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| Friday, September 03, 2010 - Katana sign record deal. | Traditional Metallers Katana have inked a deal with Rambo/Sony Music, who will release their debut album, entitled Heads Will Roll soon!
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| Thursday, September 02, 2010 - New U.D.O Album Title Revealed | Legendary metal singer Udo Dirkschnider has confirmed that the latest U.D.O album will be entitled "Rev Raptor" and will be released on January 14th 2011 on AFM Records.
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| Thursday, September 02, 2010 - New Kamelot Video Released | The video for the new Kamelot single "The Great Pandemonium" can be viewed on the bands Myspace page.
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| Thursday, September 02, 2010 - Kataklysm reach highest chart positions in career. | Canada's very own Kataklysm have reached the highest chart entry in the carrier of the band, with their newest album, Heaven's Venom:
Austria #32
Germany #35
Switzerland # 53
USA # 196
Frontman Maurizio Iacono had the following praising words for the fans: "On behalf of Kataklysm thank you for buying the album and keeping the support strong, we are close to two decades since we started and we are charting the highest positions ever and now finally in the U.S. as well ( something must be wrong hehehe) .. Again a sincere thank you!"
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| Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - Sabaton To Re-Release Back Catalogue | Sabaton have released the following press statement with regards to re-releases of their older records::
"Do you wonder what Sabaton did in the studio about one month ago?
Do you wonder why Primo Victoria, Attero Dominatus, Metalizer and Art of War is so hard to get these days?
This is why...
To be able to continue to do what we all love, meaning to continue to play music and to tour the world, we have now purchased the rights to the Sabaton music. And to celebrate this we want to make them available again to all of you in a unique cooperation between Sabaton, Nuclear Blast and Black Lodge.
Now what does this mean??
Well, first it means that when you buy a Sabaton album, more of the money spent on the albums will actually go to Sabaton and second it means that we want to celebrate this by making the first four albums available again, but in really cool new versions!
We give you... The Sabaton Re-Armed Editions and here is a sample of one bonus track!
The 4 first original albums of Sabaton, complete with new artwork, new booklets, posters and of course: New music!
We have dug deep into the treasury of Sabaton to find unique, strange, funny and unexpected songs.
Every album on the Re-Armed editions will feature new tracks and they will include some old demos, some cover songs, some live versions of songs, some really old and unheard songs and some completely new songs recorded in Studio Abyss.
They will all be re-released on the 27th September 2010 & can from today be pre-ordered right here!"
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| Monday, August 30, 2010 - Thrashfest trailer available. | Legendary Thrashers Kreator and Exodus have teamed up with Death Angel and Suicidal Angels to deliver a blast of a show! The four bands will tour Europe together this November and December.
To get a taste of what´s to be expected and see if the Thrashfest comes to your town, check out the trailer for the show here.
For even more info, take a look at the Thrashfest myspace page or www.thrashfest.eu
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| Monday, August 30, 2010 - New Kamelot Album Samples Available | Norwegian/American power metal group Kamelot have posted a medley of samples from their new album "Poetry For The Poisoned" on their Myspace.
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| Friday, August 27, 2010 - New Release from Joe Satriani | Joe Satriani, one of rock music's most renowned electric guitarists, has announced that his highly anticipated 14th studio album "Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards" is to be released in the UK on Monday October 4th by Epic records. The album release dovetails with Satch's autumn UK tour, which kicks off on October 17th at the Manchester Apollo.
Joe Satriani has been a worldwide guitar hero since his 1987 breakthrough album, "Surfing With The Alien". Over 10-million albums sales, 15 Grammy nominations and numerous accolades later, Joe continues to push the envelope of modern rock guitar playing.
In 2009 Satriani teamed up with Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony of Van Halen plus Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) to form Chickenfoot. Their debut album became a global hit and received gold awards in the US, Canada and Europe, while Classic Rock Magazine voted them Best New Band of 2009.
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| Thursday, August 26, 2010 - Bye Bye Media Section | The Media Section has been removed from the site.
Hosting the files and the monthly traffic fee has become too expensive to keep it running when taking everything into account.
In the future we will concentrate on the core of the site instead.
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| Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - Snowy Shaw Joins Dimmu Borgir Then Returns To Therion | Yesterday it was announced that well known metal musician Snowy Shaw would be joining Dimmu Borgir to take the bass/clean vocals role vacated by ICS Vortex.
