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GORGOROTH Complete Work On New Album
07 Apr 2006
Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have completed work on their new CD, "Ad Majorem Satanhas Gloriam". Next week (April 11-12), the band's bassist and songwriter King ov Hell will take off for New York to sit in on a listening session for the new CD and to give interviews. A summer release via Regain Records is expected.
GORGOROTH reportedly recorded several shows on their fall 2005 European tour with 1349 for an upcoming live album, entitled "True Norwegian Black Metal". Scheduled for a late autumn release in 2007, it will mark and celebrate GORGOROTH's 15-year anniversary. GORGOROTH were most recently signed to ... |
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FINNTROLL Acquire New Singer
07 Apr 2006
Finland's FINNTROLL have secured the services of TWILIGHT MOON frontman Mathias Lillmåns as the group's new lead singer. Lillmåns is reportedly 23 years old, and like FINNTROLL's original vocalist, Katla Mathias, is Fenno-Swedish, with Swedish as his mother tongue. Check out pictures of FINNTROLL performing live with Mathias Lillmåns on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at the Night Life Rock club in Helsinki at this location.
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TAAKE Frontman Hoest, Doing Time In Norwegian Prison.
05 Apr 2006
A representative for Dark Essence Records has confirmed that TAAKE frontman Hoest is doing time in a Norwegian prison at the moment. "He will be out in a couple of months, and will then finish the work on the new TAAKE release," the representative said. "Yes, there will be more coming from TAAKE in the near future! More info about that will come. We can also mention that C. Corax who plays guitar on the '...Doedskvad' and '...Bjoergvin...' albums, also is in prison at the moment, but for a bit longer time." TAAKE's third album, "Doedskvad", was released last year via Dark Essence Records. The band had previously released two albums on the Wounded Love label: "Nattestid..." (1999) and "Bjoergvin" (2002). "Doedskvad" is the last installment in this trilogy.
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MEGADETH Guitarist: New Album Is 'Heavy And Complex'
05 Apr 2006
MEGADETH guitarist Glen Drover has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site:
"Just arrived back home [in Canada] from the start of recording the new MEGADETH album and I must say that things went very well! We all had a great time and I am very happy with the results! Some really cool heavy and complex stuff going on in the material, which I'm very excited about." MEGADETH's appearance at this year's Desert Rock 2006 festival on March 16 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates marked their debut performance with new bassist James Lomenzo, who has previously played with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and WHITE LION, among others. Lomenzo joined MEGADETH as the replacement for James MacDonough (ex-ICED EARTH), who was fired from the group on February 10, 2006 due to "personal differences."
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OPETH Frontman Talks About Collaboration With MIKE PORTNOY, STEVEN WILSON
03 Apr 2006
OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has confirmed reports that he is planning on collaborating with PORCUPINE TREE's Steven Wilson and DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy on an as-yet-unnamed new project. "We've been talking the three of us," Mikael said in a recent interview with Tony of KASC The Blaze 1260 AM (web site) (the campus radio station at Arizona State University). "It started with me and Steve. Once we first met, which was like six years ago or something, we've been talking about doing something, like writing together. And since he worked with [OPETH
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BLUT AUS NORD Putting Finishing Touches On New Album
03 Apr 2006
French metallers BLUT AUS NORD continue to work on their highly anticipated new album, "M.O.R.T." (Metamorphosis of Realistic Theories). Expected for release early fall, the album follows the band's critically-acclaimed "The Work Which Transforms God"; reissued mid-2005 in the U.S. with the value-added EP "Thematic Emanation of Archetypal Multiplicity" (a recording previously only available in Europe). Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Ruins of the Genesis (Antiparticles)" , "Dis-Harmonization of all Visual Echoes", "Fusion With the Zero", "Samsaric Ocean", "The Meditation of the Ghost (Samadhi)", "Le Cercle de Ceu ...
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DREAM THEATER's PORTNOY To Collaborate With OPETH's ÅKERFELDT?
30 Mar 2006
Jakob Herrmann of Drummer's Digest recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:
On whether the technical side of the band's music superior to the musical side: Portnoy: "We try to have a balance. There's times when we know we want to write stuff that's very technical, and at that point it's dictated by our technical abilities. But then there's other times where we wanna cool it out and really concentrate on the song, and that's when we wanna put the technical side on the shelf and try to really concentrate on the songwri ... |
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PRIMAL FEAR To Make 'Huge Announcement' In Coming Weeks
30 Mar 2006
According to a posting on PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner's official web site, PRIMAL FEAR will be making a "huge announcement" in the coming weeks. The band recently completed a Japanese tour and are preparing for a number of festival appearances during the summer.
In other news, Mat's long-running SINNER project "will be revamped during the summer and we're thinking about [signing] a new record deal and recording a new album," according to Mat. Also on the Sinner-related front, SHIVA — the reformed band featuring Sinner and former ATROCITY drummer Martin Schmidt — are in the process of mixing th ... |
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FAIRYLAND: Webmaster Lashes Out, Shuts Down Website
30 Mar 2006
The webmaster for France's symphonic power metal band Fairyland—who once featured ex-Dark Moor vocalist Elisa C. Martin on vocals—has apparently blocked the band's current website (http://www.fairylandmetal.com) due to three years of unpaid domain, hosting and development fees. The message reads as follows: This website is currently blocked! Since Fairyland haven't paid the bill for more than 3 years. In fact, they never paid anything: no money for the website developpment, nor for the hosting. Neither for the domain name. They actually are in debts for more than 1500€ for now, and I personnaly ... |
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Gaia Epicus vs. Sound Riot Records; Round 2
26 Mar 2006
After unleashing a barrage of allegations against their former label, Sound Riot Records, the label issued a response. Now, Gaia Epicus has picked apart this response on their website, and refuted Sound Riot's response line item by line item. Visit the band's website to read Gaia Epicus' latest shot in this escalating, and heated feud with Sound Riot Records.
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