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THE POODLES To Enter Studio In The Fall

Swedish hard rockers THE POODLES have issued the following update: "This weekend's events marked the end of this summer's tour and pretty much the end of the entire 'Sweet Trade' tour that has been going on for about a year. A lot of things have happened during this journey, we've travelled across E...

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THE 69 EYES To Release 'Goth'N'Roll' Box Set

Finnish goth metallers THE 69 EYES will release a box set called "Goth'n'Roll" in Finland on Halloween. The box set will contain three CDs and one DVD. "Goth'N'Roll" documents THE 69 EYES' period from 1998 to 2003 when the band broke into the mainstream success in Finland and spread their Helsinki v...

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TIAMAT: 'The Ark Of The Covenant' Complete Details Revealed

Century Media Records has released the details for "The Ark of the Covenant - The Complete Century Media Years", a limited-edition collector's box from Swedish metallers TIAMAT. Limited to 3,000 copies worldwide, this noble box set also includes two exclusive audio CDs, a numbered authenticity certi...

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TIAMAT Guitarist Quits

TIAMAT guitarist Thomas Wyreson has announced his decision to leave the long-running Swedish metal group. He explained, "I've made a tough decision to quit the band. My last show with the guys [was] the Zeytinli Rock Fest in Turkey the 16th of August." He added, "Just for the record, there are absol...

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THE 69 EYES To Tour Europe With TIAMAT

Finnish goth metallers THE 69 EYES will team up with Sweden's TIAMAT for a European tour in February/March 2009. The dates are as follows: Feb. 10 - Markthalle - Hamburg, Germany Feb. 11 - Columbia - Huxleys - Berlin, Germany Feb. 12 - Alte Spinnerei - Glauchau, Germany Feb. 13 - [to be announced] -...

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TIAMAT: 'The Ark Of The Covenant - The Complete Century Media Years' Box Set Detailed

Century Media Records has set an August 18 release date for "The Ark of the Covenant - The Complete Century Media Years", a strictly limited 12 CD + DVD box set from Swedish metallers TIAMAT. Packaged in a noble solid box with gold foil print, it contains a total of 131 audio tracks, over ten ...

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'Swedish Death Metal' Author Demonstrates Classic Swedish Death Guitar Sound; Video Available

In a brief new video tutorial, Daniel Ekeroth, author of the massive book "Swedish Death Metal" (and bassist of TYRANT and INSISION),breaks down and demonstrates the classic Swedish death metal guitar sound invented by Leif Cuzner of NIHILIST and perfected at Studio Sunlight in Stockholm on albums...

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'Swedish Death Metal' Book Author To Guest On SIRIUS' 'Bloody Roots'

Daniel Ekeroth, author of the massive new book "Swedish Death Metal", will appear on this week's "Bloody Roots" show on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack channel. Learn how the assassination of the prime minister and the death of METALLICA's Cliff Burton in Sweden in the 1980s gave rise to the wo...

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TIAMAT At Romania's ARTMANIA Festival; Performance Footage, Video Interview Available

MetalheadTV.com has posted video footage of TIAMAT performing at the Artmania Festival 2008, which was held July 18-19 in Sibiu, Romania. Watch the clip below. Video interviews with TIAMAT, GAMMA RAY and LACRIMOSA can be found at this location. "Amanethes", the new album from TIAMAT, entered the Ger...

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Video Preview Of 'Swedish Death Metal' Book Available

INSISION/TYRANT bassist Daniel Ekeroth's acclaimed history "Swedish Death Metal" is now available in revised and expanded edition from new U.S. publisher Bazillion Points. All pre-orders have been shipped, and the first 50 copies include surprise page proofs signed by the author. Watch a video previ...

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Amanethes

It's been a long, slow slide for TIAMAT, from primitive death metal to highbrow avant-garde psychedelia to drippy Eurotrash pop swagger. After five years of silence, the band that asked us to "vote for love" and seemed doomed to end its life narcissistically sniffing SISTERS OF MERCY's long-discarde...

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THE POODLES To Release New Single

Swedish hard rockers THE POODLES will release their new single, "Raise The Banner", on Wednesday, July 2. THE POODLES recently recruited guitarist Henrik Bergqvist (SOUTHFORK, TIAMAT) to replace Pontus Norgren, who left the group to join HAMMERFALL. The new axeman made his live debut with THE POODLE...

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'Swedish Death Metal' Book Expanded Edition Due In July

INSISION/TYRANT bassist Daniel Ekeroth's acclaimed history "Swedish Death Metal" will be available this July in revised and expanded edition from new U.S. publisher Bazillion Points. The ultimate insider's account of the rise of the Scandinavian metal scene, the book boasts over 450 pages, over 500...

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New 'Swedish Death Metal' Book On The Way

According to Voices From The Darkside, another book focusing on the early Swedish death metal scene called "Encyclopedia of Svensk Ddsmetall" (Encyclopedia of Swedish Death Metal) will be released in the coming weeks. Author Nicola Costantini began working on the book at the end of 2005 and has chos...

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THE POODLES: New Guitarist Announced

Swedish hard rockers THE POODLES have recruited guitarist Henrik Bergqvist (SOUTHFORK, TIAMAT) to replace Pontus Norgren, who recently left the group to join HAMMERFALL. The new axeman made his live debut with THE POODLES on Friday (June 6) at the Sweden Rock Festival in Slvesborg, Sweden. Commented...