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ORPHANED LAND: New Album Track Listing Revealed

Israel's progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND will release their highly anticipated fourth studio opus, "The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR", in Europe on January 25, 2010 and in the U.S. on February 9 via Century Media Records. Mixed by Steven Wilson (PORCUPINE TREE, OPETH),who is also resp...

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ORPHANED LAND: New Album Release Date Announced

Israel's progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND will release their highly anticipated fourth studio opus, "The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR", in Europe on January 25, 2010 via Century Media Records. Mixed by Steven Wilson (PORCUPINE TREE, OPETH),who is also responsible for several keyboard p...

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SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Limiting Number Of Tickets Sold For Next Year's Event

This year's Sweden Rock Festival set a new attendance record with 35,200 visitors. Next year, however, only 33,000 attendees will be admitted to the festival area. Sweden Rock Festival 2009 was a great success, with the festival organizers receiving loads of accolades from audience, artists and medi...

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SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL 'Sets Record Straight' Regarding Alleged Noise Ordinance Violations

Martin Forssman, the press manager for the Sweden Rock Festival, has dismissed as "wrong" a Swedish newspaper report that suggested the event organizers wanted to penalize several bands — including German power metallers RAGE and Swedish stoner rockers WITCHCRAFT — for playing too loudly. Sweden's l...

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Metal Bands Accused Of Rocking Too Loudly At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Sweden Rock Festival wants to penalize several bands — including German power metallers RAGE and Swedish stoner rockers WITCHCRAFT — for playing too loudly! The festival is being fined 250,000 SEK (around $35,000) by Swedish authorities for noise ordinance violations. According to a report in Aftonb...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman's 'The Gospel Of Filth'; More Details Revealed

For decades, music writers have been penning tell-all artist biographies and their personal interpretation of rock history. But on Halloween 2009, Fab Press will unleash a book that takes readers on a much deeper and darker journey into the inspirations behind the world of rock music. Entitled "The...

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WITCHCRAFT: New Pro-Shot Concert Footage Available

"Strike", the metal show on StreetClip.tv, has uploaded brand new professionally filmed concert footage of Swedish doom rockers WITCHCRAFT. Watch the three-minute clip below. WITCHCRAFT, who formed in 2000 in tribute to band heroes Roky Erickson and Bobby Liebling (PENTAGRAM),create heavy, blues-ba...

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SPICE AND THE RJ BAND, TORCH, WITCHCRAFT To Play Sweden's MUSKELROCK Festival

SPICE AND THE RJ BAND, TORCH, CAULDRON, WITCHCRAFT, AXE WITCH, BACKDRAFT, SOLID GROUND, GRAVEYARD and THE DEVIL'S BLOOD have been confirmed for Muskelrock, set to take place June 12-13 in Tyrolen, outside Växjö, Sweden (with a pre-show event scheduled for June 11). The festival billing is shaping up...

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STORMHAMMER: New Drummer Announced

German power metallers STORMHAMMER have announced the addition of drummer Ruben Strenzke (RAID SHELTER) to teh group's ranks. STORMHAMMER will release its fourth album, "Signs Of Revolution", on May 22 via Silverwolf/SPV. According to a press release, the CD sees the band "deliver[ing] a very divers...

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Playing Soccer In The Name Of Metal

Swedish metal photographer Daniel Falk has posted more than 300 high-quality pictures from the first annual metal soccer tournament, "Metallsvenskan", which was held on Saturday, May 9 in Örebro, Sweden. Members of IN FLAMES, SABATON, BULLET, MILLENCOLIN, THE HAUNTED, ILLDISPOSED and DARK TRANQUILLI...

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COVERED CALL Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Swedish melodic hard rock band COVERED CALL — which features established members of the Swedish music scene, including founding member/drummer Ronny Svanströmer and Thomas Vikström (ex-CANDLEMASS, THERION) — has been confirmed for the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesb...

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RAGE, DEATHSTARS, WITCHCRAFT Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK Festival

RAGE, DEATHSTARS, VAINS OF JENNA, BABYLON BOMBS, INNOCENT ROSIE, WITCHCRAFT, FOUREVER, HINDENBURG and HOT LEG (featuring former THE DARKNESS frontman Justin Hawkins) have been confirmed for the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shap...

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STORMHAMMER: New Album Details Revealed

German power metallers STORMHAMMER will release their fourth album, "Signs Of Revolution", on May 22 via Silverwolf/SPV. According to a press release, the CD sees the band "deliver[ing] a very diverse mixture of hyper melodic, Euro-style power metal, and U.S. metal as well as a decent bite of a NWOB...

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PINK CREAM 69, GUILLOTINE Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK CRUISE

PINK CREAM 69 and GUILLOTINE have been confirmed for the Sweden Rock Cruise, departing from Stockholm on April 2. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: GRAVE DIGGER ENTOMBED PINK CREAM 69 DREAM EVIL WITCHCRAFT GUILLOTINE Tickets were released in December and pricing starts at 495 SEK per pe...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman's Dark Side

Christopher Porter of Washington Post Express recently conducted an interview with vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Washington Post Express: Have you always been interested in the dark side? Filth: I grew up in...