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28 äåê 2009
Merry Christmas From SAXON
 Singer Biff Byford from UK metal legends SAXON have issued the following update:
"Merry Christmas!
Well it's hope you all have a great one, lost my other dog today Merlin.
I would like to thank everybody who has helped us this year, every one at xray, ics, all the magazines, radios, record companies, all our families, travel agent, our crew, all the websites, all the bands we have played with, the venues and all our fans world wide.
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28 äåê 2009
PHANTOM X - \'This Is War\' Artwork & reveals new song online!
 The American power metal band PHANTOM X, your new album "This Is War" on 26 January 2010 through Perris Records release. The band now has the new song "Chaos in Paradise" on MySpace with online probehören made. Also, the "This Is War" cover artwork revealed. | 0 | |
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28 äåê 2009
MARTY FRIEDMAN: \'Tokyo Jukebox\' To Receive European Release In February
 Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's ninth album, "Tokyo Jukebox", will be released in Europe on February 22, 2010 via Mascot Records. The CD will feature extendsive liner notes (written by Friedman in the "story behind the song" format) which are exclusive to the European release.
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28 äåê 2009
ATROCITY To Play Special 25th Anniversary Show At Wacken Open Air 2010
 As previously reported, ATROCITY have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, scheduled for August 5th - 7th, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. Frontman Alex Krull has issued the following statement:
"Atrocity will play a special show at Wacken Open Air 2010! Together with the fans and friends at Wacken, Atrocity will celebrate the band's 25th anniversary! In addition to a special Best Of live performance, the greatest Werk 80 show of all times with a amazing stage design will take place! We are really looking forward to this concert!
More news to come, stay tuned!"
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28 äåê 2009
ICARUS WITCH - Artwork, Track List, Release Date & reveals first song online!
 The new and third album, "Draw Down the Moon" of the American metal band ICARUS WITCH comes on 9 February 2010 Cleopatra Records / Koch Distribution in the trade. The band now has the "Draw Down the Moon" cover artwork and track list revealed, besides the title song "Draw Down The Moon" on MySpace has been added to probehören.
"Draw Down The Moon" Track List:
01. Black Candles
02. Aquarius Rising
03. Reap What You Sow
04. Dying Eyes
05. Draw Down The Moon
06. Serpent In The Garden
07. Wine Funeral
08. Haunting Visions
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28 äåê 2009
CROWBAR Officially Splits With Guitarist STEVE GIBB; Replacement Announced
 As first reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET back on June 1, 2009, New Orleans sludge metallers CROWBAR have now officially parted ways with guitarist Steve Gibb and have replaced him with Matthew Brunson, bassist of KINGDOM OF SORROW (the band featuring CROWBAR guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein). Guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein states, "We, of course, all remain very good friends with [former CROWBAR guitarist] Steve Gibb, but his personal training business and gym are doing great, I'm happy to report, but that, and his family at home, simply do not give him the time to play with CROWBAR any longer. We love him dearly and thank him for his dedication while he was jamming with CROWBAR."
CROWBAR's November 20, 2009 concert at the City Club in Houma, Louisiana will be recorded for an upcoming live album. The CD is expected to be released next year via DOWN/ex-PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo's record label Housecore Records.
CROWBAR's forthcoming box set, which will also be released via Housecore, will include the full self-titled demo from the pre-CROWBAR band THE SLUGS that was recorded in April 1990. Songs include "Subversion", "A Breed Apart", "My Agony", "No Quarter" (LED ZEPPELIN cover), "My 4 Walls" and the unreleased track "Brain Freeze".
The lineup on the demo was as follows:
Kirk Windstein: Vocals, Guitars
Jimmy Bower: Drums
Kevin Noonan: Guitars
Todd Strange: Bass
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28 äåê 2009
AVANTASIA: ANOTHER VOCALIST CONFIRMED FOR NEW ALBUM
 On April 3rd Tobias Sammet will unleash what he personally calls ‘the most intense epic’ in his career so far, a two disc continuation of his latest Avantasia album “The Scarecrow” which went straight in the Top-10 album charts in several nations upon its release. The album featured high profile guest musicians such as Alice Cooper, Michael Kiske, Rudolf Schenker and many more and received an award for “Best Rock Production 2008” by the association of sound engineers in Germany.
