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OLYMPOS MONS Negotiating With Booking Agencies

Finnish metallers OLYMPOS MONS have issued the following year-end update: "We've been working with the promotion of our new record ['Medievil'] almost without breaks ever since the release in August. Writing emails, sending bulletins to webzines, and talking to global media. Hope it'll pay off somed...

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DEFTONES, LAMB OF GOD, QUEENSRŸCHE, CHILDREN OF BODOM: ESP GUITARS Clinics, Signings Announced

ESP Guitars will be hosting its largest NAMM show ever, both in terms of artist appearances, new guitars and basses, and a whole new upstairs demo room (Room 213D) that will allow for live performances and clinics in addition to the standard artist signature sessions. All events listed below with th...

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MYGRAIN: New Music Posted Online

Finnish melodic death metal act MYGRAIN has posted two new songs — "Translucent Dreams" and "Shed The Second Skin" — on its MySpace page. Both tracks comes off the group's second album, "Signs of Existence", which is scheduled for release on February 13 via Spinefarm Records. The track listing for t...

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POISONBLACK: Drums, Rhythm Guitar And Bass For New Album Recorded

POISONBLACK, the Finnish band featuring former SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala, has entered Soundmix Studio in the group's hometown of Oulu with producer Kari Vähäkuopus to begin recording its third album, entitled "A Dead Heavy Day". According to guitarist Janne Markus, "all drums, rhythm guitars...

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MYGRAIN: New Album Details Revealed

Finnish melodic death metal act MYGRAIN will release its second album, "Signs of Existence", on February 13 via Spinefarm Records. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Translucent Dreams 02. This Perfect Chaos 03. Asphyxiated And Inflammable 04. Shed The Second Skin 05. Walk Puppet Wa...

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ENSIFERUM To Support MEGADETH In Helsinki

Finnish folk-influenced melodic death metal act ENSIFERUM has issued the following update: "ENSIFERUM is very sorry for the cancellation of the Hexentanz gig in Illingen, Germany [on December 15]. Our guitar player Markus had to go to a hospital on the previous day in Switzerland and he had to stay...

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STRATOVARIUS Singer, CHILDREN OF BODOM Keyboardist Perform On MTV Finland

STRATOVARIUS/KOTIPELTO frontman Timo Kotipelto performed three songs live with CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman on MTV Finland's "Headbanger's Ball" on Sunday, December 23. The performance will be re-aired on December 26 at midnight Finnish time (GMT + 2). KOTIPELTO's third album, "Serenit...

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Sweden's SALT Recording Debut Album

SALT, the new Swedish project featuring Björn Lodin (BALTIMOORE) on vocals, Mikael Nord Andersson (BALTIMOORE) on guitar and lead/backing vocals, Janne Stark (OVERDRIVE) on guitar, Robban Bäck on drums and Björn Lundqvist on bass/vocals, is currently recording its debut album for an early 2008 relea...

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BATTLELORE To Enter Studio In March

Finnish "fantasy metal" band BATTLELORE has issued the following update: "Recordings of our next album shall begin on March 31st, 2008 at Sound Supreme studios, Finland. Janne Saksa will record and produce the new album and the mixing will be done by Swedish metal legend Dan Swanö. Estimated release...

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ENSIFERUM Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish folk-influenced melodic death metal act ENSIFERUM has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXEL RU...

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ENSIFERUM, TURISAS, TÝR: More PAGANFEST Dates Announced

ENSIFERUM, TURISAS, TÝR and ELUVEITIE will team up for the Paganfest USA tour beginning in April. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Apr. 25 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House Apr. 26 - Montreal, QC @ Medley Apr. 27 - Worchester, MA @ The Palladium Apr. 28 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx Apr. ...

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ROTTEN SOUND: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

Finland's ROTTEN SOUND is sctreaming its new full-length album, "Cycles", in its entirety via the group's recently relaunched web site. Due on January 9, 2008 via Spinefarm Records, the CD was recorded and mixed with Janne Saksa at Kantola and Sound Supreme studios. Mastering was handled by Pelle He...

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Absolution

CANNIBAL CORPSE and DEICIDE fans, prepare to either expand your horizons or get really bummed out. Guitarist Jack Owen has declared "Absolution" the best album he's ever played on, and there's nary an entrail (ripped from a nether region or otherwise) to be seen. In fact, death metal's most recogniz...

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ARI KOIVUNEN: 2005 Performance Of QUEEN's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Posted Online

Video footage of the winner of the Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols", heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen, performing a cover of QUEEN's "Bohemian Rhapsody" at a 2005 benefit concert for the victims of the Southeast Asian tsunami in Bangkok, Thailand has surfaced and can be viewed below. Ar...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM, AMORPHIS Guitarists Perform At 'Guitar Heroes' Concert; Video Available

Video footage from the album-launch concert to celebrate the release of the Finnish "Guitar Heroes" CD, which took place on November 6 at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland, can be viewed below. The clips include special performances by Roope Latvala (CHILDREN OF BODOM) and Esa Holopainen (AMORPHIS),bot...