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KING DIAMOND Talks About Story Behind 'Give Me Your Soul ... Please'

King Diamond recently spoke to AnarchyMusic.net about the story behind his latest album "Give Me Your Soul ... Please". An excerpt follows: King Diamond: "Our distributor in Denmark called our tour manager who does all kinds of stuff with us and said, 'I just saw a painting on some artist's web site...

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'Get Thrashed' Staten Island After-Party To Be Held At New L'Amour Club

The after-party for the New York screening of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" will be held on Friday, June 22 at the new L'Amour rock club on Staten Island, New York. L'Amour, the "Rock Capital of Brooklyn, New York" for over 25 years, recently re-opened its doors at 2354 Arthur Kill Road...

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SINISTER Working On New Material

Dutch death metallers SINISTER have issued the following update: "It has been more then a year since we took the time to write something personal again on this page. Not so strange, since we were extremely busy the last twelve months. We visited almost 30 countries this year for the promotion of 'Af...

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SENTINEL BEAST Confirmed For Germany's KEEP IT TRUE X Festival

Reunited '80s Sacramento, California thrash band SENTINEL BEAST has been confirmed for the Keep It True X festival, dubbed "Reign Of The Tyrant", set to take place April 4-5, 2008 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. Keep It True X festival billing is now as follows: Friday, April 4,...

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LEAVES' EYES Comments On Upcoming North American Tour With KING DIAMOND, KREATOR

LEAVES' EYES members Liv Kristine and Alex Krull (both vocals) have commented on the band's upcoming North American tour with KING DIAMOND, KREATOR and CELLADOR, which is scheduled to kick off next March. Said Liv Kristine: "This will be our fourth tour in North America and we're really looking forw...

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THE HUMAN ABSTRACT Films New Video, Prepares For VANS WARPED Tour

Los Angeles-based technical progressive metal band THE HUMAN ABSTRACT has announced that it will be take part in this summer's Warped Tour, on the Smart Punk stage, beginning June 29 and continuing on until the end of July. This is the group's first year playing the extremely popular festival, where...

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KREATOR Mainman: 'We Feel Really Honored' To Have Opportunity To Tour With KING DIAMOND

KREATOR mainman Mille Petrozza has commented on the band's upcoming North American tour with KING DIAMOND, LEAVES' EYES and CELLADOR, which is scheduled to kick off next March. Said Petrozza: "We feel really honored to be on a tour with the King! I have grown up listening to MERCYFUL FATE and KING D...

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Sacramento's FATE Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of Sacramento, California-based metal quintet FATE. "We are very excited to be apart of the Metal Blade family and sharing our music with the masses," the members of FATE said in a statement. "FATE is grateful for this opportunity to share a label with s...

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MISERY SIGNALS Cancels California Dates

Milwaukee, WI's metalcore act MISERY SIGNALS has cancelled its previously announced California dates in Bakersfield and Fresno after vocalist Karl Schubach was taken ill. Tonight's (May 31) show in Orangevale, California is also in jeopardy. Commented the band: "Unfortunately in some ridiculously si...

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MERCYFUL FATE Collaboration ZOSER MEZ To Be Re-Released

Supreme Music Creations will re-release the ZOSER MEZ album "Vizier of Wasteland" in early June with improved artwork and previously unreleased tracks. The CD was a collaboration between MERCYFUL FATE guitarists Michael Denner and Hank Shermann. Originally released in 1991 on Zoser Records, "Vizier...

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DYING FETUS Launches North American Tour

Death metal juggernaut DYING FETUS will embark on the North American leg of its "War of Attrition Tour" in early June. This portion will cover ground all across Canada and into the Northern U.S. Joining DYING FETUS on various dates of the tour are DAATH, PSYOPUS, COVENANCE, BLOODSHOTEYE and more. DY...

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FATAL SMILE Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement

Swedish "traditional" hard rock/heavy metal band FATAL SMILE has parted ways with bassist Markus Johansson and has replaced him with Alex Johnson. FATAL SMILE recently inked a deal with Locomotive Music. The group's sophomore album, "Neo Natural Freaks", was released in the U.S. on February 20. The...

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ELVENKING Working On 'The Divided Heart' Video

Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING recently finished mixing its new album at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland. The mastering took place on April 10 at Finnvox Studios with Mika Jussila and Nino Laurenne. The group has issued the following update "On the studio report page you can find a...

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SOLEFALD's CORNELIUS JAKHELLN Wins Scandinavian Novel Contest

SOLEFALD's Cornelius Jakhelln has posted the following message on the band's MySpace page: "I hinted to this being a very special day in a bulletin this morning. Now the day is almost over and finally I have the time to inform you. At a press conference in Oslo today I was awarded the first prize .....

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LARS ULRICH Says ROLLING STONES' Rock-Star Attitude Left Strange Taste In His Mouth

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich called into "The Opie & Anthony Show" Friday morning (May 25) and stayed on the air for about 15 minutes, talking about the recent HEAVEN AND HELL show he saw in Los Angeles, MERCYFUL FATE's influence on METALLICA's music and the opportunity to open for THE ROLLING...