Shaw had commented saying: "Yeehaw! I'm so happy and proud to be in the coolest band on the planet (since Kiss [circa] 1976)"
In a strange twist of fate it has been announced today that Shaw has now quit Dimmu Borgir to rejoin Therion, his previous band who he left back on the 7th of July this year.
Christofer Johnsson, the creative force behind Therion, has released the following statement:
"We are very happy to announce that Snowy has rejoined Therion We welcomed him back with open arms, and we will now be making a mix between the new show we had planned, and the last one which involved Snowy. We think the merger between the two concepts will be incredible, and we look forward to taking the band's live performance to the next level."
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| Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - Therion wants you to make their new videoclip! | Swedish symphonic-gothic giants Therion have announced an unusual contest: get inspired by the lyrics of their new song Sitra Ahra, shoot your own video for the song, and win a yet-to-be-revealed price!
Sitra Ahra will be released the 17th of September, which is also the deadline for the competition. The winner will be picked by Therion mastermind and guitarist Christofer Johnsson.
Read the lyrics to Sitra Ahra and get more info at the Nuclear Blast homepage.
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| Friday, August 20, 2010 - Arjen Reveals Star One Singers And Album Concept | Arjen has posted another video update to his Youtube channel -- this time revealing the singers who appear on the new Star One album Victims of the Modern Age as well as the album concept. You can watch it here.
For those of you who can't watch the video, here is the info:
Star One vocalists
Russell Allen (Symphony X)
Damian Wilson (Headspace, Threshold)
Floor Jansen (ReVamp, ex-After Forever)
Dan Swanö (Nightingale, Second Sky, ex-Edge Of Sanity)
Album concept
Here's what Arjen has to say about the concept of "Victims of the Modern Age":"I based the songs on dystopian and post-apocalyptic sci-fi movies that have made an impression on me throughout my life. Unlike the first Star One album 'Space Metal,' where all the songs were set in space, this time most of the songs take place right here on Earth. No, I'm not going to tell you which movies inspired the tracks -- that would spoil all the fun! And I do hope that the dark subject matter won't keep people from enjoying this journey through time to some of the more grim possible outcomes for humanity's future."
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| Friday, August 20, 2010 - Whitesnake announces new bassist | Whitesnake has announced the addition of bassist Michael Devin to the group's ranks.
Devin, 35, most recently played in Lynch Mob alongside new Whitesnake drummer Brian Tichy.
Commented Michael: "It's an honor to be welcomed into the Whitesnake family. I'm a big fan. Whitesnake is notorious for exciting musicianship, David's history is rich, and I'm very proud to be here."
Whitesnake's current lineup is rounded out by guitarists Doug Aldrich and Reb Beach, and keyboardist Timothy Drury.
Whitesnake is in the studio recording the follow-up to 2008's "Good To Be Bad" for a spring release via Frontiers Records. A worldwide tour in support of the CD will follow the album's release.
"The new songs are in the very familiar and recognizable Whitesnake territory of soulful, bluesy, melodic power rock, with a couple of ballads thrown in for good measure," David Coverdale said. "It can't be a Whitesnake album without ballads, mate!"
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| Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - Giuffria Reissues on Metal Mind Productions | Metal Mind Productions presents the exclusive reissues of Giuffria's stunning self-titled debut and brilliant follow-up "Silk and Steel".
Giuffria was an American rock band that was formed in 1982 by Gregg Giuffria after his departure from the band Angel. Gregg decided to form a project of his own, calling it simply Giuffria. The band got a contract with MCA Records in 1984 and soon released their self-titled debut album. "Giuffria" brought eleven brilliant tracks bordering on hard rock and metal, packed with stellar keyboard melodies. The LP reached No.26 on the album charts, spawning two hit singles - "Call to Your Heart" and "Lonely In Love".
Before releasing their second opus, Giuffria went through some line-up changes and in 1986 the reformed band released "Silk and Steel", delivering ten amazing songs filled with hard rock passion. Again, two singles were released - "I Must Be Dreaming" (a Willy DeVille cover) and "Love You Forever".
With these exclusive reissues of Giuffria's stunning self-titled debut and brilliant follow-up "Silk and Steel", we bring you back the legacy of a true 1980's rock legend. Both albums will be available in new digipak editions, each limited to 2000 copies. Re-release of "Silk And Steel" includes a bonus track. The material was remastered using tube technology, digitally edited on a golden disc. The release date is set up for 6th September in Europe and 9th November in USA (via MVD).
