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SOILWORK Frontman Comments On New Album's Billboard Chart Debut

Swedish melodic metal titans SOILWORK sold 5,000 copies of their new album, "Sworn to a Great Divide", in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 148 on The Billboard 200 chart (as first reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET this morning). The group's lead singer Björn "Speed"...

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SERJ TANKIAN, ROB ZOMBIE, SOILWORK, EXODUS, SKINDRED First-Week Sales Revealed

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending October 28, 2007, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest hundred [except numbers over 20,000, which are rounded to the nearest thousand]; The Billboard 200 chart position includ...

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NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS: Four Releases In German Top 100

20 years after its inception, Nuclear Blast Records is still going strong. For the first time in the history of the German label, Nuclear Blast has four releases in the German Top 100 — two of them in the Top 10. Here are the rankings for Week 44: * SUBWAY TO SALLY's "Bastard" - #7 ...

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MERCENARY Vocalist Issues Recording Update

Vocalist Mikkel Sandager of the Danish metallers MERCENARY has issued the following update: "Right now I have finished my third day of recording the vocals for the next MERCENARY album. "As always, it is very very exciting to be allowed to make the vocals for such talented made music. They have done...

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MUNICIPAL WASTE Confirmed For Sweden's CLOSE-UP BÅTEN Metal Cruise

Richmond, Virginia thrashers MUNICIPAL WASTE are the final confirmed act for the Close-Up Båten metal cruise, which is scheduled to depart Stockholm, Sweden on February 14, 2008 and return the following day. The festival lineup is as follows: SOILWORK BACKYARD BABIES DANKO JONES AVATAR GENERAL SURGE...

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SOILWORK: Finnish Dates Announced

Swedish metallers SOILWORK will embark on a five-date tour of Finland in February. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 15 - Turku - Klubi Feb. 16 - Helsinki - Cable Factory Feb. 17 - Tampere - 2250 Feb. 18 - Jyväskylä - Lutakko Feb. 19 - Mikkeli - Night Vakuna SOILWORK's music will be featured ...

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GENERAL SURGERY Confirmed For Sweden's CLOSE-UP BÅTEN

Legendary Swedish grindcore merchants GENERAL SURGERY have been confirmed for the Close-Up Båten metal cruise departing Stockholm, Sweden on February 14, 2008 and returning the following day. Also scheduled to appear are SOILWORK, BACKYARD BABIES, DANKO JONES and AVATAR. For more information on Clos...

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DARKANE's MALMSTRÖM Schedules Hometown 'Guitar Show'

Guitarist Christofer Malmström of the Swedish thrashers DARKANE has issued the following update: "This upcoming Thursday, October 25, I will hold a little guitar show in RumEtt at Dunkers Kulturhus in Helsingborg. I will play the guitar to backing tracks with songs from DARKANE, NON-HUMAN LEVEL and...

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MERCENARY Begins Recording New Album

Danish metallers MERCENARY have issued the following update: "This weekend MERCENARY entered Jacob Hansen's studio in Ribe to record the follow-up to 'The Hours That Remain'. The following week drums and guitars will be recorded, after which keyboards, vocals and bass will be tracked. The album is s...

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DEVIAN: Fourth 'Webisode' Posted Online

Swedish melodic death/black metallers DEVIAN — who feature in their ranks former MARDUK members Legion (vocals) and Emil Dragutinovic (drums) after their departure from MARDUK — have posted the fourth "webisode" documenting the recording process for the group's debut album, "Ninewinged Serpent", due...

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Former SOILWORK Guitarist PETER WICHERS: New Audio Interview Available

A brand new Nuclear Blast Records podcast featuring interview with NIGHTWISH and former SOILWORK guitarist Peter Wichers (producer of "Out of the Dark", the second of two compilation CDs celebrating Nuclear Blast Records' 20th anniversary) is available for download at this location. Also included ar...

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SONIC SYNDICATE: 'Eastpak Antidote' Tour Diary Available

Sweden's SONIC SYNDICATE is currently taking part in the Eastpak Antidote tour alongside CALIBAN, SOILWORK and DARK TRANQUILLITY. A SONIC SYNDICATE tour diary, featuring comments from behind the scenes and exlusive photos, is available at www.metal-hammer.de. SONIC SYNDICATE's video for the song "En...

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DARKANE Announces New Singer

Swedish thrashers DARKANE have announced the addition of Jens Broman (CONSTRUCDEAD, THE DEFACED) as the group's new leada vocalist. According to DARKANE guitarist Christofer Malmström, Jens — who will also continue to sing in CONSTRUCDEAD and THE DEFACED – "grew up in Glumslöv, south of Helsingborg...

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THE DUSKFALL Confirmed For Germany's DEVIL'S REVENGE Festival

Swedish metallers THE DUSKFALL have been confirmed for the Devil's Revenge festival, set to take place December 29, 2007 at Stadthalle in Lichtenfels, Germany. The festival billing is now as follows: DESTRUCTION GOREFEST VOMITORY THE DUSKFALL EVOCATION DEMONICAL IMPERIOUS REX DEATHRONATION For more...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY, THE HAUNTED To Team Up For Japanese Tour

DARK TRANQUILLITY and THE HAUNTED will team up for the "The Double Titans Tour In Japan" in January. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 16 – Osaka, JPN - Big Cat Jan. 17 - Nagoya, JPN - Club Quattro Jan. 18 - Tokyo, JPN - O-East DARK TRANQUILLITY 's new album, "Fiction", was released in ...