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PRIMAL FEAR Guitarist Welcomes Twins; SILENT FORCE's BEYRODT Steps In As Temporary Replacement

PRIMAL FEAR guitarist Magnus Karlsson became the father of twins Sixten and Svante on Thursday, June 18. As a result, Alex Beyrodt of SILENT FORCE has steped in as Magnus' temporary replacement for PRIMAL FEAR's concert in Mainz on June 13 and will continue to play with the group until Karlsson is a...

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CELLOUT Signs With NUERRA RECORDS

Stockholm hard rock quartet CELLOUT has inked a deal with Nuerra Records. The band's new album, "Superstar Prototype", will be released later in the year. According to a press release, the CD's leadoff single, "As I Fall", "flaunts a seamless blend of the pit-friendly shredding, hairpin turns and in...

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SCAR SYMMETRY: New Studio, Tour Footage Posted Online

Swedish melodic death metallers SCAR SYMMETRY have posted behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions for their as-yet-untitled new album. Also available is footage from the band's December 2008 Spanish mini-tour. SCAR SYMMETRY parted ways with singer Christian Älvestam last year due to "b...

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PRIMAL FEAR Bassist Talks '16.6'

Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with bassist Mat Sinner of German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Asylum: The last two PRIMAL FEAR albums, "New Religion" and "Seven Seals", contained a lot of orchestral sounds. How much of that carried...

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SPAWN OF POSSESSION Vocalist Quits

Vocalist Mordechai Von Renvaktar (a.k.a. Jonas Renvaktar) has announced his departure from the Swedish technical death metal outfit SPAWN OF POSSESSION. He explains, "I have been forced to leave my duties in SPAWN OF POSSESSION to fully concentrate on the ongoing war against the sun-worshippers and...

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PRIMAL FEAR's '16.6' Lands On Japanese Chart

"16.6 (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)", the new album from German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR, has entered the Japanese chart at position No. 28. As previously reported, the CD also landed the official chart in the band's home country at No. 46 and in Sweden at No. 52. "16.6 (Before The Devil K...

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AS YOU DROWN: Another New Track Available For Streaming

Swedish death metallers AS YOU DROWN have made another new song, "Swallow", available for streaming at this location. The track comes off the band's debut album, "Reflection", due on July 6 in Europe via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded at the band's own studio, the AYD Studio, and was mixed...

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PRIMAL FEAR's '16.6' Lands On German Chart

"16.6 (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)", the new album from German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR, has entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 46. This marks the second highest chart entry in the history of PRIMAL FEAR. "16.6 (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)" recen...

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FULL FORCE: New Demo Sample Posted Online

FULL FORCE, the new Swedish melodic metal project featuring Mike Andersson (CLOUDSCAPE, SILENT MEMORIAL, PLANET ALLIANCE) on vocals, Stefan Elmgren (HAMMERFALL) on guitar, Magnus Rosén (HAMMERFALL, X-WORLD/5) on bass, Anders Johansson (HAMMERFALL, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) on drums, and Carl-Johan Grimmark...

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PRIMAL FEAR: New Album Lands On Swedish Chart

"16.6: (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)", the new album from German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR, has entered the official chart in Sweden at position No. 52. "16.6: (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)" was released in Europe on May 22 and will be made available in the U.S. on June 7 via Frontie...

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SINNER Reissues Detailed

Metal Mind Productions has set a July 6 European release date (August 11 in North America via MVD) for the reissues of three albums from German metallers SINNER — "Judgement Day" (1997),"The Nature of Evil" (1998) and "There Will Be Execution" (2003). The reisues will be digitally remastered using...

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FULL FORCE Joined By NARNIA Guitarist

FULL FORCE, the new Swedish melodic metal project featuring Mike Andersson (CLOUDSCAPE, SILENT MEMORIAL, PLANET ALLIANCE) on vocals, Stefan Elmgren (HAMMERFALL) on guitar, Magnus Rosén (HAMMERFALL, X-WORLD/5) on bass and Anders Johansson (HAMMERFALL, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) on drums, has issued the folowi...

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FULL FORCE Joined By HAMMERFALL Drummer

FULL FORCE, the new Swedish melodic metal project featuring Mike Andersson (CLOUDSCAPE, SILENT MEMORIAL, PLANET ALLIANCE) on vocals, Stefan Elmgren (HAMMERFALL) on guitar and Magnus Rosén (HAMMERFALL, X-WORLD/5) on bass, has issued the folowing update: "Originally we talked about making our drummer...

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HORDE OF HEL: New Songs Posted Online

HORDE OF HEL, which features "members from different elite death metal and black metal bands from Sweden," will release its debut album, "Blodskam", in Europe in June/July via Regain Records/Blooddawn Productions. The CD was mastered by engineer/producer Magnus Devo Andersson of MARDUK at Endarker S...

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DISMEMBER To Release 'Under Bloodred Skies' DVD In June

Long-running Swedish death metallers DISMEMBER will release a brand new DVD, entitled "Under Bloodred Skies", in June via Regain Records. The two-disc set will include footage of two separate concerts (one in the Netherlands and the other at last year's Party.San Open Air festival, which was held in...