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SATANIC DIRGE: New Album Title Revealed

Mastermind Wight of the Burgettstown, Pennsylvania-based black metal/ambient one-man project SATANIC DIRGE has issued the following update: "I'm ready to announce that the track listing and cover artwork for the follow-up to 'Tribulation' has been written in stone, so to speak. The new album, 'Revel...

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AFTER FOREVER Guitarist Discusses New Album, HDK Project

AFTER FOREVER guitarist Sander Gommans recently spoke to Lucem Fero's Welsh interviewer Anthony Morgan. Topics of discussion included the Dutch group's self-titled fifth album, Sander's recent illness and his HDK project. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Lucem Fero: How did "After Forever...

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AFTER FOREVER Guitarist Releases New Track From HDK Project

AFTER FOREVER guitarist/songwriter Sander Gommans has uploaded another song from his HDK project, entitled "Fight or Flight", to his MySpace page. The track features contributions from the following musicians: Amanda Somerville: Middle part Jos Severens (SUSTAIN): Clean parts during verses Patrick S...

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ANJA Featuring 40 BELOW SUMMER Members; New Music Posted Online

ANJA, the New York-based singer/songwriter whose backing band includes Carlos Aguilar (drums) and Jordan Plingos (guitar) from 40 BELOW SUMMER, and Steve Schalk (brother of Ken Schalk from CANDIRIA; guitar),has posted new material on her MySpace page. Anja, who enjoys an Austrian, Spanish and Asian...

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MACHINE HEAD Drummer: People Are Gonna Be Blown Away By 'The Blackening'

Amanda Chamberlin of In Utah This Week recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD drummer Dave McClain. An excerpt from the chat follows: In Utah This Week: It seems like MACHINE HEAD prefers to avoid any genre classifications, so how would you describe the type of music that's on your [new]...

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Former ANGRA Frontman Records Guest Appearance With HDK Project

AFTER FOREVER guitarist/songwriter Sander Gommans has issued the following update on his HDK project: Just returned from Germany, where we recorded some vocal parts of André Matos (ex-ANGRA, SHAAMAN, VIRGO) for HDK!!! I'm proud to be able to work with this experienced and appreciated singer in the m...

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MACHINE HEAD Drummer: 'People Are Gonna Be Blown Away' When They Hear 'The Blackening'

Amanda Chamberlin of In Utah This Week recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD drummer Dave McClain. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On how he would label the band's music: "There are so many labels that bands give themselves now. They have about three or four descriptions before they...

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SAXON Manager Checks In

SAXON's manager Thomas Jensen has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "After a hectic week I would like to keep you posted on the latest activities of the band. It might be too much information but I'll try to keep it short. "Thursday: Biff [Byford, vocals] and Charlie [Ba...

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Vocalist AMANDA SOMERVILLE Comments On Collaboration With AFTER FOREVER Guitarist

Amanda Somerville, the American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who is better known for her collaborations with various European metal bands (including EPICA, AFTER FOREVER and EDGUY),has issued the following update: "As you may have read on his page already, I will be writing the lyrics for [AFT...

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…AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD: 'Naked Sun' Video Available For Streaming

…AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD's video for its latest single, "Naked Sun", is now available for streaming: Windows Media, Real Media. The song comes off the group's latest album, "So Divided", which came out last November via Interscope. The CD was recorded with longtime collaborator and...

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AFTER FOREVER Guitarist Recruits Outside Lyricist For HDK Project

Vocalist Amanda Somerville, who has appeared on the AINA rock opera "Days of Rising Doom" in 2003 and who has worked with EPICA and AFTER FOREVER as a backing vocalist and vocal coach, is collaborating with AFTER FOREVER guitarist/songwriter Sander Gommans on the lyrics for Sanders' HDK project. Com...

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AFTER FOREVER: Tentative Album Title Revealed; Studio Update Available

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has almost finished the recordings for its new, album for a spring 2007 release via Nuclear Blast Records. Produced by Gordon Groothedde (Dutch studio luminary),the record is believed to be titled "Energized", although this has not yet been...

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POWERMAN 5000 Frontman Featured In Country Music Video

POWERMAN 5000 frontman Spider is featured as an actor in the new video from country artist CODY MCCARVER, entitled "Red Flag". The clip which was filmed at four separate locations in Los Angeles by Myriam Santos-Kayda, also stars W. Earl Brown (HBO's "Deadwood"),Dennis Haskins ("Saved by the Bell")...

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…AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD: Entire New Album Available For Preview

…AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD's new album, "So Divided", is available for preview in its entirety on the band's MySpace.com page. Due on November 14 via Interscope, "So Divided" was recorded with longtime collaborator and producer Mike McCarthy (SPOON, SOUND TEAM) at his studio in Texas...

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…AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD: New Song Available For Download

An MP3 of "Wasted State of Mind", the new track from …AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD, is now available to download exclusively on the band's MySpace.com page. The track comes off the group's new album, "So Divided", due on November 14 via Interscope. "So Divided" was recorded with ...