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Anedonia

Italy's APOSTOLUM are clearly fans of atmospheric doom, albums by bands like early KATATONIA and PARADISE LOST certainly taking up space on shelves in their homes. Enjoying it and playing it are two complete different things though, and the band should probably stick to the former, as the 34-minute...

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SWALLOW THE SUN: 'Hope' To Be Released On Vinyl

Garden Of Exile Records will release "Hope", the latest album by Finnish doomsters SWALLOW THE SUN, as a double LP. The vinyl release will contain an AMORPHIS cover as a bonus track, featuring a guest appearance by AMORPHIS vocalist Tomi Joutsen. Says the label: "You can expect some nice-colored hea...

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OPETH Mainman: 'My Belief In This Band And Its Music Is As Strong As Ever'

OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt has issued the following update: "Yeah, I'm writing and it's going well. I've always been extra productive when there's a big change in my life. Sure, I write a lot of shit as well, but the way I see it is you gotta wade through some shit to find the pearls. ...

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KATATONIA, SCAR SYMMETRY, INSOMNIUM, SWALLOW THE SUN: North American Dates Announced

KATATONIA will team up with support acts SCAR SYMMETRY, INSOMNIUM and SWALLOW THE SUN for a North American tour this fall. Kicking of September 4, the trek will make nineteen stops around the country before concluding on September 26 in Houston. Confirmed dates are as follows: Sep. 04 - Jaxx - West...

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FOSCOR Signs With TEMPLE OF DARKNESS RECORDS

Black metallers FOSCOR have signed with Temple of Darkness Records, the Spanish label specialising in old-school black and death metal, for the release of their second album, "The Smile of The Sad Ones". One of the very few black metal bands hailing from the Catalan region of Spain, FOSCOR has alway...

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BLITZKRIEG, SKYCLAD, KORPIKLAANI Confirmed For Spain's MARTOHELL HORNS UP Festival

BLITZKRIEG, SKYCLAD, KORPIKLAANI, AUTUMNAL, KATATONIA, BETWEEN THE FROST, EVERFROST and KOSTO AND FULL are among the confirmed bands for the Martohell Horns Up festival, set to take place June 16 at Martorell in Barcelona, Spain. For more information, click here. BLITZKRIEG recently inked a deal wit...

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INTERMENT Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement

Reactivated Swedish old-school death metallers INTERMENT have parted ways with bassist Mattias "Cryptan" Norrman (KATATONIA, ex-DELLAMORTE) "because of Mattias' lack of time," according to a posting on the group's web site. "He [has] his ass full with KATATONIA and we understand his situation. So fr...

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Memory of a Dream

With every batch of pre-pubescent hardcore polliwogs in too-tight ironic shirts doing third-rate ISIS and PELICAN impressions lately, it's easy to be suspicious when another band comes along fusing apocalyptic chords and dark, brooding atmospheres. Thankfully, TRANSMISSION0 have been around the bloc...

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THE FORESHADOWING Signs To CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

Candlelight Records has announced the signing of Italian gothic-doom band THE FORESHADOWING. The group's full-length debut, "Days of Nothing", will be released in Europe on October 22. According to a press release, "'Days of Nothing' is THE FORESHADOWING's first chapter of apocalypse. The band combi...

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OCEANS OF SADNESS: 'Pride And Shame' Video Posted Online

Belgian progressive metallers OCEANS OF SADNESS have issued the following update: "We recorded a brand new video clip for 'Pride and Shame', one of the songs on the new 'Mirror Palace' album. The video was directed by Mirko Cocco, a great Dutch director who has already made videos and DVDs for bands...

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KATATONIA: Photos From Madrid Concert Posted Online

A number of high-quality photos of KATATONIA and AUTUMNAL performing at Sala Caracol in Madrid, Spain earlier in the month have been posted online at MetalSymphony.com. KATATONIA's setlist was as follows: 01. Leaders 02. Wealth 03. Soil's Song 04. Deadhouse 05. Teargas 06. Cold Ways / Had to (Leave)...

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ENSLAVED, KILLING JOKE Members Join Forces In DREAM OF AN OPIUM EATER

DREAM OF AN OPIUM EATER, the U.K./Norwegian band featuring Benny Calvert from KILLING JOKE, Ivar S. Peersen from ENSLAVED, Reuben Gotto from TWINZERO/JOHNNY TRUANT and Julia Ruzicka from MILLION DEAD, has been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Roskilde Festival, set to take place July 5-8 in Ros...

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IN FLAMES, MACHINE HEAD Confirmed For Denmark's ROSKILDE FESTIVAL

IN FLAMES and MACHINE HEAD have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Roskilde Festival, set to take place July 5-8 in Roskilde, Denmark. Other acts scheduled to appear include KATATONIA, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, ZYKLON, VOLBEAT, THE PSYKE PROJECT, PELICAN, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE and MASTODON. For...

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KATATONIA Confirmed For Denmark's ROSKILDE FESTIVAL

Swedish metallers KATATONIA has been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Roskilde Festival, set to take place July 5-8 in Roskilde, Denmark. Other acts scheduled to appear include RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, THE WHO, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, MASTODON and MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE. For more information, click...

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ISIS, MISERY INDEX Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA Open Air Metal Festival

ISIS, MISERY INDEX, TURISAS, THUNDERSTONE, MAJ KARMA, STURM UND DRANG, PROFANE OMEN and SCENT OF FLESH have been confirmed for the Tuska open-air festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Kaisaniemi in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 32 bands on three stages will perform over the course of three...