SPV/Steamhammer has announced the signing of the Swedish hard rock band BLACK TRIP for the European territory (excluding Scandinavia). The idea for BLACK TRIP goes all the way back to 2003. Peter Stjärnvind, a veteran of the Swedish metal scene, and a former drummer for (among others) ENTOMBED, NIFELHEIM and MERCILESS, was hanging out with ...
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"Hardcore MF Heartattack", the new video from reformed Swedish hard rockers SKINTRADE, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's comeback album, "Refueled", which was released on February 28 via AOR Heaven. The CD was recorded at SKINTRADE's studio and mixed by Oscar Ammer, frontman and songwriter of STEREOLITH, at Echobox Studio ...
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"All The Devil's Toys", the new video from the Swedish industrial rock band DEATHSTARS, can be seen below. The clip was produced by Staca Stanimir Lukic of Serbia's iCODE Team (SOILWORK, SIRENIA). The song is taken from the group's fourth studio album, "The Perfect Cult", which will be released on June 13 via Nuclear Blast. ...
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Lars Göran Petrov (vocals; ENTOMBED) and Victor Brandt (guitar; ENTOMBED) have joined forces with Alex Friberg (bass; NECROPHOBIC) and Fredrik Folkare (guitar; UNLEASHED, NECROPHOBIC) in a brand new death metal band called FIREBORN. "This is a new band that will not conflict with our other bands," says FIREBORN. "Neither will the music sound like them. ...
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Rocksverige.se spent a day with THE RESISTANCE before, during and after the band's April 13 concert in Gothenburg, Sweden. Check out the footage below. THE RESISTANCE's full-length debut, "Scars", was released on May 10, 2013 in Europe and May 14, 2013 in the U.S. via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which ...
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Swedish industrial rock band DEATHSTARS will release its long-anticipated fourth studio album, "The Perfect Cult", on June 13 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2009's "Night Electric Night" was captured in several studios: drums, guitars and bass were recorded at Bohus Sound Recording in Kungälv, Sweden; vocals at Gig Studios in Stockholm, Sweden; and keyboards, ...
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On April 3, Niclas Müller-Hansen of Sweden's Rocksverige.se conducted an interview with Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, SEPULTURA, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, KILLER BE KILLED). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Rocksverige.se: You've lived in the U.S. for quite some time now. Do you in any way feel American? Max: Well, I learned to ...
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Lars Göran Petrov (vocals; ENTOMBED) and Victor Brandt (guitar; ENTOMBED) have joined forces with Alex Friberg (bass; NECROPHOBIC) and Fredrik Folkare (guitar; UNLEASHED, NECROPHOBIC) in a brand new death metal band called FIREBORN. "This is a new band that will not conflict with our other bands," says FIREBORN. "Neither will the music sound like them. ...
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Lars Göran Petrov (vocals; ENTOMBED) and Victor Brandt (guitar; ENTOMBED) have joined forces with Alex Friberg (bass; NECROPHOBIC) and Fredrik Folkare (guitar; UNLEASHED, NECROPHOBIC) in a brand new death metal band called FIREBORN. "This is a new band that will not conflict with our other bands," says FIREBORN. "Neither will the music sound like them. ...
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"Slither", a brand new song from AKANI, the band featuring guitarist Anders Björler (AT THE GATES, THE HAUNTED), vocalist Jorge Rosado (MERAUDER), guitarist Daniel Antonsson (SOILWORK, DARK TRANQUILLITY), bassist Victor Brandt (ENTOMBED, SATYRICON) and drummer Anders Lowren (DEAD REPRISE), can be streamed using the Bandcamp widget below. The track is taken from AKANI's four-song seven-inch ...
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AKANI, the new band featuring guitarist Anders Björler (AT THE GATES, THE HAUNTED), vocalist Jorge Rosado (MERAUDER), guitarist Daniel Antonsson (SOILWORK, DARK TRANQUILLITY), bassist Victor Brandt (ENTOMBED, SATYRICON) and drummer Anders Lowren (DEAD REPRISE), will release a four-song seven-inch single entitled "Santa Muerte" in May through Demons Run Amok Records (SUBZERO, CRO-MAGS). The effort was ...
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Swedish industrial rock band DEATHSTARS will release its long-anticipated fourth studio album, "The Perfect Cult", on June 13 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2009's "Night Electric Night" was captured in several studios: drums, guitars and bass were recorded at Bohus Sound Recording in Kungälv, Sweden; vocals at Gig Studios in Stockholm, Sweden; and keyboards, ...
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Where "Left Hand Path" and "Clandestine" helped define a genre and launch a "sound," "Wolverine Blues" was the foundation that ENTOMBED laid down for a new style in extreme music altogether. Here we can hear the beginnings of what would be coined as "death & roll." Forever influential and chock-full of that sought after guitar ...
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"Monster", the new video from reformed Swedish hard rockers SKINTRADE, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's comeback album, "Refueled", which will be released on February 28 via AOR Heaven. The CD was recorded at SKINTRADE's studio and mixed by Oscar Ammer, frontman and songwriter of STEREOLITH, at Echobox Studio in Stockholm. ...
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"Constant Rage", the new video from DENIED, the Swedish metal band featuring vocalist Johan Fahlberg (JADED HEART) and bassist Fredrik Isaksson (formerly of THERION and GRAVE), can be seen below. The clip was filmed in Stockholm and was directed by Fylo and DENIED. "Constant Rage" is taken from DENIED's third album, "Let Them Burn", which ...
