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EDU FALASCHI's ALMAH Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

ALMAH, the solo project of ANGRA frontman Edu Falaschi, has parted ways with guitarist Edu Ardanuy and has replaced him with Marcelo Barbosa from Brazilian metallers KHALLICE. Marcelo started his carreer in Brasilia, playing alongside musicians like Greg Howe, studied at Berklee College of Music in...

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KRONOS Signs With NEUROTIC RECORDS

KRONOS, the French death metal quintet influenced by Greek mythology, has inked deal with Neurotic Records. The band's first release for the label is expected to surface in 2009. Commented Ruud Lemmen of Neurotic Records: "It will be great to work with KRONOS. This band have impressed us for awhile...

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SIX FEET UNDER Planning U.S. Dates In Early 2008

Florida-based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER have issued the following update: "We will post U.S. tour dates as soon as we have something confirmed, which will hopefully be in the early part of 2008. The band is currently interviewing new booking agents to handle their stateside touring. We would li...

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NINE INCH NAILS Keyboardist Translates REZNOR's Speech For Italian Fans; Video Available

NINE INCH NAILS performed at the Independent Days Festival in Italy on Sunday, September 2. They were in top form and mainman Trent Reznor was in a very talkative mood — but he had a surprise up his sleeve for his Italian fans: he let his Italian keyboardist Alessandro Cortini translate into the nat...

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ANTHROPIA Hard At Work On New Material

French metal band ANTHROPIA has commenced work on material for the follow-up to last year's "The Ereyn Chronicles: Part 1 – The Journey of Beginnings" album. "Is this the following of 'The Ereyn Chronicles Part 2'? No, it's a brand new concept this time, full of surprises again, experiments and of c...

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THE ARCANE ORDER: Studio Blog Launched

THE ARCANE ORDER, the Danish band featuring vocalist Kasper Thomsen (RAUNCHY) and guitarist Flemming C. Lund (INVOCATOR, ex-AUTUMN LEAVES),has started a studio blog documenting the recording sessions for the group's sophomore album, "In the Wake of Collisions", tentatively due in early 2008 via Met...

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EPICA: Video Interview With MARK JANSEN Available

A 10-minute video interview with EPICA guitarist Mark Jansen conducted by France's Spirit of Metal webzine can be viewed below. EPICA's new video, "Never Enough", can be viewed on YouTube. The song comes off the Dutch symphonic metal band's new album, "The Divine Conspiracy", due in North America on...

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DAN SWANÖ To Guest On New FRAMESHIFT Album

FRAMESHIFT, the progressive rock/metal project led by Henning Pauly, has tapped Dan Swanö (NIGHTINGALE, ex-EDGE OF SANITY, BLOODBATH) from Sweden and Magali Luyten (VIRUS IV, BEAUTIFUL SIN, AYREON) from Belgium to sing on its upcoming third album, tentatively titled "The God Delusion". Commented Pau...

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SCORPIONS Guitarist: 'We Were Always A Live Band And It Is What We Enjoy Doing The Most'

Joe Matera of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with SCORPIONS guitarist Matthias Jabs. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Ultimate-Guitar.com: The last time the SCORPIONS ventured to L.A to record an album was in 1990 for the "Crazy World" album. What led to the band's dec...

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THERION Side-Project DEMONOID Working On New Material

DEMONOID, the Swedish old-school death/thrash metal project featuring THERION members Kristian Niemann (guitar) and Johan Niemann (bass) along with former SOILWORK/CHIMAIRA drummer Richard Evensand, is working on material for its second full-length CD, tentatively due next year. "The writing for the...

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Former MAYHEM Stage Designer SPACEBRAIN Joins Forces With MANIAC

Sculptor Rene M. Hamel, whose extraordinary stage sets were a prominent feature of MAYHEM's performances, has joined their former vocalist Maniac in his new doom black metal project SKITLIV. Aside from designing SKITLIV's stage sets, Hamel, better known by his working name Spacebrain, will also be i...

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Hex

"…life is nasty, brutish, and short", wrote 17th Century philosopher Thomas Hobbes in his book Leviathan, this abbreviated statement also aptly describing the music of underground legends NUNSLAUGHTER. After about a thousand (well, more like 110) releases of various shapes and sizes since forming in...

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SIX FEET UNDER: 'Doomsday' Teaser Clip Available

Florida-based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER filmed a video late last month for the song "Doomsday", taken from the group's latest release, "Commandment". A teaser clip for "Doomsday" has been released and can be viewed below. The band said, "We once again worked with director Mario D. Framingheddu,...

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THROUGH DARKNESS: 'A Journey Through Darkness' EP Artwork Revealed

Portuguese extreme/progressive/melodic death metallers THROUGH DARKNESS have revealed the artwork and track listing of their debut EP, "A Journey through Darkness". The cover was created by JP Fournier (IMMORTAL, DRAGONFORCE, POWER QUEST) based on a concept created by the band. Check it out at this...

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RESISTANCE Confirmed For Germany's HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR Festival

Los Angeles metallers RESISTANCE have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Headbangers Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place July 24-26, 2008 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABANDONED AMULANCE ANCESTRAL AXEHAMMER BLACK HAWK...