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X JAPAN Reunites For New Single, Tour
05 Jun 2007
Nearly ten years since X JAPAN's New Year's "farewell" concert and nine years after the death of the band's influential lead guitarist Hideto "Hide" Matsumoto, X JAPAN has officially reformed and is planning a new tour and single, tentatively due before the end of 2007.
According to an article in the Japanese newspaper Sponichi, X JAPAN founder Yoshiki summoned former vocalist Toshi to Los Angeles in November 2006 to work on a song that was written as a tribute to late guitarist Hide, entitled "Without You" (originally released instrumentally on Yos ... |
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ABORTED And POINT BLANK RAGE To Team Up For Canadian Tour
02 Jun 2007
ABORTED and POINT BLANK RAGE will team up for a Canadian tour in July/August. Confirmed dates are as follows:
Jul. 26 - Halifax, NS - The Speakeasy Jul. 27 – [to be announced] Jul. 28 - Jonquiere, QC - Pub Extreme Jul. 29 - Quebec, QC - l'Anti Jul. 30 - Ottawa, ON - Rainbow Bistro Jul. 31 - Toronto, ON - Metal Bar Aug. 01 - London, ON - Pandemic Nightclub Aug. 02 - Windsor, ON - TBA Aug. 03 - Sherbrooke, QC - Bar Le Magog Aug. 04 - Trois-Rivières, QC - Maquisart Aug. 05 - Montreal, QC - Foufounes Électriques ABORTED recently launched a new |
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CELLADOR Announces New Drummer
02 Jun 2007
After three months of auditions, Nebraska extreme power metallers CELLADOR have announced the addition of drummer Rick Halverson to the group's ranks.
"Wow! I'm so excited about the new music and lineup!" commented Halverson. "We've all known each other for a while and it just seemed like a no-brainer decision for me to join the band. We're gonna blow some minds...that's for sure!!" |
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GRAVEWORM: Entire New Album Available For Streaming
02 Jun 2007
"Collateral Defect", the latest album from Italy's premiere gothic-tinged black metal act GRAVEWORM, is now available for streaming at MP3.com. The album will be up until Sunday, June 3 and will be released in North America on June 5 via Nuclear Blast Records.
"Collateral Defect" was recorded at Sta ... |
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NIGHTWISH: New Single 'Eva' In Plagiarism Investigation
31 May 2007
According to Finland's MTV3, the new NIGHTWISH single "Eva" is currently under investigation by Teosto, the Finnish RIAA equivalent whose task it is to promote the rights of composers, lyricists, arrangers and music publishers, and to strengthen the diversity of Finnish composition. The chorus of the song is allegedly very similar to a track called "Whirlpool" by Jukka Reinivuo, a relatively unknown Finnish artist. In fact, the similarities are so great that allegations of plagiarism have already been thrown around.
NIGHTWISH keyboardist and com ... |
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MASTERPLAN Guitarist Talks About Proposed Project With MICHAEL KISKE, KAI HANSEN
29 May 2007
Baz Anderson of MetalStorm.ee recently conducted an interview with MASTERPLAN/ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:
MetalStorm.ee: So how well do you think the album "MK II" has come across? Roland: I think pretty good, honestly, because I think people, you know, lost a bit of faith in this band and when we released the album of course many people checked it out to see "how bad we are" — but people were surprised that nothing really changed so much, I mean the music is still the same kind of style and yeah, it's good. We did our b ... |
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CELTIC FROST Frontman: 'We're Ready To Get Back Home And Write The New Album'
29 May 2007
Chad Bowar of About Heavy Metal recently conducted an interview with CELTIC FROST mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer. An excerpt from the chat follows:
About Heavy Metal: You've been on the road with TYPE O NEGATIVE for about a month. How has it been going? Tom Gabriel Fischer: It's fantastic. Both bands are mutual fans of each other. We have a very good relationship with them. The only thing that's difficult sometimes is that since we are not playing huge places a lot of times, the stage size is really small. Sometimes we have to make do with very l ... |
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NIGHTWISH Announces New Singer
26 May 2007
Finnish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have recruited 35-year-old Swedish singer Anette Blyckert (a.k.a. Anette Olzon) to replace Tarja Turunen. A photo of the new vocalist can be found here. A short video "greeting" from Anette is available for download at this location (MPEG, 5 MB).
Regarding her musical background, Anette said, "I was raised in a musical family and I've been singing since childhood. My mom also forced me to play the oboe for 8 years! I toured constantly with my mom and he ... |
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DEICIDE Parts Ways With Guitarist RALPH SANTOLLA
26 May 2007
Florida-based death metallers DEICIDE have parted ways with guitarist Ralph Santolla. A replacement axeman has not yet been announced.
Santolla (ex-DEATH, ICED EARTH) told BLABBERMOUTH.NET last month that he was looking to join a new band "in any genre of metal." "I like to keep busy writing, recording and touring," Santolla said. "Down time drives me nuts. Anyone looking for a guitarist can contact me at ralphsantolla@hotmail.com." Santolla appears on DEICIDE's latest CD, "The Stench of Redemption", which was released in August via Earache Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Scars of the Crucifix" ... |
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GORGOROTH: 'Carving A Giant' Video Posted Online
26 May 2007
GORGOROTH's video for the song "Carving a Giant" has been posted online at this location.
The "Carving a Giant" clip made its debut on MTV Norway's "Headbanger's Ball" last Sunday, May 20. The track comes off GORGOROTH's latest CD, "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam", which was released last year via Sweden's Regain Records. An in-depth report on the "Carving a Giant" video shoot is available at |