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NIGHTINGALE: New Song Available For Download

Dag Swanö from NIGHTINGALE has posted the title track from the group's upcoming album, "White Darkness". Download it by following these links: Location#1, Location#2. "White Darkness" is finished — mixed and mastered — and has been delivered to the record company, Black Mark. The release date had be...

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MEMORY GARDEN Completes Work On 'Carnage Carnival' Video

MEMORY GARDEN, the Sweden-based band featuring former ABSKTRAKT ALGEBRA guitarist Simon Johansson, filmed a video for the title track of their upcoming album, "Carnage Carnival", in early March with director Owe Lingwall of Village Road Film. Commented Johansson: "The video shoot was amazing. We had...

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GOREFEST Drummer Joins DEMIURG

GOREFEST drummer Ed Warby has joined DEMIURG, the Swedish band featuring PAGANIZER/RIBSPREADER mainman Rogga Johansson and Dan Swanö (EDGE OF SANITY, NIGHTINGALE). The group's debut album, "Breath of the Demiurg", was released in February via Mascot Records. The CD was previously said to be "filled...

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MEMORY GARDEN To Film 'Carnage Carnival' Video In March

MEMORY GARDEN, the Sweden-based band featuring former ABSKTRAKT ALGEBRA guitarist Simon Johansson, will film a video for the title track of their new album, "Carnage Carnival", in early March with director Owe Lingwall of Village Road Film. "Carnage Carnival" is scheduled for release later in the ye...

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THRESHOLD: Guitarist NICK MIDSON Takes A Break

U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD have announced that guitarist Nick Midson will be taking a break from the band. Commented guitarist Karl Groom: "Nick has been thinking about this for a while. It's largely driven by wanting a break from touring and promotional activities. I'm still in contact wi...

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MEMORY GARDEN: 'Carnage Carnival' Track Listing Revealed

MEMORY GARDEN, the Sweden-based band featuring former ABSKTRAKT ALGEBRA guitarist Simon Johansson, has finalized the track listing for its new album, "Carnage Carnival", due later in the year via Vic Records. Commented Simon: "We are for the first time working with the Hungarian artist Hjules and he...

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DAN SWANÖ Lays Down 'Brutal' Backing Vocals On New THRESHOLD Album

Swedish multi-instrumentalist/producer Dan Swanö (EDGE OF SANITY, NIGHTINGALE, SECOND SKY, BLOODBATH) has laid down backing vocals on the new album from U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD, entitled "Dead Reckoning". Swanö guests on the CD's opening song, "Slipstream", and the third track, "Elusive...

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LINKIN PARK Guitarist BRAD DELSON to Visit Los Angeles Middle School

Little Kids Rock (LKR),a program providing free instruments and instruction for public school students, has announced that LINKIN PARK guitarist and Little Kids Rock Honorary Board member, Brad Delson, will be visiting Los Angeles' Nightingale Middle School on Thursday, December 14. During his visi...

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DEMIURG Featuring DAN SWANÖ: Debut Album Due In February

On February 23, 2007 Mascot Records will release the debut album from Swedish band DEMIURG, entitled "Breath of the Demiurg". DEMIURG is the brainchild of PAGANIZER/RIBSPREADER mainman Rogga Johansson and Dan Swanö (EDGE OF SANITY, NIGHTINGALE). The album is said to be "filled with brutal and extrem...

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BLOODBATH: 'Breeding Death' Reissue Now Available

BLOODBATH's out-of-print mini-CD "Breeding Death" from 1999 has been re-released and comes with a revamped layout, previously unreleased lyrics to all songs, plus two demo recordings of the tracks "Breeding Death" and "Omnious Bloodvomit". BLOODBATH lineup on "Breeding Death": Mikael Åkerfeldt (OPET...

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The Albatross

Familiar reference points may abound when listening to this, the second album from up-and-coming Ohio band ONCEOVER. But these guys are masters of the unexpected curveball — just when you think they're gonna take the well-traveled path and indulge themselves in metalcore cliché, they bust into momen...

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HAMMERFALL, LIZZY BORDEN, ANDROMEDA Members To Guest On MOUNTAIN OF POWER CD

Swedish guitarist Janne Stark (OVERDRIVE, LOCOMOTIVE BREATH) has released more information about his MOUNTAIN OF POWER project, featuring guest appearances by current and/or former members of HAMMERFALL, LIZZY BORDEN, ANDROMEDA and TREAT, among many others. Says Janne: "The project is basically me w...

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NIGHTINGALE: New Songtitles Revealed

Dag Swanö (a.k.a. Tom Nouga) of NIGHTINGALE — the Swedish progressive-metal band headed by Dag's brother Dan Swanö — has issued the following update on the recording process for the band's new album, "White Darkness": "Dan [Swanö] has been working hard with the lead vocals. Five songs of ten ready t...

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DAN SWANÖ Comments On Passing Of DISSECTION Frontman

Swedish producer/multi-instrumentalist Dan Swanö (EDGE OF SANITY, NIGHTINGALE, SECOND SKY, BLOODBATH) has commented on the passing of DISSECTION frontman Jon Nödtveidt. Nödtveidt, 31, was found dead on Wednesday, August 16 at his apartment in Hässelby, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, the apparent vic...

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WINDS: New Album Update

WINDS keyboardist Andy Winter has offered the following update on the recording process for the band's fourth effort: "It has been a nice relaxing summer for all of us in WINDS, but we are now ready to pick up and finally complete this thing we have been working on for so long. The status at ...