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FORCE OF EVIL Splits With ESCAPI MUSIC

FORCE OF EVIL, the Danish band featuring guitarist Michael Denner (ex-MERCYFUL FATE),guitarist Hank Shermann (MERCYFUL FATE),bassist Hal Patino (KING DIAMOND),drummer Bjarne Holm (MERCYFUL FATE),and vocalist Martin Steene (ex-IRONFIRE),has issued the following update: "It's been a very very lon...

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Brazil's SCELERATA Signs With MTM MUSIC

MTM Music has announced the signing of Brazilian melodic metal band SCELERATA. According to a press release, SCELERATA is "a young and talented band from Brasil, now stepping into the scene with a very technical and powerful melodic metal debut album. Formed in 2003, they had no great interest in do...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE, SAVAGE CIRCUS, TOMORROW'S EVE To Team Up For European Tour

CIRCLE II CIRCLE (the band featuring former SAVATAGE frontman Zachary Stevens) will team up with SAVAGE CIRCUS (the German/Swedish band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch and PERSUADER members Jens Karlsson and Emil Norberg) and TOMORROW'S EVE for a European tour beginning in earl...

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SAVAGE CIRCUS: 'THOMEN Is Back!

SAVAGE CIRCUS, the German/Swedish band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch and PERSUADER members Jens Karlsson (vocals, guitar) and Emil Norberg (lead guitar),has issued the following update: "After taking [most] of 2006 off to recuperate, Thomen is back in the limelight with SAVA...

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DEATH BREATH: 'Let It Stink' EP Release Date Announced

Black Lodge Records has set a February 28 Swedish release date for "Let It Stink", the new EP from DEATH BREATH, the Swedish old-school death metal project featuring former ENTOMBED drummer and main songwriter Nicke Andersson (currently the frontman of his rock 'n' roll band THE HELLACOPTERS). DEATH...

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ELECTRIC EARTH To Release Vinyl-Only EP

Sweden's ELECTRIC EARTH will enter Studio Deadline on January 12 to record a brand new song as well as a few covers. According to a posting on the group's web site, "the covers will feature some surprise guest artists. The plan is to release this recording as an exclusive vinyl-EP (only available th...

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BURST: Early Music Posted Online

Sweden's BURST has issued the following update via its MySpace page: "Wherever we tour and wherever we play, a lot of people always ask us about our darker days, i.e. the music that we made prior to the Relapse, Prank and Chrome Saint Magnus releases. Many of you ask us where they can get our ...

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DEATH BREATH: New EP Title Revealed

DEATH BREATH, the new Swedish old-school death metal project featuring former ENTOMBED drummer and main songwriter Nicke Andersson (currently the frontman of his rock 'n' roll band THE HELLACOPTERS),has set "Let It Stink" as the title of its new mini-album, which is currently being recorded for a s...

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DESTINY Drummer To Play On HAMMERFALL Bassist's New Solo Album

DESTINY's Birger Löfman has been tapped to play drums on HAMMERFALL bassist Magnus Rosén's new solo album. Starting on December 20 and finishing on December 22, Löfman is laying down the drums on eleven tracks together with Magnus Rosén for Magnus' forthcoming fifth solo CD. The recordings are takin...

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AXENSTAR Parts Ways With Bassist, Drummer; Replacements Announced

Swedish power metallers AXENSTAR have parted ways with bassist Magnus Ek and drummer Pontus Jansson. Replacing them in the group's current formation are Henrik Sedell and Thomas Ohlsson, respectively. AXENSTAR's fourth album, "The Final Requiem", was released in Europe on September 8 via Germany's M...

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RUNEMAGICK: Split CD With OCEAN CHIEF To Surface In February/March

Aftermath Music will release the split CD "The Northern Lights", featuring RUNEMAGICK and OCEAN CHIEF, in February/March 2007. In other news, the new RUNEMAGICK full-length album will be released in April/May 2007. New songtitles include "Voyage to Desolation", "Chthonic Temple Smoke", "The 3rd Moon...

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HAMMERFALL, KING DIAMOND Members Join Forces In X-WORLD/5

HAMMERFALL bassist Magnus Rosén has teamed up with KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque and PAGAN'S MIND vocalist Nils K.Rue in a brand new project called X-WORLD/5. The band, whose mission is to "bring heavy metal into the future," features a sound that "comes to bring light above the darkness . ....

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SOULBREACH: Debut Album Gets Release Date; Video Posted Online

Swedish metallers SOULBREACH will release their debut album, "My Dividing Line", on March 16, 2007 via Holland's Mascot Records. The CD was recorded at Studio Underground in Västerås, Sweden and was engineered and produced by Pelle Saether and SOULBREACH. Mastering duties were handled by Dan Swanö....

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DARK FUNERAL Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are AMON AMARTH, IN EXTREMO, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, MOONSORROW, L'ÂME IMMORTELLE and DIE APOKAL...

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DEATH BREATH Recording New Mini-Album

DEATH BREATH, the new Swedish old-school death metal project featuring former ENTOMBED drummer and main songwriter Nicke Andersson (currently the frontman of his rock 'n' roll band THE HELLACOPTERS),is in the studio recording a new mini-album for a spring 2007 release. More information will be avai...