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AMORPHIS: Preparing To Enter Studio
Finnish rockers AMORPHIS are intensively rehearsing and writing new songs for their follow-up to last year's "Far from the Sun", tentatively due in late 2005/early 2006 via Nuclear Blast Records. On July 1, the band will enter the Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki to start the recording process. Produc...June 13, 2005
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THUNDERSTONE And MACHINE MEN In Talks To Support SONATA ARCTICA In Europe
THUNDERSTONE and MACHINE MEN are said to be in talks to support SONATA ARCTICA on their upcoming headlining tour of Europe, scheduled for September. THUNDERSTONE will release their third full-length album, "Tools of Destruction", in the U.S. on June 28 via Nuclear Blast Records. "Tools of Destructio...June 11, 2005
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DEVILDRIVER Complete Work On 'Hold Back The Day' Video
DEVILDRIVER, the Santa Barbara, California-based band featuring former COAL CHAMBER singer Dez Fafara, have completed work on the video for the track "Hold Back the Day". The clip is expected to be made available online next week. "Hold Back the Day" comes off the group's upcoming sophomore album, "...June 9, 2005
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ARCTURUS, CONFESSOR, RED HARVEST Confirmed For Norway's SONIC SOLSTICE Festival
ARCTURUS, CONFESSOR, RED HARVEST, NATTEFROST and TSJUDER have been confirmed for the first-ever Season of Mist festival, dubbed Sonic Solstice, on September 24 at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway. Tickets are 200 NOK + 25 NOK fee. Doors open at 8:00 p.m. ...June 9, 2005
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ELVENKING Putting Finishing Touches On New Album
Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING have posted the following message on their official web site: "During these days the band have finished the recording process for the new album!!! Only some small particulars are missing and they'll be carried out within Friday 10th June since Aydan and Damnag...June 8, 2005
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HELIX Frontman Is Ready To Kick Ass At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL
HELIX frontman Brian Vollmer recently spoke to the The London Free Press about the group's appearance at this weekend's Sweden Rock Festival, a three-day sonic barrage of some of the world's hardest and most renowned metal bands. Speaking of the upcoming Swedish gig, Vollmer expressed total confiden...June 7, 2005
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NICODEMUS Set To Release Third Album
Portland-based progressive metallers NICODEMUS will release their third album, entitled "Vanity Is A Virtue", through the Greek label Sonic Age Records on June 17. The album reportedly owes more to the progressive sound than previous NICODEMUS releases, 2000's "Tales of the Lovelorn and Necromantic"...June 6, 2005
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Echoes of Decimation
In order to properly record a band playing at the kind of velocity ORIGIN favors, certain compromises must be made. Low end just muddies things up, real drums are hard to hit consistently with enough force to sound good, and vocals and guitar riffs have to stay in a tight, compressed little sonic bo...June 5, 2005
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Lions in this Game
Christ, this is one tough ass hardcore CD! With all the teeth spittin' and rib-crackin' hardcore going on here, how appropriate that this Los Angeles band is named DONNYBROOK and the Michael Bukowski cover art depicts an all-out hockey brawl. The skull and bloody hockey sticks that serve as cross bo...June 5, 2005
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Winter Enclosure
In the current global market, a Norwegian band comprised entirely of good-looking women seems destined to have A&R executives tripping over their erections in a race to get their checkbooks out. OCTAVIA SPERATI has entered the scene in a low-key fashion so far, making noise at home for several y...June 5, 2005
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LOST SOUL Comment On U.K. Tour With VADER
Polish death metallers LOST SOUL will head out on the road again this month with VADER for a number of dates, which will include the group's debut U.K. appearances. Commented LOST SOUL drummer Adam Sierzega: "We are all very excited about [the tour]. It seems to be a killer tour. VADER is a great ba...June 4, 2005
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DRAGONFORCE Announce U.K. Headlining Tour
London-based "extreme power metal" band DRAGONFORCE have announced the details of their headlining U.K. tour, set to take place in September 2005. In contrast to their summer schedule, which sees the band playing several of mainland Europe's largest festivals, as well as a batch of stadium shows as...June 3, 2005
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MINISTRY: Anthology To Include Remixes, Brand-New Song
MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen is currently working on remixes for an upcoming MINISTRY anthology, tentatively dubbed "Rantology", due before the end of the year. In addition, the collection will feature a brand-new MINISTRY track called "The Great Satan", Jourgensen revealed during an online chat o...May 31, 2005
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AMORPHIS To Record New Album In July
AMORPHIS guitarist Esa Holopainen has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We've been rehearsing intensively past two months now and the songs start to get their final shape. There's still couple tracks which need to be rehearsed but basically the songs are ready and the ba...May 31, 2005
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MINISTRY Mainman To Take Part In Online Chat
MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen will take part in an online chat Monday evening (May 30) at 6:00 p.m. More information is available at MinistryMusic.org. As previously reported, MINISTRY and its offshoot project the REVOLTING COCKS will be teaming up for a summer 2006 U.S. tour. More information will...May 30, 2005
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