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MERENDINE ATOMICHE To Support BRUCE KULICK In Italy

Italian metallers MERENDINE ATOMICHE have been confirmed as the support act for former KISS/current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick on November 18 in Bassano, Italy. As previously reported, MERENDINE ATOMICHE will take much of the next year to compose the follow-up to 2003's "Walk Across...

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BLOODBATH: New Album To Receive American Release Early Next Year

BLOODBATH's sophomore album, "Nightmares Made Flesh", has yet to receive a North American release date, but it is expected to be "somewhere around new year," according to a posting on the group's web site. Vinyl copies of "Nightmares Made Flesh", out now in Europe via Century Media Records, can be o...

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NOSTRADAMEUS Frontman Enrolls In Swedish Police Academy

Freddy Persson, frontman for the Swedish melodic metallers NOSTRADAMEUS, has reportedly enrolled in the Swedish police academy. Persson's position as the lead singer of NOSTRADAMEUS will apparently remain unaffected by his new career in law enforcement. NOSTRADAMEUS are scheduled to release their fo...

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CALIBAN Officially Confirmed For MACHINE HEAD's European Tour

German metalcore band CALIBAN have officially been confirmed as the opener for the duration of MACHINE HEAD's European tour, beginning on October 9 in Belgium and wrapping up 49 shows later on December 14 in Greece. Also appearing on the bill will be GOD FORBID. A complete list of currently confirme...

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rEVOLVEr

One listen to "rEVOLVEr", the fourth album in six years from Sweden's prolific THE HAUNTED, and it's clear why they did the not-so-subtle capitalization in the middle of the title. The band is trying to stretch out their sound somewhat, by varying tempos and moods more than ever before, while also b...

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IN FLAMES Confirm NYC Cancellation, Singer To Become Father

A spokesperson at IN FLAMES' management company has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that the group have cancelled their previously announced Sept. 29 show at CBGB in New York City. "Anders' [Fridén, vocals] girlfriend is pregnant. Originally the baby was supposed to come on Oct. 13 but the contraction...

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GREEN CARNATION Part Ways With Drummer, Announce Replacement

GREEN CARNATION, the Norwegian band featuring Tchort (a.k.a. Terje Vik Schei, ex-EMPEROR, SATYRICON, EINHERJER),have parted ways with drummer Anders Kobro. A replacement has been found in the shape of Tommy Jackson, a longtime fan and friend of the band. "Anders is a metal drummer and most of all,...

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CHAIN COLLECTOR To Enter Studio In October

CHAIN COLLECTOR, the Norwegian band featuring guitarist Gøran Bomann (CARPATHIAN FOREST),drummer Anders Kobro (CARPATHIAN, GREEN CARNATION, LAST CALL INC),guitarist Kjell Jacobsen (NEON GOD) and vocalist Kjetil Nordhus (TRAIL OF TEARS, GREEN CARNATION),will enter DUB studio in Kristiansand, Norwa...

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HAMMERFALL: New Album Track Listing Revealed

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "I'm pleased to see the studio diary I have been writing is to everyone's liking! That makes it much more fun to continue, even though I most likely would have done it anyway. These records are a ton...

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NOTRE DAME, DESTINY To Team Up For Sweden's HALLOWEEN METAL FEST

NOTRE DAME, the Swedish band featuring drummer Snowy Shaw (KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, DREAM EVIL),will be teaming with long-running Swedish metallers DESTINY for Halloween Metal Fest on November 6 at Musikenhus in Gothenburg, Sweden. Support will come from SIN SISTER and an as-yet-u...

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HAMMERFALL Begin Recording New Album

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "The first week of recording have gone extremely smoothly! [Drummer] Anders [Johansson] played very well — as usual — and [producer] Charlie [Bauernfeind] has managed to make the drum sound even bet...

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IN FLAMES Tribute Album Available For Download

French IN FLAMES fan site Everdying.com has posted a two-disc tribute album to IN FLAMES consisting solely of contributions from the group's fans. The decidedly low-budget affair can be downloaded in its entirety from this location. The complete track listing for the collection, dubbed "The Everdyer...

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DARKEST HOUR: Canadian Tour Dates Announced

DARKEST HOUR will be hosting MTV2's "Heabanger's Ball" on Saturday, September 18. In other news, DARKEST HOUR will tour Canada with CURSED in October. Confirmed dates are as follows: Oct. 07 - London, ON @ Embassy Oct. 08 - Toronto, ON @ Kathedral Oct. 09 - Kingston, ON @ Clark Hall Pub Oct. 10 - .....

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KATATONIA Side-Project DIABOLICAL MASQUERADE Split Up

DIABOLICAL MASQUERADE, the Swedish side-project of KATATONIA guitarist Anders Nyström (a.k.a. Blakkheim),have officially split up. Nyström's statement on the matter is as follows: "Blakkheim has decided to put his solo project, DIABOLICAL MASQUERADE, to rest. Despite the commencement of a combined...

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Heavy Metal Musicians Speak Out On Rising Anti-American Sentiment Around The World

Norway's Imhotep 'zine recently asked more than 60 heavy metal and hard rock musicians to answer the following question regarding the current political situation in the world: What's your opinion on the rising tide of the anti-American sentiment around the world and to what would you attribute this?...