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NOMINON Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement
Guitarist Christian Strömblad has left Swedish death metallers NOMINON in order to focus on "some personal shit." His replacement is Alexander Lyrbo, who has proven himself more than worthy to fill Christian's bloodstained boots," the band writes in a post on its official web site. Alexander will ma...February 18, 2011
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NECRONAUT Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL
NECRONAUT, the solo project of former DISMEMBER/CARNAGE drummer Fred Estby, has been confirmed for this year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 8-11, 2011 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. NECRONAUT is no ordinary project. When the celebrated, eponymous debut album was rel...February 16, 2011
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TORCHBEARER To Release 'Death Meditations' In April
Swedish black/death metallers TORCHBEARER will release their third full-length album, "Death Meditations", on April 25 via Vic Records. The CD was produced by Plec Johansson (WATAIN, SCAR SYMMETRY, SOLUTION .45, MISERATION). The artwork was created by Pär Olofsson (IMMORTAL, IMMOLATION, MALEVOLENT C...February 6, 2011
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PORTRAIT: Two Songs Available For Streaming
Swedish heavy metallers PORTRAIT will release their second full-length album, "Crimen Laesae Majestatis Divinae", in April via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded at Necromorbus Studio (WATAIN, UNANIMATED, DESTRÖYER 666) in Alvik, Sweden. The album features cover artwork by Tobias Forge of REPU...February 2, 2011
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VADER To Tour With KRISIUN In June
Polish death metal veterans VADER have issued the following update: "Just at the beginning of June, VADER will start their summer concert season! The band will be shortly after recording their new album (May) and they promised they will present one [or] two new tracks on stage. Summer Campaign 2011...January 31, 2011
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Swedish Death Metal Cult Act MORBID To Release 'Year Of The Goat' In April
Swedish cult act MORBID has teamed up with Century Media Records to release "Year Of The Goat" — a 100 percent official vinyl and CD offering covering the seminal band's first demo, "December Moon", live and rehearsal recordings — on April 4 in Europe. "Year Of The Goat" will be available as ultra d...January 28, 2011
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WATAIN Mainman On GRAMMMIS Award: 'The Devil Won Again!'
Swedish black metallers WATAIN were honored with the "Best Hard Rock" award at the Swedish "Grammis" gala, which was held this past Monday night (January 17) in Stockholm. Commented WATAIN frontman Erik Danielsson: "I always pictured the criteria for entering the [Grammis] awards to be those of main...January 22, 2011
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DIABOLICAL: New 'Ars Vitae' Release Date Announced, Final Track Listing Revealed
Swedish death metal masters DIABOLICAL will release their new album, "Ars Vitae", on February 4 via Abyss Records The CD consists of 17 tracks of both new studio recordings produced last year at Necromorbus Studio (WATAIN, UNANIMATED, DESTRÖYER 666) in Alvik, Sweden and previously unreleased recordi...January 21, 2011
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DARK TRANQUILLITY Vocalist To Take Part In Gothenburg Film Festival Seminar
On Monday, January 31, vocalist Mikael Stanne of Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY will take a break between our touring comittments in Miami/Mexico and India and visit the ongoing Göteborg International Film Festival for a seminar talk with movie critic and ex-ENTOMBED vocalist Orva...January 21, 2011
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WATAIN: Video Footage Of GRAMMIS Acceptance Speech Available
WATAIN was honored with the "Best Hard Rock" award at the Swedish "Grammis" gala, which was held this past Monday night (January 17) in Stockholm. Video footage of the band's acceptance speech can be viewed below (courtesy of Mary Raven's blog). The band stated from the stage (translated from Swedis...January 19, 2011
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WATAIN Wins Swedish GRAMMIS Award For 'Best Hard Rock' Album
WATAIN was honored with the "Best Hard Rock" award at the Swedish "Grammis" gala, which was held this last night (Monday, January 17) in Stockholm. The nominees in the "Best Hard Rock" category were as follows: * GHOST - "Opus Eponymous" * KHOMA - "A Final Storm" * PASCAL - "Orkanen Närmar Sig" * SA...January 18, 2011
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DARK TRANQUILLITY, WATAIN Among MANIFEST Award Nominees
DARK TRANQUILLITY and WATAIN are among the nominees for a Manifest award in the "Hard Rock/Metal" category. Also up for the "Hard Rock/Metal" honor are GHOST and KHOMA. The Manifest Awards are held by SOM (Svenska Oberoende Musikproducenter) (Swedish Independent Musicproducers),an organization that...January 18, 2011
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ENSLAVED, WATAIN, SHINING To Perform At Swiss Edition Of INFERNO Festival
ENSLAVED, WATAIN and SHINING are among the confirmed bands for the Swiss edition of the Inferno festival, set to take place February 25-27 in Lausanne. The event is produced by Headstrong Music and Les Docks. It will include three days of live performances, exhibitions, a metal market and a conferen...January 14, 2011
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VADER: Working Songtitles Revealed
Polish extreme metallers VADER will spend four weeks at Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland starting on March 15 recording their new album, "Welcome To The Morbid Reich". The band will lay down a total of 12 or 13 songs for the CD, which will be mixed and mastered in May for a tentative late 2011 ...January 13, 2011
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UNANIMATED Hard At Work On New Material
UNANIMATED, the reunited Swedish melodic death metal band featuring former members of ENTOMBED and DISMEMBER, has issued the following update: "We are rehearsing again and [have] finalized five new songs already. We are confident to have a [new] full-length album ready after the summer. We are looki...January 13, 2011
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