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Swedish metal veterans ENTOMBED are among twelve artists who have been selected as the inaugural inductees in the Swedish Music Hall Of Fame. The artists were chosen because they all made "lasting contributions to Swedish music," organizers said in Thursday's (February 6) announcement. "We want to act a bit like teachers, and demonstrate the history ...
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Original ENTOMBED members Alex Hellid (guitar) and Ulf "Uffe" Cederlund (guitar) joined forces with former ENTOMBED frontman Orvar Säfström to perform the band's classic second album, "Clandestine" (1991), on February 1 at Gävle Konserthus in Gävle, Sweden. They were backed by the 65-piece Gävle Symphonic Orchestra and a 40-piece choir. Fan-filmed video footage of the ...
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Italian female-fronted melodic metal band RAVENSCRY is putting the finishing touches on its second album, "The Attraction Of Opposites", due later in the year. The CD is being mixed by Swedish producer Roberto Laghi (IN FLAMES, DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA, ENTOMBED). According to RAVENSCRY's official bio, the band's "style is deliberately modern and integrates influences of ...
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Carmziofa of United Rock Nations conducted an interview with BACKYARD BABIES and MICHAEL MONROE guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson) on December 4, 2013 in Paris, France. You can now watch the chat below. Dregen released his debut solo album on September 25, 2013 via Universal Music in Sweden. The CD was ...
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"Back To The Front", the album that was recorded last year by four members of the most recent lineup of the legendary Swedish metal act ENTOMBED — Lars Göran Petrov (vocals), Olle Dahlstedt (drums), Nico Elgstrand (guitar) and Victor Brandt (bass) — will be released this coming spring via Century Media Records under the band ...
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Danish metal quintet BLOOD LABEL, which features members of such prominent Danish bands as HATESPHERE, DAWN OF DEMISE and THE BURNING, will release its debut album, "Skeletons", on March 17 via Mighty Music. The CD was helmed by acclaimed Danish producer Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, SUICIDE SILENCE, ABORTED) and features cover art that was handpainted ...
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Todd Owens of Capital Chaos TV conducted an interview with drummer Tobias Gustafsson of Swedish death metallers VOMITORY on December 20 at Club Border in Hiroshima, Japan. You can now watch the chat below. Johan Hegg (AMON AMARTH), Lars Göran Petrov (ENTOMBED) and Tomas Lindberg (AT THE GATES, THE GREAT DECEIVER, LOCKUP, DISFEAR, ...
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RockNLive.org recently conducted an interview with former ENTOMBED drummer and IMPERIAL STATE ELECTRIC/ex-THE HELLACOPTERS frontman Nicke Andersson. You can now watch the chat below. IMPERIAL STATE ELECTRIC's third album, "Reptile Brain Music", was released last year via Psychout Records. In an interview with BarbaraBorowski.com, Andersson stated about the new IMPERIAL STATE ...
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Reformed Swedish hard rockers SKINTRADE will release their comeback album, "Refueled", on February 28 via AOR Heaven. The CD was recorded at SKINTRADE's studio and mixed by Oscar Ammer, frontman and songwriter of STEREOLITH, at Echobox Studio in Stockholm. According to SKINTRADE, the band's new album represents "everything they stood for in the past, and ...
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Johan Hegg (AMON AMARTH), Lars Göran Petrov (ENTOMBED) and Tomas Lindberg (AT THE GATES, THE GREAT DECEIVER, LOCKUP, DISFEAR, THE CROWN) joined Swedish death metallers VOMITORY on stage at the band's last-ever show on December 27, 2013 at Metal Clüb / Nöjesfabriken in Karlstad, Sweden. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. ...
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BACKYARD BABIES and MICHAEL MONROE guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson) and Nicke Andersson, former ENTOMBED mainman/drummer, co-founder of THE HELLACOPTERS and now the driving force behind IMPERIAL STATE ELECTRIC, were recently interviewed by Germany's EMP Rock Invasion. You can now watch the chat below. Dregen released his debut solo album on September 25, ...
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Reformed Swedish hard rockers SKINTRADE have inked a deal with AOR Heaven Records for the release of their comeback album, "Refueled". Due in February 2014, the CD was mixed by Oscar Ammer, frontman and songwriter of STEREOLITH, at Echobox Studio in Stockholm and will include the songs "Liar", "Been To The Bottom", "Close My Eyes" ...
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RockNLive.org recently conducted an interview with BACKYARD BABIES and MICHAEL MONROE guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson). You can now watch the chat below. Dregen released his debut solo album on September 25 via Universal Music in Sweden. The CD was issued via Spinefarm Records in the U.K. on September 30. The ...
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Former END OF LEVEL BOSS drummer Neil Grant returns with a classic-style death metal album, free from click tracks, full of feel and with enough riffs to choke a horse. The Scottish multi-instrumentalist — now residing in Gothenburg, Sweden — has crafted a stunningly atmospheric death metal album laden with classic buzz-saw guitar, riot-spurring arrangements ...
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BLOOD LABEL, the Danish alternative metal outfit featuring members of HATESPHERE, DAWN OF DEMISE and THE BURNING, has inked a deal with Mighty Music. BLOOD LABEL's debut album was produced by Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, SUICIDE SILENCE, SICK OF IT ALL) and is scheduled for release in early 2014. A video teaser for the CD ...
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