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Dimmu Borgir bassist leaves band after only a day
It looked as though Norwegian symphonic black metallers Dimmu Borgir had snapped up a mighty fine bassist to join the band in the form of Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw- that is until he left the band only 24 hours later. On Tuesday August 24, Dimmu Borgir confirmed that they had recruited Shaw to replace bassist/clean vocalist ICS Vortex on the band's upcoming album, "Abrahadabra", and world tour. The new-lineup seemed to be going off without a hitch with Shaw telling Blabbermouth.net, “Yeehaw! I'm so happy and proud to be in the coolest band on the planet (since KISS [circa] 1976)". However, only a day later and Shaw appears to have had a change of heart and has left Dimmu Borgir to return to Swedish progressive/experimental metallers Therion. Christofer Johnsson, the creative force behind Therion, has now set the record straight and welcomed Shaw back to the band via the the following statement to Blabbermouth.net: "We are very happy to announce that Snowy has rej...
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Nikko announce east coast tour
"A Tour For Thee, Old Cause" is a follow-up to Nikko's east coast tour last June, which was in support of the release of their debut album 'The Warm Side' (Tenzenmen/FUSE). 'The Warm Side' has since received much critical acclaim, with Sputnikmusic declaring it as "...one of the best Australian albums of the year so far" and Brisbane's RAVE Magazine giving the album 4 and 1/2 stars, saying that "For a debut album, it is pretty much as close to perfect as you can get." 'The Warm Side' also received highly favorable reviews in Scene, TimeOff, Mess+Noise and The Canberra Times. Single 'Wedding Song' was also named RAVE Magazine's Single of the Week. "A Tour For Thee, Old Cause" will see Nikko play with some amazing bands, including Perth's Eleventh He Reaches London and founding member of The Bad Seeds, Hugo Race. The dates are; Sydney - Thursday, September 23 @ Excelsior Hotel w/ The Nice Folk, Strangers + more TBC Duncecastle - Friday, September 24 @ Lass O'Gowrie w/ Long Island S...
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