India's extreme metal veterans Demonic Resurrection have completed 13 years as a band and announced their 4th full-length album. 

This is a huge move for the metal band as when they were featured on Sam Dunn's 'Global Metal' documentary in 2007 (which was 6 years ago), the Indian Metal scene was noted as only just starting to expand and at that point no major metal band had played in India, until legends Iron Maiden played there which evidently proved to be a revelation and fans from all over the Indian subcontinent (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, etc) came to watch the show.

As for Demonic Resurrection, they were the first Indian Metal band to be signed to a Western record label, British label Candlelight Records. However 2 years later fellow countrymen Kryptos ended up being signed to German label AFM Records. Demonic Resurrection then went on to play at Bloodstock Open Air 2012, this sparked off a series of Indian Metal bands also playing in Europe.

The band made the following update as well as releasing a photo album of their studio drum tracking sessions,:

"On 6th April 2000 we, played our first show with Naked Earth, Sceptre and Metakix. We complete 13 years as a band today. We have no special announcements, no special events planned, no special release or anything. The last two years have been very hard for us and none the less we've not given up, we may be down now but we're far from out. At this point we're am however happy to say that we have hit the studios and begun recording our 4th full-length album. It will be released this year so stay tuned. A massive thanks to all our fans, well wishers and supporters who have kept us going over years and supported us. Cheers & Stay Demonic!"

The album is being recorded at Demonic Studios with front-man Demonstealer doubling up as producer as well.

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Canadian melodic metal outfit, Shreddy Krueger, are excited to announce that they will be hitting the studio in March with Jeff Schneeweis (Anberlin, Hawthorne Heights, Secret And Whisper) to beging the recording of their debut full length album. The album will be a follow up to their EP "Curses" that was released last autumn. The new record is slated for a late summer / early autumn release via InVogue Records.

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_Swedish guitar sensation “Stefan Lindholm” of Vindictiv and Raven Lord joins the ranks with VGS Guitars. Stefan uses the VGS E-Gitarre Pro Series Screech – Model “VG507.305 Faded Transparent Black”

Stefan says: “I’m very happy to be part of the VGS family and I wish to thank VGS for granting me the privilege to play this axe.”

Swedish Melodic / Progressive metaller Vindictiv and multi national metaller Raven Lord are currently in the studio to record new albums.

Stefan Lindholm was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1973 and picked up the guitar at the age of 15 after his father bought him his first electric guitar, which incidentally was the well known and highly appreciated: “Emperador Strat” from the Kasuga Factory in Japan, which he played through a Squire 15-watt amplifier to his neighbourghs cheerful delight. After two years of intensive playing, he took private tutoring from guitarist Mike Wead, known for his involvement with bands such as: “Candlemass”, “The Haunted”, “King Diamond”, “Momento Mori” and “Hexenhaus”.

Stefan Lindholm is also endorsed by “Manne Guitars” and “Hughes & Kettner AMPS”.

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_Multinational Melodic Metal band Eden's Curse has signed a worldwide management deal with Germany’s Rock 'N' Growl management. The band is also making progress in the writing process for their fourth album; a snippet from a new demo track called “Losing My Faith” can be streamed here:

Bassist Paul Logue says: “We are delighted to welcome Axel to the EC family and we look forward to making great strides in taking Eden’s Curse to the masses. Our primary goal is get out and play to as many people as possible over the next few years, and with Axel’s experience and extensive network of contacts, we are confident we have the right guy beside us”.

Band line-up:

Marco Sandron – Vocals
Thorsten Koehne – Guitars
Paul Logue – Bass
Pete Newdeck – Drums
Alessandro Del Vecchio - Keyboards

The band announced in March that Italian vocalist Marco Sandron is the new voice of 'The Curse' with the release of their brand new single and promotional video “Time To Breathe“. The track is currently available for free download at www.EdensCurse.com and the video can be viewed here:

The band are also thrilled to announce play Dokkem Open Air Festival in Holland on Saturday 30th June alongside Arch Enemy, Jon Oliva’s Pain and Dominici – www.dokkemopenair.eu/nl/bands/207

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RHYS STEVENSON