The Haunted Confirmed for Aalborg Fest

The Haunted, Transport League and Raunchy are among the artists confirmed for Aalborg Metal Festival, which is scheduled to take place on November 2nd at Studenterhuset in Aalborg, Denmark.

The complete schedule for the festival is shaping up as follows: More...

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Satyricon To Record Live Show

Norwegian black metallers Satyricon will have their October 15th performance in Stockholm, Sweden recorded by Swedish National Radio SR P3 for future broadcast.

In other news, the band posted the following Scandinavian tour update on Wednesday via their official web site at www.satyricon.no:

"The opening show in Tromsø was a real blast! What a fantastic crowd. Probably the best we have had in Norway. It was important to get a good start. Bodø was good, but not as good as Tromsø. We had Hank Von Helvete from Turbonegro with us on stage doing 'Havoc Vulture' and that really stirred things up. Climax is an understatement. Haugesund had a truly passionate crowd, but there were only approx 200 of them which was a disappointment. Small city, but still. Promoters must learn to promote shows if they want to stay in business! Stavanger was good and a lot of people. The reception from the crowd was really good, but playing-wise, we were not satisfied. Nobody noticed apart from us, but we are our own worst critics. Bergen yesterday was sold out and it was nice to be there again. We played one of our best shows in a long time we felt and the crowd was into it. Ivar from Enslaved, Abbath from Immortal, Infernus from Gorgoroth and the rest of the Bergen Black Metal pack came to see us backstage after the show. Overall it seems that the crowds in Norway are getting better and better and we can only encourage people to give a 110%. Keywords: Headbanging frenzy, sing along, chant and sweat. Sogndal today is a very open questions as it is an extremely small place! We'll see. Trondheim tomorrow will hopefully be as good as last time and the Rockefeller show is almost sold out. Approx 150 tickets out of 1350 left today. Until next time."

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C.R.A.N.K. Unveil Official Website

C.R.A.N.K., the Stockholm-based project featuring Candlemass guitarist Mats "Mappe" Björkman, singer Alex Swerdh, guitarist Ulf Larsson (of the Kiss cover band Kyss), and ex-Lions Share members Johan Koleberg (drums) and Pontus Egberg (bass), have launched their official web site at this location.

As previously reported, C.R.A.N.K. recently finished recording a five-song demo at Platform Studios and Egberg's home recording facility and are planning on tracking more material after the summer. More...

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Cradle of Filth Finish Recording Sessions

British black metal superstars Cradle Of Filth appear to be ending the recording sessions for their Sony Music debut Damnation and a Day opus, which was recorded at two studios, Parkgate Studios and New Rising Studios. Bassist Dave Pybus and vocalist Dani Filth provide their accounts of Cradle Of Filth in the studio.

Stated bassist Dave Pybus (ex-Anathema, Dreambreed) on the recording of Damnation and a Day: "Actually, it's not all that bad. Drums, bass, guitars and the majority of the keyboards, vocals (including Sarah Deva's) and sound effects (including exploding wolves) have been recorded and some lucky bastards in the band have just returned from flying out to Budapest for six days to record the orchestral parts for the album." More...

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Primal Fear Cancel Dates

German power metallers Primal Fear have cancelled their Scandinavian dates due to "business and money problems between our agency and the local promoters," according to the band's official web site. "We want to apologize and [say that] Primal Fear are not responsible for these actions and that the cancellation is [due to reasons beyond our control]."

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Johan Rejoins The Crown

Vocalist Johan Lindstrand has officially rejoined Sweden's The Crown as the group's new permanent singer. Here is what the man himself had to say about it:

"Alright planet earth!!!! This is Johan Lindstrand speaking… I'm very proud to say that I'm back in The Crown. This time with full fuckin' force. My commitment and dedication is 110%, and I'm very excited about the future of the band. I have already rehearsed on a couple of new songs and they fuckin' blew me away. Really awesome. It feels great to scream with the band again, and I'm looking forward to see you on the road, so what I wanna say is: THE CROWN HAS RETURNED!!!!!"

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