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DESTRUCTION: Oulu, Oslo Shows Cancelled

Veteran German thrashers DESTRUCTION have been forced to cancel their previously announced shows in Oulu, Finland and Oslo, Norway. The group have issued the following statement via their official web site: "A storm on the north and east sea and the cancellation of several ferries from Tallin, Eston...

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Former BLIND GUARDIAN Drummer Checks In With SAVAGE CIRCUS, COLDSEED Update

SAVAGE CIRCUS/COLDSEED drummer Thomen Stauch (ex-BLIND GUARDIAN) has posted the following message on his official web site: "I'm really sorry for there hasn´t been any update from my side for so long, but as most of you might have known, I moved to another house in Spain where I will build my own st...

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SEVENTH ONE To Begin Pre-production For New Album

Swedish power metallers SEVENTH ONE have posted the following message on their official web site: "Proof of life from the SEVENTH ONE HQ here. We have had quite a busy summer writing new stuff (apart from the usual work/studies and of course the occasional beer....) Now that the autumn and soon the...

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RIOT: Spanish Tour Dates Announced

Veteran hard rockers RIOT have lined up the following dates in March/April: Mar. 17 - Palencia, SPA @ Carabel Mar. 18 - Bilbao, SPA @ Santana 27 Mar. 19 - Madrid, SPA @ Caracol Apr. 08 - Lauda-Königshofen, GER @ Tauberfrankenhalle As previously reported, RIOT were recently joined for several shows (...

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MORTICIAN, INCANTATION, SADISTIC INTENT Confirmed For TO APPEASE THE BEAST Festival

MORTICIAN, INCANTATION and SADISTIC INTENT have been confirmed for the To Appease The Beast festival, set to take place on December 3 at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California. According to the event organizers, "There will be not a Gathering of the Bestial Legion Fest in 2005. (Los Angeles'...

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ELVENKING: Live Shows Announced

Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING have set "The Winter Wake" as the title of their third album, due on January 27, 2006 via AFM Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Wyrd" was recorded at Sherpa Studios (Italy),mixed at Sonic Pump Studios by Nino Laurenne and was mastered at Finnvox Studios by Mi...

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ZYKLON Begin Recording New Album

ZYKLON, the Norwegian band featuring EMPEROR members Samoth (guitar) and Trym (drums),have begun recording their third album, tentatively titled "Disintegrate". The album is being recorded at Akkerhaugen Lydstudio in Norway with time already set at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden for the album...

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Inventor Of Evil

Fourth post-reunion album from these German thrash heroes, and all eyes are on the "We Are the World"-esque "The Alliance of Hellhoundz" — the track (yet another paean to how much metal rocks) boasts a slew of guest vocalists. Doro Pesch, Paul Di'Anno, "Speed" Strid" of SOILWORK, Peter Tägtgren, Bif...

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DISSECTION Part Ways With Bassist HAAKON FORWALD

Reactivated Swedish death metallers DISSECTION have parted ways with recently recruited bassist Haakon Forwald (a.k.a. General K; MYRKSKOG, DISIPLIN). The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "As a result of bassist Haakon Forwald's family situation back home in Norway and his...

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TEMPEST REIGN: Former ICED EARTH Drummer To Perform At Florida's PLANETFEST 6

TEMPEST REIGN, the Florida-based band featuring former ICED EARTH drummer Brent Smedley, have been cofirmed to appear at Planetfest 6, set to take place on Sunday, November 20 at the Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville, Florida. Also scheduled to perform at the all-day event are SHINEDOWN, P.O.D., COL...

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BRAINSTORM Announce Cooperation With DRAGON PRODUCTIONS

German power metallers BRAINSTORM have posted the following message on their official web site: "After taking a short break for some days to breathe some fresh air into our hearts, minds and lungs, we have not only been sitting around and being the lazy, beer-drinking musicians we're supposed to be...

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ECLIPSE ETERNAL: Looking Forward To Meeting Everyone 'In Combat'

Frontman Voldamares of the Canadian epic black metal band ECLIPSE ETERNAL has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Hail! We will be performing our acts of carnage once again in Montreal on Nov. 11 at Club Saphir alongside the mighty black metal horde that is AVERSE SEFIRA....

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KORN: More U.S. Tour Dates Announced

According to KornUnleashed.net, five dates have been announced so far for KORN's upcoming winter tour. They are as follows: Dec. 03 - 93X Nutcracker - Maplewood, MN Dec. 12 - The Rock Before X-Mas - San Diego, CA Dec. 16 - 93 Rock Christmas Khaos - Miami, FL Dec. 17 - Twisted Kissmas ...

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Our Days of Eulogy

Here is one for the newly converted UNEARTH fan interested in the band's work preceding "The Oncoming Storm". By picking up a copy of the 52-minute "Our Days of Eulogy" on or after November 15, he or she will get the previously out-of-print "Above the Fall of Man" EP, the "Endless" EP, and a collect...

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Third Age of the Sun

They may look like a junior-league theater troupe at a parking-lot Renaissance faire, but BATTLELORE are all business when it comes to creating enchanting, Tolkien-inspired medieval metal with a groove. Similar in sound to (but less complex and mystical than) Holland's ORPHANAGE, BATTLELORE mix tast...