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 Do
you remember the feeling when a band called Angra was discovered
years and years and years ago? Well, we know at least how it
might have felt, because we just discovered MAGICIAN! The band
from Porto Allegre, Brazil, delivers what is lost since 1996:
Bombastic riffs, Speed Metal attacks, a dot of Progressive
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1 is proud to announce the addition of a legend of extreme
Metal to it's ranks! NO RETURN are one of the leading Metal
acts from France since the early nineties. Founded in 1989
they released 7 albums by now, paving the way of Death and
Thrash Metal in France along with other pioneering bands like
MASSACRA. Outstanding albums like "Machinery" - all on the
harsh edge between Thrash and Death Metal - and several tours
and concerts with bands as MASSACRA... read
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next passenger we welcome on board are Germany-based Melodic
Death Metallers THE VERY END: With their powerful blend of
heavyiness, groove and melody THE VERY END already got overwhelming
reactions from both the Metal press and fans. They were named "Demo
of the Month" in German Metal Hammer! Several live shows as
support for bands like EXODUS, PRO PAIN, ONE MAN ARMY & THE
UNDEAD QUARTET or DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER left the amazed
crowd with open mouths and buzzing ears. Read
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last but not least we are happy to unseal the signing of of
SECRET SPHERE:
"If an Italian band manages to stay on the Roster of an European Major Label
for more than three albums, they have more to give than the usual Rhapsody or
Labyrinth citations",
quotes Rock Hard Megazine about Italian Power Metal outfit SECRET SPHERE. Dockyard
1 is happy and very proud to have them on our list now! SECRET SPHERE go back
further in the history of Heavy Metal and credit bands like HELLOWEEN, ...read
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 We're proud to announce the signing of German "Nobel Power Metal" hopefuls CRYSTALLION! The Bavarians will release their second album "Hattin" on Dockyard 1, the release date is set for May 16th. The first album "A Dark Enchanted Crystal Night" came out in 2006 and was well recieved by fans and media. Germany´s Rock Hard gave 8/10 points and quoted: "From songs to production to the cover everything fits here. Read more .... |
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 Our Australian Prog Metal prodigy VANISHING POINT has announced the addition of keyboardist Jake Lowe to the their ranks. Vocalist Silvio Massaro states:
"Jake has been playing with VANISHING POINT for a while now, and was last seen when VANISHING POINT supported JOE SATRIANI this year."
The European tour in support of Sonata Arctica is growing meanwhile - take a
look in the tourdates here... and read
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 The
line-up of our Thrash brigade from
South of Hessen is complete again:
After guitarist Holger Ziegler left, ABANDONED are now joined by Fabian Schwarz
(RUNAMOK, THE NEW BLACK, ex-PARADOX, ex-STORMWITCH) who will be on the axe on
the upcoming gigs (see below). To get a glimpse of what's going on in ABANDONED
we let them do the talking: "Anybody who’d like to get to know our
brandnew guitar wiz Fabs a little better is invited to take a look at this month’s
(german) GUITAR magazine special issue... read
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 Early June our Thrashers AFTER ALL
from Belgium start recording their
seventh full album at the Hype Studio
in Mechelen, Belgium with long time
live engineer Dee J. Mixing and mastering
duties will be handled by Dan Swanö (Edge
Of Sanity) at the legendary Unisound
Studio in Örebro, Sweden. Read
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 STORMWARRIOR will accompany Firewind
on their European tour this fall! As
their album title suggests they are
of course "Heading Northe", but playing
Switzerland and BeNeLux as well when
plundering and pillaging alongside
the Greek metal warriors.
STORMWARRIOR conquered all major festivals this summer, including appearances
at Manowar's Magic Circle Festival,
Masters Of Rock in Czech, ...read
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 Our Danish dynamite AS WE FIGHT
just announced the addition of singer
Esben Elnegaard Kjaer Hansen. Bassist
Soren Hvidt states: "Esben
is by no means new to touring life,
which his work with NUMBNUTS, STOMPED
and stand-in duties in NIGHTRAGE
demonstrates. Esben has already
performed with us on five occasions,
and we are very excited to have
him on board!" Esben Elnegaard
Kjaer Hansen is currently locked. Read
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 They
were appointed "newcomer of the year" in
Germany in 2007 for their album "Unsaved" -
now America's gothic heroes DEADSTAR
ASSEMBLY are back in studio! Already
last month DSA were writing and tracking
new material prior to thier big studio
entrance this summer to lay down
vox, final chops and mix! This video for "We
Fade Forever" was penned by... read
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