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IN FLAMES Confirmed For Sweden's POPSTAD Festival

Sweden's IN FLAMES have been confirmed for the P3 Popstad 2004 festival in Jönköping (Sweden). IN FLAMES will play at Teaterladan on Friday, February 13, 2004. Other bands scheduled to appear at the festival include NASUM, ENTOMBED and BACKYARD BABIES. The Swedish national radio station P3 will broa...

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It's Official: JUDAS PRIEST To Headline SWEDEN ROCK Festival!

JUDAS PRIEST have been officially confirmed to headline next year's installment of the Sweden Rock festival, set to be held June 10-12, 2004 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. This is the first word of any live dates from the British heavy metal band since they announced their reunion with vocalist Rob Halford...

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ENTOMBED Guitarist Joins DISFEAR

ENTOMBED guitarist Uffe Cederlund has joined Swedish crust rock outfit DISFEAR as the group's second touring guitarist. Uffe will pull double duty on the upcoming Close-Up Made Us Do It Tour and will continue playing with DISFEAR in the future when he's not busy with ENTOMBED. DISFEAR feature in the...

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It's Official: CANNIBAL CORPSE Are The Top-Selling Death Metal Band Of The SoundScan Era

CANNIBAL CORPSE have sold more albums in the U.S. during the SoundScan era than any other death metal band, according to the figures obtained by BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Although the SoundScan numbers are generally indicative of the bands' overall popularity, they are misleading in the sense that many of t...

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ENTOMBED Explain Canadian Cancellations

Sweden's ENTOMBED have released more information regarding the cancellation of the group's shows in Toronto and Montreal earlier this week. The following is taken from the band's tour diary, as posted on their official web site (www.entombed.org): "[Drummer] Peter [Stjärnvind] woke up [Tuesday] morn...

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KING DIAMOND: 'The Puppet Master' Enters Swedish Chart At No. 24

KING DIAMOND's new CD, "The Puppet Master", has entered the Swedish charts at position No. 24. As previously reported, "The Puppet Master" was issued with a bonus disc of frontman/namesake King Diamond telling the story of "The Puppet Master" in full make-up. Massacre Records (King's European label)...

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ENTOMBED Cancel Toronto Show

Sweden's ENTOMBED were reportedly forced to cancel their appearance at The Opera House in Toronto, Ontario (Canada) Tuesday night (November 4) after drummer Peter Stjärnvind was taken ill and had to be rushed to the hospital. No further information is available at this time. ENTOMBED are in the midd...

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DISMEMBER: DVD Delayed

Long-running Swedish death metallers DISMEMBER have pushed back the release date of their upcoming double DVD to January 26, 2004. The first disc will contain the group's live performance from May 27, 2003 at Klubben in Stockholm, while the second disc will feature a 90-minute documentary/home video...

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Swedish Death Metal 'Supergroup' Gets A Name

GOD AMONG INSECTS is the name of the brand-new Swedish "old-school" death metal band featuring guitarist Lord K (a.k.a. Kenth Philipson) (THE PROJECT HATE),vocalist Jörgen Sandström (ENTOMBED, THE PROJECT HATE, ex-GRAVE),bassist Tomas Elofsson (SANCTIFICATION) and drummer Tobias Gustafsson (VOMITO...

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CATHEDRAL, KRUX, GRAND MAGUS To Team Up For Swedish Night of Doom

CATHEDRAL, KRUX and GRAND MAGUS will be teaming up for a one-off night of "doom" at The Shrine (Kolingsborg) in Stockholm, Sweden on January 31. KRUX, of course, feature in their ranks CANDLEMASS mainman/bassist Leif Edling, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Mats Levén, plus ENTOMBED members Peter Stjärnvi...

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THE PROJECT HATE: New Distribution Deals In Place, Side Projects Planned

Sweden's THE PROJECT HATE, the band featuring vocalist Jörgen Sandström of ENTOMBED/GRAVE fame, have posted the following update on their official web site: "We have just been informed about a lot of distribution-deals for [our new album] 'Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate'. "As for now, the alb...

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ENTOMBED: Second Seattle Show Added

Sweden's ENTOMBED have added a second Seattle show to their "Six Feet Under Tour" on Saturday, October 26 at Studio 7. ENTOMBED will be supported by SINGLE BULLET THEORY, NOCTURNE and Seattle locals THE BRAINDEAD, IN MEMORIUM, NME and VS. THE WORLD. The show will be all ages (bar w/ ID),and tickets...

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KING DIAMOND: Pittsburgh Officially Cancelled, Rochester Show Added

KING DIAMOND's previously announced Nov. 15 show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been moved to The Penny Arcade in Rochester, New York (4785 Lake Ave) after the recent closing of the Metropol club. Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster locations starting this Saturday (October 26). The ages perm...

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KING DIAMOND: San Francisco, Pittsburgh Dates Cancelled

KING DIAMOND have cancelled their previously announced Oct. 22 show at DNA Lounge in San Francisco, California. No reason was given for the cancellation. ENTOMBED and NOCTURNE, who are opening for KING DIAMOND on their North American tour, will still perform at the venue. Customers who bought KING D...

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CHAOSBREED Complete Work On Debut CD, Announce U.S. Release Date For EP

CHAOSBREED drummer Nalle Österman (ex-GANDALF) has posted the following message to the band's official web site: "Get brutalized! This is Nalle keeping you up-to-date with what's been happening lately in the CHAOSBREED camp. It is with utter pleasure I can report that the recordings for our debut al...