According to a posting on SENTENCED's official web site, the Finnish metallers' "very last show" will take place on Saturday, October 1, 2005, at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland. The concert will be filmed and recorded, and released in early 2006 as a live DVD (tentatively titled "Buried Alive"). Tickets will likely go on sale August 29 via Levykauppa Äx in Oulu and at www.ticketservicefinland.fi/Lippu.html.

SENTENCED are currently touring in support of their farewell album, "The Funeral Album" (Century Media), which entered the Finnish national chart at ...

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A Lower Deep will release their third full-length album on September 3, 2005 through Raven Flight Records. The new disk entitled "Trinity" marks an amazing leap forward for a band whose sound is already highly acclaimed. "'Trinity' is both our heaviest and our most melodic material to date," says vocalist Billy Mullican, "The songs on this album are more aggressive and straight ahead than our previous work, but retain all the melancholy atmosphere and our usual unorthodox approach to arrangements and style. We are very proud of how this album turned out. It is very accessible (to metal fans at least) without being the least bit watered down." The band's previous rele ...

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AS I LAY DYING vocalist Tim Lambesis recently told the Great Falls Tribune that the sub-genre of metalcore is nearing its expiration.

"I think metal core is a trend right now and so it's easy to write a metal core record," Lambesis said.

"I think it's pretty much at its peak right now. It'll get a little bigger this summer. Sounds of the Underground is going out. Ozzfest is going out. Those are both big tours that feature a lot of metal core bands. Those will, I think, bring it to its peak and then from there, it'll be up to each band individually to survive ...

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Glenn Gamboa of Newsday is reporting that CBGB's battle to stay alive received a major boost yesterday, as Manhattan Civil Court Judge Joan M. Kenney ruled that it does not owe its landlord, the Bowery Residents' Committee, any back rent and declined a request to evict the club. However, the club's future is still uncertain until the BRC grants it a new lease.

In her decision, Kenney wrote that granting an eviction would be "unjust and harsh especially when, for over three decades, this tenant has been a pillar of the community." She also made a point of singling out CBGB, ...

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Nuclear Blast Records is offering young unisigned bands a chance to sign a record deal. In a unique contest that is said to be the first of its kind in Nuclear Blast's history, you can now win a contract with one of the leading independent labels for heavy music.

If you are a "fresh-sounding" rock or metal band, you already satisfy all the requirements needed to participate in this contest. The contest will remain open between August 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005. As a consolation prize, you can win a chance to have your music available for download at the Nuclear Blast Musicstore (the download platform of Nuclear Blast) and a support slot for a N ...

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Vocalist Niklas Isfeldt and bassist Peter Stålfors have officially left DREAM EVIL, the Swedish band featuring acclaimed producer Fredrik Nordström (HAMMERFALL, IN FLAMES, DIMMU BORGIR, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, etc.) and drummer Snowy Shaw (KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME). Peter and Niklas' statement on the matter reads as follows:

"Because of personal issues and the fact that Niklas has problems with constantly recurring health problems, we have taken the painful decision to leave the band.

"All our friends are telling us that it's a bad idea to ...

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Norwegian symphonic black metal masters DIMMU BORGIR have extended their record deal with longtime label Nuclear Blast Records. The group's next release will be a revamped version of their "Stormblåst" CD, which originally appeared in 1996. The CD was re-recorded earlier in the year, augmented with bonus tracks and produced by Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY). A November 7 release is expected.

DIMMU BORGIR are scheduled to begin writing material for their next studio album this fall for a tentative late 2006 release. The CD, which will feature a guest appearance by MAYHEM's Hellhammer on drums, will be "a full story/concept album," according to a posting on the group's web site.

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A 37-year-old heavy metal fan was killed in a tragic accident at Germany's Wacken Open Air festival early Friday morning (August 5). The accident reportedly occured at about 12:25 a.m. on the Bokelrehmer Weg near the adjoining camping ground. An apparently very drunk festival attendee from Rendsburg was walking in the bushes near the road with a friend. As he emerged, he tumbled and fell backwards. In the fall, he hit the side of an ambulance driving past at slow speed. The Rendsburg man was critically injured, and despite immediate medical attention, was pronounced dead a short time later at Itzehoe medical clinic. The 43-year-old ambulance driver and his partner, as well as the friend of the victim, suffered shock and received psychological counselling.

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