album from 1998 that collectors regard as maybe the most rare and wanted item in KATATONIA's discography. The vinyl version will be limited to 1,000 copies, all hand-numbered. It will als...February 24, 2005
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KATATONIA: 'The Black Sessions' Box Set Update
Sweden's KATATONIA have just released a limited-edition compilation, entitled "The Black Sessions", through Peaceville Records. The three-disc collection includes all the singles b-sides, cover songs and select songs released between 1998 and 2004 ("Discouraged Ones" all the way to "Viva Emptiness")...February 21, 2005
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OPETH To Enter Studio In March
Sweden's OPETH have posted the following message at their official web site: "Mikael Åkerfeldt has been confirmed as the vocalist for the first and last BLOODBATH gig. This will take place at Germany's famous Wacken Open Air festival on the 4th of August. The band will perform songs from all three a...February 16, 2005
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