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Metal News for July 6, 2002

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5 news articles posted on this day.

Return of Desire

In the year of the band's tenth year of existence, and after a long period of absence followed by the release of "Infinity... A Timeless Journey Through An Emotional Dream" in '96 and "Pentacrow" in '98, DESIRE prepares to return in 2002 with "Locus Horrendus - The Night Cries Of A Sullen Soul...". This new work was recorded at L'Enfant Terrible Studio, Queijas, mixed at Edit Studios, Reboleira and mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, Finland. The release date is foreseen to end of May.

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The Prophecy Recruit Second Guitarist

UK Doom/Death band, The Prophecy, have recently recruited a second guitarist, Christian Moore-Wainwright. A short tour of the UK is being planned in autumn.

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Fear Factory - Terminated

Fear Factory have posted their final recording, ‘Terminate’, online here. Produced by Rick Will, the band did this in March just after they announced their split. The song is to be featured on the soundtrack for the Playstation 2 game ‘Terminator – Dawn Of Fate’.

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Obscene Eulogy Plan MCD and Full Release

Obscene Eulogy is releasing a debut MCD in September, and a full-length is scheduled for release in January.

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Ankla Finish Demo

The new project ANKLA formed by the guitarist of Puya has now finished their demo produced by Roy Mayorga of (Soulfly) and are on their way to play with Candiria in Hollywood.

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