Five bands from across the world join forces to bring the third instalment of Metal Hammer‘s Defenders Of The Faith tour in full heavy metal mode. A nearly-full room in the Manchester Academy was locked and loaded for the battle. Consisting of members Tommy Helmet...

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Near the end of the North American Khaos Tour that took place during September and October of 2011, I had the chance to chat with Arch Enemy‘s talented drummer Daniel Erlandsson. They are still in the midst of a rigorous touring schedule to support their...

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In the mid and late nineties saw the rise in popularity of melodic death metal, better known as the so-called “Gothenburg” sound. Bands like In Flames, Dark Tranquility and At The Gates laid the foundations with records like, “Slaughter Of The Soul”, “The Gallery”, “The...

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Co-authored by Mark Wrigley. Apollo Stage With Saturday’s diversities fresh in our memories, come 11:00 am it’s time to climb aboard the huge musical roundabout once more with Volbeat (11:00 – 11:30) kicking off the Apollo Stage. These guys literally are one of the best...

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There is no disputing that In Flames was an instigator if not the creator of melodic death metal. Trendsetting powerhouses from day one and the inspiration for masses of subsequent bands over the years, their albums have set the pace and opened doors to many...

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From their beginnings in 2007 French melodic hardcore band Holding Sand has steadily been winning over more and more people and on the back of their debut EP “Ebb & Flow” , a 25 date tour around France, and this, the “On Sleepless Nights EP”, ...

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The first in several webisodes that IN FLAMES filmed during the recording of "Sounds Of A Playground Fading" for an intimate and in depth insight into their work and life in the studio.

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The wait is finally over, please check out the front cover for IN FLAMES upcoming album "Sounds Of A Playground Fading" that will be released in the UK on Monday, June 20, 2011.

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Winterus are an American black metal band, based in Michigan. They claim to be inspired by critically acclaimed bands like Enslaved, Immortal, Wolves In The Throne Room and In Flames. Their debut album is called In “Carbon Mysticism“, so let’s what it’s made of. These...

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Century Media Records is proud to announce the signing of IN FLAMES. "We are very happy to make IN FLAMES part of the Century Media Family.

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Meshuggah are fast becoming one of the major influences within the metal genre nowadays. There are scores of bands influenced by these innovative Swedes. TesseracT, The Human Abstract, Xerath and Textures to name a few. Norwegian band Insense are the latest addition to the growing...

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Deadlock are a melodic death metal band hailing from Germany. They’ve been around for quite some time in which they have release several previous albums, like “Earth.Revolt” (2005), “Wolves” (2007) and “Manifesto” (2008). “Bizarro World” is their fifth album and the latest addition to their...

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Sonisphere 2011 - Motörhead, Mastodon, In Flames And Parkway Drive Join Line Up!

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Florida, the self-styled sunshine state and home to retiring pensioners seems like an incongruous place for crafting cold, oppressive, metal records but over recent years, The Absence (for it is they) have done just that and have, at the same time, carved themselves a pretty...

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Killswitch entered the stage, all suitably attired in the same faux white dinner jacket t-shirts, to the Benny Hill theme tune! Adam D. was also wearing his, now traditional, cape but not the Mexican wrestler’s mask I saw him wearing at Download.

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