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WOLF To Be Featured On StreetClip.tv's 'Strike!'

Swedish metallers WOLF will be featured on the StreetClip.tv show "Strike!" on September 15 and September 16. The show will feature an interview done at this year's Bang Your Head!!! festival in Germany and will include two live songs performed at the Headbangers Open Air festival (also in Germany)....

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THE PROJECT HATE, VOMITORY, Ex-ENTOMBED Members Join Forces In TORTURE DIVISION

Guitarist Lord K. Philipson (THE PROJECT HATE, GOD AMONG INSECTS, ex-LEUKEMIA),bassist/vocalist Jörgen Sandström (VICIOUS ART, THE PROJECT HATE, ex-ENTOMBED, GRAVE) and drummer Tobias "Tobben" Gustafsson (VOMITORY) have joined forces in a new band called TORTURE DIVISION. According to Philipson, "T...

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AVANTASIA's 'Lost In Space' Parts 1 And 2 Pushed Back To November

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has announced that the release date of the two new six-track albums from his AVANTASIA project, entitled "Lost In Space Part 1" and "Lost In Space - Part 2", has been pushed back to November 16 from the previously announced October 19. "We have produced so much exclusive...

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PRIMAL FEAR Bassist Offers 'New Religion' Track-By-Track Rundown

PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner has issued the following track-by-track rundown of the group's new album, "New Religion", due on September 21 via Frontiers Records: "Sign Of Fear: "We wanted to create a very unusual introduction for the album: like a metal band with a kind of orchestra tuning or like...

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EDGUY Bassist To Perform With BLIND GUARDIAN In South Africa

EDGUY's Tobias "Eggi" Exxel will play bass for one evening with BLIND GUARDIAN on October 13 in Pretoria, South Africa. EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet recently underwent appendix surgery. The group's North American tour, which is set to kick off on September 11 in Hartford, Connecticut, will go ahead...

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WOLF To Guest On Rock 247 Online's 'Hair Metal Haven'

Swedish metallers WOLF will guest on the "Hair Metal Haven" show on Rock 247 Online on Saturday, September 1 between 17.00 and 19.00 GMT (18.00 and 20.00 CET). The interview was conducted during the band's recent visit to the U.K. and was taped at JB's in Dudley. You can listen to the program live v...

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BLINDED COLONY Parts Ways With Vocalist And Bassist; Replacements Announced

Sweden's BLINDED COLONY has parted ways with vocalist Johan Schuster and bassist Roy Erlandsson due to professional differences. Stepping in as new and permanent, full-time members are Jeoan Olsson (EVILDOER) on bass and Denny Axelsson (THE BEREAVED, ex-MARAMON, WITHIN REACH, CALM) on vocals. Guitar...

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WOLF: New Video Interview Available

A video interview with Sweden's WOLF conducted by "Angel of Metal" at this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, which took place August 16-18 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England, can be viewed below. WOLF's latest album, "The Black Flame", was recorded at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden. The...

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EDGUY Frontman's Surgery Forces MORE THAN A FEST Cancellation

Slovakia's More Than A Fest has been cancelled by the organizers after headliners EDGUY were unable to guarantee their participation in the event (which was to take place on August 25) following frontman Tobias Sammet's recent appendix surgery. EDGUY's North American tour, which is set to kick off o...

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Former HELLOWEEN Singer Says New AVANTASIA Album Is 'My Type Of Material'

Former HELLOWEEN frontman Michael Kiske has commented on his guest appearance on the third installment of EDGUY singer Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project, entitled "Lost in Space Part 1 and Part 2". Asked what the AVANTASIA project has been like this time around, Kiske replied, "I like it this time a...

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EDGUY Frontman Undergoes Appendix Surgery

EDGUY/AVANTASIA frontman Tobias Sammet recently underwent appendix surgery and is currently recovering in a German hospital. Sammet has confirmed via his official web site that SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker and rock legend Alice Cooper will appear on the third installment of his AVANTASIA proj...

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EDGUY Frontman Is 'Proud' To Have ALICE COOPER And RUDOLF SCHENKER On New AVANTASIA CD

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has confirmed via his official web site that SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker and rock legend Alice Cooper will appear on the third installment of his AVANTASIA project, entitled "Lost in Space Part 1 and Part 2" (the "Scarecrow" working title has now apparently been...

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AVANTASIA To Play Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet announced at a press conference at Wacken Open Air earlier today that his solo project AVANTASIA will perform at next year's installment of the festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are IRON MAIDEN (headliners),...

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ALICE COOPER, SCHENKER Brothers To Guest On New AVANTASIA CD

Drummer Eric Singer (KISS, ALICE COOPER) revealed during a recent interview with rock and roll comic C.C. Banana at the 21st annual NY/NJ Kiss Expo that Alice Cooper has recorded a guest appearance on "The Scarecrow", the third installment of EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA solo project. Ac...

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Singer AMANDA SOMERVILLE To Guest On AVANTASIA CD

Amanda Somerville, the American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who is better known for her collaborations with various European metal bands, including EPICA, AFTER FOREVER and EDGUY, has been confirmed as one of the guests on "The Scarecrow", the third installment of EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet'...