THREAT SIGNAL and MUTINY WITHIN have been confirmed as the support acts on DARK TRANQUILLITY’s upcoming North American headlining tour.
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Swedish progressive metallers OPETH are commemorating their twentieth anniversary by playing six exclusive shows that are taking place across the globe in Stockholm, Sweden; Essen, Germany; Paris, France; London, U.K.; New York City and Los Angeles.
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AMORPHIS will release its first-ever live DVD, “Forging The Land Of Thousand Lakes”, on June 25 (Europe) and June 23 (Finland) via Nuclear Blast, in time for the band’s 20th anniversary.
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Massachusetts metallers ALL THAT REMAINS are currently in pre-production at Zing Studios in Westfield, Massachusetts on their fifth album for a fall 2010 release via Prosthetic Records.
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According to The Pulse of Radio, THE BLACK CROWES will spend the spring and early summer on tour backing last summer’s “Before the Frost ? Until the Freeze”.
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“Eparistera Daimones”, the debut album by TRIPTYKON, the group founded by former HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST singer and guitarist Tom Gabriel Warrior, has registered the following first-week chart positions in Europe: Germany: #81 Switzerland: #73 Finland: #28 “Eparistera Daimones” sold around 1,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release.
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Polish thrashers QUO VADIS have entered Hertz studio (BEHEMOTH, VADER, DECAPITATED, TRAUMA) in Bialystok, Poland to begin recording their eighth album, “Infernal Chaos”, for a late 2010 release.
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Massachusetts-based metallic juggernauts THE ACACIA STRAIN will enter Planet Z Studios in Hadley, Massachusetts on April 14 with producer Chris “Zeuss” Harris to begin recording the follow-up to 2008’s “Continent”.
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Aniruddh “Andrew” Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with FOZZY members Rich Ward (guitar), Sean Delson (bass) and Frank Fontsere (drums) on April 7, 2010 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.
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Former GUNS N’ ROSES/ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA guitarist Gilby Clarke has announced his first show since he sustained serious injuries in a hit-and-run accident on his motorcycle on January 10.
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HOMELAND, the new solo project of BACKYARD BABIES guitarist/vocalist Nicke Borg, will make its live debut at this year’s Peace & Love festival, set to take place place June 28 – July 3 in Borlänge, Sweden.
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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY has commenced the recording sessions for its as-yet-untitled new studio album for a summer release via Roadrunner Records in Europe, E1 Music in North America and Riot! Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand.
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SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker was interviewed on this past Saturday’s (April 3) edition of the “Maximum Threshold” show.
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