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IN FLAMES To Begin Tracking New Album In Two Weeks

Sweden's IN FLAMES have posted the following message on their official web site: "12 [new] songs have been written so far and we're all extremely excited. Hopefully both old and new members of the IN FLAMES family will be pleased. Daniel [Svensson] will begin tracking drums in about two weeks and at...

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MERENDINE ATOMICHE: New Album To Be co-Produced By JACK FROST

Italian metallers MERENDINE ATOMICHE have set "Raw!" as the title of their second full-length album, tentatively due in early 2006. The follow-up to 2003's "Walk Across Fire" will be recorded at New Sin Studios in Treviso, Italy beginning in August 2005 and will be co-produced by SEVEN WITCHES/ex-SA...

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ENSLAVED And VREID Play Final Show Of European Tour: Photos Posted Online

ENSLAVED and VREID played the final show of their European tour on Wednesday (March 16) in Voxhall Århus, Denmark. According to Anders Peter Jørgensen of ScandinavianMetal.info, VREID delivered a suprisingly good set that included "crushing" cover versions of WINDIR's "Destroy" and IMMORTAL's "As Th...

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IN FLAMES Singer Says New Album Will Be 'More Uptempo'

Sweden's IN FLAMES may be touring with JUDAS PRIEST and preparing to release a DVD at the end of March. But that has not kept them from already getting some tunes together for a new album. Singer Anders Fridén told Nuclear Blast magazine, "Nine or ten songs are written, and the drums will be recorde...

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DARKEST HOUR Check In From Recording Studio

DARKEST HOUR have posted the following studio update on their official web site: "DARKEST HOUR has been buried in the studio for about two weeks now and we have gotten a hell of a lot done. All the basic structures for the songs are complete. There are now nine songs on the record and one ...

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HAMMERFALL: New Album First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "The signing tour through Sweden last week went really well, we had a huge crowd at each place! And the go-cart race was fun as hell! Magnus was extremely good, whereas Anders was surprisingly avera...

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THE LEGION Part Ways With Singer, Seek Replacement

Swedish black/death metallers THE LEGION, featuring current MARDUK drummer Emil Dragutinovic, have parted ways with vocalist Anders Fäldt. "We are currently seeking a replacement — someone capable of and willing to handle the duty full time," the band write on their web site. To facilitate the vocal...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Drummer Talks About AT THE GATES Reunion, New Bassist And Upcoming DVD

CRADLE OF FILTH drummer Adrian Erlandsson and singer Dani "Filth" Davey recently spoke to Tartarean Desire about the group's current European tour, their new touring bassist, and the possibility of an AT THE GATES reunion, among other topics. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: On the po...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman Says Family Life Won't Interfere With Band

In a recent interview with the Chronicles of Chaos webzine, THE HAUNTED guitarist Anders Björler and singer Peter Dolving spoke about the group's split with Earache Records and Dolving's return to the band following the departure of Marco Aro, among other topics. Several excerpts from the interview...

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DARKEST HOUR: Drums On New Album To Sound Like METALLICA's 'Black' CD

DARKEST HOUR have posted the following message on their official web site: "Day 1 of the studio. Got some killer drum sounds. It took a long time to get most of it up and running but we are super stoked. The drums sound a lot like the METALLICA 'Black' record or something like that. Really ...

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NARNIA Begin Recording New Album

Swedish neo-classical metallers NARNIA have entered the studio to begin recording their fifth full-length album, tentatively due before the end of the year. "We are all very excited about the new album and it will be absolutely our best so far!" the band write on their web site. NARNIA's fourth full...

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BLOODBATH To Film WACKEN Performance For Upcoming DVD

Swedish death metallers BLOODBATH have posted the following message on their official web site: "Since this year's appearance at Wacken might not only be the first, but also the last gig for BLOODBATH, we've decided it will be shot for a future dvd release. Through who and when it will be released h...

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DARKEST HOUR: New Album Update

DARKEST HOUR have posted the following message on their official web site: "So we are off to Vancouver to start pre-production [for the new album]. We will be there for about five days before hitting the studio. We can't tell you how excited we are, it's been almost two years since we went to Sweden...

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OPETH To Enter Studio In March

Sweden's OPETH have posted the following message at their official web site: "Mikael Åkerfeldt has been confirmed as the vocalist for the first and last BLOODBATH gig. This will take place at Germany's famous Wacken Open Air festival on the 4th of August. The band will perform songs from all three a...

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BLOODBATH To Be Joined By OPETH Frontman At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR

Swedish death metallers BLOODBATH have parted ways with vocalist Peter Tägtgren due to "conflicting schedules," according to a posting on the group's web site. "We thank him for sharing his acclaimed talent and efforts on [the latest CD] 'Nightmares Made Flesh'," the band write on their web site. BL...