Swedish epic/melodic metallers NARNIA — who recently parted ways with singer Christian Liljegren — have announced the addition of vocalist Germán Pascual (see photo below) to the group's ranks. The band says, "Germán truly shares our vision and has shown us that he can handle old NARNIA songs with finesse, but most importantly that he ...
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Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) will guest on "Uncensored Net Noise" on Friday, September 12 beginning at 9:30 p.m. EST. You can listen to the program live via the Internet at this location. XXX, the Gothenburg, Sweden-based glitter-rock trio featuring Snowy Shaw, will ...
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Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH will release their first live album, "At the Arena ov Aion – Live Apostasy", in October 2008 via Regain Records. The CD will be available as digibook (15 tracks) and metalbox (including a patch, a guitar pic and bonus songs). "At the Arena ov Aion – Live Apostasy" (see cover artwork ...
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Actress and philanthropic fashion designer Christina Fulton has announced her engagement to Stian Thoresen, also known as Shagrath, frontman for the Norwegian black metal band DIMMU BORGIR. The couple will wed in a private sunset ceremony on September 20, 2008, at the world-renowned Prekestolen in Norway. "Fate brought the two together. It's absolute romance in ...
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XXX, the Gothenburg, Sweden-based glitter-rock trio featuring multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME), will film a video for the song "Hello" on Saturday, September 13 at Götaplatsen (a public square in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the southern end of Kungsportsavenyn [The King's Gate Avenue], the city's main street) ...
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Cyprus-based metal act PRODIGAL EARTH will release its debut album, "Zenith II Zero", in October via Pitch Black Records. According to a press release, the CD "includes 12 melodic heavy/power compositions characterized by an overall fresh sound as well as Nicholas Leptos' (DIPHTHERIA, ARRYAN PATH) charismatic voice. The album's cover and inlay artwork have been ...
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OPERA DIABOLICUS, the Swedish doom rock-opera project featuring multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME), has returned to the studio to "fix the flaws" on its self-titled debut album. According to a press release, "This decision was made in agreement between their future record companies and the band ...
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XXX, the Gothenburg, Sweden-based glitter-rock trio featuring multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME), will have its debut album, "Heaven, Hell or Hollywood?", released in Japan in October through King Records. The band is currently in the early stages of negotiating deals with several labels for the rest ...
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Minneapolis symphonic metal band AESMA DAEVA has scheduled two shows in August and September in honor of its guitarist Earl Root, who passed away on May 23 due to complications from Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, a cancer he had been battling for over 10 years: Aug. 29 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN (Earl Root Benefit) Sep. ...
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Norwegian newspaper VG is reporting that DIMMU BORGIR's 31-year-old frontman Shagrath (real name: Stian Tomt Thoresen) will marry actor Nicolas Cage's 41-year-old ex-girlfriend Christina Fulton in September. (See photo of the couple below.) Fulton (web site) was involved in a romantic relationsip with Cage during the '90s, and they ...
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Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) has just finished laying down the drum tracks for the debut album from EYES OF NOCTUM, the California-based band fronted by actor Nicolas Cage's 17-year-old son Weston (MySpace page). The CD recordings are currently proceeding at Studio Fredman ...
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Israel's "holy project" AMASEFFER has composed the original soundtrack for the Israeli film "Altalena". The film's premiere will take place on July 14 at the Jerusalem Film Festival. All three members of AMASEFFER will attend the screening, meet the press and talk about their work on the score. Visit the "Altalena" page at official festival ...
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Denmark-based hard rockers ROYAL HUNT have issued the following update: "Mark Boals [vocals] won't be able to participate in ROYAL HUNT shows on July 16th (in Sønderborg, Denmark with ALICE COOPER), August 6th and August 10th (in Copenhagen and Odense, Denmark with DEEP PURPLE) due to his previously arranged commitments. In order to not disappoint ...
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A trailer for "Live Gothic", the forthcoming DVD from Sweden's THERION, can be viewed below. With the success of 2007's "Gothic Kaballah" and 2004's "Lemuria/Sirius B", Sweden's THERION brought its enchanting and majestic live show throughout the world with stops in the U.S., many successful European festival gigs and a full European tour, including a ...
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Argentine gothic metal band ETHERNA will be joined by singer Thomas Vikstrm (THERION, CANDLEMASS, TALK OF THE TOWN, MEHIDA) for its August 8 concert at Acatraz in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They will play new songs as well as tracks from ETHERNA's 2006 EP and from Vikstrm's bands. ETHERNA and Thomas Vikstrom previously collaborated on the ...