For his forthcoming releases “The Wicked Symphony” and “Angel Of Babylon” (both albums will also be available in one box set on April 3rd) Tobias has confirmed the following guest stars so far:
Klaus Meine (Scorpions), Ripper Owens (ex-Judas Priest), Eric Singer (KISS), Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween), Jorn Lande (Masterplan), Russell Allen (Symphony X), Bob Catley (Magnum), Jens Johansson (Stratovarius), Alex Holzwarth (Rhapsody), Felix Bohnke (Edguy), Producer Sascha Paeth (ex-Heavens Gate) and Andre Matos (ex-Angra).
And now a new singer can be confirmed. Avantasia fans may be familiar with him, he is the man who has sung the role of Falk von Kronberg back on “The Metal Opera”: Ralf Zdiarstek.
Tobias: “I first heard this guy when I was 15. That's when his band played a little regional gig and me and Edguy were on the billing too. Now, all I knew is that the band featured the guitar player of Kingdom Come, but I immediately fell in love with Ralf’s voice, it blew me away and I wanted to be able to sing like this guy one day. To me he was the mullet-version of Geoff Tate, haha. I called him a few years later and asked him to sing backing vocals on Edguy’s Vain Glory Opera album and he agreed, as long as music and lyrics had no negative or even Satanic spirit or message. Well... To cut a long story short: He ended up on several Edguy albums (remember the Hallelujah-passage on “Theater Of Salvation”?) and a few years later on both Metal-Opera albums of Avantasia – as a lead singer. And now I have managed to get him in the studio again for a track called “Black Wings”, it’s a very dark track and the vocals sound very eerie. You gotta check this out, it’s something I guess we haven’t done before. Rambi sings like no one else, he’s got a unique voice and I am happy to have one of my best friends on the album again!”
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28 äåê 2009
BLACK SUN AEON - \'Routa\' cover artwork revealed
 The Finns of BLACK SUN AEON will be on 6 December 2009 go into the studio and with the recordings of the 2nd Album Routa start. The sequel to the critically praised debut album, "Darkness Walks Beside Me" is a double album with 16 to 20 songs and the album's theme is the Finnish winter, cold, dark and handsome! Now, the "Routa 'cover artwork revealed.
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28 äåê 2009
DORNENREICH: Studiopläne für `Flammentriebe`
 DORNENREICH werden im Sommer 2010 ins Studio gehen, um ihr nächstes Album "Flammentriebe" aufzunehmen. Die österreichische Band verspricht ein "vielfältiges, zupackendes und sehr dramatisches Album".
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28 äåê 2009
DOMINATION BLACK Parts Ways With Singer, Seeks Replacement
 Finnish "horror" metallers DOMINATION BLACK have parted ways with singer Kari A. Kilgast (a.k.a The Sentinel) and are currently seeking a replacement. Interested parties can contact the band at dominationblack@gmail.com. | 0 | |
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28 äåê 2009
MANDRAGORA SCREAM - new album \'Volturna\' & new video \'Blindness\'!
 The new album "Volturna" is the natural evolution of the sound of the Italians MANDRAGORA SCREAM, which began with the debut album and its predecessor, "Madhouse" ended. This was also reflected in the increasing acceptance among press and fans and the success of single "Dark Lantern," one of the meistangeklickten videos on the web. With "Volturna" SCREAM MANDRAGORA add new elements to their sound, to deny a strong industrial influence and melody lines of Terry Horn without the characteristic sound of the Gothic vampire band.
Also, new instrumentation and a varied vocal performance of singer Morgan added. The album contains 16 songs, 13 new tracks, 2 cover versions and an intro. The two covers are "Bang Bang" written by Sonny Bono for his wife, Cher, and "Fade to Gray", a classic of the eighties by Visage. Heart Bound Eve "was created with the assistance of the Spaniard Julio Alves Olivares Merino. The first single Auskopllung of Volturna is "Breaking Down" was produced to which a video that will run to the rock album release in several European TV shows.
