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AMORPHIS Announces 'Forging Europe Tour 2009'

Finnish metallers AMORPHIS will embark on a one-month "Forging Europe Tour 2009" European headlining tour in October/November. Confirmed dates are as follows: Oct. 07 - Kato, Berlin (D) Oct. 08 - Club Romein, Leeuwarden (NL) Oct. 09 - De Nieuwe Pul, Uden (NL) Oct. 10 - Underworld, London (GB) Oct. 1...

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SENTINEL BEAST: Performance Footage Of New Song Posted Online

Capital Chaos has uploaded video footage (see below) of the reactivated '80s Sacramento, California thrash band SENTINEL BEAST performing a new song, "The Phoenix" this past Saturday (April 18) at On The Y in Sacramento, California. Also on the bill were CHURCH BURNER, BROCAS HELM, BENEATH THE RAPTU...

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PEARL JAM Gets Behind 'Great Turtle Race'

The Pulse of Radio reports that PEARL JAM and R.E.M. are among the "celebrity sponsors" supporting the "Great Turtle Race", a virtual race announced by Conservation International (CI) on Thursday (April 16). According to a press release, the "race" will follow 11 actual leatherback sea turtles as th...

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DAATH Guitarist Talks About New Album; Video Available

Video footage of guitarist Eyal Levi of the Atlanta-based quintet DAATH talking about the band's forthcoming sophomore album, "The Concealers", can be viewed below. Also available is a new widget for the CD, which is scheduled for release on April 20 in Europe and April 21 in the U.S. through Centur...

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AMORPHIS: 'Skyforger' Trailer Available

A video trailer for AMORPHIS' new album, "Skyforger", which is scheduled for release on May 29 via Nuclear Blast Records (May 27 in Finland),can be viewed below. The follow-up to the "Eclipse" and "Silent Waters" LPs, both of which were certified gold in the band's native Finland, was recorded at S...

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SUIDAKRA: More Video Footage From The Road Posted Online

German melodic folk/death metallers SUIDAKRA have posted the fourth and final video report from their recently completed Pagan Knights North American tour with Faroese Viking metallers TÝR and Scottish pirate metallers ALESTORM. Watch the clip below. SUIDAKRA's ninth album, "Crógacht", was released...

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AMORPHIS: New Video Blog Available

A new AMORPHIS video blog featuring footage from singer Tomi Joutsen's birthday party on stage can be viewed below. AMORPHIS will release a new single, "Silver Bride", in Finland on April 22. The "radio edit" version of the track is now available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The "Silver...

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WOLF, DECADENCE Confirmed For Sweden's NORDIC RAGE Festival

WOLF, DECADENCE, SLOWGATE and ABERNAITH have been confirmed for the 2009 edition of the Nordic Rage Festival, set to take place September 26 at Western Farm in Boden, Sweden. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/nordicragemetalfestival. "Ravenous", the new album from WOLF, was released in Nor...

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Heavy Metal Killers

"Heavy metal is the law" is the phrase written on the jewel case inlay for new Earache compilation "Heavy Metal Killers" and it sums up aptly the high energy spirit and denim 'n leather unity characterized by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. The 13 tracks on this album weren't recorded by old ge...

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AMORPHIS: New Single Available For Streaming

Finnish dark metallers AMORPHIS will release a new single, "Silver Bride", in Finland on April 22. The "radio edit" version of the track is now available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The "Silver Bride" single will include the radio-edit and full-length album versions of the title cut al...

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The Birth Of SLAYER

Sam Roudman of Filter magazine recently spoke to the four members of SLAYER for a lengthy interview which appears in its issue #35. An excerpt from the article on the band's formative years follows below. Tom Araya (bass, vocals): "This Top 40 band I was in was getting a new guitar player — ...

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DÉTENTE Seeking New Guitarist

Reunited California-based metallers DÉTENTE — featuring vocalist Ann Boleyn (HELLION) alongside original DÉTENTE members Dennis Butler (drums),Caleb Quinn (guitar) and Steve Hochheiser (bass) — have issued the following update: "DÉTENTE is seeking a solid professional guitarist to fill out the line...

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DAATH: New Song Posted Online

Atlanta-based quintet DAATH has posted the track "Day Of Endless Light" on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the group's sophomore album, "The Concealers", which is scheduled for release on April 20 in Europe and April 21 in the U.S. through Century Media Records (via a partnership with Ro...

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ENFORCER: 'Black Angel' Video Available

"Black Angel", the new video from the Swedish metal powerhouse ENFORCER, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's debut album, "Into the Night", which was released last November via Heavy Artillery Records. According to a press release, "Into the Night" sees ENFORCER "summon[ing] the class...

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THE GATES OF SLUMBER Signs To RISE ABOVE RECORDS

Heralded Indianapolis, Indiana doom metal masters THE GATES OF SLUMBER have signed to England's Rise Above Records. The band's as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2008's "Conqueror" is slated for a fall 2009 release. Commented THE GATES OF SLUMBER frontman Karl Simon: "We're extremely pleased to be signing...