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ZONARIA: Debut Album Pushed Back To September

Swedish melodic death metal band ZONARIA has finished tracking the songs for its upcoming, as-yet-untitled debut, tentatively due this fall via Pivotal Rockordings. Commented guitarist Emil Nyström: "As I'm writing this our man Jonas Kjellgren is sitting in his Black Lounge Studios (SCAR SYMMETRY, S...

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IN FLAMES: Swedish, Norwegian Tour Dates Announced

Sweden's IN FLAMES has lined up the following dates in Sweden/Norway during March: Mar. 16 - Trondheim, Norway - Samfundet Mar. 17 - Haugesund, Norway - Byscenen Mar. 18 - Bergen, Norway - Verftet Mar. 19 - Stavanger, Norway - Folken Mar. 22 - Karlskrona, Sweden - Kino Mar. 23 - Linköping, Sweden -...

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HANOI ROCKS Confirmed For Sweden's PEACE & LOVE Festival

Finnish rock 'n' roll legends HANOI ROCKS have been confirmed for the Peace & Love festival, set to take place June 28-30 in Borlänge, Sweden. This year's theme is "Revoution" and the theme days that start on June 26 will include a special appearance by HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael Monroe and Ma...

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IN FLAMES Honored With Swedish 'GRAMMIS' Award In 'Best Hard Rock' Category

IN FLAMES was honored with the Swedish "Grammis" award in the "Best Hard Rock" category during a ceremony that was held Tuesday night (January 30) at Hovet in Stockholm. A total of five bands were nominated for their most recent releases, all of which came out during 2006. The nominees were as follo...

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FATAL SMILE To Team Up With WIG WAM For Japanese Tour

Swedish "traditional" hard rock/heavy metal band FATAL SMILE will team up with Norwegian rockers WIG WAM — winners of the 2005 Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest — for three shows in Japan in late February/early March. The details are as follows: Feb. 26 – Tokyo, JPN - O-East Feb. 28 - Nagoya, JPN -...

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BLINDED COLONY: 'Once Bitten, Twice Shy' Video Featured In 'The Darkness' Game

The "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" video from the Karlshamn, Sweden-based melodic death metal act BLINDED COLONY will be featured in the Xbox 360/PS3 video game "The Darkness". "While playing the game you will have the option of several music channels, and one of which, you will be able to view the video...

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BACKYARD BABIES To Support BUCKCHERRY In U.K.

Sweden's BACKYARD BABIES will support BUCKCHERRY on three U.K. dates in March: Mar. 20 - Mean Fiddler - London, England Mar. 21 - Garage - Glasgow, Scotland Mar. 22 - Rock City - Nottingham, England BACKYARD BABIES' 1994 full-length debut, "Diesel and Power", was recently reissued with a bonus track...

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FATAL SMILE Signs With LOCOMOTIVE MUSIC

Swedish "traditional" hard rock/heavy metal band FATAL SMILE has inked a deal with Locomotive Music. The group's sophomore album, "Neo Natural Freaks", will be released in the U.S. on February 20. The follow-up to 2002's "Beyond Reality", "Neo Natural Freaks" received a European release in February...

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Christian Death Metallers IMPENDING DOOM Sign With FACEDOWN RECORDS

Corona, California-based Christian death metal band IMPENDING DOOM has inked a deal with Facedown Records. According to a press release, "This is a band comprised of musicians who manipulate the genre of grindcore like a butcher wields his cleaver. Bending vocal sounds to his whim, Brook Reeves take...

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Thrash Anthems

Stopgap releases are a fact of life in metal. The gaping maw of the industry is a demanding bitch-goddess of a master, and if you're signed, and you're not METALLICA, you better have something to throw into it on a timely schedule, or else. Why else did you think otherwise intelligent and quality mi...

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ALICE COOPER, DEEP PURPLE, DANZIG Songs Included In Fresh 'Guitar Hero II' Content

The rock gods have spoken, and are pleased to announce further details on Activision, Inc.'s Guitar Hero II on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, which will feature a variety of new exclusive downloadable content through Xbox Live Marketplace, along with over 70 finger-...

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Interviews With Original ALICE COOPER BAND Members To Air On COOPER's Radio Show

Interviews with the surviving original members of the ALICE COOPER BAND — Dennis Dunaway (bass),Neal Smith (drums) and Michael Bruce (guitar) — conducted on December 16, 2006 backstage at Cooper's annual Christmas Pudding event, will air on Alice's radio show "Nights with Alice Cooper" on Wednesday...

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BACKYARD BABIES: New Audio Interview With DREGEN Available

An 11-minute audio interview with BACKYARD BABIES guitarist Dregen, conducted by Scott Beebe of the Possessive Blindfold Podcast on Nov. 23, 2006 at the Mean Fiddler in London, England, has been posted online at this location. As previously reported, BACKYARD BABIES have lined up the following Europ...

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REVEREND Pays Tribute to U.S. Troops

REVEREND has uploaded its 1992 live version of "B.O.B. - Butcher of Baghdad" (from the "Reverend Live" EP, released through Charisma Records) to its MySpace page as a show of support for U.S. troops and recent events in Iraq. "We have recieved quite a few requests for us to do this and with ...

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STOLEN BABIES Featured On MP3.COM

Los Angeles' extravagant gothic/metal/carnival/rock ensemble STOLEN BABIES are one of the featured interviews this week on MP3.com. To check out the interview, click here. STOLEN BABIES — which released its debut album, titled "There Be Squabbles Ahead", on October 3 via The End Records — has just r...