AMARANTHE (formerly AVALANCHE), the new project featuring Olof Mörck (NIGHTRAGE, DRAGONLAND), Jake E (ex-DREAM EVIL, DREAMLAND), Andy Solveström (WITHIN Y, EVILDOER, CIPHER SYSTEM) and Morten Lowe Sorensen (THE ARCANE ORDER, SUBMISSION), has announced the addition of bassist Johan Andreassen (ex-ENGEL) to the group’s ranks.
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Karagiannidis Panagiotis of Metalpaths conducted an interview with bassist Sharlee D’Angelo of Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY when the band played in Greece at the end of November.
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Holland’s FaceCulture recently conducted an interview with vocalist Mark “Barney” Greenway of British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH.
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Nijmegen, Netherlands-based death metal band VICTIMIZER has inked a deal with Deity Down Records.
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Roxx Records has revealed the cover artwork (see below) for the strictly limited-edition, two-disc, gold-letter edition of “Break The Curse”, the classic 1990 album from Australian Christian metallers MORTIFICATION, to celebrate the LP’s 20-year anniversary.
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SOULFLY entered Edge Of The Earth studios in Hollywood, California on November 6 with producer Logan Mader (MACHINE HEAD, DIVINE HERESY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, GOJIRA, DEVILDRIVER) to begin recording its new album, “Omen”, for an early 2010 release via Roadrunner Records.
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Athens, Georgia-based melodic metal band THEOCRACY has announced the addition of bassist Jared Oldham to the group’s ranks.
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RIOT has parted ways with vocalist Tony Moore.
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ABORTED, CEREBRAL BORE, DEW-SCENTED, GOROD, ROTTEN SOUND and THE RED CHORD have been confirmed for next year’s edition of the Neurotic Deathfest, set to take place April 30 – May 1, 2010 at 013 in Tilburg, Holland.
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Finnish all-girl band INDICA has inked a deal with Germany’s Nuclear Blast Records.
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In a recent interview with BW&BK scribe Carl Begai, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA violinist Anna Phoebe discussed her plans of working and touring with UK prog metal…
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Swedish rockers EUROPE have issued the following update: “All you beautiful Danes, your favourite band will come down to sing for Obama and the rest in…
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Legendary British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN has been confirmed for next year’s Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden.
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