The Norwegian band Cadaver called it a day after 15 years. They already stopped playing back in '93, after they released thei first death metal record Hallucinating Anxiety (was an underground classic, selling 10.000 copies) and ...In Pains (sold 25.000 copies). The breakup was in because '93 was the year that Norwegian black metal overshadowed everything else in the Norwegian underground. The band could not agree on where to go next. In '99 they returned under the name Cadaver Inc. (they promoted the album with the cybershop CadaverInc.com where customers could buy alibis for murder) and released the record Discipline early 2001. They then resumed playing under their original name, Cadaver, and released their last album Necrosis in 2004.

"We would like to thank our fans for all these years and all the people who supported us. Thank you all!!!! Anders Odden, Carl-Michael Eide, Lasse Johansen and Ole Jørgen Moe."

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Cadaver

Swedish power metallers Hammerfall entered Lundgaard Studios in Denmark with producer Charlie Bauernfeind (Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray, Rage) on Saturday (Sep. 4, thats today) to begin recording their new album, probably done on March 7, 2005 through Nuclear Blast Records. A single will be released on January 31. Songtitles set to appear on the follow-up to 2002's "Crimson Thunder" include "The Templar Flame", "Born to Rule" and "Fury of the Wild".

"After finishing the songwriting and rehearsing the material over the last week, I can honestly say I'm very, very excited!" guitarist Oscar Dronjak writes on the group's web site. "The feelings I get from the songs so far are heavy, metal, and HAMMERFALL. ;-) Seriously, I think everyone will recognize the band in the new songs, but I do think some of them tend to be a bit heavier than we have done before. You will see (hear...) eventually, as will we."

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HammerFall

Slayer were forced to cancel their show in Myrtle Beach, SC Wednesday night (September 1) after the band's frontman, Tom Araya, was allegedly rushed to a hospital as a result of suffering a bad allergic reaction. There has been no official update with regards to Tom's condition.

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Slayer

Orphanage, a heavy metal band from Utrecht, the Netherlands, anounced the following news:

"We decided to stop continuing to work with our keyboard player Lasse. It was a tough decision to make as Lasse is a very friendly and honest guy. At the other hand we still want to grow as a band in several ways and we need a radical change of plan to make this happen."

"Guus will play keyboards again, like he did in the past. At the moment we are working with two guitar players. We have good faith cooperation with both guitar players will work out well. We will introduce the new band members soon!"

Just keep an eye on their site: http://www.orphanage.nl/

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Orphanage