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BAL-SAGOTH Commence Work On Sixth CD, Announce European Festival Appearances
Britain's BAL-SAGOTH have commenced work on the group's sixth full-length album, which is tentatively due to be recorded in late summer/early fall for an early 2003 release. The follow-up to 2001's Atlantis Ascendant will reportedly be far darker and more intense than anything that has come before,...March 15, 2002
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ANCIENT RITES Confirmed For EUROROCK
Belgian black metal act ANCIENT RITES have been confirmed for the Eurorock festival, which is scheduled to take place in Neerpelt, Belgium on August 3-5. Also confirmed for the event are THE GATHERING, among others. ...February 15, 2002
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ASTRIAAL: New Album, 7" Appearances Planned
Australia's ASTRIAAL are currently writing the material for their forthcoming full-length CD, which is tentatively scheduled to be recorded in the winter, with Lachlan Mitchell engineering. In other news, ASTRIAAL are due to have their Summoning the Essence of Ancient Wisdom effort released on vinyl...January 17, 2002
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DEF LEPPARD Drummer Launches Foundation Web Site
DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen and Lauren Monroe have launched the web site for their Raven Drum Foundation. According to the web site, the foundation "is an organization that brings ancient wisdom teachings to the global and local community through the arts for the purpose of healing and hope". On...January 15, 2002
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CANDLEMASS Destroy Stockholm!
The reunited classic line-up of CANDLEMASS—vocalist Messiah Marcolin, bassist/founder Leif Edling, guitarist Mats Björkman, lead guitarist Lars Johansson and drummer Jan Lindh—performed a six-song set at the Christmas bash, dubbed Black Lucia, of Sweden's premiere metal magazine, Close-Up, at Wildsi...December 20, 2001
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Archive News Nov 30, 2001
Here are some of the latest sales figures for various metal/hard rock releases in the US, as reported by Soundscan for the week ending November 25th, 2001 (number in parenthesis indicates the number of weeks the title has been on the sales chart): ... KID ROCK – Cocky: 223,062 (1) ...November 30, 2001
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Archive News Nov 19, 2001 - update 1
The recently-reunited classic CANDLEMASS line-up—vocalist Messiah Marcolin, bassist/founder Leif Edling, guitarist Mats Björkman, lead guitarist Lars Johansson and drummer Jan Lindh—will perform a five-song set at the Christmas bash, dubbed Black Lucia, of Sweden's premiere metal magazine, Clos...November 19, 2001
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Archive News Oct 29, 2001
POWERMAN 5000 have parted ways with bassist Dorian Heartsong and drummer Al Pahanish, according to informed sources. Although the exact reasons for the pair's departure have not yet been revealed, the duo were recently seen moving their gear out of the band's rehearsal studio and were reported to...October 29, 2001
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Archive News Oct 22, 2001 - update 2
Hate Breeds Suffering, the long-awaited second album from LOCKUP, featuring NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury, DIMMU BORGIR drummer Nick Barker, NAPALM DEATH guitarist Jesse Pintado, and THE CROWN/ex-AT THE GATES vocalist Tomas Lindberg, will be released early in 2002 through Nuclear Blast Records....October 22, 2001
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Archive News Oct 08, 2001
The reunited San Francisco Bay Area thrashers VIO-LENCE will be performing a headlining show at Slim's in San Francisco on December 14th. Support will come from SKINLAB. Other opening acts will be announced shortly. Former DARK ANGEL/DREAMS OF DAMNATION guitarist Jim Durkin has joined the reunite...October 8, 2001
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Archive News Sep 27, 2001
As a result of Capitol Records' recent buy-out of the Priority label, BLACK SABBATH's highly-anticipated album of live recordings from 1975, previously known as Live In 75, has been indefinitely put on hold, while the Priority-distributed Divine Recordings (Sharon Osbourne's record company and the...September 27, 2001
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Archive News Sep 26, 2001
Rumors of an imminent reunion of the most celebrated line-up of Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS were given new life recently when former vocalist Messiah Marcolin took the stage with a CANDLEMASS cover band in Gothenburg, Sweden to perform five songs with the group while dressed in full monk regalia t...September 26, 2001
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Archive News Sep 14, 2001 - update 1
SYSTEM OF A DOWN will officially top next week's Billboard Pop Album chart after having shifted over 222,000 copies of their Toxicity CD during the album's first week of release, according to Soundscan. This news comes one day after it was announced that SOAD would enter the chart at #2, behind ALI...September 14, 2001
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Archive News Sep 05, 2001
SLIPKNOT's Iowa has sold a total of 254,000 copies in its first week of release in the US, entering next week's Billboard Top 200 Pop Album chart at #3, behind AALIYAH's self-titled effort and MARY J. BLIGE's No More Drama CD. Although this is clearly a hugely impressive chart showing, it is a disa...September 5, 2001
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Archive News Aug 20, 2001
Sweden's high-tech thrashers MESHUGGAH have been confirmed as the support band for TOOL's upcoming headlining US tour, beginning with the September 6th show in St. Paul, Minnesota. Here are the announced dates for the trek: ... Sept. 06 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center Sept. 07 - Madison, .....August 20, 2001
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