Sweden's PAIN, the brainchild of HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren have had their third full-length album, Nothing Remains The Same, named "Album Of The Month" by Germany's Hammer magazine. In other news, Tägtgren recently took time out from touring activities to do some writing for the next PAIN album, which is not expected to surface before ...
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PARADISE LOST have been confirmed to appear at the Summer Breeze Open Air 2002 festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 22-24 in Abtsgmünd, Germany. PARADISE LOST will be the headliners on Saturday, August 24th. The complete list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: AD INFERNA AFTER ...
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San Francisco Bay Area's DRAGONLORD, featuring current and former members of TESTAMENT, are the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ALABAMA ...
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TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy and guitarist Eric Peterson joined Sweden's SOILWORK onstage during the latter's performance at the Cactus Club in San Jose on Thursday, June 6th. Billy reportedly contributed his vocals to the "harsh" chorus parts of the track "Follow the Hollow", while Peterson joined the Scandinavian act for a three-guitar rendition of "The ...
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Sweden's PAIN, the brainchild of HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren, will be issuing a new single, "Eleanor Rigby", on June 24th through Stockholm Records. The title song, a "brutal" remake of the BEATLES cut featuring a full orchestra, is a different version to the one that appears on the group's current album, Nothing Remains The Same, ...
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Belgian gory death metallers ABORTED are tentatively due to record their next full-length CD, entitled The Saw And The Carnage Done, in November for a February 2003 release through Listenable Records. Around 8-9 songs will be laid down, featuring material "somewhat in the vein of Engineering The Dead, yet more evolved, faster, catchy & offensive," ...
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TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy will be joining Sweden's SOILWORK ("one of my favorite bands," according to Billy) onstage to sing one track during the latter's performance at the Cactus Club in San Jose on June 6th. Also appearing on the bill will be HYPOCRISY and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. In related news, SOILWORK will be embarking on ...
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IRON SAVIOR, MEZARKABUL and HEAVENLY are the latest acts to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY AMON AMARTH BLAZE BLIND GUARDIAN BLITZKRIEG ...
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SCAR CULTURE have lined up drummer Alpheus Underhill to replace Duke Borisov on their upcoming North American tour with HYPOCRISY, SOILWORK and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. Borisov, the band's original drummer, was forced to take a hiatus from the group last month. A resident of Los Angeles, Underhill jumped at the opportunity to fly out New York ...
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Dutch death metallers SINISTER will soon enter the studio to record Creators Of Brutality, an album's worth of classic death metal covers from the 80s and 90s. Included will be renditions of cuts from PUNGENT STENCH, INFERNAL MAJESTY, CELTIC FROST, KREATOR, DEATH, and others. Recordings will start this summer for a late 2002 release. In ...
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Finland's KOTIPELTOthe solo band of STRATOVARIUS vocalist Timo Kotipeltoand Japan's METALUCIFER and SABBAT are the latest acts to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ...
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Britain's RAGING SPEEDHORN and Canada's KATAKLYSM are the latest acts to have been confirmed for With Full Force festival, which is scheduled to take place between July 5th and July 7th near the town of Leipzig, Germany. The full line-up of acts presently scheduled to appear at the event now looks like this: SLAYER MOTRHEAD ...
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BIOHAZARD and MOONSPELL are the latest acts to have been confirmed for this year's Graspop Metal Meeting festival, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, July 5th and Saturday, July 6th in Dessel, Belgium. The full list of artists set to appear at the event now looks like this: Friday, July 5th: Marquee I: ...
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SINGLE BULLET THEORY will be supporting HYPOCRISY, SOILWORK, and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE during their upcoming US tour, which is scheduled to kick off on May 12th in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is not presently clear if SINGLE BULLET THEORY will be making an appearance on the bill in addition to the previously-announced SCAR CULTURE, or if ...
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Swedish death metal legends UNLEASHED are the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY AMON AMARTH BLAZE BLIND GUARDIAN BLITZKRIEG ...
