Mesopotamian black/thrash pioneers MELECHESH will release their new album, "Enki", on March 10, 2015 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2010's "The Epigenesis" was recorded in Greece by Giorgos Bokos (ROTTING CHRIST) while Jonas Kjellgren (IMMORTAL, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, OVERKILL, HYPOCRISY) took care of the mix and mastering at his Black Lounge Studios in ...
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Vocalist Tomas Lindberg (AT THE GATES, DISFEAR) has left LOCK UP — the international grindcore "supergroup" featuring Anton Reisenegger (PENTAGRAM, CRIMINAL), Shane Embury (NAPALM DEATH, BRUJERIA, VENOMOUS CONCEPT) and Nick Barker (CRADLE OF FILTH, DIMMU BORGIR) — and has been replaced by Kevin Sharp (BRUTAL TRUTH). Speaking to Finland's Kaaos TV prior to AT THE ...
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Video footage of SABATON's November 10 performance at Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California can be seen below. SABATON will return to North America in April/May 2015 as direct support to Finland-based symphonic metal storytellers NIGHTWISH. SABATON's latest album, "Heroes", was recently certified gold in the group's home country for sales in excess ...
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Piper of KidsInterviewBands.com conducted an interview with drummer Hannes Van Dahl of Swedish metallers SABATON on October 19 at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if he has ever looked at a crowd a concert and seen something that made him laugh, Hannes said: ...
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CIVIL WAR — the Swedish metal band featuring former SABATON members Rikard Sundén (guitar), Daniel Mullback (drums), Daniel Mÿhr (keyboards) and Oskar Montelius (guitar) alongside singer Patrik Johansson (ASTRAL DOORS, LION'S SHARE), bassist Stefan "Pizza" Eriksson (VOLTURYON) and guitarist Peturs Granar — was interviewed at the Graspop Metal Meeting, which was held June 27-29 in ...
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Finnish melancholic dark metal forerunners AMORPHIS will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their legendary 1994 release "Tales From The Thousand Lakes" by performing the album in its entirety on a short tour in December. Support on the trek will come from Swedish metallers AVATARIUM. Comments AMORPHIS guitarist Esa Holopainen: "This month (July 12) marked the ...
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Ivana Prica conducted an interview with vocalist Joakim Brodén of Swedish metallers SABATON on July 25 at the MetalDays festival in Slovenia. You can now watch the chat below. SABATON's latest album, "Heroes", was recently certified gold in the group's home country for sales in excess of 20,000 copies. Note: The International Federation of the ...
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"Met Al Metal" — Israel's metal radio show hosted by brothers Lior and Niv Peleg — conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine ahead of what was supposed to be the band's August 6 appearance in the country (since canceled due to ongoing security issues in the area). You can now listen to the ...
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"Heroes", the latest album from Swedish metallers SABATON, was recently certified gold in the group's home country for sales in excess of 20,000 copies. The band states: "With 'Carolus Rex', it took until middle of September until it reached gold, and now 'Heroes' has achieved the same status in much shorter time. We are eternally ...
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CIVIL WAR — the Swedish metal band featuring former SABATON members Rikard Sundén (guitar), Daniel Mullback (drums), Daniel Mÿhr (keyboards) and Oskar Montelius (guitar) alongside singer Patrik Johansson (ASTRAL DOORS, LION'S SHARE), bassist Stefan "Pizza" Eriksson (VOLTURYON) and guitarist Peturs Granar — has entered Peter Tägtgren's (PAIN, HYPOCRISY) The Abyss in Pärlby, Sweden to begin ...
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Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet and political activist Serj Tankian (SYSTEM OF A DOWN) has posted the following message on his Facebook page: "It's time to end this misery known as the Israeli Occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. [The song] 'Occupied Tears', from my solo record 'Harakiri', was written about this and the hypocrisy ...
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Metal Road conducted an interview with Swedish metallers SABATON at this year's Hellfest, which was held June 20-22 in Clisson, France. You can now watch the chat below. SABATON's new album, "Heroes", sold around 3,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 99 on The Billboard ...
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FaceCulture conducted an interview with vocalist Joakim Brodén of Swedish metallers SABATON on May 31 at the FortaRock festival in Nijmegen, The Netherlands . You can now watch the chat in two parts below. SABATON's new album, "Heroes", sold around 3,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to ...
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Metal4 conducted an interview with guitarist Esa Holopainen and vocalist Tomi Joutsen of Finnish melancholic dark metal forerunners AMORPHIS at this year's Rockharz Open Air festival on July 10 in Ballenstedt, Germany . You can now watch the chat below. AMORPHIS will perform a special concert at the Olavinlinna Castle, a stone fortress built in ...
