Danish folk metal band SVARTSOT has entered the LSD Studio in Lübeck, Germany to begin recording its sophomore album with producer Lasse Lammert (ALESTORM, INCUBATOR, HALCYON WAY, LUCY'S DOLL). The CD will be released in the spring via Napalm Records. Check out the band's studio diary on the SVARTSOT MySpace page. On December ...
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BOLT THROWER, DECAPITATED, EPICA and NEVERMORE are among the confirmed bands for next year's Metalfest Open Air, set to take place May 13-15 at Schloss Mamling in Mining am Inn, Austria. Three stages will feature 90 bands for only 59 euros. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALESTORM BOLT THROWER DECAPITATED EPICA HELLSAW ...
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Atlanta, Georgia's HALCYON WAY has completed tracking the drums for its new album, due out in the spring via Nightmare Records. The drums were recorded at Open Sky Studios in Atlanta with Mike Froedge (DOUBLEDRIVE, BLOODSIMPLE, DIXIE INCORPORATED) at the helm. The follow-up to 2008's "A Manifesto For Domination" will feature new vocalist Steve Braun, ...
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Behind-the-scenes footage from this year's installment of the European Paganfest tour — featuring headliners KORPIKLAANI alongside DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, UNLEASHED, ALESTORM, EX DEO and SWASHBUCKLE — can be viewed below. The seven-minute clip includes an interview with EX DEO/KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono. Paganfest 2009 remaining tour dates: Oct. 01 - Innsbruck, Austria - Hafen Oct. ...
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Multinational melodic metallers EDEN'S CURSE will open for Scottish pirate metallers ALESTORM on their upcoming U.K. tour. Also appearing on the bill is THE ROTTED. The dates are as follows: Dec. 06 - Moho Live - Manchester, UK Dec. 07 - The Corporation - Sheffield, UK Dec. 08 - The Cathouse - Glasgow, UK Dec. ...
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Metalchroniques.com conducted an interview with EX DEO/KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono at the September 20, 2009 Antwerpen, Belgium stop of EX DEO's Paganfest Europe tour with KORPIKLAANI, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, UNLEASHED, ALESTORM and SWASHBUCKLE. Watch the chat in two parts below. Photos of the concert can be found at this location. "Romulus", ...
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Video footage of EX DEO — the band led by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono — performing at the Hirsch in Nürnberg, Germany on September 14, 2009 as part of the Paganfest Europe tour with KORPIKLAANI, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, UNLEASHED, ALESTORM and SWASHBUCKLE can be viewed below (courtesy of "Breathtodominate"). "Romulus", the debut album from EX ...
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Polish epic heavy metal band WITCHKING has parted ways with drummer Krzysiek Nowakowski and replaced him with Michal Stefanski (KTO BY TO WIEDZIAL, MORD'A'STIGMATA). WITCHKING's "And The Bearer Goes" video can be viewed below. The song comes off the group's self-titled debut album, which came out in 2007 via the French label Aural Offerings. WITCHKING ...
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Atlanta, Georgia-based progressive metal band HALCYON WAY has parted ways with singer Sean Shields due to creative differences. Taking over on vocals for the Nightmare Records recording artist is Steve Braun, known for his work with Italian progressive metallers ASHENT, who have released two records via Lion Music. "I'm really excited and humbled by the ...
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ELUVEITIE (Switzerland), BELPHEGOR (Austria), ALESTORM (U.K.), VREID (Norway) and KIVIMETSÄN DRUIDI (Finland) will join forces for the Heathenfest America tour in November. The dates are as follows: Nov. 03 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium Nov. 04 - Toronto, ON - The Opera House Nov. 05 - Montreal, QC - Le National Nov. 06 - ...
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Quality video footage of New Jersey's thrashing pirates SWASHBUCKLE performing the song "Cruise Ship Terror" at this year's Wacken Open Air festival — which was held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany — can be viewed below (courtesy of "framednoise"). "Back To The Noose", the new album from SWASHBUCKLE, was released on ...
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Another trailer for "Back To The Noose", the new album from New Jersey's thrashing pirates SWASHBUCKLE, can be viewed below. The CD is scheduled for release on July 24 via Nuclear Blast Records. SWASHBUCKLE has been added to this year's Paganfest Europe tour alongside KORPIKLAANI, UNLEASHED, ALESTORM, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER and EX DEO. The trek ...
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New Jersey's thrashing pirates SWASHBUCKLE will take part in an online chat on Thursday, July 23 at the "Metal.de-Room" of The Dark Chat beginning at 9:00 p.m. CET. "Back To The Noose", the new album from SWASHBUCKLE, is available for streaming in its entirety on the band's MySpace page. The CD ...
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Austria's Stormbringer.at webzine conducted an interview with EX DEO/KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono on July 10, 2009 at the Masters Of Rock festival in the Czech Republic. Watch the eight-minute chat below. "Romulus", the debut album from EX DEO, sold around 600 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according ...
