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We are currently looking for new members to join the team.

We are looking for several new reviewers covering any or all styles of metal. The only thing we ask is that you are dedicated and willing to contribute on a weekly basis. We have had many people join in the past that wrote a few reviews and quit soon after and we would like to avoid this if possible. So unless you are highly motivated to join us for years to come and are willing to review every week, please do not apply for the position. We only seek the true metal fans out there with a passion for this music genre and willing to make our readers discover ...

A question foremost in every KAMELOT fan's mind has been: Who is the group's new lead singer?*

Band mastermind and guitarist Thomas Youngblood has now revealed: "The new man is Scandinavian Tommy Karevik!"

The general public may not be overly familiar with the 30 year old Swede, Karevik, but people in the industry know him as the immensely talented frontman of the Swedish band, Seventh Wonder. Youngblood states: "We had around 800 candidates for the vacant position, among them a number of really renowned musicians, and having to reject them really wasn't easy. We want to thank all the applicants, thank you for your understanding and we wish you all lots of ...

New album 'Event Horizon' will be released on May 26th. Written by Theart and Jacob Ziemba, and produced by Roland Grapow (Helloween/Masterplan), this album is an absolutely blistering slice of heavy rock liberally infused with Theart's passion, energy and soaring vocals.

'Event Horizon' will be the first heavy metal album to be released on USB packaged in a CD style case with full artwork, and will be available for pre order very soon from the Official I AM I website at http://iamiofficial.com.

The band will be releasing this independently as they have decided to move away from the traditional Record Com ...

Sweden’s melodic gloom lords OCTOBER TIDE have officially inked a worldwide deal with Pulverised Records. Now featuring bassist Mattias Norrman (ex-Katatonia, ex-Interment, etc,) and vocalist Alexander Högbom (Volturyon, Spasmodic), who take the place of former members Pierre Stam and Tobias Netzell respectively, the morose collective are currently working on the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2010’s Candlelight-issued A Thin Shell full-length, which will once again explore the beauty of darkness and sorrow. The album will be recorded at Black Lounge Studio (Scar Symmetry, Carnal Forge, In Mourning, Centinex, etc) in Sweden later this Spring un ...

"Dear Celesty Fans We are sorry to announce that Celesty will go to indefinite hiatus. During the time, when 5th album songs have been in progress, there has been mixed feelings in the air for a longer period of time now. Situation in the band has come to the point, where only solution is to take a break. Will that break be a year or ten, we don´t know, but this is the only way to take the time that we need. This decision is mutual by all members of the band."