In January 2010, the band then go with Christian Death and 69 Eyes on Europe tour and will present 30 shows at the new album "Volturna. "Volturna" is an album with great melodies and lyrics. A perfect album for all the world's gothic which will disappoint no fan of this sounds! And now you can you here the new video for the single "Watch Blindness."
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28 äåê 2009
VAN CANTO - album title, cover artwork, tour reveals Dats 2010 & Release Date
 VAN CANTO's third album is complete in the box. The part is "Tribe of Force" hot and includes 13 songs. A glimpse of the heroic front cover you can now dare.
Pub is "Tribe of Force" as follows:
24.02.10 - Finland, Spain
26.02.10 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, Sweden
01.03.10 - Rest of Europe
09.03.10 - USA / Canada
VAN CANTO Dats Tour 2010:
26.03.2010 Duesseldorf, Pitcher / Steelworks
27.03.2010 tba
28.03.2010 Bruchsal Factory
29.03.2010 Pirmasens, Quasimodo
31/03/2010 Munich, Metropolis
03.04.2010 Lübeck, Tower Rock Festival
09.04.2010 Hameln, Limnanthes
10.04.2010 Essen, Zeche Carl
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28 äåê 2009
EDGUY: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
 I wanna take the opportunity to thank you all for your great support. 2009 was a great year for me, with Edguy we've played a successful world tour, some amazing festivals and in between I have managed to write and compose and produce another chapter in the history of Avantasia, perhaps the most substantial and extensive one, but also the most labor intensive, a big piece of work. But it makes me happy, so it is absolutely the right thing to do. And I hope it will make you happy! Because without you this all would be really, really boring! I wish you health, luck, success, all the very best! Thank you all and Merry Christmas!!! - Tobi
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28 äåê 2009
GAMMA RAY - \'To The Metal\' artwork unveiled
 The German power metal band GAMMA RAY working on your next studio album "To The Metal". In the trade, the new album comes in four versions, 29 January 2010 through earMUSIC / Edel. The band has recorded a total of twelve songs in their studio in Hamburg, ten songs for the regular album and two bonus songs!
Now it became known that Michael Kiske appears as guest vocalist on the new album is only in the choir on backing vocals. Today was also the "To The Metal" cover artwork revealed.
"To The Metal" album versions:
Regular CD Jewel Case
Limited edition with an additional DVD (including the making-of video)
Red vinyl in gatefold packaging
Collectors' Edition with CD and 7 "vinyl with two previously unreleased songs, song, Hand-Signed
Now the track list and details on the Limited Edition has been unveiled.
"To The Metal 'Track List:
01. Rise
02. Deadlands
03. Mother Angel
04. No Need To Cry
05. Empathy
06. To The Metal
07. All You Need To Know
08. Time To Live
09. Shine Forever
10. Breaking Away
Bonus DVD:
60 minutes documentary film shot in HD, with interviews, album Making Of, Gamma Ray live classic songs, video studio, behind the scenes, suction work in progress.
Bonus material:
3 video clips (including "To the Metal")
Full raw interview with Kai Hansen)
(total length 80 minutes approx.)
GAMMA RAY will go along with FREEDOM CALL and SECRET SPHERE from February 2010 an extensive European tour, as might be expected to make this package will NOT stop in Austria. Advance but is still FREEDOM CALL ( "Legend Of The Shadow King" on SPV on January 25, 2010) make a new album on the market.
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28 äåê 2009
ABIGOR - new album comes out in January 2010
 ABIGOR The new album 'Time Is The Sulfur In The Veins Of The Saint ...' is on 18 January 2010 through End All Life Records Seasons of Mist in the distribution of yours.
A 'Cut-preview' of the existing concept album just two songs you can download either in Mp3 format or streaming via MySpace.
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27 äåê 2009
FEAR FACTORY - new song \'Fear Campaign\' online!
