Hazy Hamlet

Hazy Hamlet receives special attention in Brazilian radio Militia Web Radio.

During this week, from days 06/06 to 12/06, it will be played one song from Forging Metal album each 2 hours of show. An excellent opportunity to hear Hazy Hamlet music and enjoy the metallic work of other groups.

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It is available for download an interview (in Portuguese) with singer Arthur Migotto recorded by phone for KM107 radio show. The interview went on air in the last week show and transmitted by UEL FM radio, Londrina-PR, Brazil.

Those who wish to listen to it may download it from the filesharing service 4shared. Interested in knowing a bit more about the excelent work by veteran metalhead Flávio de Souza may visit the radio show blog.

An interview (in Portuguese) was published in Novo Metal webzine. In the chat singer Arthur Migotto comments abou Hazy Hamlet ideals, the difficulties during the recording sessions of Forging Metal album and the reality of current metallic scenery. Check it out!

Hazy Hamlet's debut Forging Metal was recently elected best album of 2009 by All the Bangers webzine chief-redactor, beating names like Hammerfall, Doro and Grave Digger, and also excellent works of Brazilian groups!

"No doubt, the best CD I've heard last year, a lesson of Metal and simplicity. After some audictions, I already knew I was staring at the best CD of the year, and was certain that it would be Hazy Hamlet and 9 more" Neto Santos cited in the comments of his Top Ten.

The news get to Hazy Hamlet with a lot of surprise and takes the group huge satisfaction and honor, as it awards the great effort the band did to release the album independently.

In addiction to this, the album has also featured in fourth position in the Top Ten written by redactor Cristiano F. Gonçalves.

The group thanks the guys behind All the Bangers webzine for the words and all headbangers that have supported the band during the year 2009. Your acknowledgement is the biggest motivation for Hazy Hamlet to keep fighting to represent Brazilian. Thank you so much!

An interview with singer Arthur Migotto was published in Metalvox webzine, which has returned to activity after an hiatus of about two years.

In addictino to the interview, Hazy Hamlet will feature aside big names of Brazilian Heavy Metal in the Maximus Metallus compilation, organized by the same website. The disc will be released soon and will be promoted nationally and internationally.

If you'd like to read the interview (in Portuguese), please click here!

Song Metal Revolution, from Forging Metal album, is included in a special compilation titled Monuments of Steel, released freely with issue 15 of important Polish magazine Hardrocker.

The disc gathers only kickass groups of Heavy, Power and Thrash styles, and the other names found in the compilation are Whiplash, Lonewolf, Lick The Blade, Cage, Crystal Viper, Narval, Razor Fist, Steel Assassin, Metalucifer, Eternal Legacy, Frankenshred, Cryonic, Crosswind and Holy Cross.

The group's debut, Forging Metal, was elected 5th best album of the year in a Top Ten published by Portuguese webzine The Gates of Metal.

The site is the same that has gifted the band with a score of 10/10 in a review about the disc, electing it the best album of September in the webzine. It is a remarkable fact for it being a 100% independent material.

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Forging Metal album has come back to highlights in Brazilian press. In issue 262 of renowned magazine Rock Brigade, the group was surprised by several praises in a review published in "Review Geral" section. "...(Hazy Hamlet's) sound leads to the fantastic world of 80s Underground Heavy Metal, with groups as: Halloween (USA), Grave Stone (GER), Artillery (Denmark), etc." - redactor AAF cited, concluding the review simply with the words - "Promising indeed! Avis Rara. Congratulations.".

Hazy Hamlet got recently its own version of internet game Guitar Flash, where the objective is to play accurately the guitar notes of chosen song. The game developed by Brazilian company GamesX counts currently with two tunes, Forging Metal and The Beginning of the End - part II, and will receive during the next week two more tracks, Field of Crosses and Metal Revolution.

The group believes that with the game it will be able to attract fans from the current generation that usually prefers modern and contemporary trends of Metal, leading them to listen its more traditional and vintage style of Heavy Metal.

For those interested in checking it out, the game is available currently in GamesX website, but shall soon be distributed to several online games websites.

A huge hug from the Hazy Hamlet family!
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Hazy Hamlet has the joy of announcing it has closed a distribution deal for its Forging Metal album with Brazilian label Dark Sun Records. The distribution partnership is result of the great repercussion the album is obtaining from the media and listeners as well as the trusty reputation the company has in its work with national metal. The band believes that together they will be able to achieve a great promotion of the album taking it to yet not reached places and combating this way the piracy that has been destroying musical scenery, specially the fragile metallic one.

Currently Hazy Hamlet awaits the release of tribute to WASP "The Crimson Covers", which counts with a cover of song "Rebel in the FDG" recorded by the group.