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VOLBEAT, MNEMIC, PITCHBLACK, MACHINE HEAD Honored At DANISH METAL AWARDS

VOLBEAT, MNEMIC, PITCHBLACK and MACHINE HEAD are among the bands that were honored at the Danish Metal Awards 2007, which was held earlier tonight (Saturday, November 17) at Amager Bio in Copenhagen, Denmark. The complete list of winners is as follows: Album of the Year: VOLBEAT – "Rock the Rebel /...

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DARKANE: Video Footage With New Singer Available

Guitarist Christofer Malmström of the Swedish thrashers DARKANE has issued the following update: "DARKANE played our debut show with Jens [Broman; CONSTRUCDEAD, THE DEFACED] on vocals last Saturday at the ProgPower Scandinavia festival in Copenhagen, Denmark. Jens enjoyed every second of the show, a...

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SOILWORK, DARK TRANQUILLITY, SONIC SYNDICATE, CALIBAN: New Video Interviews Available

Interviews with SOILWORK, DARK TRANQUILLITY, SONIC SYNDICATE and CALIBAN conducted during the recently completed Eastpak Antidote tour have been posted at RockInvasion.de. SOILWORK sold 5,000 copies of its new album, "Sworn to a Great Divide", in the United States in its first week of release to lan...

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TURISAS, SOILWORK, MUNICIPAL WASTE To Perform At FINNISH METAL EXPO

TURISAS, SOILWORK and MUNICIPAL WASTE are among the confirmed performers at the fourth edition of the Finnish Metal Expo, which will take place February 15-16, 2008 in Helsinki. Finnish Metal Expo is a consumer expo, which has been appropriately dubbed "the long-hair Disneyland." At the same time, i...

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NEVERMORE Frontman Taps JAMES MURPHY, JEFF LOOMIS For Solo Album

NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane has tapped James Murphy (ex-TESTAMENT, DEATH, OBITUARY) and Jeff Loomis (NEVERMORE) to play guest solos on his upcoming solo album, which is tentatively due in early 2008. Dane has written about eight tracks with former SOILWORK guitarist-turned-producer Peter Wichers...

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'20 Years Of Nuclear Blast' DVD Trailer Available

A three-minute trailer for the forthcoming "20 Years of Nuclear Blast" two-DVD set can be viewed below. Due on November 30 via Nuclear Blast, the collection — as the title implies — celebrates the 20th anniversary of the German metal label, featuring two DVDs with almost six hours' worth of footage,...

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Former ETERNAL OATH Members To Release FACESHIFT Debut

FACESHIFT, the new gothic metal band featuring the last lineup of Swedish melodic death metal veterans ETERNAL OATH, will release its debut album, "Reconcile", in Sweden on November 30 and the rest of the world on January 25, 2008. A single, "Chokehold", will precede the full-length CD on November 2...

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SOILWORK Frontman On Hockey, Lineup Changes And The City Of Pittsburgh

SOILWORK frontman Björn "Speed" Strid reveals in the November/December issue of Metal Maniacs that he once had aspirations to be a professional hockey player. He also discusses the band's latest album, "Sworn to a Great Divide", the after-effects of lineup changes on the long-running group, and the...

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PAIN To Support NIGHTWISH In Europe

PAIN, the Swedish band featuring HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren, has been confirmed as the support act for NIGHTWISH on their European tour from February until April 2008. For a list of dates, click here. PAIN's fifth full-length album, "Psalms of Extinction", entered the national chart in the ban...

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SYMPHONY X, EPICA, INTO ETERNITY To Team Up For North American Tour

Progressive metallers SYMPHONY X will embark on a North American headlining tour in April 2008. Support on the shows will come from EPICA and INTO ETERNITY. The dates are as follows: Apr. 04 - Cambridge. MA @ Middle East Apr. 05 - New York, NY @ Nokia Theater Times Square Apr. 06 - Philadelphia, PA...

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MERCENARY Singer Checks In From Recording Studio

Vocalist Mikkel Sandager of the Danish metallers MERCENARY has issued the following update: "Today is quite a big day for me as I finished the final clean parts and did all of my screaming parts for the next MERCENARY album. The album has a title but that's not official yet. "I think it is safe ...

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SOILWORK Drummer: DECAPITATED's VITEK 'Was A Great Inspiration To Me'

SOILWORK drummer Dirk Verbeuren has commented on the passing of DECAPITATED drummer Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka, who died in a Russian hospital from injuries sustained in a recent road collision. He was 23 years old. "I'm truly devastated about this untimely passing," Dirk said in a statement. "Vitek wa...

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AFTER ALL Frontman To Host 'Vocal Coaching' Master Class At Belgium's MUZIKANTENDAG

AFTER ALL singer Piet Focroul will host the master class "Vocal Coaching / Metal" at this year's Muzikantendag (Musician's Day),which will be held on November 10 at Backstage in Brussels, Belgium between 2:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Piet will share tips and tricks on how to keep your metal voice in shap...

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NEVERMORE Frontman Continuing Work On Solo Album

NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane has issued an update on his upcoming debut solo album, which is tentatively due in early 2008. Dane has written about eight tracks with former SOILWORK guitarist-turned-producer Peter Wichers and has also collaborated with ex-HIMSA guitarist Matt Wicklund on a few song...

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DARKANE Guitarist Says He Is 'Fascinated' By MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX

Guitarist Christofer Malmström of the Swedish thrashers DARKANE has issued the following update: "I'm sitting with my laptop in my couch with the wife. She's watching a Swedish version of 'Top Model', so I thought I just might write whatever comes out (everything is better than watching that show)....