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THE HELLACOPTERS: 'Rock & Roll Is Dead' U.S. Release Date Pushed Back
Due to manufacturing delays, the release date for the American pressing of THE HELLACOPTERS' acclaimed new album, "Rock & Roll Is Dead", has been pushed back two weeks to February 7. It will still contain two bonus tracks not included on any other version of the recording, as well as bonus video...January 9, 2006
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Rock and Roll Is Dead
Mondo rock stars everywhere else, club-touring indie hopefuls here in the land that birthed rock and roll and then let it crawl out of its cradle like an unwanted bastard and immigrate. What's wrong with this country? At least we've finally got "Rock and Roll Is Dead" coming out domestically, albeit...January 9, 2006
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Mr. Right Hand Man
Time for a little Pavlovian experiment. THE HELLACOPTERS. TURBONEGRO. THE BLACK HALOS. BACKYARD BABIES. GLUECIFER. Are you drooling yet? If so, do what you have to do to get a copy of this Italian rock combo's tasty slab of snotty Swederock abandon. Hell, based on song titles alone, it's hard to und...January 9, 2006
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OPETH, BURST, THE HELLACOPTERS Among 'P3 Guld' Nominees
OPETH, BURST and THE HELLACOPTERS are among the nominated artists for the "P3 Guld" award from Swedish radio station P3 in the "Best Rock/Metal Album Of The Year" category. The winners will be announced on January 21, 2006 during a live awards ceremony broadcast from Storan in Gothenburg, Sweden. Th...December 10, 2005
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Top Metal/Hardcore Albums Of 2005 As Voted By Writers Of Sweden's CLOSE-UP Magazine
A total of 30 metal, rock and punk writers at Sweden's Close–Up magazine have voted in the magazine's annual critics' album-of-the-year poll. The final results were as follows: 01. SYSTEM OF A DOWN – "Mezmerize" 02. OPETH – "Ghost Reveries" 03. NINE INCH NAILS – "With Teeth" 04. THE MARS VOLTA – "Fr...December 6, 2005
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THE HELLACOPTERS: 'Rock & Roll Is Dead' To Receive U.S. Release In January
"Rock & Roll Is Dead", the acclaimed new album from Swedish rockers THE HELLACOPTERS — whose multiple Grammy awards and gold records in their home country have helped the quintet build a rabid fan base not only in their native Europe, but around the entire world — will be released in America on...December 5, 2005
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IN FLAMES, SEPULTURA, MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY Members Reveal Their Favorite Albums Of 2005
In the December/January issue of the Swedish magazine Close-Up, a number of heavy metal/hard rock musicians list their favorite albums of 2005. Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA): BIOHAZARD – "Means to an End" CLAUSTROPHOBIA – "Fulminant" EXODUS – "Shovel Headed Kill Machine" Anders Fridén (IN FLAMES): NINE...December 1, 2005
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BACKYARD BABIES: New Album To Be Produced By HELLACOPTERS' ANDERSSON
Sweden's BACKYARD BABIES have tapped THE HELLACOPTERS frontman/ex-ENTOMBED drummer Nicke Andersson to produce their upcoming CD, tentatively due late spring 2006 via BMG. The upcoming collaboration will mark the first time that BACKYARD BABIES guitarist Dregen and Andersson have worked together sinc...December 1, 2005
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Give Me the Fear
Produced by the same guy who brought you THE DARKNESS, and already hyped to the rafters by the ever-fickle U.K. press, London denimboys TOKYO DRAGONS are yet another band pulling the mirrored shades, leather vests, and moustaches so ironic they hurt, all in the name of "real rock and roll". The thin...November 28, 2005
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THE CENTURY FAMILY Releases 'Metal For The Masses Volume Four'
Continuing the highly successful "Metal for the Masses" series, the Century Family unseals "Metal for the Masses Volume Four", once again exclusive to Hot Topic locations nationwide. The two-disc compilation contains 40 tracks totaling over two hours of music. The artwork for "Volume Four" incorpora...November 17, 2005
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ENTOMBED Announce New Album Title
Swedish metallers ENTOMBED have set "Serpent Saints" as the title of their new album, due on June 6, 2006 via Threeman Recordings. The upcoming CD will be the group's first without the contributions of guitarist Uffe Cederlund, who left the band in September. Speaking to Sweden's Close-Up magazine,...November 2, 2005
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Former ENTOMBED Guitarist Explains Departure
On September 8, Sweden's ENTOMBED announced the departure of original guitarist and songwriter Uffe Cederlund. "The last couple of years weren't much fun," says Cederlund in an exclusive interview in the November issue of the Swedish magazine Close-Up. "It feels like we wanted different things in th...October 21, 2005
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Former ENTOMBED Drummer NICKE ANDERSSON Returns To Death Metal Roots
In 1998, ENTOMBED drummer and main songwriter Nicke Andersson left the legendary death metal outfit to focus on his rock ’n’ roll band THE HELLACOPTERS. Since then he's stayed clear of anything brutal and downtuned. In an exclusive interview in the November issue of the Swedish magazine Close-Up, An...October 21, 2005
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FIREBALL MINISTRY Sign With LIQUOR AND POKER MUSIC
Acclaimed Los Angeles quartet FIREBALL MINISTRY, recently dubbed the "#1 metal band you need to know now" by Guitar World, have officially joined the roster of Liquor and Poker Music. The L.A.-based rock label will release the group's new album, "Their Rock Is Not Our Rock", on October 18. A rough m...July 25, 2005
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NICKE ANDERSSON Back On Stage With ENTOMBED
Ex-ENTOMBED drummer Nicke Andersson rejoined his former bandmates on stage last weekend at the "Peace and Love Festival" in Borlänge, Sweden. Andersson, who fronts the very successful THE HELLACOPTERS, wasn't filling in as the sticksman again but he was standing in for Uffe Cederlund on guitar while...July 12, 2005
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