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"Back To The Noose", the new album from New Jersey's thrashing pirates SWASHBUCKLE, is available for streaming in its entirety on the band's MySpace page. The CD is scheduled for release on July 24 via Nuclear Blast Records. SWASHBUCKLE has been added to this year's Paganfest Europe tour alongside KORPIKLAANI, UNLEASHED, ALESTORM, DIE ...
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"Romulus", the debut album from EX DEO — the band led by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono — sold around 600 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales **ARE** included in the SoundScan totals.) The CD landed at position No. 90 on the Top New ...
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Metal Injection conducted an interview with New Jersey's thrashing pirates SWASHBUCKLE in May 2009 during the Paganfest tour of North America, which also featured KORPIKLAANI, PRIMORDIAL, BLACKGUARD and MOONSORROW. Watch the chat and performance footage from the trek below. SWASHBUCKLE's new album, "Back To The Noose", is scheduled for release on July 24 ...
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"Keelhauled", the new video from the Scottish folk/power metal band ALESTORM, can be viewed below. The song comes off the group's latest album, "Black Sails At Midnight", which sold around 600 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales **ARE** included in the SoundScan totals.) ...
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EX DEO — the band led by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono — has enlisted bassist Dano Apekian from Montreal, Quebec's melodic death metal outfit ASHES OF EDEN. Commented Maurizio: "We knew that Francois Mongrain (MARTYR) couldn't make it on some tours with EX DEO even before we asked him to perform on [EX DEO's debut] ...
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"Romulus", the debut album from EX DEO — the band led by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono — is available for streaming in its entirety at this location. Due on June 19 (Europe) and June 30 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD was recorded with producer (and KATAKLYSM guitarist) Jean-Francois Dagenais ...
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"And The Bearer Goes", the new video from the Polish epic heavy metal band WITCHKING, can be viewed below. The song comes off the group's self-titled debut album, which came out in 2007 via the French label Aural Offerings. WITCHKING recently announced the addition of singer Michal Zaczek (RELOAD) to the group's ranks. Commented guitarist ...
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"Black Sails At Midnight", the new album from the Scottish folk/power metal band ALESTORM, sold around 600 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales **ARE** included in the SoundScan totals.) The CD landed at position No. 87 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) ...
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A trailer for "Back To The Noose", the new album from New Jersey's thrashing pirates SWASHBUCKLE, can be viewed below. The CD is scheduled for release on July 24 via Nuclear Blast Records. SWASHBUCKLE has been added to this year's Paganfest Europe tour alongside KORPIKLAANI, UNLEASHED, ALESTORM, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER and EX DEO. The trek ...
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New Jersey's thrashing pirates SWASHBUCKLE have been added to this year's Paganfest Europe tour alongside KORPIKLAANI, UNLEASHED, ALESTORM, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER and EX DEO. The trek kicks off on September 11 in Munich, Germany and concludes on October 3 in Linz, Austria. "Cruise Ship Terror", the new video from SWASHBUCKLE, can be viewed below. The ...
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Polish epic heavy metal band WITCHKING has announced the addition of singer Michal Zaczek (pictured below; RELOAD) to the group's ranks. Commented guitarist Tomek Pater: "We had a very good contact with Michal from the very first meeting. There's no doubt that he is the right person in the right place. He passes his enthusiasm ...
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An e-card for "Romulus", the debut album from EX DEO — the band led by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono — can be accessed at this location. Due on June 19 (Europe) and June 30 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD was recorded with producer (and KATAKLYSM guitarist) Jean-Francois Dagenais (MISERY ...
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German melodic folk/death metallers SUIDAKRA have announced the addition of guitarist Sebastian Hinz (pictured below) to the group's ranks. The band states, "[Sebastian is] a hell of a nice guy and knows to rip his guitar and vocal cords on stage, plus he's already contributed some backing vocals on the latest record, 'Crógacht'." In other ...
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Montreal-based sympho/black/folk/power metal act BLACKGUARD (formerly PROFUGUS MORTIS) has issued the following update: "It is with great regrets that we have to announce to all of you guys that BLACKGUARD pulled off Paganfest Europe that was taking place in September-October 2009 alongside KORPIKLAANI, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, UNLEASHED, ALESTORM and EX DEO. "This situation is far ...
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EX DEO — the band led by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono — is a streaming a new song, "Legio XIII", on the group's MySpace page. The track comes off EX DEO's debut album, "Romulus", which is scheduled for release on June 19 (Europe) and June 30 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records. The ...
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Ken of MetalFanzine.net recently conducted an interview with KATAKLYSM/EX DEO frontman Maurizio Iacono. The 20-minute clip — which includes performance footage — can be viewed below. KATAKLYSM will headline the Summer Madness European tour with Nuclear Blast labelmates DEATH ANGEL and KEEP OF KALESSIN. "Prevail", the most recent CD by KATAKLYSM, was honored in the ...
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