 The new Fear Factory album "Mechanize" is on 6 February 2010 via AFM Records. Stylistically, it should go in the direction of "Demanufacture" and "Archetype". It was now the new song "Fear Campaign" with online probehören made.
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27 äåê 2009
HIGH LORD - \'The Death of the Artists\' three new songs online!
 The new album "The Death of the Artists of the Italian progressive power metal band HIGH LORD was on 5 December 2009 via Scarlet Records. On the band MySpace page, the three songs, "The Scream," "The Death of the Artists" and "Dance In A Flame" with online probehören made.
"The Death of the Artists" Track List:
01. Simple Man
02. Every Thrash Of Me
03. Canticle Of The Flesh
04. It Takes Some Passion
05. The Death Of The Artists
06. Dance In A Flame
07. The Scream
08. Slave to Darkness
09. A Queen In My Pocket
10. Rebel Yell (BILLY IDOL cover) (bonus track)
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27 äåê 2009
RIMFROST - new song \'I Stand My Ground\' online!
 The Swedish black metallers RIMFROST have your new album "Veraldar Nagli" on 16 Published November 2009 in Europe, the USA, the album comes out on 12 January 2010 via Season of Mist's Underground Activists division in the trade. Now the new song "I Stand My Ground" with online probehören has been made. | 0 | |
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27 äåê 2009
DREAM EVIL - \'In The Night\' new song \'Bang Your Head\' online
 The Swedish melodic metal masters DREAM EVIL will your new album "In The Night" on 22 January 2010 release via Century Media. And now, the new song " 'Bang Your Head" here on the band's MySpace page with online probehören made.
"In The Night" Track List:
01. Immortal
02. In The Night
03. Bang Your Head
04. See The Light
05. Electric
06. Frostbite
07. On The Wind
08. The Ballad
09. In The Fires Of The Sun
10. Mean Machine
11. Kill, Burn, Be Evil
12. The Unchosen One
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27 äåê 2009
ALESTORM - new song \'Keelhauled at Christmas\' online!
 ALESTORN The new album, "Black Sails at Midnight" was with us on 29 Published in May 2009 via Napalm Records and now the Scottish pirates at Pirate Lord Chris your song "Keelhauled" in a Christmas version online.
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27 äåê 2009
DEAD SHAPE FIGURE Completes Recording Drums, Guitars For New Album
 Finnish modern thrash/death-influenced metal band DEAD SHAPE FIGURE has finished recording the drums and guitars at D-Studio in Nurmijärvi, Finland for its second album, "The Disease Of St. Vitus", for a spring 2010 release via Dynamic Arts Records. The group says, "We are gonna record the bass next week and the vocals will be recorded during the first week of the year 2010."
DEAD SHAPE FIGURE's debut album, "The Grand Karoshi", was released in 2008 via Season Of Mist. The CD's lyrical content was recently translated by Kallio into Finnish as a book of poetry, entitled "Loppusäkeet".
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27 äåê 2009
TROLLFEST: Footage From Russian Trip Posted Online
 Norwegian "ompa-party-trollish" metallers TROLLFEST, featuring members of PANTHEON I and SARKOM, have posted behind-the-scenes footage from their recent trip to Moscow, Russia to perform at the "Oktobierfest 2009". Watch the clip below.
TROLLFEST released a new mini-CD, "Uraltes Elemente", on July 17 via Twilight-Vertrieb.
The track listing for the effort was as follows:
01. Uraltes Elemente
02. Byttedyr
03. Grublegjoken
04. Prost der Welt
05. Ich Libe Zug (Zug Über Alles)
06. Bassen til Tor
TROLLFEST's third album, "Villanden", came out on
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27 äåê 2009
GORATH Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement
 Belgian black metallers GORATH have parted ways with drummer K. De Leener and have replaced him with B. Vanderheyden (ILL FARES THE LAND, STORM UPON THE MASSES).
The band's current lineup is as follows:
F. Dupont (guitar, vocals)
B. Put (guitar)
D. Grondelaers (bass)
B. Vanderheyden (drums)
GORATH recently inked a multi-album deal with Germany's Twilight Vertrieb. The band's fourth CD, "MXCII", is due in early 2010. According to the group, the effort is "a concept album all about local history, facts and religious items — all seen through the eyes of the heretic."
