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CANDLEMASS Finish Recording Four New Songs With Producer ANDY SNEAP
Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS have recorded four new songs with producer Andy Sneap (NEVERMORE, ARCH ENEMY, MACHINE HEAD). The recordings took place last weekend at the new Polar studios in Stockholm, Sweden and the band say that they are very happy with the result. “The songs are pretty much in the...March 5, 2006
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HAMMERFALL Guitarist Comments On Upcoming Festival Appearances
HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "I know we have said to everyone that we wouldn’t do any more shows until the release of the next album, because that is how we normally do it. But due to the tremendous success of our last tour, we...March 3, 2006
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OPETH, HAMMERFALL, KNORKATOR Confirmed For Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST
HAMMERFALL, OPETH and KNORKATOR have been confirmed for this year's Earthshaker Fest, set to take place July 21-22 in Kreuth, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ARCH ENEMY BRAINSTORM DEATHSTARS DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER EDGUY EKTOMORF ENSIFERUM EQULIBRIU...March 3, 2006
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NOCTURNAL RITES Confirmed For Sweden's KRAMFORS STADSFEST
Sweden's NOCTURNAL RITES have been confirmed for the Kramfors Stadsfest, set to take place June 16-17 in Kramfors, Sweden. Also scheduled to appear are DESTYNATION (formerly ETERNIA). As previously reported, NOCTURNAL RITES recently completed work on "Still Alive", the second video from their "Grand...March 2, 2006
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Ex-HAMMERFALL Bassist To Record Demo With SHOT INJECTION
Former HAMMERFALL bassist and founding member Fredrik "Loppan" Larsson will join SHOT INJECTION for the recording of their upcoming demo. The recordings will be completed at Division One Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden and will be mixed and engineered by Arnold Lindberg (EVERGREY, DIMMU BORGIR, IN FLA...February 28, 2006
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HAMMERFALL To Release New Album In October
HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "The Winter Olympics 2006 are over, and it ended on a high note for us: Sweden beat Finland 3-2 in the ice-hockey final, in a very exciting and nerve-racking game. Actually, the Finns were the most...February 28, 2006
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Edge of the World
No disrespect to the dead intended — be it John Entwistle, beloved anchor of THE WHO, or workingman's drummer Cozy Powell, both of whom have left us. But this record, recorded in the mid-'90s, was shelved by JUDAS PRIEST axeman Glenn Tipton's label for a reason. That reason being: it sucks. Even sta...February 27, 2006
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HAMMERFALL Congratule Swedish Women's Curling Team On Winning Olympic Gold
HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Fantastic! Wonderful! Amazing! Incredible! Awesome! Simply great! The Swedish women's curling team, with whom we did a video for 'Hearts On Fire' a month or two ago, won the gold medal in the Olymp...February 24, 2006
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Swedish Heavy Metal Women Rock And Roll Into Olympic Finals
Reuters is reporting that the Swedish heavy metal band HAMMERFALL offered rock-solid support to Sweden's women curlers for Wednesday's Olympic semi-final win over Norway. Sweden's telegenic quintet, favorites for the gold medal, thrilled the curling world in January when they swapped brooms for air...February 22, 2006
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ARCH ENEMY: 'Live Apocalypse' DVD Nearing Completion, New Video In The Works
ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "OK, so what's happened 'round here? Well, we've actually been keeping busy and focused during our time home since the holidays. A lot of effort has gone into working on the first-ever ARCH ENEMY DV...February 21, 2006
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CANDLEMASS Win Swedish 'GRAMMY' Award For 'Best Hard Rock' Album
CANDLEMASS won a Swedish "Grammy" award in the "Best Hard Rock" category, beating out the likes of HAMMERFALL, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, MESHUGGAH and OPETH. The Swedish doom legends were honored for their self-titled 2005 opus, which is available on Nuclear Blast Records. EVERGREY were nominated in the "...February 8, 2006
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HAMMERFALL Guitarist Hopes More Video Channels Will Play 'Hearts On Fire' Clip
HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "February has come, and with that two big things for us: the annual Swedish Grammy Awards next week, and the Olympics beginning on the 10th. As I already have [mentioned], we recorded a video for 'He...February 3, 2006
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HARDCORE SUPERSTAR: 'She's Offbeat' Live Video Posted Online
Swedish sleaze rockers HARDCORE SUPERSTAR have posted a live video of the track "She's Offbeat", recorded on January 27, 2006 at X&Y in Borås, Sweden, at this location (Windows Media). As previously reported, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR will play two shows at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg, Sweden on March...January 31, 2006
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NARNIA Sign With MASSACRE RECORDS
Swedish metallers have NARNIA have reached an agreement with the German label Massacre Records to release the band's new studio album, "Enter the Gate" on April 21. "We also worked with Massacre for the release of our live DVD in 2004 and we are very excited about stepping into the future together w...January 30, 2006
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Drummer SNOWY SHAW Quits DREAM EVIL
Swedish drummer Snowy Shaw (DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) has posted the following message on his official web site: "January 30th: SNOWY and DREAM EVIL = NO MORE. Less than a month before the scheduled recording of their fourth album, Snowy decides to pull the p...January 30, 2006