AMARANTHE singer Elize Ryd (pictured below) has been selected to fill the female singer spot on KAMELOT’s upcoming European tour in April/May.
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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Take Action, Volume 9 compilation due out next month
August Burns Red, Bring Me the Horizon, Broadway Calls, Cobra Starship, Fake Problems, Frank Turner, Hit The Lights, I Set My Friends on Fire, LIGHTS, Mayday Parade, Set Your Goals, Taking Back Sunday, The Dangerous Summer, The Swellers and This Providence are among those confirmed for the forthcoming Take Action! compilation’s ninth volume. Due out February 9, 2010, the album will feature 35 acoustic and previously unreleased tracks.
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Polish Political Party Goes After BEHEMOTH Frontman Over 2007 Bible-Tearing Incident
Gazeta.pl reports that two and a half years after vocalist/guitarist Adam “Nergal” Darski of Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH destroyed a Bible during a concert Poland, the national conservative Polish political party Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc (PiS) wants the band’s frontman to be prosecuted for offending people’s religious beliefs ? a criminal offense under Polish law.
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THE 69 EYES Performs On Swedish TV; Video Available
Finnish goth metallers THE 69 EYES were the featured musical guests on this morning’s (Wednesday, January 13) edition of the “Nyhetsmorgon” program on Sweden’s TV4.
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‘Candlemass Chronicles’: New Issue Focusing On ‘Chapter VI’ Album Out Now
Established in 2008, the purpose of the Candlemass Chronicles is to create an in-depth biography of the legendary Swedish doom metal band CANDLEMASS in the form of magazines.
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Former IRON MAIDEN Guitarist To Perform With Kids At U.K. Charity Concert
U.K.’s Herts And Essex Observer reports that former IRON MAIDEN guitarist Dennis Stratton will perform students from Bishop’s Stortford’s Clive’s Easylearn music school on January 25 at a concert for Macmillan Cancer Support and the Teenage Cancer Trust.
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Mute to reissue first three Buzzcocks albums
On February 9th Mute will reissue the Buzzcocks first three studio album as double-disc deluxe editions. Another Music in a Different Kitchen, Love Bites, and A Different Kind of Tension will be augmented with singles, demos, live cracks, Peel sessions and more. Another Music in a Different Kitchen includes a full length 1977 show recorded at Manchester’s Electric Circus, while Love Bites now features a 1978 show from Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall.
The Buzzcocks last released Flat-Pack Philosophy in 2006. They’ll play the upcoming Musink festival with NOFX, The Damned and Face To Face among others.
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AKERCOCKE Announces U.K. Dates With DARK FUNERAL
British extreme metal veterans AKERCOCKE will support DARK FUNERAL on the following dates: March 12 – Leeds, UK – Rio’s March 13 – Glasgow, UK – Hammerfest/Pontins Holiday Park March 14 – Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms March 15 – London, UK – Underworld In other news, AKERCOCKE members Matt Wilcock (guitar, ex-THE BERZERKER) and David Gray (drums) have launched a brand new project called
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HIGH ON FIRE: New Song Available For Streaming
“Frost Hammer”, a brand new track from the Oakland, California-based power trio HIGH ON FIRE, is available for streaming at Stereogum.
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DECEASED And SUPERCHRIST To Team Up For ‘Slaves To The Grave’ Tour
Underground death metal legends DECEASED and Chicago beer-metal derelicts SUPERCHRIST will join forces on the “Slaves To The Grave” tour in April 2010.
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THE RED CHORD Announces Headlining Tour
Boston, Massachusetts metallers THE RED CHORD have released their most unrelenting album to date in “Fed Through The Teeth Machine” and are taking their show back on the road this spring with a headlining tour.
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Missing METALLICA Fan’s Father: ‘People Don’t Just Vanish’
Roanoke, Virginia’s WSLS 10 reports that the parents of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington have invited a North Carolina-based search organization to help locate their daughter and warned Tuesday that the 20-year-old’s October 17 disappearance at a METALLICA concert means the Charlottesville area is not as safe as residents may believe.
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SANCTUARY’s Classic Albums To Be Reissued On Single CD
On March 8, Ironbird via Cherry Red Records will reissue SANCTUARY’s first two albums ? 1987’s “Refuge Denied”, produced by Dave Mustaine of MEGADETH; and 1990’s “Into The Mirror Black”, produced by Howard Benson ? on a single CD.
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