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BALANCE OF POWER Announce Warm-Up Gig
British melodic metallers BALANCE OF POWER will be doing a warm-up show in the U.K. before going out to Germany to perform at the Building a Force festival. The show will take place on March 17 at Alcatraz in Southsea. Support at the gig will come from CINDER. As previously reported, BALANCE OF POWE...January 26, 2004
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BALANCE OF POWER: 'Heathen Machine' To Receive U.S. Release
British metallers BALANCE OF POWER will issue their latest CD, "Heathen Machine", in the U.S. in March. This will be the first title to be released under DCA Recordings' exclusive distribution agreement with Century Media Records. The album, available in Europe through Germany's Massacre Records, wa...January 8, 2004
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HEATHEN Rule Out Reunion With Guitarist DOUG PIERCY
Darren Minter, drummer for the reunited late '80s San Francisco Bay Area metallers HEATHEN, has posted the following message on the band's official forum: "First off, we are going to settle this right here and right now. [Guitarist] Doug Piercy will not be joining us now or anytime in the foreseeabl...December 17, 2003
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Finland's TURISAS Ink Deal With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS
Finnish "pagan battle metal" act TURISAS have signed a long-term deal with Century Media Records. The band (named after an ancient Finnish war god) were originally formed in 1997 by Mathias Nygård (vocals) and Jussi Wickström (guitar). Over the years Tuomas Lehtonen (drums),Georg Laakso (guitar),A...December 11, 2003
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MARTIN WALKYIER Slams Former SKYCLAD Bandmates Over 'Kindergarten' Behavior
Ex-SKYCLAD frontman Martin Walkyier has slammed his former bandmates for posting what he has described as "insulting nursery rhymes" about him on their web site. Walkyier, who left the group due to personal and financial reasons, had the following to say in a recent newsletter: "It has come to my at...October 28, 2003
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UPDATE: VARG Held Family At Gunpoint, Fled Prison Because He Feared Attempt On His Life
Varg Vikernes threatened a family with a pistol and hijacked their car in a failed bid to elude the Norwegian police during his 24 hours on the run, it was reported Monday. At approximately 4:30 p.m. on Sunday (October 26),a family of three driving through the valley known as Numedal in Buskerud Co...October 27, 2003
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DECONSTRUCT To Open For DEF LEPPARD In California
DECONSTRUCT, the Sacramento, California-based band featuring HEATHEN/ANGEL WITCH drummer Darren Minter, will be opening for DEF LEPPARD at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater in Southern California next Friday (October 3). This will mark the first Los Angeles-area appearance for the band. However, the g...September 26, 2003
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TIAMAT Film New Video
Sweden's TIAMAT have finished filming the promotional video for their new single "Cain" with Revolver Film Company's (www.revolver.se) award-winning director Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, WITHIN TEMPTATION, PASSENGER). "Cain", due on September 29 through Century Media Records, will contain a radio e...September 15, 2003
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TIAMAT: New Album Details Revealed
TIAMAT have finalized the track listing for their eighth studio album, "Prey", due on October 27 through Century Media Records. The self-produced CD, which is being described as one of mainman Johan Edlund's most personal recorded statements to date, was mixed and mastered at Finnvox Studios in Hels...August 16, 2003
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HEATHEN Reunite, Begin Work On New Album
Acclaimed late '80s San Francisco Bay Area metallers HEATHEN have reunited and are in the process of finishing up work on a album of covers and originals, due in late 2003/early 2004 through an as-yet-undisclosed label. "[Guitarist] Lee [Altus] and I just got back from Europe with ANGEL WITCH," drum...July 18, 2003
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DECONSTRUCT: Video Posted Online
DECONSTRUCT, the new Sacramento, California-based band featuring former HEATHEN/DIE KRUPPS drummer Darren Minter, have just released a video for the song "I Am", the first single from the band's debut EP, "Sign Of Things To Come". "I Am" was produced and directed by Mike Sloat, whose prior credits i...July 11, 2003
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MY RUIN Sign With CENTURY MEDIA, Slam Former Label (Again)
Los Angeles-based MY RUIN, led by the ever-colorful Tairrie B, have inked a deal with Century Media Records. The group's first release through the label will be a four-song EP, "The Shape Of Things To Come", due in August. A full-length album, titled "The Horror Of Beauty", will follow in October. A...May 24, 2003
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EXODUS Drummer Pulls Out Of ANGEL WITCH Reunion
EXODUS drummer Tom Hunting has pulled out of the planned ANGEL WITCH reunion project in order to focus all his time on upcoming touring and recording commitments with his main band. In his place, ANGEL WITCH mainman Kevin Heybourne, bassist Jon Torres (WARNING SF, ULYSSES SIREN, LAAZ ROCKIT) and Lee...March 19, 2003
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DECONSTRUCT To Open For DISTURBED In San Jose
DECONSTRUCT, the new Sacramento, California-based band featuring former HEATHEN/DIE KRUPPS drummer Darren Minter, vocalist Skitz, guitarist Joe Fraulob, and bassist Venessa, have been invited by DISTURBED to open the April 19 Music As A Weapon 2 concert at the San Jose Events Center in San Jose, Cal...March 13, 2003
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ANGEL WITCH Members Embroiled In War Of Words Over Band's Current Status
A war of words has erupted between former members of the legendary NWOBHM band ANGEL WITCH and the group's founder, Kevin Heybourne, who recently announced plans to carry on in an all-new version of the band. In a brief message posted on the official web site for the group's previous incarnation, ww...February 16, 2003
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