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EVOKEN Confirmed For Holland's ROADBURN Festival

New Jersey-based doom/death metal act EVOKEN has been confirmed for a special one-off performance at the 2011 edition of the Roadburn festival, which will run for three days, from Thursday, April 14 to Saturday, April 16 at the 013 venue and Midi Theatre in Tilburg, Holland. There will be an additio...

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RANDY PIPER's Former Bandmate Is Confused By WHERE ANGELS SUFFER Debut

Swedish songwriter/producer/artist Chris Laney (real name: Ulf Larsson),who was previously a member of RANDY PIPER'S ANIMAL, the band led by former W.A.S.P. guitarist Randy Piper, has released the following statement: "Chris Laney has been contacted by fans that told him that his former band collea...

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CANDLEMASS Recording Covers For Limited Vinyl Maxi-Single

Legendary Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS will celebrate their 25-year anniversary by performing an extra-long set at Debaser Medis in Stockholm on December 18. The band's classic debut album, "Epicus Doomicus Metalicus", will be played in its entirety for the first time with the original singer Johan...

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GODFLESH To Perform Entire 'Streetcleaner' Album At ROADBURN Festival

Birmingham's seminal post-punk/industrial behemoths GODFLESH will perform their seminal debut full-length album, 1989's "Streetcleaner", in its entirety at the 2011 edition of the Roadburn festival on Thursday, April 14 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland. In addition, founding members Justin Broad...

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GRAND MAGUS: 'At Midnight They'll Get Wise' Video Released

"At Midnight They'll Get Wise", the new video from Swedish heavy rockers GRAND MAGUS, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's new album, "Hammer Of The North", which was recently released via Roadrunner Records. The CD was recorded at 301 studios outside of Stockholm and features artwork...

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CANDLEMASS To Perform Entire 'Epicus' Album With Original Singer At ROADBURN Festival

Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Roadburn Festival. Originally scheduled to celebrate 25 years of doom at this year's Roadburn in April, CANDLEMASS ended up stuck in Stockholm due to logistic complications arising from the volcanic eruption in...

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MY DYING BRIDE: 'Treasure Trove' Of Items Unearthed

U.K. doom titans MY DYING BRIDE have unearthed a treasure trove of delightful band-related items in the MDB crypt and have collated them all in one place so that anyone interested in adding them to their collection may do so. Ultra-rare 12" white labels of the first EP, "Symphonaire", signed by sing...

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THERION: 'Sitra Ahra' Video Contest Winner Announced

The THERION video contest for the track "Sitra Ahra" is now over — and THERION mastermind Christofer Johnsson has picked a lucky winner. His name is Fredrik Mattson, and he's from Sweden. The lucky man won a meet-and-greet with the band plus a massive voucher for the Nuclear Blast shop. Commented Jo...

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Swedish RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute Concert: More Footage Available, Details Revealed

Some of Sweden's finest heavy metal musicians gathered to pay tribute to Ronnie James Dio during this fall's edition of the Sweden Rock Cruise, which sailed on October 7 from Stockholm, Sweden for Åbo, Finland and returned the following day. There was a long tribute concert with a number of guest mu...

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Swedish Heavy Metal Musicians Pay Tribute To DIO On SWEDEN ROCK CRUISE (Video)

Some of Sweden's finest heavy metal musicians gathered to pay tribute to Ronnie James Dio during this fall's edition of the Sweden Rock Cruise, which sailed on October 7, 2010 from Stockholm, Sweden for Åbo, Finland and returned the following day. There was a long tribute concert with a number of gu...

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Ashes to Ashes

Whatever your thoughts concerning the exit of Messiah Marcolin and his replacement by SOLITUDE AETURNUS's Robert Lowe, you must at least admit that CANDLEMASS career has been on the upswing since the Texan joined the Swedish doomsters. Much of that has to do with the release of a couple of great alb...

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ODYSSEY: 'Reinventing The Past' Audio Samples, Track-By-Track Introductions Available

Back in 1999, Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based Utopian Vision Music released a three-song self-titled EP by ODYSSEY, a band featuring Swedish multi-instrumentalist/producer Dan Swanö (NIGHTINGALE, EDGE OF SANITY, BLOODBATH),Rick Gustafson (ex-MEMORY GARDEN),and Kenth Philipsson (DARK FUNERAL, THE PR...

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Former NARNIA Frontman Launches GOLDEN RESURRECTION

Christian Liljegren, vocalist and founder of DIVINEFIRE, NARNIA and AUDIOVISION, is back with a new Swedish melodic neo-classical metal sensation called GOLDEN RESURRECTION. In 2008 Christian Liljegren joined forces with Tommy Johansson, a 20-year-old super-talented vocalist and guitar hero. Both sh...

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7DAYS To Release 'Into Forever' In October

7DAYS, the epic metal project led by DARKWATER/HARMONY guitarist and composer Markus Sigfridsson, will release its second album, "Into Forever", on October 15 via Liljegren Records. The CD features contributions from the following musicians: * Markus Sigfridsson (HARMONY, DARKWATER) - Guitar, Keyboa...

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THERION: Tour Schedules Changes Announced

Swedish progressive/experimental metallers THERION have issued the following update: "The tour schedule has changed: The shows in Caracas (Venezuela),Chihuahua and Puebla (both Mexico) have to be cancelled and the show in Santiago de Chile has moved to the Teatro Caupolican. In Europe there will be...