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AMON AMARTH, STRATOVARIUS Members Added To DIO Tribute At SWEDEN ROCK CRUISE

Some of Sweden's finest heavy metal musicians will gather to pay tribute to Ronnie James Dio during this fall's edition of the Sweden Rock Cruise, set to sail on October 7, 2010 from Stockholm, Sweden for Åbo, Finland and return the following day. There will be a long tribute concert with a number o...

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Reunited THE CROWN: More Tour Dates Announced

Reunited Swedish death/thrash act THE CROWN has scheduled the following dates: Jul. 02 - Backstage, Trollhättan, Sweden Jul. 10 - Getaway RF, Gävle, Sweden Aug. 12-14 - Party.San Open Air, Bad Berka, Germany Aug. 21 - Summer Breeze, Dinkelsbühl, Germany Oct. 1-2 - Way Of Darkness, Lichtenfels, Germa...

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SPAWN OF POSSESSION: Demo Version Of New Song Posted Online

Swedish technical death metallers SPAWN OF POSSESSION have posted a rough pre-production version of a new song on their MySpace page. (Click on top song in player.) Comments guitarist Jonas Bryssling: "The production is pretty bad and muddy. But the production for a pre-prod is not very important an...

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AXENSTAR Signs With ICEWARRIOR/ROCK IT UP

Swedish melodic power metal band AXENSTAR will release its fifth studio album, "Aftermath", around Christmas via IceWarrior Records/Rock It Up Records. The limited first edition of the CD will include one bonus track and a video clip. A video for the song "Tears Of The Sun", which will appear on "Af...

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SOILWORK Guitarist Talks About Making Of 'The Panic Broadcast'

U.K.'s Guitarist magazine has posted the second part of its interview with guitarist/producer Peter Wichers of Swedish metallers SOILWORK. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Guitarist: You came in with a lot more experience as a producer for this album, did you find you work a lot quic...

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AMORAL In Writing Mode

Guitarist Ben Varon of Finnish metallers AMORAL has issued the following update: "As you might've noticed, it's been real quiet here in the past few months. We've been writing, rehearsing and recording demos of the new material that will eventually become AMORAL studio album number five. There's bee...

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JON LORD Dedicates Song To RONNIE JAMES DIO During Norwegian Performance

Former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord performed at the Nidarosdomen cathedral in Norway along with The Lord Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Torodd Wigum, on Sunday evening, May 23. Lord was joined by Martin Axenrot and Martin Mendez of OPETH, with Steve Balsamo, who played and sang the role of Jes...

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REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE: New Album Title Revealed, New Keyboardist Announced

REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE, the band led by former STRATOVARIUS mastermind Timo Tolkki (guitar; ex-STRATOVARIUS),has set "Trinity" as the title of its forthcoming third album, tentatively due in the fall via Napalm Records. The CD, which is once again being engineered by Santtu Lehtiniemi, follows a mo...

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OVERDRIVE Completes Recording Drums For New Album

Classic Swedish heavy metal veterans OVERDRIVE have finished recording the drums for 19 new songs at Studio Sound Palace with Johan Blomström (BLINDED COLONY, SPICE & THE RJ BAND, KAPTAIN SUN),who also mixed the band's previous album, "Let The Metal Do The Talking" (Lion Music). About 12 of the...

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OPETH Members To Perform With JON LORD

Former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord will perform at the Nidarosdomen cathedral in Norway along with The Lord Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Torodd Wigum, on Sunday evening, May 23. Lord will be joined by Martin Axenrot and Martin Mendez of OPETH, with Steve Balsamo, who played and sang the role...

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SCAR SYMMETRY: Audio Interview Available

On May 13, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with guitarist Per Nilsson of Swedish progressive melodic death metallers SCAR SYMMETRY when the band played the House Of Blues in West Hollywood, California as the support act for HYPOCRISY. You can now listen to the chat b...

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CROCELL: New Song Posted Online

CROCELL, winner of the "Metal Talent" category at Danish Metal Awards 2008, is putting the finishing touches on the follow-up to the band's debut album, "The God We Drowned". A rough-mix version of one new song, "I Know The Taste Of Your Tears", is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page....

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ALLEN / LANDE: New Album Due In September

Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and Russell Allen (SYMPHONY X) have completed work on the third ALLEN / LANDE collaborative album for a September release via Frontiers Records. Entitled "The Showdown", the CD was mixed by Achim Köhler (PRIMAL FEAR, SINNER, SILENT FORCE) and once again feat...

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STOLEN POLICECAR Rejoined By THE CROWN Bassist

Eight months after he left the band due to "a lack of time and inspiration," bassist Magnus Olsfelt (THE CROWN) has rejoined Swedish heavy rockers STOLEN POLICECAR. The group states, "We're damn pleased that Magnus quitting STOLEN POLICECAR in the end turned out to be a couple of months off. Yeah, o...

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SCAR SYMMETRY: 'The Iconoclast' Video Released

"The Iconoclast", the new video from Swedish progressive melodic death metallers SCAR SYMMETRY, can be viewed below. The clip, which features cameo appearances by Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN) and Martin Stahl (SILENT LANE),was directed by Denis Goria, a popular French photographer who previousl...