"MXCII" was mixed at Shumcot Studio by Renier Schenk and was mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound.
"MXCII" track listing:
01. Tombeveld
02. Thiedenbecke
03. Doed over't Galgeveld
04. Do ut Des
05. Godsgerecht Geschiedde
07. Heidewake
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27 äåê 2009
GOTHMINISTER: \'Freak\' Video Available
 "Freak", the new video from the Norwegian goth/industrial metal band GOTHMINISTER, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Daniel William Bones, who has previously worked with SUSPERIA and WHERE ANGELS FALL.
"Freak" comes off GOTHMINISTER's third album, "Happiness In Darkness", which was released on November 14, 2008 via e-Wave Records, a division of Drakkar Entertainment GmbH.
GOTHMINISTER is:
Gothminister (Bjørn Alexander Brem) - Vocals
Halfface (Tom Kalstad) - Keyboards
Chris Dead (Christian Svendsen) - Drums
Icarus (Glenn Nilsen) - Guitar
Machine (Bjorn Aadland) - Guitar
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27 äåê 2009
IMMOLATION: \'Majesty And Decay\' Cover Artwork Unveiled
 Veteran death metallers IMMOLATION will release their eighth album, "Majesty And Decay", on March 9, 2010 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded Millbrook Sound Studios in New York with longtime producer Paul Orofino. Mixing duties were handled by Zack Ohren, who has previously worked with DECREPIT BIRTH, SUFFOCATION and ALL SHALL PERISH, among others.
IMMOLATION's new album contains "10 songs [plus two intros] of the strongest material we have ever written," the band said in a statement. "The new material is more violent and aggressive, with fast sections that take us to a new level of speed and intensity, while complementing the dark and sullen heavier moments. There are plenty of miserable and militant movements to please the diehard and new IMMOLATION fans alike."
"Majesty And Decay" track listing:
01. Intro
02. The Purge
03. A Token Of Malice
04. Majesty And Decay
05. Divine Code
06. In Human Form
07. A Glorious Epoch
08. Intro
09. A Thunderous Consequence
10. The Rapture of Ghosts
11. Power And Shame
12. The Comfort of Cowards
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27 äåê 2009
AGUA DE ANNIQUE: \'Wonder\' Video Released
 "Wonder", the new video from ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN & AGUA DE ANNIQUE — the Dutch band led by ex-THE GATHERING vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen — can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Erwin Arkema of IQ-Media.
"Wonder" comes off ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN & AGUA DE ANNIQUE's third album, "In Your Room", which was released on October 30. The 12-song effort was written entirely by Anneke except for two tracks: "Just Fine" was co-written with Devin Townsend and "Adore" was composed by AGUA DE ANNIQUE bassist Jacques de Haard and Cyril Crutz.
The "Hey Okay!" single was made available on October 6.
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27 äåê 2009
LUNA MORTIS Dropped By CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS
 Southern Wisconsin quintet LUNA MORTIS has been dropped by Century Media Records, the label that released the band's debut album, "The Absence". The CD, which came out in in February 2009, was tracked at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Jason Suecof (ALL THAT REMAINS, TRIVIUM).
Comments frontwoman Mary Zimmer: "Does this mean LUNA MORTIS will not be releasing another album? No. It just means that soon, we will be label-less and have a few decisions to make about what our next move will be and what we'd like to do in regard to the future of the band."
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25 äåê 2009
SCORPIONS To Present New Album In Moscow In March
 According to Russia-InfoCentre, German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS will present their new album, "Sting In The Tail", for the first time in Moscow, Russia on March 18, 2010 at the sports palace Megasport on Khodynskoe Field.
"At the Moscow concert lots of songs will be performed for the first time — it will be a trial of the band's new 'sting' on the already tested audience," guitarist Rudolf Schenker is quoted as aying.
In 1991, SCORPIONS became the first western band invited by the USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev to a meeting and a concert in the Kremlin.
