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HAMMERFALL: In Writing Mode

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on his official blog: "We have now spent the past three days locked in a small room, going over the seven finished songs for the new album. Compared to the first rehearsal in preparation of 'Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken', th...

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Ex-INFERNAL MAJESTY Singer Claims Former Bandmates Ripped Him Off

Luxi Lahtinen of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with former INFERNAL MAJESTY frontman Chris Bailey. An excerpt from the question-and-answer session follows: Metal-Rules.com: You contacted me via email just recently regarding the interview I did with both Kenny Hallman and Brian Lang...

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The Ultimate Destroyer

You knew it would only get bloodier after Chicago's LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR (LOTM) hacked and stabbed with murderous metal rage and old school spirit on 2004's "Carnage". On "The Ultimate Destroyer", lyrical themes based on the savage end of Greek Mythology (with poetic license liberally taken) once ag...

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HAMMERFALL Frontman To Appear On Swedish TV

The following update has been posted at HAMMERFALL's official web site: "On April 14th, Joacim [Cans, vocals] will participate in the TV4 show 'Rampfeber' ('Stage Fright'). There, he'll be teaching Uffe Larsson how to sing TWISTED SISTER's 'We're Not Gonna Take It'. For this, he needs backing vocali...

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HAMMERFALL Working On 'Wide Range of Songs' For New Album

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on his blog: "Spring is late in coming this year, more snow today. Unbelievable! Makes you a bit lazy, I have to admit. In fact, that's what I have been songwriting-wise for the past few weeks, not much has happened. "This is where...

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Heavy Metal Album Covers That Rocked The World

The U.K.'s Guardian Unlimited has published a short interview with James Sherry, co-author of the book "Heavy Metal Thunder: Album Covers That Rocked the World", a collection of album covers from metal's golden age that began with BLACK SABBATH's 1970 eponymously titled debut. Heavy-metal album cove...

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HAMMERFALL: More Details Revealed About Charity Hockey Game

More details have been revealed about the charity ice-hockey game that HAMMERFALL members Joacim Cans (vocals) and Oscar Dronjak (guitar) will participate in on Thursday, March 30 in Vättlehallen in Stenkullen, outside of Göteborg, Sweden. The event is being arranged by artisterforlivet.com and will...

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DEATH BREATH Featuring Former ENTOMBED, GRAVE Members: Audio Available

DEATH BREATH, the new Swedish old-school death metal project featuring former ENTOMBED drummer and main songwriter Nicke Andersson (currently the frontman of his rock 'n' roll band THE HELLACOPTERS) and vocalist Jörgen Sandström (who had previously fronted the Swedish death metallers GRAVE),have up...

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GAMMACIDE Complete Six Songs For Possible New CD

Guitarist Rick Perry of the reunited Texas thrashers GAMMACIDE has issued the following update on the band's current activities: "Many of you have asked if there are going to be any more GAMMACIDE shows. The answer is yes, we are planning to do a Texas tour this summer including one show in the Dall...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Confirmed For U.K.'s MONSTERS OF ROCK Festival

According to eFestivals.co.uk, QUEENSRŸCHE are the sixth confirmed act for the Monsters of Rock festival, which takes place at Milton Keynes Bowl in England on Saturday, June 3. The lineup for the day is now as follows: DEEP PURPLE ALICE COOPER JOURNEY THUNDER QUEENSRŸCHE TED NUGENT One more band wi...

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HAMMERFALL Members To Play Hockey For Charity

HAMMERFALL singer Joacim Cans and guitarist Oscar Dronjak will be part of a Swedish ice-hockey team called "Artists for Life". The team, who will play against a reality-show team from Swedish ZTV, will feature celebrities like football and ice-hockey legends, stand-up comedians, and other musicians,...

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ROB ZOMBIE Says New Single's Sound Is Not Influenced By Record Company

ROB ZOMBIE has lashed out the people who have suggested that his new single, "Foxy Foxy" (view video here) is an attempt at a more commercialized sound in order to appease his record company. Said Zombie: "Let me set the record straight. Most things don't bother me, but this does. In response to ...

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ALICE COOPER, DIO, STATUS QUO Confirmed For Belgium's SCHWUNG Festival

ALICE COOPER, DIO, STATUS QUO, TED NUGENT and THUNDER have been confirmed for the Schwung 2006 festival, set to take place May 27 at Expohallen in Roeselare, Belgium. More information is available at www.debevers.be. ...

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Former ENTOMBED Drummer, Ex-GRAVE Frontman Join Forces In New Death Metal Project

Former ENTOMBED drummer and main songwriter Nicke Andersson (currently the frontman of his rock 'n' roll band THE HELLACOPTERS) has set DEATHBREATH as the name of his new old-school death metal project, BLABBERMOUTH.NET can reveal. Handling the vocals in the new group is Jörgen Sandström, who had pr...

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HAMMERFALL Guitarist Comments On Upcoming Festival Appearances

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "I know we have said to everyone that we wouldn’t do any more shows until the release of the next album, because that is how we normally do it. But due to the tremendous success of our last tour, we...