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Metal4 conducted an interview with vocalist Joakim Brodén of Swedish metallers SABATON at this year's Rockharz Open Air festival on July 10 in Ballenstedt, Germany . You can now watch the chat below. SABATON's new album, "Heroes", sold around 3,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position ...
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Bassist Pär Sundström of Swedish metallers SABATON was interviewed at this year's edition of the Graspop Metal Meeting, which was held June 27-29 in Dessel, Belgium. You can now watch the chat below. SABATON's new album, "Heroes", sold around 3,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position ...
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The Metal Priest recently conducted an interview with Swedish metallers SABATON. You can now watch the chat below. SABATON's new album, "Heroes", sold around 3,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 99 on The Billboard 200 chart. Released on May 16 via Nuclear Blast Records, ...
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TotalRock DJ Xander recently conducted an interview with Swedish metallers SABATON at this year's Download festival, which took place June 13-15 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. SABATON's new album, "Heroes", sold around 3,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut ...
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Skullbanger Media conducted an interview with Joakim Brodén (vocals) and Chris Rörland (guitar) of Swedish metallers SABATON on June 19 at Metalfest in Loreley, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. SABATON's new album, "Heroes", sold around 3,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at ...
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MikeJamesRockShow.com conducted an interview with vocalist Joakim Brodén of Swedish metallers SABATON at this year's Download festival, which took place June 13-15 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. SABATON's new album, "Heroes", sold around 3,100 copies in the United States in its first week of ...
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Metal Storm conducted an interview with bassist Pär Sundström of Swedish metallers SABATON on May 14 in Denver, Colorado. You can now watch the chat below. SABATON's new album, "Heroes", sold around 3,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 99 on The Billboard ...
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link textRocksverige.se recently spent two days with Swedish metallers SABATON, signing albums, meeting fans, playing and attending the "Bullseye" Swedish metal talk show. You can now watch the resulting footage below. SABATON's new album, "Heroes", sold around 3,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position ...
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"Heroes", the new album from Swedish metallers SABATON, sold around 3,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 99 on The Billboard 200 chart. "Heroes" has registered the following first-week chart positions: Sweden #1 Finland: #2 Germany: #3 Czech Republic: #4 Poland: #6 Switzerland: #7 Austria: ...
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In a brand new interview with RollingStone.com, KISS drummer Eric Singer, who "portrays" original KISS drummer Peter Criss' character in KISS' live show, was asked about the fans' mixed reactions to Singer possibly "duping" some people into thinking Criss is still playing with the band. "I don't look at it like it's sacrilegious," ...
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"Heroes", the new album from Swedish metallers SABATON, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Sweden #1 Finland: #2 Germany: #3 Czech Republic: #4 Poland: #6 Switzerland: #7 Austria: #11 Norway: #13 Commented the band: "We are proud, happy and extremely thankful to all of you who supported us over the years. "'Heroes' has reached ...
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AMON AMARTH and SABATON will join forces for a North American tour this fall. The trek kicks off on September 25 in Riverside, California and visits a total of 35 North American cities before coming to an end on November 9 in Tucson, Arizona. Thrash metal band SKELETONWITCH will open each show, except in New ...
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The latest episode of "Radioactive Metal" features an interview with bassist Pär Sundström of Swedish metallers SABATON. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. SABATON's new album, "Heroes", was released on May 16 via Nuclear Blast Records. The cover artwork for the effort was created by Péter Sallai. A number ...
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MetalMouth.net recently conducted an interview with vocalist Joakim Brodén of Swedish metallers SABATON. You can now watch the chat below. SABATON's new album, "Heroes", was released on May 16 via Nuclear Blast Records. The cover artwork for the effort was created by Péter Sallai. A number of bonus tracks were made available, including ...
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On May 14, Groovey of Groovey.TV conducted an interview with bassist Pär Sundström of Swedish metallers SABATON at Summit Music Hall in Denver, Colorado. You can now watch the chat below. SABATON has just finished touring the U.S. and Canada as direct support to American metallers ICED EARTH on their "Worldwide Plagues" North ...
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Char Tupper of MetalTitans.com recently conducted an interview with Swedish metallers SABATON. You can now watch the chat below. SABATON is currently touring the U.S. and Canada as direct support to American metallers ICED EARTH on their "Worldwide Plagues" North American trek. Opening each show on the six-week tour are Dutch metallers REVAMP ...
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