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Published: 04 June 2012

PreEmptive Strike 0.1 was created in 2002 in Agios Nicolaos on the island of Crete in Greece by Jim 'The Blaster' and Cryon. Having worked together before on electronic projects, they decided to form a band making the kind of music they enjoyed, combining the harsh Dark Electro/EBM sound with powerful melodies, eastern elements and sci-fi themes. 2005 was a landmark year for the band. The inclusion in the 'Endzeit Bunkertracks:Act I' compilation by Alfa Matrix with the track 'Lethal Defense Systems', fortified the band. It also marks the beginning of the bands cooperation with producer Dimitris Ntouvras at Lunatech Sounds Studios. The start of 2006 saw the debut release by PreEmptive Strike 0.1 entitled "Lethal Defense Systems" produced by Dimitris N. and mastered by Vasi Vallis (ex-NamNamBulu, Reaper, Frozen Plasma).

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Published: 03 June 2012

Less than 3 weeks before our 5. Blackfield Festival we would like to provide you with some important information concerning our festival:

1. Tickets
Right now there are less than 1000 tickets available. Those of you who wish to come to the festival should quickly get their tickets at the Blackfield shop

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Published: 01 June 2012

Katatonia, the Swedish purveyors of dark rock/metal, have announced that their ninth studio album, due August 27th (August 28th North America) on Peaceville Records, will be entitled ‘Dead End Kings’. A continuation of 2009’s inspired & acclaimed ‘Night is the New Day’, as well as a leap forward into the unknown, ‘Dead End Kings’ sees the quintet conjure yet another milestone in audial melancholy & angst. Amongst their most poignant & ambitious material to date, ‘Dead End Kings’ was recorded at Ghost Ward Studios & The City Of Glass. The album was produced by Anders Nyström & Jonas Renkse themselves, & mixed by David Castillo, known for his prior work with the band, as well as Opeth & Bloodbath.

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Published: 31 May 2012

For the last forty years Rick Wakeman has immersed himself in music. Leaving the Royal College of Music Rick has worked with some of the biggest names in rock and pop music playing on some of the biggest hits by artists as diverse as Cat Stevens, Marc Bolan and David Bowie. Likewise he has played with one of the biggest rock bands in the world; As a member of YES Rick played some of the biggest arenas in the world and released massively successful albums including 'Fragile', 'Close To the Edge' and the live album 'Yessongs'. In 1973 he released his first proper solo album 'The Six Wives of Henry the VIII' following that album up in the seventies and eighties with other hugely popular and successful albums. In the eighties Rick also recorded albums in the then popular genre entitled “New Age”, releasing such popular albums as The Aspirant Series of recordings ('Aspirant Sunrise', 'Aspirant Sunset' and 'Aspirant Sunshadows').

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Published: 31 May 2012

Stefan Ljungdahl & Ivan Hirvonen started the band in Sweden, Stockholm 1986, but they never made any official relaese before they put the band on ice 1991. 2010 Stefan sended Ivan the track "Aim", mostly as a joke he wrote that "Aim" is Fatal Casualties comeback. This was the startpoint for working on their debut ep. The debut ep will be released in july (delayed since winter), first in digitalformat, and shortly after also as a very limited physical release. Which the limited format will be, is to date not yet confirmed. And in june they also release a digitalsingle "Glas" with a "b-side track" called "Not for you" (not included in the ep).

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