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FALL OF SERENITY Parts Ways With Vocalist, Announces Replacement

German melodic death metal outfit FALL OF SERENITY has parted ways with singer René Betzold. According to a press release, "The new microphone abuser will be former bass player John Gahlert, who already wrote a lot of the vocal lines on the last album "Bloodred Salvation", which was recorded at Rape...

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RAUNCHY, ILLDISPOSED, MERCENARY Among Nominees At DANISH METAL AWARDS

The nominees have been announced for the Danish Metal Awards 2006, which will be held on November 18 at Amager Bio in Copenhagen, Denmark. IN FLAMES, MERCENARY, ILLDISPOSED and THE PSYKE PROJECT will be performing live at the event. The nominees are as follows: Best Metal Album: ILLDISPOSED – Burn M...

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COMPOS MENTIS Parts Ways With Keyboardist, Seeks Replacement

Keyboardist Bo Damgaard has left the Danish death metal band COMPOS MENTIS after seven years "due to lack of time," according to a posting on the group's web site. Says the band, "We are now searching for a new keyboardist from the Aarhus area. If you are interested, please don't hesitate to contact...

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EDGUY Frontman Comments On Upcoming BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival Appearance

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has commented on the report that the German power metal band will headline next year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 22-23, 2007 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are BRAINSTORM and MERCENARY, among man...

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EDGUY, BRAINSTORM, MERCENARY Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

EDGUY, BRAINSTORM and MERCENARY are the first three confirmed bands for next year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 22-23, 2007 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. More acts will be announced soon. As previously reported, EDGUY will film a live DVD on November...

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SCAMP Prepares To Record Full-Length Debut

Danish extreme metallers SCAMP will enter ZigZound early next year with producer Ziggy (ILLDISPOSED, MERCENARY, HATESPHERE) to begin work on their full-length debut. Mixing duties will be handled by Tue Madsen (MNEMIC, THE HAUNTED, SICK OF IT ALL) at Antfarm studio in Aarhus, Denmark. SCAMP is curre...

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EVERGREY, EPICA, CIRCLE II CIRCLE Confirmed For 'ProgPower USA VII Live' DVD

Promoter Glenn Harveston has confirmed that this weekend's (September 15-16, 2006) ProgPower USA VII festival in Atlanta, Georgia will be filmed for an upcoming DVD. The high-definition, multi-camera DVD shoot with 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound audio recorded on state-of-the-art digital equipment is expe...

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PRYMARY: Pre-PROGPOWER USA VII Autograph Session Announced

Huntington Beach prog rockers PRYMARY have announced an in-store autograph session that will take place prior to the band's appearance at ProgPower USA VII festival this year at Earthlink Live in Atlanta, Georgia. The band will be signing autographs at the Nightmare Records booth on Saturday, Septem...

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COMPOS MENTIS Confirmed For Denmark's AALBORG METAL FESTIVAL

Danish death metal band COMPOS MENTIS have been confirmed for this year's Aalborg Metal Festival, set to take place October 7 in Aalborg, Denmark. Also scheduled to appear are ENTOMBED, ENSLAVED, DESTRUCTION, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, CATARACT, GOD FORBID, KATAKLYSM and many others. More information is ava...

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RAUNCHY Begins Writing New Material

Danish modern metallers RAUNCHY have commenced the songwriting process for their fourth record. "Seven songs have been written so far and we will do some more demos in the near future," reads a posting on the group's web site. RAUNCHY will team up with HATESPHERE VOLBEAT for the Danish Dynamite Tour...

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LAMB OF GOD's 'Sacrament' Enters BILLBOARD Chart At No. 8!

LAMB OF GOD's "Sacrament" sold around 63,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 8 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. This is almost double the amount of records sold by its predecessor, "Ashes of the Wake", which registered a first-week tally of 35...

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COMPOS MENTIS Seeks Label Home

Danish death metal band COMPOS MENTIS is currently seeking a label to release its recently completed second album, "Gehennesis". The CD was recorded at ZigZound studio (NAPALM DEATH, ILLDISPOSED, MERCENARY, HATESPHERE, etc.) and contains the following tracks: 01. The Drunken Diamond 02. The Mind's E...

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LUPARA Completes Work On Debut Album: Audio Available

LUPARA, the Chicago-land extreme metal band formed by ex-BROKEN HOPE guitarist Jeremy Wagner, has completed work on its self-titled debut album for Crash Music, Inc. The CD was produced and mixed by Scott Creekmore at Mercenary Digital Studios and mastered by Trevor Sadler (NINE INCH NAILS, SOIL, FL...

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PYRAMAZE To Film DVD At PROGPOWER USA VII Festival

Danish/American metallers PYRAMAZE, featuring ex-BALANCE OF POWER singer Lance King, will record a live DVD at this year's ProgPower USA VII festival, set to take place September 15-16 at Earthlink Live in Atlanta, Georgia. The band's setlist is expected to be "an equal mix of songs from both of the...

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FALL OF SERENITY Replaces DEW-SCENTED At Germany's PARTY.SAN OPEN AIR Festival

German death metallers FALL OF SERENITY have replaced DEW-SCENTED on the billing of this year's Party.San Open Air festival, set to take place August 10-12 in Bad Berka, Germany. The band will perform on Friday, August 11 on the main stage. FALL OF SERENITY's latest album, "Bloodred Salvation", whic...