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Signal To Noise

Being called "the MAZZY STAR of prog" isn't exactly a big selling point, is it? With their new album, Finland's hotly-tipped progressive chameleons morph into something kinda commercial and directionless — pretty, beguiling background music that ends up going nowhere. Look at the song "Splinters" fo...

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THE HAUNTED To Release 'The Dead Eye' On Halloween

Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED have set an October 31 North American release date through Century Media Records for their new album, "The Dead Eye" (one day earlier internationally). The highly anticipated follow-up to 2004's critically acclaimed "rEVOLVEr" album was recorded in Denmark at Antfarm St...

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MYSTIC CIRCLE To Tour Europe With ROTTING CHRIST, CARPATHIAN FOREST

German "dark Satanic metal" band MYSTIC CIRCLE will team up with ROTTING CHRIST and CARPATHIAN FOREST for a European tour beginning right after "The Domination Tour 2007" (featuring ROTTING CHRIST, CARPATHIAN FOREST, MALEVOLENT CREATION, INCANTATION and NEURAXIS) concludes next spring. As previously...

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IN FLAMES: 'Soundtrack To Your Escape' Sells 100,000 Copies In The U.S.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, U.S. sales figures for IN FLAMES' "Soundtrack To Your Escape" have surpassed 100,000 copies. Released by Nuclear Blast Records in 2004, "Soundtrack To Your Escape" was the seventh studio album for Gothenberg, Sweden's best known band. Praised for "redefining the stand...

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LORD BELIAL Begins Recording New Album

Sweden's LORD BELIAL has entered Los Angered studio (owned by KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque) outside Gothenburg to begin recording its seventh full-length album, entitled "Revelation". A late 2006 release via Regain Records is expected. LORD BELIAL's sixth full-length album, "Nocturnal Beast...

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UNLEASHED Will Not Play Europe's X-MASS FESTIVALS This Year

Despite published reports to the contrary, Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED will not play the X-Mass Festivals in Europe this year. "We are concentrating on the 'Masters Of Death Tour' starting the 3rd of November, together with GRAVE, ENTOMBED and DISMEMBER," the group writes on its web site. "The...

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SATYRICON Drummer: 'I Live And Breathe For This'

Daniel Hedger of Australia's The Metal Forge webzine recently conducted an interview with SATYRICON drummer Frost. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On what he thinks makes him stand out from other extreme metal drummers: "Oh, that's a tough one. I shouldn't be the one to answer that kind of ques...

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STUCK MOJO Guitarist: BONZ' Actions While On Drugs Put And End To Our Working Relationship

STUCK MOJO guitarist Rich Ward has rejected as "dishonest and absurd" ex-STUCK MOJO frontman Bonz' claim that Ward is "maiming my character and going all out to justify his actions." In a statement released last Wednesday (July 19),Ward said that Bonz' refusal to enter a drug and alcohol rehabilita...

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Ex-STUCK MOJO Frontman BONZ: 'I Am Dealing With My Issues And That Is My Personal Struggle'

Former STUCK MOJO frontman Bonz has dismissed as "far from accurate" the claim made by the group's guitarist/songwriter Rich Ward that Bonz' substance-abuse issues "continue to affect [Bonz's live] performance," in the process "transform[ing] a guy we loved into someone that no one in the band wante...

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GENE SIMMONS' NO GOOD TV Withdraws Part Of IPO

According to KissKollector.com, financial experts wonder if Gene Simmons will be able to thrill Wall Street with NGTV's IPO (Initial Public Offering),after he "has thrilled rock fans for three decades as the lead singer of KISS." Turns out that NGTV (No Good TV) — with Gene as the chairman — withdr...

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TALISMAN: New Album Update

According to MelodicRock.com, TALISMAN bassist/mainman Marcel Jacob (ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JOHN NORUM, EUROPE) has issued the following update on the recording sessions for the band's new album, due later in the year via Frontiers Records: "TALISMAN was supposed to do a tour in September/October, hit...

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UNLEASHED Sign With SPV RECORDS

SPV has announced the signing of Swedish death metal masters UNLEASHED to a worldwide deal. Known for their skillfully penned, Viking-themed songs and explosive live performances, UNLEASHED are poised to make a major impact this fall with the release of thier eighth full-length album, titled "Midvin...

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MYSTIC CIRCLE Announces Dates With ENDSTILLE

German "dark Satanic metal" band MYSTIC CIRCLE will play two co-headlining shows with German black metallers ENDSTILLE: October 27 at the Hellraiser club in Leipzig, Germany and October 28 at the Klub-Progresja in Warsaw, Poland. As previously reported, MYSTIC CIRCLE have been confirmed for the Tras...

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UNLEASHED To Play New Song At Austria's KALTENBACH OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED have announced that they will perform a brand new song during their appearance at the Kaltenbach Open Air festival on July 15 in Spital Am Semmering, Austria. UNLEASHED's eighth full-length album is tentatively scheduled for release before the end of the year. "We h...

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LAKE OF TEARS Announce New Album Title

Sweden's LAKE OF TEARS have set "Moons and Mushrooms" as the title of their seventh full-length album, due on August 28 via Dockyard 1, the new company formed by Dirk Putzke, Christine Stephan (both ex-Sanctuary/Noise Records) and Piet Sielck (IRON SAVIOR). LAKE OF TEARS' most recent album, "Black B...