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ORPHANED LAND, PINK CREAM 69 Confirmed For PROGPOWER USA VI Festival
ORPHANED LAND and PINK CREAM 69 are the latest bands to be confirmed for the ProgPower USA VI festival, a two-day event set to take place in September 16-17 at Earthlink Live in Atlanta, Georgia. Also scheduled to appear are STRATOVARIUS, THERION, MANTICORA and CIRCUS MAXIMUS. More acts will be anno...February 14, 2005
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STRATOVARIUS Mainman Refuses To Drop 'Hitler' Song From Upcoming Album
According to an article in the Finnish daily newspaper Iltalehti, STRATOVARIUS' record label is refusing to allow the group to release a newly recorded track featuring a sampled speech by Adolf Hitler. The song, entitled "Hitler", was recently recorded by the group for inclusion on their next album....February 10, 2005
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STRATOVARIUS, CIRCUS MAXIMUS Confirmed For PROGPOWER USA VI Festival
STRATOVARIUS and CIRCUS MAXIMUS are the latest bands to be confirmed for the ProgPower USA VI festival, a two-day event set to take place in September 16-17 at Earthlink Live in Atlanta, Georgia. Also scheduled to appear are Sweden's THERION and Danish power metallers MANTICORA. More acts will be an...February 7, 2005
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THUNDERSTONE: Tour Dates Announced
Finnish melodic power metallers THUNDERSTONE have lined up the following dates during the coming months: Mar. 25 - Tampere, FIN @ Pakkahuone/Tulliklubi w/ HAMMERFALL, LORDI, FIREWIND: Apr. 21 - Pratteln, SWI @ Z 7 Apr. 22 - Filderstadt, GER @ Filharmonie Apr. 23 - Lichtenfels, GER @ Stadthalle Apr....February 4, 2005
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THUNDERSTONE: New Album Details Revealed
Finnish melodic power metallers THUNDERSTONE have set "Tools of Destruction" as the title of their third full-length album, tentatively due in Europe on April 18 via Nuclear Blast Records. Release dates for the USA and Japan will be announced soon. "Tools of Destruction" was mixed at Timo Tolkki's (...February 1, 2005
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KAMELOT To Collaborate With German Fantasy Author
According to a posting on their official web site, American/Norwegian power metallers KAMELOT will collaborate on new book with German fantasy author Harald Evers. Commented Evers: "After the success with my 'Caveworld-Saga', I was looking for an inspiration to create a new fantasy trilogy. At that...February 1, 2005
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KAMELOT: New Video To Feature Guest Appearance By DIMMU BORGIR Frontman
According to a posting on KAMELOT's web site, Swedish director Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES) of Revolver Films has finished shooting a video for the song "March of Mephisto" off the group's upcoming album "The Black Halo". The clip, the group's second off the new CD, features...January 27, 2005
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Is There A Connection Between Heavy Metal Music And Violent Behavior?
Norway's Imhotep Zine recently asked more than 60 heavy metal and hard rock musicians to answer the following two questions related to last month's shooting death of PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: 1) Can aggressive music led people to kill others? 2) Is there any connection b...January 26, 2005
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NIGHTMARE To Enter Studio In April
French power metallers NIGHTMARE will enter the studio on April 11 to begin recording their seventh album, tentatively due late summer/early fall through an as-yet-undetermined label. NIGHTMARE's most recent studio album, "Silent Room", was released in October 2003 through the group's previous label...January 22, 2005
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KAMELOT Complete Work On 'The Haunting' Video
American/Norwegian power metallers KAMELOT have completed work on their new video for the track "The Haunting" with director Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES). The clip, which was shot in Sweden, also includes an appearance by EPICA singer Simone Simons. Mari also appears as Hele...January 19, 2005
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KAMELOT: 'The Haunting' Video To Feature EPICA Singer
American/Norwegian power metallers KAMELOT recently travelled to Sweden to begin work on their new video for the track "The Haunting" with director Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES). The clip also includes an appearance by EPICA singer Simone Simons. "The Haunting" come off the g...January 14, 2005
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STRATOVARIUS Reunite, Begin Work On New Material
The classic STRATOVARIUS lineup of Timo Tolkki (guitar),Timo Kotipelto (vocals),Jörg Michael (drums),Jari Kainulainen (bass) and Jens Johansson (keyboards) has reunited and is currently working on completely new material for release in late 2005/early 2006. "Since his breakdown in April, we have...January 13, 2005
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KAMELOT: Bonus Tracks Galore
KAMELOT's new album, "The Black Halo", will be released in Japan on February 16 and will include two bonus tracks ("Epilogue" and "Soul Society" radio edit),according to the group's management. The European version, which is scheduled to it stores on March 14, will be a limited-edition digipak with...January 10, 2005
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KALEDON: New Album Delayed
Italian symphonic power metallers KALEDON have been forced to push back the projected release date of their new album, "The Way of the Light", by a couple of months from the previously announced January date. According to a posting on the group's web site, "there are some questions that must be reso...January 9, 2005
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CHILDREN OF BODOM, STRATOVARIUS Singers To Guest On New WARMEN Album
CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman Alexi Laiho and STRATOVARIUS singer Timo Kotipelto are among the vocalists that are scheduled to appear on the new solo album from CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman (to be released under the WARMEN moniker),tentatively due in May, according to the CHILDREN OF BOD...January 9, 2005
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