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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...

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DARK FUNERAL Confirmed For Norway's INFERNO FESTIVAL

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have been confirmed for the Inferno festival, set to take place April 5-7, 2007 at the Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo, Norway. Headlining the event will be the reunited Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL. Norway's DØDHEIMSGARD (DHG) is also slated to perform at t...

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HAMMERFALL Postpones Finnish Dates

Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL have been forced to postpone their Finnish headlining shows (originally scheduled for early January) in order to allow singer Joacim Cans enough time to recover from an operation which he is due to undergo in December. Commented Cans: "After a couple of months of...

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HAMMERFALL Members Help Launch Studio At Children's Hospital

Stefan Elmgren (lead guitar) and Magnus Rosén (bass) of HAMMERFALL participated this morning (Tuesday) in the launch of a new music studio at Queen Silvia's children's hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. More information (in Swedish),including a photo, can be found at Expressen.se. HAMMERFALL's new alb...

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DEATH BREATH Featuring Ex-ENTOMBED Drummer: Video Posted Online

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 posted its video for the song "Death Breath" on its MySpace page. The track comes off the group'...

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BALTIMOORE: Lineup Changes Announced

Vocalist/band leader Björn Lodin of the Swedish melodic hard rockers BALTIMOORE has issued the following update: "Since Thomas [Larsson, guitar] and Weine [Johansson, bass] didn't find it possible to take BALTIMOORE to their hearts, I decided to release them from their touring obligations. To replac...

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RUNEMAGICK Schedules Mixing Session In December

Swedish "dark death metal" act RUNEMAGICK will return to the studio in December to mix some of its recently recorded material. New songtitles include "Voyage to Desolation", "Chthonic Temple Smoke", "The 3rd Moon", "Volcano Throne" and "Bound in Magick Haze". RUNEMAGICK's current lineup is: Nicklas...

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STORMZONE Signs With ESCAPE MUSIC

Northern Ireland's STORMZONE, the band featuring vocalist John Harv Harbinson (SWEET SAVAGE, EMERALD, NO SWEAT, DEN OF THIEVES),has inked a three-album deal with Escape Music. The group's debut CD, "Caught in the Act", is scheduled for release on January 21, 2007. Commented Harv: "We are proud to a...

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CRYSTAL EYES: More New Songs Posted Online

Sweden's CRYSTAL EYES has uploaded two more new tracks — "Wall of Stars" and "Into the Light" — to its MySpace page. Both songs come off the group's fifth album, "Dead City Dreaming", which is due on November 3 in Europe and North America. "Dead City Dreaming" was recorded at Crystal Sounds studio ....