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MORS PRINCIPIUM EST: New Music Posted Online

Two songs from the forthcoming third album from the Finnish melodic death/thrash metallers MORS PRINCIPIUM EST, entitled "Liberation = Termination", have been posted online on the group's MySpace page. Check out the tracks "The Oppressed Will Rise" and "Sinners Defeat" at this location. Due later th...

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AFTER FOREVER Confirmed For PROGPOWER USA VIII Festival

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has been confirmed for the ProgPower USA VIII festival, set to take place October 5-6, 2007 at Center Stage Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. The final festival billing is as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER COMMUNIC FIREWIND PAGAN'S...

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SONATA ARCTICA: New Album Update

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA are currently recording their new studio album for a tentative late spring release. The group's keyboardist Henkka Klingenberg has issued the following update (taken from the band's online studio diary): "From the 20 songs we started recording we've now more...

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MORS PRINCIPIUM EST: 'Liberation = Termination' Final Artwork Unveiled

Finnish melodic death/thrash metallers MORS PRINCIPIUM EST have posted the cover artwork for their third album, "Liberation = Termination", at this location. Due in early 2007 via Listenable Records, the follow-up to "The Unborn" was recorded at Astia Studio in Finland and was mastered at Imperial M...

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ALTARIA To Introduce New Singer At Finnish Gig

Finnish melodic metallers ALTARIA have issued the following update: "ALTARIA is confirmed to support the Finnish Eurovision-winning monsters LORDI on February 10, 2007 in Pietarsaari. This is the last one of the only two shows LORDI will be performing in Finland before the Eurovision 2007 finals on...

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SONATA ARCTICA: North American Tour Dates Announced

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA will embark on a North American headlining tour in September/October 2007. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Sep. 16 - Key Club - Los Angeles, CA Sep. 17 - Galaxy Theater - Santa Ana, CA Sep. 21 - The Metro - Chicago, IL Sep. 22 - Harpo's - Detroit, ...

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THRESHOLD Completes Work On 'Dead Reckoning'

U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD have finished recording their new album, "Dead Reckoning", for a March 23, 2007 release via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced by guitarist Karl Groom and keyboardist Richard West at Thin Ice Studios. The track listing is as follows: 01. Slipstream 02. Th...

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HELLOWEEN, RAGE, DESTRUCTION Members Appear On 20th Anniversary NUCLEAR BLAST Compilation

RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski is working on a compilation CD to celebrate Nuclear Blast Records' 20th anniversary. Smolski composed, recorded and produced about 10 songs for various metal artists that are part of the Nuclear Blast history, including a track that is being recorded and performed by hi...

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PRIMAL FEAR, PAGAN'S MIND Confirmed For PROGPOWER USA VIII Festival

PRIMAL FEAR and PAGAN'S MIND have been confirmed for the ProgPower USA VIII festival, set to take place October 5-6, 2007 at Center Stage Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. Also scheduled to appear at the event are SONATA ARCTICA, VIRGIN STEELE, THRESHOLD, REDEMPTION, FIREWIND, COMMUNIC and RAINTIME. Adva...

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VANDEN PLAS Cancels END OF DAYS Festival Appearance

Germany's progressive metal icons VANDEN PLAS have issued the following update: "Unfortunately, VANDEN PLAS' appearance at the End Of Dayz Festival [in Pratteln, Switzerland] had to be cancelled because of an unsolvable time schedule problem (it was not possible to schedule VANDEN PLAS on [December]...

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THRESHOLD Confirmed For PROGPOWER USA Festival

U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD have been confirmed for the ProgPower USA VIII festival, set to take place October 5-6, 2007 at Center Stage Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. Commented the festival organizers in a statement: "THRESHOLD were one of the bands to really win over a lot of people with th...

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ALTARIA Parts Ways With Singer, Seeks Replacement

Finnish melodic metallers ALTARIA have parted ways with vocalist Taage. "It has become clear during this year that Taage and the other members of ALTARIA had different priorities," drummer Tony Smedjebacka says in a a statement posted on the band's web site. "When we wanted Taage to invest more time...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM, NIGHTWISH, STRATOVARIUS Members Featured On Metal Christmas Album

According to a posting on CHILDREN OF BODOM fan site Scythes Of Bodom, the band's frontman Alexi Laiho is featured on the Christmas-themed Finnish covers album "Raskaampaa Joulua" (Finnish for "Heavier Christmas"). Laiho can be heard shredding the axe on the track "Petteri Punakuono" ("Rudolph The R...

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SONATA ARCTICA Launches Studio Diary

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have launched a studio diary covering the recording sessions for their next studio album. Read the first entry from keyboardist Henkka Klingenberg at this location. SONATA ARCTICA have been confirmed as one of the headliners of the ProgPower USA VIII festival...

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MACHINE MEN Frontman: New CD 'Is Heavier And Has More Metal Power Than Ever Before'

Finnish metallers MACHINE MEN, who stormed into the Finnish single charts' Top Five with their 2005 single "Falling", are ready to deliver the highly anticipated follow-up to their much lauded last album "Elegies" (2005). Set for a February 19, 2007 release via Century Media, "Circus of Fools" is de...