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| Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - New Virgin Steele Album Details Revealed | Virgin Steele will release their new album, "The Black Light Bacchanalia" on the following dates:
Germany, Austria, Switzerland: October 22
Rest of Europe: October 25
USA, Canada: November 9
The effort will be made available as limited-edition digipak, standard CD, double gatefold vinyl and as a digital download.
Songtitles set to appear on the CD include:
By The Hammer Of Zeus
Pagan Heart
The Bread Of Wickedness
The Orpheus Taboo
In A Dream Of Fire
Nepenthe
Necropolis (He Answers Them With Death
To Crown Them With Halos Parts 1 & 2
The Tortures Of The Damned
The Black Light Bacchanalia (The Age That Is To Come)
Eternal Regret
Commented vocalist David DeFeis:
"It will be a long album... close to 80 minutes. The album (to be really brief) concerns the reversal of all things. Once conquered by invading cultures, older Pagan deities become the demons from the new religion. The Black Light Bacchanalia is a reversal of the sacred sexual customs, and the final desecration of the 'Goddess Principle,' switching from matrilineal descent to patrilineal descent, with the rise of the idea of the Mountain-Fire God.... And it also has to do with ancient fears such as the fear of the sun not rising...Lyrically it is a kind of continuation of the story I told on the last album...Musically it is quite something else..."
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| Monday, August 09, 2010 - Arjen to release a new Star One album! | Update from the official Arjen Lucassen website:
You've not heard anything from us in a while, but there's a good reason. We'll let Arjen take it from here:
"I'm so sorry for the long silence, but I hope you will forgive me! You see, I've spent the past few months working feverishly to get my next album ready in time. Luckily, I did it -- it's finished, and if all goes well will be released in late October 2010. It's a Star One follow-up called "Victims of the Modern Age" and the beautiful cover art is by Cristophe Desssaigne, who also designed the Guilt Machine artwork last year.
For the next few weeks leading up to the release we'll be pestering you with little audio and video updates, so stay tuned! You can see the first video update here."
From all of us at ArjenLucassen.com, until next time!
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| Sunday, August 08, 2010 - Boulevard Reissues on Metal Mind Productions | Boulevard is considered as one of the most important arena rock bands in the history of Canadian music. Their two classic albums - the self-titled "Blvd" and "Into The Street" - brought a fantastic mixture of 80's pop and rock, similar to what bands such as Toto, Mr. Mister and Glass Tiger had to offer. Sadly, their career ended with the birth of the grunge movement, which pretty much dominated the entire rock scene in the 1990's.
Today, Boulevard is yet another group of lost rock 'n' roll heroes, whose albums were truly appreciated only after their demise. These exclusive reissues of "Blvd" and "Into the Streets" bring back two absolute AOR classics, filled with prime melodic rock 'n' roll straight from the Canadian soil.
Both albums will be available in new digipak editions, each limited to 2000 copies. The material was remastered using tube technology, digitally edited on a golden disc. Metal Mind Productions set up the release date for 6th September in Europe and 9th November in USA (via MVD).
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| Friday, August 06, 2010 - Cloven Hoof Lose Members | Classic NWOBHM act Cloven Hoof have released the following press statement with regards to the recent departure of several band members:
"Ben Read (guitar), Mick Powell (guitar) and Jon Brown (drums)are no longer members of Cloven Hoof. Ben Read and Mick Powell have walked out on the band with only 5 weeks to go before 2 prestigious gigs in Finland and Germany. They are letting down the fans, the promoters and the good name of Cloven Hoof. It had been noticed for some time that their stage presence was nil and their musicianship was deteriorating by the day.
In order not to let the fans down they were still kept on board until the 2 dates had been honoured. As their sacking was inevitable, Mr Powell and Mr Read decided to do the maximum amount of damage possible and leave the band high and dry.
As a direct consequence of Ben and Mick action Cloven Hoof have take the decision to dispense with the services of Jon Brown.
Lee Payne and stand in vocalist Russ North are currently in negotiation with the promoters to see if they can still make an appearance at the 2 festivals out of loyalty to the fans.
Cloven Hoof have vowed to return stronger than ever with dedicated band members fit to be in the band."
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