"Sting In The Tail" is being recorded at a studio in Hannover, Germany with Swedish producers Mikael "Nord" Andersson and Martin Hansen (the team behind THE RASMUS' "Dead Letters" CD).
Commented Rudolf: "After 'Humanity - Hour 1', which was more in the concept-album [vein], talking about the problems in the world, we said, 'OK, we talked about all these things which [were] happening and now we don't wanna talk again about problems, now we wanna party. We're going back to the roots of the band.
"We have great rock songs — fantastic rock songs — we have great ballads... The mixture if 10 percent ballads and the rest is up-tempo and mid-tempo [material]. And I think we have a great team of people working for us, producer team from Sweden — they're great people — and we're doing this recording in Stockholm and in Hannover, where my studio is.
"It looks great. We have a fantastic sound, because my studio is very good for guitars, and this time we're looking very much also to bring the guitars up, and, of course, with the great voice of Klaus, with the right melodies, giving the right vibe — the typical SCORPIONS sound."
Added Klaus: "We recorded the last album in the U.S. This has a more European kind of feel, I think, working in Germany and in Sweden. And we're looking very much forward to releasing this in the spring and we can't wait to play the songs live on stage.
"We tried to find this spontaneous moment — not to overproduce things and to keep things really fresh.
"There are a lot of great songs on this record. And we always had our fans in mind [when putting the material together], especially the tour next year, because we hope many [of the new] songs we can [perform live] on the road."
Although SCORPIONS' new CD is tentatively due in Europe in March, a U.S. release date has yet to be pinned down.
SCORPIONS recently extended their record deal with Ariola, which is part of the international media conglomerate Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
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25 äåê 2009
MANOWAR\'s \'Father\' Recorded In Swedish, Russian; Free Download Available
 Instigated by the overwhelming fan reaction to the multilingual presentation of "Father", featured on the recent MANOWAR CD, "Thunder In The Sky", the self-proclaimed "kings of metal" have recorded two more versions of the song, one in Russian and one in Swedish. These two new translations make numbers 17 and 18, respectively.
Now MANOWAR is calling on you, the true metal fans in Sweden and Russia — and all other countries where MANOWAR have not been playing for way too long — make some noise and demand your local promoters to bring MANOWAR to your home country! It's long overdue!
As Christmas present to all their fans worldwide, the new "Father" recordings can be downloaded FOR FREE.
To get your free download, click here.
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25 äåê 2009
Varg Vikernes Issues Clarification Statement Regarding BURZUM Logo
 BURZUM mastermind Varg Vikernes (aka Count Grishnackh) has issued the following update:
"Too many of you write me about "the Burzum logo".
In 1991 having a "cool" logo was one of the most important things to the metal bands in Norway. IMMORTAL got one, MAYHEM already had one, DARKTHRONE had one, and so forth. They were full of inverted crosses and other "satanic" and "cool" symbols, and some of them were even rather hard to read - or rather "interpret". Initially, when I left OLD FUNERAL and rekindled my own project, and changed name from URUK-HAI to Burzum, I wanted a logo myself, and a female friend volunteered to draw me one. She did and everything was fine, until I realised that I am following a trend. Why would I do that, when everything I did was supposed to be a revolt against trends? So instead I decided to have no logo, and just use a nice font instead.
In late 1991 I had no easy access to fonts of any type other than the ones found on my typewriter. This was before the time of mainstream Internet. I had to purchase some type of sticker-fonts, and I could only afford a few sets, and then use them to "build" words, letter by letter. For some reason, either because I ran out of the right stickers-letters, or because I did it on purpose - I really cannot remember which it is - I wrote the Burzum name with capital letters and I used the only non-ordinary font they had in the book store; Gothic.
When I released the début album I instructed the record company, DSP, to use this font for not only the band title, but also for all other text on the album. The Burzum name was in other words not really a logo, but just the band name written in Gothic letters together with other Gothic text. After a while I stopped thinking about logos, and for some reason I didn't change the type of font used on the albums. Thus many started to think of the Burzum name in Gothic font as "the Burzum logo". It never was. The name was the point; the font was and still is irrelevant."
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