Sweden's THERION performed with a full symphonic orchestra, choir and international opera stars on Saturday, December 9, 2006 in front of 3,000 fans at the Palace Hall in Bucharest, Romania. A review of the event, including photos, can be found at Metalhead.ro. The new THERION album, entitled "Gothic Kabbalah", is available for listening ...
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TIAMAT has been confirmed for the 12th edition of Belgium's largest metal festival, Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 22-24, 2007 in Dessel. TIAMAT will perform on Saturday, June 23. "Last time we pierced our nipples, got naked and pissed drunk," said TIAMAT mainman Johan Edlund. "Should be fun." Also scheduled to appear ...
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The new THERION album, entitled "Gothic Kabbalah", is available for listening at this location. Due in North America on February 6, 2007, the CD was recorded and mixed in Stockholm by Stefan Glaumann (RAMMSTEIN, EVERGREY, EUROPE) and features Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (MERCYFUL FATE, KING DIAMOND, DREAM EVIL) sharing the vocal duties with ...
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German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER have announced a number of release parties for their new CD, "Liberty or Death", due out on January 12 in Europe and January 30 in North America via Locomotive Records: Jan. 05 - Cologne- Club Privilege (special guest: vocalist Chris Boltendahl) Jan. 06 - Bochum - Matrix, Rockpalast (special guest: ...
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BLIND GUARDIAN, THERION, CANNIBAL CORPSE and HATEBREED have been confirmed for next year's installment of Hellfest, set to take place June 22-24, 2007 in Clisson, France. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BLIND GUARDIAN IMMORTAL THERION CANNIBAL CORPSE HATEBREED KICKBACK MOHO ORTHODOX EPHEL DUATH 1349 More acts and final headliners will be announced ...
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Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBAL CORPSE COMMUNIC DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER DIMMU BORGIR ...
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Metalhead.ro recently conducted an interview with THERION about the Swedish band's upcoming concert with a full symphonic orchestra, choir and international opera stars, which will take place on December 9, 2006 at the Palace Hall in Bucharest, Romania. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metalhead.ro: [This] month you will perform for ...
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A preview clip of the upcoming the first-ever live DVD from Dutch death metallers SINISTER, entitled "Prophecies Denied", has been posted online at YouTube.com. Due in Europe on December 11 (January 16, 2007 in North America via MVD Visual), the disc was shot with seven cameras on August 24 at the Stodola Club ...
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The third edition of the Nuclear Podblast, hosted by Anders Fridén (IN FLAMES), Morten Veland and Monika Pedersen (SIRENIA), is availabe at this location. It features new and previously unreleased tracks by THERION, SIRENIA, TAROT, MNEMIC, ECHOES OF ETERNITY and KNORKATOR as well as an exclusive interview with Morten from SIRENIA. ...
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THE VISION BLEAK have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBAL CORPSE COMMUNIC DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER DISILLUSION ENSLAVED GRAVE DIGGER HAGGARD ...
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CELTIC FROST has announced the online availability of two new lines of globally exclusive merchandise through CELTIC FROST's Webstore. * The only legitimate H.R. Giger/CELTIC FROST "To Mega Therion" merchandise featuring H.R. Giger's "Satan I" painting is now available online through both the "Europe" and "America" webstores on www.celticfrost.com. * Equally exclusive is ...
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San Diego-based female-fronted power metallers BENEDICTUM have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBAL CORPSE COMMUNIC DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER DISILLUSION ENSLAVED ...
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Polish death metallers VADER have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBAL CORPSE COMMUNIC DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER DISILLUSION ENSLAVED GRAVE DIGGER HAGGARD ...
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The Associated Press recently conducted an interview with CELTIC FROST bassist Martin Eric Ain and frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's comeback album, "Monotheist", which took four years to make: Ain: "It wasn't only four years of writing the songs and recording the material. It was four ...
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Sweden's THERION has announced the addition of singer Lori Lewis from Minneapolis, Minnesota to its touring lineup. "She is the singer of AESMA DAEVA (a band that actually supported THERION on one of the shows on the U.S./Canada tour 2005)," the group writes on its web site. "Thanx to John (Prassas) from the band for ...
