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CHAOSBREED: No Live Shows Until Further Notice

Finnish death metal supergroup CHAOSBREED have announced via their official web site that they will not perform any live shows until further notice. No further information is currently available. CHAOSBREED announced back in April 2005 that they had parted ways with guitarist Esa Holopainen (AMORPHI...

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WINTERSUN Announce Working Title For New Album

WINTERSUN, the band led by former ENSIFERUM singer Jari Mäenpää, have set "Time" as the working title of their new album, tentatively due late 2006 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to the group's self-titled debut album (released last September) will be recorded in May 2006 at Sonic Pump Stu...

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AMORPHIS Complete Work On New Album

Finland's AMORPHIS completed the final mix for their new album on Saturday, September 24 at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki with Mikko Karmila (who previously worked with the group on their "Am Universum" CD). The follow-up to last year's "Far from the Sun" was recorded at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki...

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AMORPHIS: Russian Tour Dates Announced

Finnish hard rockers AMORPHIS have lined up two dates in Russia in early November. The details are as follows: Nov. 03 – St. Petersburg, RUS @ Port Club Nov. 04 – Moscow, RUS @ CDK MAI AMORPHIS recently entered the Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki to start the recording process for their follow-up to...

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Ghost Reveries

There's a danger in taking OPETH for granted, now that we've been graced with a staggering seven albums' worth of progressive metal brilliance from them. They have their own sound, with instantly-identifiable elements, and you can only hear them "for the first time" once. That makes it easy to say t...

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SINGLE BULLET THEORY: Drummer JOHN SASSO Rejoins The Fold

Philadelphia's SINGLE BULLET THEORY have re-enlisted original drummer John Sasso to the fold. John was the original SINGLE BULLET THEORY drummer and was best known for his work on the group's 2002 release "Route 666" (Crash Music Inc.). The band are currently working on 23 new blistering tracks and...

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MANNHAI Seek Record Deal; New Tracks Available For Download

Finnish "stoner rockers" MANNHAI have uploaded several demo tracks featuring new singer Pasi Koskinen (ex-AMORPHIS, AJATTARA) at their official web site. Check out full-length versions of the songs "Fuzzmaster" and "Downers" and samples of the tracks "The Burn" and "Better Hate Yesterday" at www.man...

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CHAOSBREED's THE DOORS Tribute Band Announce New Show

THE BLUE HORSE, the Finnish THE DOORS tribute band featuring CHAOSBREED members Oppu Laine (ex-AMORPHIS, MANNHAI) and Nalle Österman (GANDALF, ex-LULLACRY),along with drummer Mikko "Junior" Pietinen (MANNHAI),keyboardist Kasper Martenson (ex-AMORPHIS, MANNHAI) and lead guitarist Markku "Crazy" Hei...

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CHAOSBREED Members Pay Tribute To THE DOORS

On Thursday, August 4, CHAOSBREED members Oppu Laine (ex-AMORPHIS, MANNHAI) and Nalle Österman (GANDALF, ex-LULLACRY) will play a one-off tribute show to the classic American rock act THE DOORS as members of THE BLUE HORSE. For fans of CHAOSBREED, this might be especially interesting, as this will b...

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SINGLE BULLET THEORY: In Pre-Production Mode

Vocalist/guitarist Matt Difabio of the Philadelphia-based metallers SINGLE BULLET THEORY has issued the following update on the band's current activities: "We are in pre-production for our next yet-to-be-titled release. We have 13 brand new songs written and are currently in arrangement mode. Thank...

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AJATTARA Pull Out Of Germany's PARTY.SAN OPEN AIR Festival

AJATTARA, the Finnish "black/dark metal" project featuring former AMORPHIS frontman Pasi Koskinen (a.k.a. Ruoja),have cancelled their appearance at the 2005 installment of the Party.San Open Air festival, set to be held August 11-13 in Bad Berka, Germany. AJATTARA's third album, "Tyhjyys" ("Emptine...

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TO SEPARATE THE FLESH FROM THE BONES: Finnish Date Announced

TO SEPARATE THE FLESH FROM THE BONES, the Finnish grindcore band featuring Herr Arschstein (Pasi Koskinen, ex-AMORPHIS),Rot Wailer (Niclas Etelavuori, AMORPHIS) and Pus Sypope (Gas, H.I.M.),have been confirmed for the Karmarock festival, set to take place July 30 in Harjavalta, Finland. For more i...

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AMORPHIS: Preparing To Enter Studio

Finnish rockers AMORPHIS are intensively rehearsing and writing new songs for their follow-up to last year's "Far from the Sun", tentatively due in late 2005/early 2006 via Nuclear Blast Records. On July 1, the band will enter the Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki to start the recording process. Produc...

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SENTENCED Guitarist Says Writing About 'The Darker Side' Comes Naturally

FourteenG webzine recently conducted an interview with SENTENCED guitarist Sami Lopakka. A few excerpts from the interview follow: FourteenG: How sad was it during the writing process for "The Funeral Album" once you knew this was going to be your swan song? Sami Lopakka: "We made the final decision...

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THE ETERNAL Name New Album

Australian melodic doom metal band THE ETERNAL (formerly CRYPTAL DARKNESS) have set "Sleep of Reason" as the title of their forthcoming second album, due late September via Firebox Records. The follow-up to last year's "The Sombre Light of Isolation" was recorded at Palm Studios in Melbourne and is...