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King of the Grey Islands

How do you judge the second post-comeback album of a band as revered as CANDLEMASS, especially when they've lost their beloved and iconic vocalist (again, and probably for the last time)? It's obviously a record made under duress, with a lot of pressure, given the success of the band's return. Is "p...

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SERPENTCULT Preparing For Summer Festival Appearances

SERPENTCULT, the new band featuring former members of THEE PLAGUE OF GENTLEMEN and WELKIN, has issued the following update: "First off, we're preparing to play some summer fests in August and September; Vlamrock, Meetjesland Metalfest and Zomaar Metalfest are on our agenda! Next to these fests, we'r...

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CANDLEMASS: 'King Of The Grey Islands' Enters Greek Chart At No. 10

CANDLEMASS' new album, "King of the Grey Islands", has entered the Greek chart at position No. 10. View the chart at this location. As previously reported, the CD debuted on the German Media Control chart at No. 83. "King of the Grey Islands" is the first CANDLEMASS album to feature singer Robert Lo...

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CANDLEMASS: More European Tour Dates Announced

Legendary Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS have lined up the following European dates with support from POWERWOLF: Aug. 31 - Malmoe, Sweden - K.B. Sep. 01 - Copenhagen, Denmark - The Rock Sep. 02 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle Sep. 03 - Berlin, Germany - Kato Sep. 04 - Nurenberg, Germany - Hirsch Sep....

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TROUBLE Guitarist Says There Are No Plans For Band To Record Another Album

Arto Lehtinen of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview wwith TROUBLE guitarist Rick Wartell. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: Let's talk about the new album, "Simple Mind Condition". It took some time to get it out, I got the impression when we interviewed Eric i...

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CANDLEMASS Bassist: 'We Just Want To Get Out There And Play Now'

Chad Bowar of About Heavy Metal recently conducted an interview with CANDLEMASS bassist Leif Edling. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: About Heavy Metal: Are you looking forward to having the album ("King Of The Grey Islands") released and moving forward again? Leif Edling: "Yes. We just wa...

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Room Full of Sinners

If New Jersey was ever gonna be used as an adjective, for anything besides bricks of dried toxic swamp gunk, it'd have to be busted out for THE CURSED. The prime movers in this side project are former HADES and NON-FICTION axeman Dan Lorenzo and inimitable OVERKILL vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth,...

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THERION, THE VISION BLEAK, SIRENIA To Team Up For European Tour

THERION, THE VISION BLEAK and SIRENIA will team up for a European tour in December. The dates are as follows: Dec. 07 - Alte Spinnerei Glauchau, GER Dec. 08 - Kaminwerk - Memmingen, GER Dec. 09 - VPK Mediapark - Ljubljana, SLO Dec. 10 - Boogaloo - Zagreb, CRO Dec. 11 - SKC - Serbia, ...

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ELVENKING: 'The Scythe' Audio Samples Available

One-minute audio samples of three songs ("Infection", "The Divided Heart" and "The Scythe") from the forthcoming album from Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING have been posted on the band's MySpace page. ELVENKING will release its new CD, "The Scythe", in Europe on September 14 via AFM Records....

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CANDLEMASS: Entire 'King Of The Grey Islands' Album Available For Streaming

CANDLEMASS' new album, "King of the Grey Islands", is now available for streaming in its entirety at MP3.com. Due in North America July 17, "King of the Grey Islands" is the first CANDLEMASS album to feature singer Robert Lowe (SOLITUDE AETURNUS),who replaced Messiah Marcolin earlier in the year. T...

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THERION Signs New Five-Album Deal With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

THERION mainman Christofer Johnsson has issued the following update: "I'm happy to announce that I've officially just prolonged the contract with Nuclear Blast Records for another five albums. Our souls now belongs to the innovative and dedicated little label from the village of Donzdorf [Germany],...

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POWERWOLF To Support CANDLEMASS

Multinational metalheads POWERWOLF will support Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS on the following dates: Sep. 02 - D - Hamburg @ Markthalle Sep. 03 - D - Berlin @ Kato Sep. 04 - D - Nürnberg @ Hirsch Sep. 06 - D - Essen @ Turock Sep. 07 - NL - Eindhoven @ [to be ...

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CANDLEMASS, POWERWOLF Confirmed For Germany's POWER OF DOOM Festival

CANDLEMASS and POWERWOLF have been confirmed for the Power Of Doom Festival, set to take place September 8 at the Soundpark-Ost (formerly Rockpalast) in Würzburg, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: CANDLEMASS (SWE) WARNING (UK) POWERWOLF (GER) THE LAMP OF THOTH (UK) Tickets are...

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ELVENKING: Photos From 'The Divided Heart' Video Shoot Available

Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING has posted photos from the video shoot for the song "The Divided Heart" at this location. The clip was recently shot with director Mirco Andreis (ELDRITCH, MACBETH, DISARMONIA MUNDI). ELVENKING will release its new album, "The Scythe", in Europe on September 1...

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SLAYER, MACHINE HEAD, MASTODON, MESHUGGAH: Photos From METALTOWN Festival Available

MetalNyheter.se has uploaded more than 150 photos taken at this year's Metaltown festival, which took place June 30, 2007 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Included are pictures of the following artists: CANDLEMASS ENTOMBED ILL NINO MACHINE HEAD MASTODON MESHUGGAH MUSTASCH RAISED FIST SLAYER Check out the pict...