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BARREN EARTH To Release 'Our Twilight' EP

BARREN EARTH, the new Helsinki, Finland-based project featuring members of KREATOR, MOONSORROW, SWALLOW THE SUN and MANNHAI, will release a four-song EP, "Our Twilight", in October via Peaceville Records. According to a press release, the EP "opens with the title track, a fine exploration of broodin...

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EDENBRIDGE Forced To Pull Out Of Portugal's CAOS EMERGENTE

Austrian female-fronted symphonic metal band EDENBRIDGE has been forced to cancel its appearance at this year's installment of the Caos Emergente festival, set to take place September 11-13 in Porto, Portugal. The group says in a statement, The promoter was not able to provide flight tickets for the...

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METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD: 'I'm Not The Most Social Guy You'll Meet'

Paul Liberatore of the Marin Independent Journal conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield ahead of the band's performance tonight (Friday, September 11) at a benefit in Northern California. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On METALLICA's first hometown concer...

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MASTERPLAN, THRESHOLD, U.D.O., DELAIN Members Confirmed For 'Christmas Metal Symphony'

Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN),Damian Wilson (THRESHOLD),Udo Dirkschneider (U.D.O., ACCEPT),Mats Levén (THERION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and Charlotte Wessels (DELAIN) are among the guest vocalists who will participate in the second "Christmas Metal Symphony" show, set to take place on Sunday, December 20, 20...

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EDENBRIDGE Begins Recording New Album

Austrian female-fronted symphonic metal band EDENBRIDGE has issued the following update: "Recordings for our seventh studio album have begun last weekend at Wild One Studios in Vienna. Max [Pointner] has hammered his drum takes on tape respectively hard disc in unbelievable one and a half days and t...

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Musk Ox

Solitude can be a musician's greatest inspiration. When one's soul is left unto itself, the mind and heart can wander into previously unexplored territory when a virtual treasure trove of creativity can be unearthed. Depending on the individual, the artistic output can either be a soundtrack to his/...

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BLACK COMEDY Working On New Material

Norwegian modern metallers BLACK COMEDY are currently working on material for their sophomore CD, tentatively due next year. The band says, "The album will be a natural progression into a more sinister and uncompromising style, upgrading the trademark BLACK COMEDY sound that is heard on [2008's] 'In...

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EDENBRIDGE To Enter Studio In September

Guitarist/keyboardist Lanvall of the Austrian female-fronted symphonic metal band EDENBRIDGE has completed the songwriting process for the group's seventh album and will enter the studio in September to begin recording the CD for a tentative May/June 2010 release. Regarding the new material's direct...

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THRESHOLD, SERENITY, SPHERIC UNIVERSE EXPERIENCE To Team Up For 'Essence Of Progression' Tour

Progressive metallers THRESHOLD, SERENITY and SPHERIC UNIVERSE EXPERIENCE will team up for the first "Essence Of Progression" tour across Europe this autumn. Austrian progressive metallers SERENITY will be THRESHOLD's special guests for the trek. They are currently promoting their second album, "Fal...

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SERENITY To Support THRESHOLD In Europe

Austrian symphonic melodic metal act SERENITY will support U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD on their upcoming European tour. Commented THRESHOLD's Richard West: "SERENITY did a great job opening for us a couple of years ago and were popular with our fans. We're very pleased to have them back on...

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THE FADING To Release 'In Sin We'll Find Salvation' In August

Israeli melodic death metal band THE FADING will release its full-length debut, "In Sin We'll Find Salvation", on August 3 through the German label Wacken Records. On July 31, the CD will be launched with the group's second appearance at the Wacken Open Air festival. "In Sin We'll Find Salvation" wa...

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GODSMACK Working On 'Really Heavy' New Album

GODSMACK has begun work on the material for the band's follow-up to 2006's "IV" which debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 chart. Artisan News Service caught up with GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna to get his thoughts on the direction the new album is taking. "It's gonna be really heavy," he said. "I...

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THRESHOLD To Tour Europe In The Fall

U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD will tour Europe in the fall of 2009 and promise a radically different show. The first handful of dates has now been announced with more to follow. Oct. 29 - Zeche Carl - Essen, Germany Oct. 30 - Colos Saal - Aschaffenburg, Germany Nov. 01 - Z7 - Pratteln, Switze...

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SERENITY: Audio Interview Posted Online

An interview with Austrian symphonic melodic metallers SERENITY conducted on March 24, 2009 at the Wolverhampton, United Kingdom stop of the band's European tour with KAMELOT is available for streaming on the MySpace page of Wrexham, Wales' "Metalheadz" show (scroll down in audio player). SERENITY w...

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THRESHOLD: Zaandam Footage Available

Quality footage of THRESHOLD's May 3, 2009 concert at De Kade in Zaandam, The Netherlands can be viewed below (courtesy of "letthemetalflow"). After signing with Nuclear Blast in 2007, THRESHOLD released their eighth studio album, "Dead Reckoning", in March of that year. The CD brought the band thei...