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OPETH mainman Mikael kerfeldt has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "We made it! First tour in support of 'Watershed' nailed down! We really enjoyed the Progressive Nation tour, all of us. It was one of the smoothest and quickest runs we've ever done. Great company too! All the guys from DREAM THEATER ...
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With the success of 2007's "Gothic Kaballah" and 2004's "Lemuria/Sirius B", Sweden's THERION brought its enchanting and majestic live show throughout the world with stops in the U.S., many successful European festival gigs and a full European tour, including a concert in Poland which was professionally filmed for the "Live Gothic" DVD. Due in the ...
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Swedish metallers OPETH performed five songs at the Nova Rock festival in Austria with guest bass player Johan Niemann (THERION, DEMONOID) filling in for Martin Mendez, who stayed home to spend time with his girlfriend and newborn son. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Demon Of The Fall 02. Baying Of The Hounds 03. ...
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Female-fronted Israeli metal stalwarts DISTORTED in April released their second full-length album, "Voices from Within", via Candlelight Records. The follow-up to 2006's "Memorial" was recorded at Underground Studios with producer Pelle Seather and it features guest appearances by Thomas Vikstrm (THERION, ex-CANDLEMASS), Lisa Johansson (DRACONIAN) and Sven De Caluwe (ABORTED). Sven also created the
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MEHIDA, the Finnish/Swedish melodic metal band featuring former CANDLEMASS/current THERION singer Thomas Vikstrm, recently entered the studio to begin recording its second album, due later in the year via Napalm Records. "The rhythm guitars were recorded at Fear & Loathing (MESHUGGAH, CLAWFINGER) studio with CLAWFINGER mastermind Jocke Skog," the group writes on its web site. ...
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Leif Edling (CANDLEMASS, KRUX) and Mats Levn (KRUX, ex-THERION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) are among the guest musicians who appear on the new album from JUPITER SOCIETY, the brainchild of KRUX keyboardist Carl Westholm (also of CARPTREE). Entitled "First Contact - Last Warning", the epic concept album contains "the ambient but symphonic production known from CARPTREE and ...
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Swedish epic/melodic metallers NARNIA who recently parted ways with singer Christian Liljegren have issued the following update: "Wooow! What can we say? We didn't know what to expect, but we've been in touch with so many great singers out there, all with great voices in different ways. Thank you all for your interest. I hope ...
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Metal Mind Productions has set a June 9 European release date (September 2 in the U.S. via MVD) for the first official release of SACRUM's "Darkstricken" album. The LP, which was originally released in late 2006 as an attachment to the Polish metal magazine Thrash 'Em All, features the following track listing: 01. Enter The ...
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A widget for "Slaves for Life", the debut album from AMASEFFER, the "holy project" featuring guest appearances by Mats Levn (KRUX, ex-THERION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN), Angela Gossow (ARCH ENEMY) and Kobi Farhi (ORPHANED LAND), is available below. AMASEFFER recently inked a deal with InsideOut Music. "Slaves for Life" is the first in a trilogy about the ...
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Thiago Sarkis of Roadie Crew magazine (web site) organized a poll in which 330 guitarists were asked about their favorite guitarists of all time. Among the participants in the poll were current and former members of such bands as GUNS N' ROSES, KISS, MACHINE HEAD, NIGHTWISH, MEGADETH, SCORPIONS, TESTAMENT, ARCH ENEMY, KING DIAMOND, ...
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Swedish epic/melodic metallers NARNIA who recently parted ways with singer Christian Liljegren have issued the following update: "First of all THANKS for all comments and supportive messages lately. We have decided to give it a shot and let you all know that we are looking for someone to replace Christian Liljegren, who left us a ...
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Female-fronted Israeli metal stalwarts DISTORTED last month released their second full-length album, "Voices from Within", via Candlelight Records. The follow-up to 2006's "Memorial" was recorded at Underground Studios with producer Pelle Seather and it features guest appearances by Thomas Vikstrm (THERION, ex-CANDLEMASS), Lisa Johansson (DRACONIAN) and Sven De Caluwe (ABORTED). Sven also created the
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Swedish epic/melodic metallers NARNIA have issued the following update: "We are sad to announce that Christian Liljegren has left NARNIA. Christian was NARNIA's singer for 12 years and he was also one of its founding members. The decision behind the split was a mutual agreement between Christian and the rest of the band. We understand ...
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"Worlds Collide", the new album from the Finnish cello quartet APOCALYPTICA, sold 11,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 59 on The Billboard 200 chart. The impressive opening tally was driven in large part by the success of the CD's first single, "I'm Not Jesus", ...
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Swedish metallers THERION have issued the following update: "Today we have an announcement that will come as a shock to all of you. The four permanent members of the band have had some discussions and it is clear that we have different goals and visions for the future. Therefore it is best for the band, ...
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