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PAIN: First 'Cynic Paradise' Trailer Available

The first trailer for PAIN's forthcoming album, "Cynic Paradise", can be viewed below. "Cynic Paradise" will be released on October 31 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to "Psalms of Extinction" (which was released in 2007 via Roadrunner) features "eleven gems offering a vast variety of style...

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PAIN: European Dates With BROTHER FIRETRIBE Announced

PAIN, the Swedish band led by Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY) will embark on the European tour in January/February 2009. Support on the trek will come from BROTHER FIRETRIBE, the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen. According to PAIN, "David Wallin [drums] can’t be a p...

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AMORPHIS Launches Official Mobile Blog

Finnish metallers AMORPHIS have lunched an official mobile blog at Nokia's Royal Artist Club featuring fresh photos straight from the road. AMORPHIS will enter Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki in November to record the follow-up to the "Eclipse" and "Silent Waters" albums, both of which were certified...

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CELESTY Completes Recording New Album

Finnish power metal band CELESTY has finished recording its fourth studio album and is scheduled to begin mixing the effort in November/December. Meanwhile, the band is intensively rehearsing the new material for its upcoming live shows. Commented CELESTY drummer Jere Luokkamäki: "The recordings wer...

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CULT OF LUNA, MANNHAI Confirmed For Lithuania's MOUNTAINROCK Vol. 5 Festival

Swedish post-metal behemots CULT OF LUNA and Finnish groove masters MANNHAI (featuring Olli Pekka-Laine and Pasi Koskinen of AMORPHIS fame) will join longstanding Lithuanian heavy rock act MOUNTAINSIDE for the MountainRock Vol. 5/Expanding the Horizons festival in Kaunas, Lithuania. The main concert...

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PAIN Frontman Offers 'Cynic Paradise' Track-By-Track Breakdown

PAIN frontman Peter Tägtgren has offered a track-by-track breakdown of the band's forthcoming album, "Cynic Paradise", for the readers of the German edition of the Metal Hammer magazine. Check it out in English, German. "Cynic Paradise" will be released on October 31 via Nuclear Blast Records. The f...

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LEAVES' EYES Forced To Pull Out Of AMORPHIS/SAMAEL North American Tour

LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY — has issued the following update: "We are terribly sorry to tell you that our record label has decided to cancel our [previously announced] North American tour [with A...

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PAIN: 'Cynic Paradise' Track Listing Revealed

Swedish metallers PAIN will release their new album, "Cynic Paradise", on October 31 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to "Psalms of Extinction", which was released in 2007 via Roadrunner, features "eleven gems offering a vast variety of styles and influences which are even new for PAIN," acc...

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AMORPHIS To Enter Studio In November

Finnish metallers AMORPHIS will embark on a North American tour in September. Guitarist Esa Holopainen says: "This is our first tour in this region with our latest album, 'Silent Waters'. Tickets are selling well so you can only be happy. We picked SAMAEL and LEAVES' EYES as support acts because we...

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SHADE EMPIRE Added To UNLEASHED's Hammer Battalion' Tour

Finnish metallers SHADE EMPIRE have been added to the UNLEASHED-headlined "Hammer Battalion" tour, alos featuring KRISIUN (Brazil) and ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET (Sweden). The dates are as follows: Nov. 25 - (CH) Geneve @ L'Usine Nov. 26 - (GER) Stuttgart @ LKA-Longhorn Nov. 27 - (A) Worgl...

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PAIN To Play Ukraine, Belarus This Week

Drummer David Wallin of PAIN — the Swedish metal band led by HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren — has issued the following update: "I thought it was about time to let you in on what has been going on with PAIN since the last update. Beside the fact that we’ve done a couple of shows and ...

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PAIN To Release 'Cynic Paradise' On Halloween

PAIN, the Swedish band led by HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren, will release its new album, "Cynic Paradise", on October 31 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to "Psalms of Extinction", which was released in 2007 via Roadrunner, features "eleven gems offering a vast variety of styles and influ...

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AMORPHIS: Expanded 'Far From The Sun' Reissue Available

The European branch of Nuclear Blast Records has released an expanded reissue of AMORPHIS' 2003 album "Far From The Sun". The new release contains the five bonus tracks that had previously only been available on the U.S. edition of the album, including an acoustic version of the title track, as well...

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INSOMNIUM To Enter Studio In March

Guitarist Ville Friman of the Finnish metal band INSOMNIUM has issued the following update: "We are currently rehearsing new material, which will become fourth INSOMNIUM album at some point. At the moment, we have four songs ready and lots of semi-ready material in store just waiting to be trained a...

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Ex-THE GATHERING Singer Performs With MOONSPELL At Belgium's GRASPOP; Photos Available

Former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen (who now fronts AGUA DE ANNIQUE) joined Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL earlier today (Friday, June 27) for their appearance at the Graspop Metal Meeting festival in Dessel, Belgium. She sang the song "Scorpion Flower" as a duet with MOONSPELL frontm...