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TILES: New Album Release Dates Announced

Detroit-based progressive rock band TILES will release its new album, "Fly Paper", via InsideOut Music on the following dates: Germany, Austria and Switzerland: January 25, 2008 The rest of Europe: January 28, 2008 North America: January 29, 2008 "Fly Paper" was produced by Terry Brown (RUSH, FATES...

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Xecutioner's Return

Simple to the point of atavism, and crackling with more energy than the band's been able to muster up in at least a decade, "Xecutioner's Return" is pretty much exactly what OBITUARY fans were hoping it'd be. It's a bone-basic tour de force of old-school death metal infused with a bleeding organic g...

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CHRIS CAFFERY Comments On MERENDINE ATOMICHE Album Recordings

Veteran Italian metallers MERENDINE ATOMICHE have tapped guitarist Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, DORO) to assist them during the recording sessions for their third full-length album, entitled "Rude Rebel Brotherhood". The CD is being recorded at New Sin studios in Loria - Trevis...

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DOGPOUND: 'III' Samples Available

Audio samples from the third album from Swedish hard rockers DOGPOUND, entitled "III", are available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. Due on September 14 via Lion Music, the follow-up to 2005's "A Night in the Gutter" was mixed by Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN, DIMMU BORGIR, CELTIC FROST)...

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OBITUARY Frontman Discusses Label Switch

Dave Fonseca of MetalReview.com recently conducted an interview with OBITUARY frontman John Tardy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MetalReview.com: Was there ever any point during that three or four year time period where you weren't making music, and especially when you came back and mad...

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Former HELLOWEEN Singer Says New AVANTASIA Album Is 'My Type Of Material'

Former HELLOWEEN frontman Michael Kiske has commented on his guest appearance on the third installment of EDGUY singer Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project, entitled "Lost in Space Part 1 and Part 2". Asked what the AVANTASIA project has been like this time around, Kiske replied, "I like it this time a...

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LIBERTY N' JUSTICE: 'Independence Day' Release Date Announced

Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE, whose most recent release, "Soundtrack of a Soul", featured an all-star cast of guest musicians — including Mark Slaughter (SLAUGHTER),Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW),Stephen Pearcy (RATT) and Tony Harnell (TNT) — will release its follow-up effort, "Independence Day...

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NETHERBIRD EP Featuring ADRIAN ERLANDSSON Available For Free Download

Jönköping, Sweden-based death/black metallers NETHERBIRD have made their entire "Lighthouse Eternal (Laterna Magika)" EP available for free download via their official web site. The CD was recorded at Studio Fredman in Hyssna (outside Gothenburg),Sweden and features a guest appearance by ex-CRADLE...

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CELTIC FROST Reschedules Mexican Dates

Seminal avant-garde metal pioneers CELTIC FROST have announced that their previously cancelled tour dates in Mexico have now been rescheduled. The new dates are as follows: Oct. 12 - Mexico City, Mexico @ Circo Volador Oct. 13 - Monterrey, Mexico @ Cafe Iguana CELTIC FROST was forced to postpone its...

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Blade of Triumph

So maybe I ignored IRON FIRE's last album, "Revenge", based on my distaste for Martin Steene's vocals, which sucked some of the life out of FORCE OF EVIL. The guy's voice sounds like power metal's answer to Jon Bon Jovi, a slight exaggeration perhaps, but it is a thought that has run through my mind...

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EDGUY Frontman Undergoes Appendix Surgery

EDGUY/AVANTASIA frontman Tobias Sammet recently underwent appendix surgery and is currently recovering in a German hospital. Sammet has confirmed via his official web site that SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker and rock legend Alice Cooper will appear on the third installment of his AVANTASIA proj...

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CELTIC FROST Mainman's Advice To New Bands: 'If You Don't Wanna Be Ripped Off, Don't Do It'

A video interview with a slightly agitated CELTIC FROST mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer which originally appeared on the "Xtreme Soundscapes Vol. VI" DVD (web site) has been posted on YouTube. Watch the 10-minute clip below. CELTIC FROST was recently forced to postpone its previously announced Mexican s...

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RUSH Guitarist Guests On New TILES Album

Guitarist Alex Lifeson of RUSH reunited with his old friend/producer Terry Brown for the first time in 25 years to work on a song for the forthcoming TILES CD, "Fly Paper". TILES guitarist Chris Herin provides a few details: "Terry had approached Alex about making a guest appearance — and played him...

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CELTIC FROST: Mexican Dates 'Postponed'

Seminal avant-garde metal pioneers CELTIC FROST have been forced to postpone their previously announced Mexican shows which were scheduled to take place this week. Mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer explains: "We were very proud and truly delighted to be invited to play our first headline concerts in Mexic...

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NIGHTRAGE Confirmed For Spain's ALHAMA METAL MADNESS Festival

Swedish/Greek death metal outfit NIGHTRAGE has been confirmed for the Alhama Metal Madness festival, set to take place September 22 in Spain. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: MOONSORROW NIGHTRAGE TEXTURES MACHETAZO NAHEMAH MOHO HUMAN MINCER EBOLA KILLEM BETWEEN THE FROST NIGHTRAGE...