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ROCK CITY MORGUE: In Writing Mode

ROCK CITY MORGUE, the New Orleans, Louisiana-based band featuring former WHITE ZOMBIE bassist Sean Yseult and ex-MAN SCOUTS OF AMERICA frontman Rik Slave, has posted the following message on its official web site: "ROCK CITY MORGUE is busy in the studio writing more songs for their next CD release,...

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NOCTURNAL BREED Invite Fans To Design Cover Of Next Album

Norwegian metallers NOCTURNAL BREED are inviting fans to design the cover art for their next album, "Fields of Rot", due later in the year via an as-yet-undetermined label. "If your art is chosen, you can win some great prizes!" reads a posting on the group's web site. More information is available...

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EMPEROR: In-Store Signing Sessions Announced

Candlelight Records has announced exclusive autograph signings/in-stores for the upcoming EMPEROR shows. The concerts, announced early December 2005, have been met with much excitement. Two of the performances are already sold out (July 14 at B.B. King and July 16 at Key Club). Fans are urged to pur...

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MEYVN Signs To KILLZONE RECORDS

KillZone Records has announced the signing of MEYVN from Austin, Texas. The band's debut album, "Splintered Skies", is due in September. According to a press release, "MEYVN delivers soaring, epic melodies and dazzling rhythms that are fluid and complex. The music has already earned them favorable c...

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MOONSPELL, KATATONIA, DAYLIGHT DIES: More Tour Dates Announced

Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL are preparing to embark on their first North Amercan headlining tour in five years. Supporting MOONSPELL on the appropriately labeled "Nocturnal Mourning" tour are KATATONIA and DAYLIGHT DIES. This is the first American tour for MOONSPELL in support of "Memorial", the...

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MANNGARD Guitarist To Publish 'Shocking' Book

Guitarist Olav Kristiseter of the Norwegian extreme metallers MANNGARD is planning on releasing his debut novel through a well-known Norwegian publisher later in the year. According to a posting on Kristiseter's MySpace profile, "early readers have called [the book] a 'shocker.'" MANNGARD re-release...

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GUNS N' ROSES, ALICE IN CHAINS To Play Longer Sets At GRASPOP; Live Video Feed Available

The organizers of Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting — which is taking place June 23-25 in Dessel — have posted the following message on the festival's official web site: "Last week, when Graspop was informed that KORN would be cancelling their European tour, the search for a worthy replacement was und...

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NOCTURNAL RITES Bassist: Songwriting For New Album 'Is Going Really Well'

Bassist Nils Eriksson of the Swedish melodic metallers NOCTURNAL RITES has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Songwriting is going really well. At this point we have quite an impressive bunch of roughly schetched out songs, for being us (this early on in the writing proce...

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GRASPOP METAL MEETING: Live Video Stream Now Available

Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting — which is taking place June 23-25 in Dessel — is currently offering a live Internet video stream of the bands performing at the festival. Watch it online at this location (ANVIL just finished their set. Up next: Y&T beginning at 9:30 a.m. EST). Graspop Metal Meet...

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NOCTURNAL BREED: New Song Posted Online

A brand new NOCTURNAL BREED track, entitled "Fields of Rot", has been posted online on the band's MySpace page. The song is the title cut of the Norwegian metallers' upcoming album, due later in the year via an as-yet-undetermined label. As previously reported, NOCTURNAL BREED recently parted ways w...

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NOCTURNAL BREED, DEMONIZER: Tour Dates Announced

Norwegian metallers NOCTURNAL BREED will be teaming up with DEMONIZER for a European tour in October/November. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Oct. 27 - Innsbruck, AUT @ TBA Nov. 01 - Liège, BEL @ TBA Nov. 03 - Kuurne, BEL @ TBA Nov. 04 - Leeuwarden, NETH @ TBA Nov. 05 - Rotterdam, ...

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FEAR FACTORY, MORBID ANGEL, NAPALM DEATH Confirmed For Czech Republic's BRUTAL ASSAULT Festival

FEAR FACTORY, MORBID ANGEL, NAPALM DEATH and DESTRUCTION have been confirmed for the Brutal Assault festival, set to take place August 10­12 at Svojsice U Prelouce (100 km east of Prague) in the Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ADOR DORATH AMORPH...

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MOONSPELL Frontman Comments On 'Nocturnal Mourning' Tour

Portugal's #1 heavy metal export MOONSPELL are preparing to embark on their first headlining tour in five years. Vocalist Fernando Ribeiro fondly recalls, "Last time we headlined was late 2001, after the release of 'Darkness and Hope'. The support band was LACUNA COIL on their very first American ex...

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MORTAL SIN, DEZPERADOZ, FASTER INFERNO Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

MORTAL SIN, DEZPERADOZ, FASTER INFERNO (featuring Tyson Schenker, son of Michael Schenker),and C O R have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED AMON...

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RED HARVEST To Team Up With SUSPERIA, GRIMFIST For U.K. Tour

RED HARVEST will be teaming up with SUSPERIA and GRIMFIST for a U.K. tour in October. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Oct. 12 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City Oct. 13 - London, UK - The Underworld, Camden Oct. 14 - Bradford, UK - Rio Oct. 15 - Glasgow, UK - Cathouse Oct. ...