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HYPOCRISY/PAIN mainman Peter Tgtgren has played several shows in Sweden with heavyweight eurodance act E-TYPE as the latter group's guitarist and may do so again during the summer, if his schedule permits. For this, and more revelations, check out a video interview with Peter in streaming Real Video at this location. ...
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HYPOCRISY/PAIN mainman Peter Tägtgren has played several shows in Sweden with heavyweight eurodance act E-TYPE as the latter group's guitarist and may do so again during the summer, if his schedule permits. For this, and more revelations, check out a video interview with Peter in streaming Real Video at this location. ...
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Due to the current epidemic events in Greece, IMMORTAL and HYPOCRISY have been advised to cancel their shows in Tessalolinki and Athens by the German International Affairs department. The lethal virus, which causes inflaming in the hearts of its victims, spreads easily when big crowds gather due to the highly contagious factor of its origin. ...
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Sweden's ARCH ENEMY are the latest act to have been confirmed for With Full Force festival, which is scheduled to take place between July 5th and July 7th near the town of Leipzig, Germany. The full line-up of acts presently scheduled to appear at the event now looks like this: SLAYER MOTRHEAD MACHINE HEAD BIOHAZARD ...
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Due to a family emergency, SCAR CULTURE drummer Duke Borisov has been forced to take a temporary hiatus from the band. As a result, the Brooklyn, New York-based group are currently on a frantic search for a fill-in drummer for their upcoming North American tour with HYPOCRISY, SOILWORK and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. Interested parties should e-mail ...
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These are the dates that have thus far been confirmed for the upcoming US tour featuring HYPOCRISY, SOILWORK, SCAR CULTURE and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: May 12 - St. Paul, MN @ The Lab May 13 - Sauget, IL @ Pop's May 14 - Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theater May 15 - Chicago, IL @ The Metro ...
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Ticketmaster is currently selling tickets to the following dates on the forthcoming North American tour featuring HYPOCRISY, SOILWORK, SCAR CULTURE, and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: May 13 – Pops - Sauget, IL May 15 - Metro - Chicago, IL May 22 - Jaxx Nightclub - W. Springfield, VA May 26 - Krome - South Amboy, NJ A ...
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As first reported here on March 20th, MALEVOLENT CREATION have officially signed with Nuclear Blast Records for the European territory. The band are currently in the middle of playing the No Mercy festivals European dates with HYPOCRISY and IMMORTAL before entering Sweden's Abyss Studio with producer Peter Tagtgren to record their eighth studio album, tentatively ...
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DREAM THEATER, IMMORTAL, and DORO are the latest acts to have been confirmed for this year's Graspop Metal Meeting festival, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, July 5th and Saturday, July 6th in Dessel, Belgium. The full list of acts set to appear at the event now looks like this: Friday, July 5th: ...
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ARCH ENEMY will not be touring the US in May as part of the HYPOCRISY/SOILWORK package and are presently looking for bigger and better opportunities for the same time period, according to a spokesperson for the band's American record label, Century Media Records. They were never confirmed [for the tour], the label rep told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. ...
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Sweden's THE MUSHROOM RIVER BAND, featuring former SPIRITUAL BEGGARS bassist/vocalist Christian “Spice” Sjöstrand, have been tapped to replace Spice's previous group, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, as one of the headliners of this year's 2000 Decibel festival, which is scheduled to be held on May 18th in Bengtsfors, Sweden (180 km north of Gothenburg). The full list of ...
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HYPOCRISY, ARCH ENEMY, SOILWORK, and SCAR CULTURE are strongly rumored to be teaming up for a North American tour that will begin in mid-May and last several weeks. So far, only one date has been leaked: Sunday, May 26th at Jaxx in West Springfield, Virginia. Exact dates and venues for the remainder of the trek ...
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Acclaimed German thrashers DEW-SCENTED have enlisted Hendrik Bache to handle second guitar duties at the group's upcoming European live dates, including a full-length tour with CANNIBAL CORPSE and SEVERE TORTURE in the fall. Here is a full list of upcoming DEW-SCENTED live appearances: w/NO RETURN, SCARVE, RAIN Apr. 03 – Amnéville, FRA @ L' After ...
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