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SUPREME MAJESTY Part Ways With Drummer, Announce Replacement

Swedish melodic metallers SUPREME MAJESTY have parted ways with drummer Jocke Unger. "Jocke has other engagements he wants to focus on, among these full-time drumming in the thrash metal band SGT. CARNAGE," reads a posting on the group's web site. "Replacing Jocke behind the drum set is the well exp...

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BLACK MAJESTY: New Album To Be Produced By IRON SAVIOR Frontman

Australian power metallers BLACK MAJESTY will begin recording their second album in November with acclaimed producer (and IRON SAVIOR guitarist) Pete Sielck (GAMMA RAY, BLIND GUARDIAN, GRAVE DIGGER and SAXON) at Sielck's Powerhouse Studios in Germany. BLACK MAJESTY have spent the last six months in...

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PEGAZUS Announce New Bassist

Australia's PEGAZUS have announced the addition of bassist Joe Fata to the group's ranks. "Joe is the ex-bass player/member of another cool Australian metal band, BLACK MAJESTY," the group write on their web site. "He was also the PEGAZUS lighting guy for the past couple of years as well. We have kn...

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RAGE Guitarist Recovering, Planning Return To Concert Stage

RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "First, I would like to say thanks a lot to all, who visited me in hospital during my illness. Also all the inquiries of friends and fans, who were worried about my health, helped me, to get better quicke...

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INFERNAL MAJESTY To Headline Quebec City's QC METALFEST

INFERNAL MAJESTY, GOAT HORN and FUCK THE FACTS are among the bands confirmed for the third edition of the QC MetalFest, set to place on July 31 at l'A.N.T.I. in Quebec City. The complete lineup for the festival is as follows: INFERNAL MAJESTY GOAT HORN RAMMER MESRINE FUCK THE FACTS DEAD JESUS SOMBRE...

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Singer PERRY FARRELL Comments On JANE'S ADDICTION's Split

JANE'S ADDICTION frontman Perry Farrell has spoken to Rolling Stone magazine about the group's decision to go their separate ways less than a year following the release of their first album of original material since 1990's "Ritual de lo Habitual", 2003's "Strays". "The band went astray, falling int...

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SUPREME MAJESTY To Enter Studio In October

Swedish melodic metallers SUPREME MAJESTY will enter the studio On October 1 to begin recording their third album, tentatively due in early 2005. "10 songs are almost finished and the band are currently writing the lyrics and rehearsing all songs," reads a posting on the group's web site. "It's the...

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INFERNAL MAJESTY Added To Toronto's THE GATES OF HELL FESTIVAL

Long-running Canadian thrashers INFERNAL MAJESTY have been added to The Gates Of Hell Festival in Toronto, Ontario on July 24 alongside ANVIL, RAZOR and EXCITER. Other bands scheduled to appear include WARMACHINE, VISIONS OF THE NIGHT, ROTTING, NITEMARE, SOUL LESS DIVINE and WILL OF THE ANCIENTS. Ch...

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MAJESTY Mastermind Launches Record Label

MAJESTY mastermind Tarek "MS" Maghary has launched his own record label dedicated to "making the traditional metal scene stronger." Dubbed SteelPride, the label will release CDs that are "100 percent heavy metal and nothing else," according to a posting on the company's web site. In addition, "the l...

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INFERNAL MAJESTY: Canadian Tour Dates Announced

Long-running Canadian thrashers INFERNAL MAJESTY will kick off a six-week Canadian tour by supporting METAL CHURCH at The Cobalt in Vancouver B.C. on Sunday, June 20. Dates include (all shows with DEAD JESUS): Jun. 20 - Vancouver B.C. - The Cobalt (w/ METAL CHURCH) Jun. 24 - Calgary, AB - The Machin...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Fans 'Demand' Extended Version Of Upcoming Live DVD

BLIND GUARDIAN fans from all over the world are imploring the band on their official forum to issue an extended version of their brand-new live DVD "Imaginations Through The Looking Glass", scheduled for release on June 14 through Virgin. The extended version would contain all the missing songs the...

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MAJESTY: 'Metal Law' Box Set Now Available

Germany's MAJESTY are currently selling a "Metal Law" box set containing the entire two-hour "Reign in Glory" release show on two CDs plus the complete gig on DVD, mixed in 5.1 Surround Sound. In addition, it includes a lot of bonus features such as a studio report from the mixing sessions for "Reig...

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WOLF Confirmed For Germany's METAL BASH 2004 Festival

Sweden's WOLF have replaced CAGE on the billing of the Metal Bash 2004 festival, set to take place July 24 at Schießsportanlage in Neu Wulmstorf (near Hamburg),Germany. The list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: WOLF HIRAX TORMENT DARK AGE MAJESTY FINAL BREATH NE...

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MAJESTY Announce New Rhythm Guitarist

Germany's MAJESTY have announced the addition of rhythm guitarist Bjoern Daigger to the group's ranks. Daigger joins the group as the replacement for Udo Keppner, who left the band in April. MAJESTY's video for the track "Into The Stadiums" can still be viewed online in Real Media format at this loc...

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Metalogy

Because the two titans of British heavy metal, BLACK SABBATH and JUDAS PRIEST, have released boxed sets so close to each other (SABBATH's "Black Box" arrived last month),a compare-and-contrast is almost inevitable. And the first question that comes to mind regarding the handsomely packaged "Metalog...