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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 ....

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ELECTRIC EARTH Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

Founding member/drummer Lars Berger of the Swedish hard rock band ELECTRIC EARTH has decided to leave the group and "pursue other interests," according to a press release. "The rest of the band would like to take the opportunity to thank Lars for all of his contributions during the years. Lars has b...

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AMORAL's KARLSSON Schedules Finnish Drum Clinic

Drummer Juhana "Juffi" Karlsson of Finnish melodic death metallers AMORAL will be doing a demo session / clinic for Pearl Drums this Saturday (Oct. 21) at Vimma (Aurakatu 16, 3krs) in Turku, Finland starting at 11:00 a.m. More information (in Finnish) is available at this location. AMORAL will perfo...

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DARK FUNERAL: Latvia And Lithuania Shows Postponed

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have issued the following update: "[It's] now [been] over a week since all of our gear (guitars, bass, wireless systems, cymbals etc) was confiscated by the police in Peru. And we still have not received any news if or when it will be returned to us. At this poin...

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DARK FUNERAL Guitarist Comments On Peru Incident

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL performed an all-instrumental set in Lima, Peru Sunday night (October 8) after the group's vocalist/bassist Emperor Magnus Caligula was taken ill. A near-riot followed the concert, with several irate fans destroying property around the concert venue as a way of r...

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DEATH BREATH Parts Ways With Bassist

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 parted ways with bassist Magnus Hedquist. "The reasons for his departure are, shall we say, none...

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RUNEMAGICK Begins Recording New Material

Swedish "dark death metal" act RUNEMAGICK has entered Los Angered studio in Gothenburg, Sweden to record some of its recently penned material. "Yesterday we recorded five songs and today we rehearsed and recorded some more," the band writes in an Oct. 1 posting on its web site. "No date for mix sess...

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DARK FUNERAL: 'Atrum Regina' Live Video Posted Online

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have posted their live video for the song "Atrum Regina" at this location (MPG file, 86 MB). The clip was filmed in Paris, France on March 17, 2006 at La Locomotive by Bernard of Escape Productions (France). The video was edited by Magnus Gillberg of Gillberg Fil...