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HEADHUNTER Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

HEADHUNTER, the reunited German band featuring DESTRUCTION frontman Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING...

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CHUCK SCHULDINER Tribute Concert In Quebec City: Photos Available

Capitale du Metal has uploaded nine galleries of high-quality pictures taken at the benefit concert to honor late DEATH/CONTROL DENIED mastermind Chuck Schuldiner, which took place on December 12, 2007 at the Theatre Imperial in Quebec City, QC, Canada. The concert — which featured the local DEATH c...

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BEFORE THE DAWN Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finland's BEFORE THE DAWN has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXEL RUDI PELL AXXIS BEFORE THE DAWN CA...

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OBITUARY Films 'Evil Ways' Video; Photos Available

Legendary Florida-based death metallers OBITUARY have issued the following update: "We had a few busy days over the weekend to get the video for 'Evil Ways' done but, we did it. It was actually a pretty good time and not to painful. Shooting videos is not any of our favorite thing to do but, I ...

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JUDAS PRIEST Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST have been confirmed as one of the headlining acts of next year's instalment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place on June 27-28, 2008 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGE OF EVIL AGENT STEEL BREAKER CONTRACRA...

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Japan's GIRUGÄMESH Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

GIRUGÄMESH, which is described as "Japan's answer to SYSTEM OF A DOWN," has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVA...

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OBITUARY, ROYAL HUNT, GRAVE DIGGER Confirmed For Portugal's LAGOA BURNING LIVE

OBITUARY, ROYAL HUNT and GRAVE DIGGER are among the confirmed bands for the the second edition of the Lagoa Burning Live festival, set to take place July 25-27, 2008 at Estombar-parque de ferias in Algarve, Portugal. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANCESTRAL ANCIENT RITES ANGRA ANGRIF...

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BELIEVER: 1991 Concert Footage Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of the late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metal band BELIEVER performing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1991 can be viewed below. BELIEVER is currently recording a new studio album for a 2008 release via an as-yet-undetermined label. The band's albums "Extraction From Mor...

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EVOCATION Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish death metallers EVOCATION have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXEL RUDI PELL AXXIS CARCASS C...

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NIFELHEIM Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish cult metallers NIFELHEIM have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXEL RUDI PELL AXXIS CARCASS CH...

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CHUCK SCHULDINER's Mother: 'Seems Hard To Believe It Has Been Six Years Today'

DEATH/CONTROL DENIED mastermind Chuck Schuldiner passed away exactly six years ago today — on December 13, 2001 — at age 34 after a a battle with pontine glioma, a rare type of brain tumor. His mother, Jane Schuldiner, has issued the following statement: "Dear fans and friends, I'm sorry to write so...

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SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY, the Tampa, Florida-based grindcore act featuring former members of BODIES IN THE GEARS OF THE APPARATUS, DEHUMANIZED, DIABOLIC and LEPROSY, has inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The pack of rapscallions better known as SWWAATS will enter the studi...

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LORDI Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish metal monsters LORDI have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXXIS CARCASS CHILDREN OF BODOM COR...

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CORVUS CORAX Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German folk metallers CORVUS CORAX have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXXIS CARCASS CHILDREN OF BOD...

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LOS ANGELES MURDERFEST VERSION 4.0 Pushed Back Two Weeks

Church of the 8th Day, the organizers behind the Los Angeles Murderfest, have announced that next year's event has been pushed back two weeks to April 19-20, 2008 from the previously announced April 5-6. The festival promises to feature more exclusive and rare West Coast performances from the top na...