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Arcturus Sets New Album Title

posted Jun 24, 2005 at 3:05 AM by darkstar.  (3 Comments)

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Norway's Arturus, now featuring Dimmu Borgir bassist Simen Hestnaes (a.k.a. ICS Vortex, ex-Borknagar, Lamented Souls) on lead vocals, have set "Sideshow Symphonies" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in September via Season Of Mist. A live DVD recorded at the band's September 24, 2005 concert at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway is said to be in the works as well.

Hestnaes' first appearance back with Arcturus took place at the Inferno Festival kick-off event at the Underworld in London on January 27.

Hestnaes had previously performed vocals on three tracks and written the lyrics for one song on Arcturus' 1997 album, La Masquerade Infernale.

Arcturus announced in January that vocalist Øyvind Hægeland (Spiral Architect) had left the group. No reason was given for his departure.

Source: Digital Metal

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3 Comments on "Arcturus Sets New Album Title"

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1. rancid_bloody_rotten_twat writes:

so does he sing like he does in dimmu, or does he actually scream evilly?

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2. Symbolic writes:

Well lately Arcturus have been useing just clean vocals with garm from Ulver, But if you have heard some Borknagar you would no that he can do both very well.

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3. rancid_bloody_rotten_twat writes:

of course ive heard borknager. epic is one of my fav cds.

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