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NIGHTRAGE To Release 'The Venomous' Single This Friday

"The Venomous", the new single from Greek/Swedish melodic death metallers NIGHTRAGE, will be released this coming Friday, December 16 via Despotz Records. The song will be made available on all major streaming services. "The Venomous" is the title track of NIGHTRAGE's seventh album, which will be re...

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IN FLAMES Frontman: 'After Twenty-Plus Years Of Creating This Music, We Have A Sound'

Chris Annunziata of the "The Metal Teddy Bear Experience" show on the 90.3 WMSC-FM radio station conducted an interview with vocalist Anders Fridén of Swedish metallers IN FLAMES when the band played at PlayStation Theater in New York City on November 16. You can now listen to the chat using the Sou...

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HAMMERFALL Guitarist On Drummer ANDERS JOHANSSON's Departure: It 'Was A Bulls**t Way Of Doing It'

Anthony Morgan of Metal Forces recently conducted an interview with HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On beginning the writing process in late 2014 for latest album "Built To Last": Oscar: "That was just because I had some inspiration. It wasn't lik...

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Bassist PETER IWERS Quits IN FLAMES

Bassist Peter Iwers has decided to leave Swedish metallers IN FLAMES "to pursue other endeavors." He says in a statement: "As a result, this current U.S. tour will be my last one with IN FLAMES, so if you are around, come and say hi. "It has been almost 20 years of fun, and I am ...

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KATATONIA Announces 'Fallen Hearts Of North America 2017' Headline Tour

KATATONIA, the Swedish purveyors of dark progressive rock/metal, have announced they will be heading out on a headline tour of North America in March and April 2017 to support the release of their latest studio album, "The Fall Of Hearts". Founding KATATONIA member and guitarist Anders Nyström comme...

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W.A.S.P. Guitarist DOUGLAS BLAIR Bestows His Heart Of Darkness To Horror Icon BARBARA STEELE

On November 11, Douglas Blair of W.A.S.P. and 1960s horror icon Barbara Steele ("Black Sunday", "The Pit And The Pendulum", "Piranha") converged to record her iconic voice for a new song titled "Argo Navis: Heart Of Darkness". The track — composed by Blair, John Anthony and former ACE FREHLEY and cu...

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IN FLAMES Frontman Wrote 'Here Until Forever' Song For His Eight-Year-Old Son

Holland's FaceCulture recently conducted an interview with vocalist Anders Fridén of Swedish metallers IN FLAMES. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. Speaking about one particularly personal song on IN FLAMES' latest album, "Battles", Anders said: "'Here Until Forever' was written for my...

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AVERSIONS CROWN To Release 'Xenocide' Album In January

Australian metallers AVERSIONS CROWN will release their sophomore album, titled "Xenocide", on January 20 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. A lyric video for the brand new track "Ophiophagy", taken from "Xenocide", can be seen below. "Here's your first taste of mayhem from 'Xenocide',", comments voca...

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IN FLAMES Needed To Shake Things Up A Little Bit On 'Battles' Album

United Rock Nations recently conducted an interview with vocalist Anders Fridén of Swedish metallers IN FLAMES. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On working with producer Howard Benson on IN FLAMES' new album, "Battles": Anders: "I think...

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HAMMERFALL Guitarist Says Drummer ANDERS JOHANSSON's Departure Was 'A Huge Shock'

Matt Coe of Dead Rhetoric recently conducted an interview with guitarist Oscar Dronjak of Swedish metallers HAMMERFALL. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Dead Rhetoric: Was it a shock to lose long-time drummer Anders Johansson in 2014 after the release of your last album, "(r)Evolutio...

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IN FLAMES Performs Live With New Drummer JOE RICKARD For First Time (Video)

Swedish metallers IN FLAMES played the first show with their latest addition, drummer Joe Rickard (formerly of RED),at this past weekend's Knotfest Japan in Tokyo. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. IN FLAMES vocalist Anders Fridén told EMP Rock Invasion about Rickard: "...

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Ex-BLACK SABBATH Singer TONY MARTIN Performs At 'Fireball Rock Party' In Sweden (Video)

Former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin performed several tracks from his era of the band on October 26 at the Fireball Rock Party at Göta Källare in Stockholm, Sweden. Fan-filmed video footage of two of the songs — "The Shining" (featuring a guest appearance by former LION'S SHARE and current SORCE...

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Listen To New IN FLAMES Song 'Save Me'

Swedish metallers IN FLAMES will release their twelfth studio album, "Battles", on November 11 via Nuclear Blast in all territories excluding North America and Scandinavia and Eleven Seven Music Group in the U.S. The CD was recorded in Los Angeles with Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson, who ha...

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IN FLAMES' BJÖRN GELOTTE Shows You How To Play Three Killer Riffs From 'Battles' (Video)

France's Guitare Xtreme magazine has uploaded a four-minute video clip of guitarist Björn Gelotte of Swedish metallers IN FLAMES showing you how to play three kller riffs from the band's new album, "Battles". Featured songs: * "Underneath My Skin" 0:40 * "The End" 2:07 * "Drained" 3:18 "Battles" wil...

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IN FLAMES' ANDERS FRIDÉN Says He Is 'Fully Aware' Of Haters

Spark TV, which is part of the Czech monthly magazine Spark, recently conducted an interview with IN FLAMES frontman Anders Fridén. You can watch the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the difference between the band's forthcoming "Battles" album and 2014's...