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ENTER MY SILENCE Prepare To Record Second Album

Finnish melodic death metallers ENTER MY SILENCE will enter Studio Watercastle in Jyväskylä, Finland on November 22 to begin recording their second full-length album. "It'll happen in three separate sessions during the winter, and we expect to have a finished product in our hands by mid-January," th...

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MERCENARY Confirmed For Denmark's AALBORG METAL FESTIVAL

Danish metallers MERCENARY are the latest act confirmed for the Aalborg Metal Festival 2004, a two-day event set to take place November 5-6 at Studenterhuset in Aalborg, Denmark. Also scheduled to perform at the festival are MNEMIC, 1349, WITHERING SURFACE, THE DEFACED, ILLDISPOSED, SCARVE, HEAVEN S...

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RAUNCHY To Enter Studio Next Summer

Danish metallers RAUNCHY are planning on entering the studio next summer to begin recording their third album. "We have not decided whom to team up with yet ... BUT this time we will involve more people in the mixing and mastering process," the band write on their web site. RAUNCHY, who recently rep...

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WYKKED WYTCH Added To DEATH ANGEL European Tour

Contrary to an earlier announcement, SCARVE will *NOT* be taking part in the upcoming European tour headlined by DEATH ANGEL. Joining the reunited San Francisco Bay Area metallers will be WYKKED WYTCH, MERCENARY and ILLDISPOSED. Tentative dates are as follows: Dec. 03 - UK Dec. 04 - UK Dec. 05 - UK...

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IRON MAIDEN Guitarist Admits Band Used Leftover Ideas

According to a posting on the IRON MAIDEN fan site MaidenFans.com, MAIDEN guitarist Adrian Smith has ended years of fan speculation by revealing that the 2000 album "Brave New World" featured leftovers from the 1998 CD "Virtual XI". Asked in a 2003 interview to identify the four songs that were writ...

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DEATH ANGEL, SCARVE, ILLDISPOSED To Team Up For European Tour

Reunited San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL will embark on a two-week European headlining tour beginning on December 3. Support will come from SCARVE, ILLDISPOSED and MERCENARY. So far the following dates have been announced: Dec. 18 - Tilburg, NETH @ 013 (only DEATH ANGEL, SCARVE) Dec. 19...

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BEYOND TWILIGHT 'Cancel' Plans To Work With SYMPHONY X Singer

Danish metallers BEYOND TWILIGHT have dismissed widespread rumors that their upcoming album will feature the vocal talents of SYMPHONY X frontman Russell Allen. "The rumors spreading like wildfire about Russell Allen as new vocalist in BEYOND TWILIGHT were true for a while, but have now been cancell...

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INVOCATOR Part Ways With Bassist

Bassist Carsten Mikkelsen has left long-running Danish thrashers INVOCATOR "due to lack of interest," according to a posting on the group's web site. For the time being, the band will carry on as a three-piece. Mikkelsen made his recorded debut with INVOCATOR on the "Dying To Live" CD — the band's l...

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LUPARA Add New Guitarist, Prepare To Enter Studio

LUPARA, the Illinois-based band featuring former BROKEN HOPE guitarist Jeremy Wagner, recently relocated to Mercenary Digital Studios in Zion, IL where they are rehearsing and preparing to record close to 20 new songs. "We've spent the last few months (late spring and all of summer) basically writin...

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THE HAUNTED, MERCENARY, MNEMIC, RAUNCHY To Team Up For Special German Show

THE HAUNTED, MERCENARY, MNEMIC, HATESPHERE, RAUNCHY, MELTED, BLINDFAULT and STOMPED will be teaming up for a special "Nordic Threat" show during the Popkomm 2004 music convetion. The gig, which will take place on September 29 at Silver Wings in Berlin, Germany, will be presented by Music Export Denm...

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MERCENARY Added To Germany's SUMMER BREEZE OPEN AIR Festival

Denmark's MERCENARY have replaced TOTENMOND on the billing for this year's Summer Breeze Open Air festival in Abtsgmünd, Germany. The band will perform on Friday, August 20 from 15:05 CET - 15:40 CET on the "Pain Stage". MERCENARY's third full-length album, "11 Dreams", is scheduled for release in E...

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MNEMIC To Go 'Three-Dimensional' On Upcoming CD

Denmark's modern thrashers MNEMIC, featuring former INVOCATOR session drummer Brian Rasmussen and ex-MERCENARY guitarist Mircea G. Eftemie, have announced that their upcoming sophomore album, "The Audio Injected Soul", will contain three-dimensional sounds. Being the first band in the world to work...

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HEATHEN: Former MERCENARY Guitarist Steps In To Help Old Friends

Sven Soderlund, guitarist and vocalist for the legendary '80s thrash band MERCENARY, has been playing shows around the San Francisco Bay Area with HEATHEN. HEATHEN just played the "Thunder in the North Fest" in Oakland, Ca. on July 31 and are confirmed to support EXODUS on August 27 in Oakland, Ca....

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COMMUNIC Sign With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

Norwegian progressive metallers COMMUNIC have signed a six-album deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The group's debut album will be recorded in October at Hansen studios in Ribe, Denmark with producer Jacob Hansen (RAUNCHY, ILLDISPOSED, ANCIENT, MANTICORA, MERCENARY). An early 2005 release is expected...

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MNEMIC Joined By FEAR FACTORY Singer At Germany's EARTHSHAKER Festival: Photos Available

Denmark's modern thrashers MNEMIC, featuring former INVOCATOR session drummer Brian Rasmussen and ex-MERCENARY guitarist Mircea G. Eftemie, were joined by FEAR FACTORY singer Burton C. Bell for a special cover version of FEAR FACTORY's "Self Bias Resistor" during MNEMIC's appearance at the Earthshak...