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Sweden's THERION has updated its official web site with the following message: "Three weeks before the THERION goes classic show (December 9th, Palace Hall, Bucharest) we are proud to announce a huge surprise to the fans: Ex-SCORPIONS and ELECTRIC SKY member Uli Jon Roth, currently developing his own projects with the SKY ORCHESTRA, confirmed his ...
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Crossover thrash merchants MUNICIPAL WASTE have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBAL CORPSE COMMUNIC DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER DISILLUSION ENSLAVED GRAVE DIGGER ...
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THERION mainman Christofer Johnsson has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We want to thank everyone who sent their applications for the soprano position with THERION live 2007. We have received tons of applications. Both from hopeful amateurs and professional singers. Tomorrow we will take a decision of who to bring. ...
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A sample of THERION's version of "O Fortuna" was aired as part of NPR's "Weekend Edition Saturday" program about the lasting appeal of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana". The THERION version opens the show and gets a mention in the piece as well. Listen to the show at this location (click on the "Listen" ...
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Sweden's THERION has revealed more details about their upcoming show with a full symphonic orchestra, choir and international opera stars, which will take place on December 9, 2006 at the Palace Hall in Bucharest, Romania. According to the band, the concert will consist of three parts: 1. Pure orchestral versions of THERION songs. For example, ...
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Locomotive Records has set a January 30, 2007 U.S. release date for GRAVE DIGGER's new album, "Liberty or Death". An e-card for the band's new maxi-single, "Yesterday", which was released on October 10, is available at this location. For the "Yesterday" single, vocalist Chris Boltendahl, guitarist Mani Schmidt, bassist Jens Becker, drummer Stefan ...
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Sweden's THERION has issued the following update: "THERION had planned to use the same singers from the latest album also live, but unexpectedly, we are one soprano short. We're reight now checking our contacts for a replacement, but thought we might surprise a bit and actually do like NIGHTWISH did and let people we don't ...
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ESSENCE OF SORROW, the Finnish band led by DIVINEFIRE guitarist Jani Stefanovic, will release its debut album, "Reflections of the Obscure", on December 21 in Japan through King Records and on January 10 in Europe via Rivel Records. The band, initially a solo project, began to take shape during the spring of 2005 in Gothenburg, ...
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DISILLUSION and NEAERA have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBAL CORPSE COMMUNIC DISILLUSION ENSLAVED GRAVE DIGGER HAGGARD HEAVEN SHALL BURN IMMORTAL ...
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Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (MERCYFUL FATE, KING DIAMOND, DREAM EVIL) has been named the new singer in THERION. The group's new album, "Gothic Kabbalah", was recorded and mixed in Stockholm by Stefan Glaumann (RAMMSTEIN, EVERGREY, EUROPE) will be released in January 2007 via Nuclear Blast Records. Snowy shares the vocal duties with Mats Levén (YNGWIE ...
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LETZTE INSTANZ, a German rock band particularly noted for its use of the violin and cello, has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BLACK MAJESTY BLIND ...
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Sweden's THERION has set "Gothic Kabbalah" as the title of its new album, due on January 16, 2007 via Nuclear Blast Records. Check out the cover artwork at this location. THERION will team up with GRAVE DIGGER and SABATON for European tour beginning on January 17 in Essen, Germany. A complete list of ...
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CELTIC FROST continues to expand its "Photo Gallery" at www.celticfrost.com to include even more pictures from the current North American "Monotheist" tour. The "Photo Gallery" now includes pictures from the second night at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York on September 15, as well as pictures of San Francisco from ...
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Sweden's THERION has posted the following message on its official web site: "At the Palace Hall in Bucharest, Romania on December 9th, THERION [will] play with [a] full symphonic orchestra, choir and international opera stars. The band will go on stage with nearly 70 musicians of the Academic Radio Choir, 100 instrumentists of the Romanian ...
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Italian hard rock singer Chris Heaven is currently working on cover versions of WHITESNAKE's "Slide It In" and LED ZEPPELIN's "Kashmir" for upcoming tribute albums. Other musicians that are scheduled take part include Rowan Robertson (DIO), Gerald Kloos (EMPIRE), Gonzo (ARMORED SAINT), Johan Niemann (THERION, MIND'S EYE), and Daniel Flores (MIND'S EYE, SECRET SPHERE). Chris ...
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