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COLDSEED Set Release Date For Debut Album

COLDSEED, the new band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN/current SAVAGE CIRCUS skinsman Thomen Stauch and SOILWORK singer Björn "Speed" Strid, will release their debut album, "Completion Makes the Tragedy", on June 30 via Nuclear Blast Records. Check out the cover artwork for the CD, which being mixed...

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BLIND GUARDIAN's last album, "A Night At the Opera", was the sonic equivalent of a brownie sundae. One the size of a large mixing bowl. A couple bites were awesome, but the whole thing was just too rich, too huge, too filling… just too everything. Stomachaches and the need for a restorative nap ofte...

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HAMMERFALL Guitarist DRONJAK: Bow To The King!

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on his official blog: "The concert highlight of the spring took place yesterday [April 21]; KING DIAMOND rolled through town [Gothenburg, Sweden]. I had been looking forward to this for a long time, and my expectations were really h...

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ANGRA Frontman Completes Work On Solo Album

ANGRA vocalist Eduardo Falaschi has completed work on his new solo album. "We're gonna release it very soon world wide, then everybody will be able to check it out!!!" Eduardo writes on his web site. "Thanks for all the support!! I will never forget my true fans!!! I hope that everybody enjoys this...

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HAMMERFALL: In Writing Mode

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on his official blog: "We have now spent the past three days locked in a small room, going over the seven finished songs for the new album. Compared to the first rehearsal in preparation of 'Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken', th...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Frontman Discusses New Album's Direction

Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with BLIND GUARDIAN frontman Hansi Kürsch. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Alysum: Is the direction of the new album as orchestrated and layered with vocal harmonies as "Night at the Opera" or does it have more in common with "Imagination...

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COLDSEED: Debut Album Title, Cover Artwork Revealed

COLDSEED, the new band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN/current SAVAGE CIRCUS skinsman Thomen Stauch and SOILWORK singer Björn "Speed" Strid, have been forced to abandon their previously announced plan to mix their debut album with engineer Charly Czajkowsky. According to a posting on the band's web...

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Filmmakers To Create Documentary About Metal's Popularity In Unlikely Places

Scot McFadyen, one of the filmmakers behind "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey", a brand-new documentary offering a guided tour through heavy metal's storied but largely ignored history, has told the U.K.'s The Guardian that he has been hired to cut another documentary, this time about the life of Denis...

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FATES WARNING: 'Spectre Within' Special Collectors' Edition Artwork Available

Dangerous Age Graphics has announced a very limited edition (only twenty canvas originals!) canvas prints of FATES WARNING's "Spectre Within" artwork, hand-retouched and signed by cover artist Ioannis (BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, BIOHAZARD, DEEP PURPLE, ALLMAN BROTHERS, UFO, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN)....

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HAMMERFALL Frontman To Appear On Swedish TV

The following update has been posted at HAMMERFALL's official web site: "On April 14th, Joacim [Cans, vocals] will participate in the TV4 show 'Rampfeber' ('Stage Fright'). There, he'll be teaching Uffe Larsson how to sing TWISTED SISTER's 'We're Not Gonna Take It'. For this, he needs backing vocali...

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HAMMERFALL Working On 'Wide Range of Songs' For New Album

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on his blog: "Spring is late in coming this year, more snow today. Unbelievable! Makes you a bit lazy, I have to admit. In fact, that's what I have been songwriting-wise for the past few weeks, not much has happened. "This is where...

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Heavy Metal Album Covers That Rocked The World

The U.K.'s Guardian Unlimited has published a short interview with James Sherry, co-author of the book "Heavy Metal Thunder: Album Covers That Rocked the World", a collection of album covers from metal's golden age that began with BLACK SABBATH's 1970 eponymously titled debut. Heavy-metal album cove...

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PRIMAL FEAR To Make 'Huge Announcement' In Coming Weeks

According to a posting on PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner's official web site, PRIMAL FEAR will be making a "huge announcement" in the coming weeks. The band recently completed a Japanese tour and are preparing for a number of festival appearances during the summer. In other news, Mat's long-running...

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HAMMERFALL: More Details Revealed About Charity Hockey Game

More details have been revealed about the charity ice-hockey game that HAMMERFALL members Joacim Cans (vocals) and Oscar Dronjak (guitar) will participate in on Thursday, March 30 in Vättlehallen in Stenkullen, outside of Göteborg, Sweden. The event is being arranged by artisterforlivet.com and will...

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METALLICA Concert Woes: Food Inspections To Come

Mail & Guardian Online is reporting that Saturday's (March 18) Coca-Cola Colab Massive Mix concert at Supersport Park in Centurion, South Africa — featuring a host of local artists and several international acts, including METALLICA — was attended by more than 42,000 people. On Monday, Beeld, th...