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AVANTASIA: More Guest Appearances Announced For 'The Scarecrow'

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has announced that Roy Khan (KAMELOT) and Oliver Hartmann have just been confirmed as guest vocalists for the forthcoming "The Scarecrow" album from his AVANTASIA project. On November 16, two AVANATASIA six-track albums "Lost In Space Part 1" and "Part 2" will be release...

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ANTHEMON Calls It Quits

After 10 years of existence — during which time the band released one demo, one EP and three full-length CDs — French dark metallers ANTHEMON have decided to call it a day. At the time of the group's split, ANTHEMON was working on the material for the follow-up to 2005's "Kadavreski", entitled "Aloi...

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EPICA Singer Talks About New Album, Band's Drummer Situation

Mark Carras of RockMyMonkey.com conducted an interview with EPICA singer Simone Simons on Sunday, September 23. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: You guys played Seattle last night, but I wasn't able to make it. How did the show go? Simone Simons: It was great. There were a...

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PENTACLE Mainman Discusses 'Under The Black Cross' Release On IBEX MOON RECORDS

Wannes Gubbels (vocals/bass) of PENTACLE has released this statement about the band's upcoming release on Ibex Moon Records: "As was the case with its predecessor 'Ancient Death', our new album 'Under the Black Cross' is again a very honest and raw-sounding death metal offering. Don't expect somethi...

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SEVEN WITCHES To Release 'Deadly Sins' In November

SEVEN WITCHES will release their new album, "Deadly Sins", on November 20 via Screaming Ferret Wreckords. The completed album and artwork will also be released as a digital download — at midnight October 31 (Halloween) to be exact — exclusively at www.groovejunctionone.com. And here's more reason to...

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Framing Armageddon: Something Wicked

A guy like Jon Schaffer hasn't survived twenty years of lineup changes and a tooth-and-claw battle for survival in the music industry by being unsure of himself. As the profile of ICED EARTH has slowly increased over the years, he has finally reached a plateau where he can tackle a project ambitious...

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BAD BRAINS: More Tour Dates Announced

BAD BRAINS have scheduled the following dates: Sep. 22 - Street Scene (Coors Amphitheatre) - San Diego, CA Sep. 23 - Slim's - San Francisco, CA Sep. 24 - Slim's - San Francisco, CA Sep. 25 - House Of Blues - Anaheim, CA Sep. 26 - House Of Blues - Los Angeles, CA Oct. 11 ...

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EPICA: 'The Divine Conspiracy' Enters French Chart At No. 36

EPICA's new album, "The Divine Conspiracy", has entered the French album chart at position No. 36. The CD's updated list of first-week chart positions is as follows: Holland: #9 Switzerland: #29 France: #36 Germany: #41 Nuclear Blast Records released a limited deluxe CD edition in Europe of "The Div...

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LIZZY BORDEN: 'Appointment With Death' Pushed Back To November

Due to "production problems," LIZZY BORDEN's new album, "Appointment with Death" (Metal Blade Records),has had its European release date pushed back to November 5 (November 2 in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy) from the previously announced October 2. "Appointment with Death" was produced b...

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EPICA: More 'The Divine Conspiracy' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

EPICA's new album, "The Divine Conspiracy", has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 41 and the Swiss chart at No. 29. It is the first time in the band's history that it has landed on the official album chart in either country. As previously reported, "The Divine Conspiracy" recent...

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PROTEST THE HERO: 'Fortress' Pushed Back To Early 2008

PROTEST THE HERO, a radical five-piece band from Whitby, Ontario, has had the release date of its second full-length album on Vagrant, "Fortress", pushed back to early 2008 from the previously announced November 13. The 10-song set was produced by Julius "Juice" Butty and recorded at Silo Studios in...

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LIZZY BORDEN Discusses 'Appointment With Death'

Mark Carras of RockMyMonkey.com recently conducted an interview with Lizzy Borden. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: Cool. Now, how much of a challenge was it to do a concept record about death without going for the overly morbid clichés that so many metal bands today use? L...

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NEGURA BUNGET Albums Released In China

Code666 has inked a Chinese license deal with Area Death Productions from Beijing, for the domestic release of the cult albums "Om" and "N Crugu Bradului" from Transylvanian black metallers NEGURA BUNGET, both featuring bonus tracks and exclusive material for the Chinese market. NEGURA BUNGET's late...

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Summon in Thunder

Seattle's HIMSA have stayed the course these past several years, kicking out reliable modern thrash albums that tear flesh with scorching guitars and venomous vocals, the last of which, "Hail Horror", marked its final release for Prosthetic Records. Signing a well-deserved deal with Century Media, t...

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Isolate

Norway's CIRCUS MAXIMUS exploded onto the scene in 2005 with one of the year's best progressive metal albums in "The 1st Chapter". The disc stunned as much for its members' talents as for its incredibly infectious melodies. Taking cues from the obvious juggernauts of the genre (DREAM THEATER, etc.),...