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WASTEFALL Pulls Out Of PROGPOWER USA Festival; ZERO HOUR Steps In

Due to "unforeseen visa complications," Greece's WASTEFALL will not be able to perform at the ProgPower USA VII festival, set to take place in September at Earthlink Live In Atlanta, Georgia. "I sincerely apologize to those that were looking forward to their performance," ProgPower USA promoter Glen...

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EVERGREY Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement

Swedish metallers EVERGREY have parted ways with bassist Michael Håkansson. Replacing him in the group's lineup is former HAMMERFALL bassist Fredrik Larsson, the band's manager has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET. An official statement from Michael announcing his departure from EVERGREY will be releas...

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STRATOVARIUS Frontman To Begin Recording New Solo Album Next Month

STRATOVARIUS frontman Timo Kotipelto will enter Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland in August to begin recording his third solo album, tentatively due in early 2007 via his own label, High and Loud Records. KOTIPELTO's sophomore solo album, "Coldness", was released in Europe in April 2004 throug...

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AMASEFFER Debut To Feature Guest Appearance By ORPHANED LAND Singer

Drummer and main songwriter Erez Yohanan of AMASEFFER, the new "holy project" from Andy Kuntz, enigmatic lead singer of German progressive metal band VANDEN PLAS, has issued the following update: "The trilogy of albums recounting the story of Exodus will be recorded in three separate sessions. The f...

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EVERGREY Added To STORSJÖYRAN Festival Bill

Sweden's EVERGREY has on short notice been booked for one of Scandinavia's biggest festivals, Storsjöyran in Östersund. They will take the stage at 00.15 (quarter past midnight) on Friday, July 28, playing right after THE CARDIGANS. More information is available at www.storsjoyran.se. EVERGREY will...

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SHOT INJECTION: 'Eleven Triple Manifest' Release Date Announced

Sweden's SHOT INJECTION has set a July 31 release date for its new mini-CD, entitled "Eleven Triple Manifest". "Eleven Triple Manifest" was recorded at Division One Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden and features guest appearances by EVERGREY frontman Tom S Englund and M.A.N/ex-MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelen...

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TOOL, OPETH, MOTÖRHEAD, CRADLE OF FILTH: Photos From Sweden's METALTOWN Festival Available

Over 320 high-quality photos taken at the Metaltown festival on July 7, 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden have been posted online at Metalnyheter.se. The following bands performed at the event: CRADLE OF FILTH DANKO JONES ENGEL ENTER THE HUNT EVERGREY KHOMA MOTÖRHEAD OPETH SOILWORK STONEGARD THE HAUNTED TO...

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SHOT INJECTION Announce New Bassist

Sweden's SHOT INJECTION has parted ways with bassist Filip Svensson (ex-ROACH). His replacement in the group is Erik Samuelsson. The band's new lineup will make its live debut on Friday, July 14 at Henriksberg in Gothenburg, Sweden. SHOT INJECTION recently uploaded their new songs "Follow My Chaos"...

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SATYRICON Schedule Swedish In-Store Signing Session

Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON have scheduled an in-store signing sesion at CD Spesialisten in Gothenburg, Sweden on Friday, July 7 at 1:00 p.m. The band will perform at the Metaltown festival in Gothenburg later that night. The complete festival blling is as follows (in alphabetical order): CR...

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Self Exile

Third album, and first released Stateside, from this Greek prog/power juggernaut. WASTEFALL do that whole overwrought, intense, story-of-a-fucked-up-life thing, triangulated somewhere between PAIN OF SALVATION, NEVERMORE, DEADSOUL TRIBE and EVERGREY, with just enough off-the-rails craziness and ethn...

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MIND'S EYE Prepare To Record New Album

MIND'S EYE, the Swedish progressive rock/metal band featuring former/current members of THERION, SECRET SPHERE and NOVAK, will enter the studio at the end of July to record 13 new songs. "After the huge success of 'Walking on H20' [2006, Lion Music], MIND'S EYE takes a steep even further into the ba...

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EVERGREY Confirmed For Denmark's ROSKILDE FESTIVAL

Swedish metallers EVERGREY have been confirmed for the Roskilde Festival, set to take place June 29 – July 2 in Roskilde, Denmark. They will play on the second stage (Arena Stage) at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 2. EVERGREY will also perform at the Mälarrocken Festival in Västerås, Sweden on July 1 and...

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NECROPHOBIC: 'Hrimthursum' To Receive U.S. Release In August

Candlelight Records has set an August 22 North American release date for the fifth album from Sweden's NECROPHOBIC, entitled "Hrimthursum". The follow-up to 2002's "Bloodhymns" was recorded at the House of Voodoo Studio with engineers Anders Bentell and Fredrik Folkare (guitarist and producer of UNL...

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SHOT INJECTION: New Songs Featuring EVERGREY, Ex-MNEMIC Members Posted Online

Sweden's SHOT INJECTION have uploaded their new songs "Follow My Chaos" and "Suicide Scenario", featuring guest appearances by EVERGREY frontman Tom S Englund and M.A.N/ex-MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich (respectively),at this location. SHOT INJECTION recorded their latest CD, "Eleven Triple Manif...

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NOCTURNAL RITES Bassist: Songwriting For New Album 'Is Going Really Well'

Bassist Nils Eriksson of the Swedish melodic metallers NOCTURNAL RITES has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Songwriting is going really well. At this point we have quite an impressive bunch of roughly schetched out songs, for being us (this early on in the writing proce...