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OPETH Mainman Begins Writing Material For Next Album

PitCam.TV conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH at this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, which was held August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. Asked whether OPETH has begun work on the follow-up...

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HAMMERFALL Guitarist Interviewed At WACKEN OPEN AIR (Video)

Metal-Trails.com conducted an interview with guitarist Oscar Dronjak of Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. The members of HAMMERFALL announced in March that they were take an...

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VOLBEAT: Pro-Shot Footage Of Entire WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance

Professionally filmed video footage of VOLBEAT's entire performance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany can be seen below. With VOLBEAT's latest North American tour finished, the band is probably starting to think about its next album. Drummer Jon...

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DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist Interviewed At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR (Video)

Axel of PitCam.TV conducted an interview with guitarist Galder (real name: Tom Rune Andersen) of Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR at this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, which was held August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. DIMMU BORGIR's cur...

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EKTOMORF: Another New Song Available For Streaming

"Unscarred", a brand new song from Hungarian extreme metallers EKTOMORF, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The track, which is available for download at all digital retailers, comes off the band's new album, "Black Flag", to be released on August 31 via AFM Records. The cover was once again...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE Honored By Hamburg's Hard Rock Café

There are several honors that can come by way of a successful career as a band. There are awards given, there are gold and platinum records handed out, and there is the privilege of being counted among the best in music's illustrious history through special inductions. On Sunday, August 4, and after...

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WACKEN OPEN AIR 2012: Festival Highlights Posted Online

A four-minute video clip featuring highlights from this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, which was held August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany, can be seen at this location. DEEP PURPLE, NIGHTWISH, AMORPHIS, ARCH ENEMY, SABATON, DORO, ANTHRAX and SUBWAY TO SALLY are the first confirmed bands f...

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KAMELOT: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From WACKEN OPEN AIR Appearance

American/German/Swedish symphonic metallers KAMELOT have posted a five-minute video clip featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the band's appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany. Check it out below. KAMELOT's new album, "Silverthorn", wil...

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CHTHONIC Joined By TURISAS Violinist At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival (Video)

Professionally filmed video footage of Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC performing the song "Takao" — with a special guest appearace by violinist Olli Vänskä of Finnish "battle metal" warriors TURISAS — on August 2 at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany can be seen below. CHTHONIC's sixth fu...

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DORO: 'Raise Your Fist In The Air' Video Released

"Raise Your Fist In The Air", the new video from German metal queen Doro Pesch can be seen below. The song comes off the singer's new EP, "Raise Your Fist In The Air", which was released on August 3. A full-length album, "Raise Your Fist", will follow on October 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. Pesch ....

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SANCTUARY: Video Footage Of WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance

Reunited '80s cult metal outfit SANCTUARY — which features in its ranks NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane and bassist Jim Sheppard — performed on August 3 at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. In an interview with Rock My Monkey T...

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MACHINE HEAD: Pro-Shot Footage Of WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance

Professionally filmed video footage of MACHINE HEAD's performance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany can be seen below. MACHINE HEAD has been confirmed for this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 10-12 at Catton Hall in...

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TESTAMENT Interviewed At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR (Video)

German TV channel ZDF Kultur conducted an interview with San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. Also available is professionally filmed video footage of TESTAMENT's August 4...

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SAXON Frontman Interviewed On Brazil's 'Wikimetal' (Audio)

Brazil's Wikimetal podcast recently conducted an interview with vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON. You can listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. SAXON is hard at work on its next album for a tentative February 2013 release. The follow-up to 2011's "Call To Arm...

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EDGUY Frontman Working On New AVANTASIA Album

EDGUY mainman Tobias Sammet is working on a new CD from his AVANTASIA project for a spring 2013 release. According to a post on Sammet's web site, "Concept-wise, the album will be a classic rock opera/metal opera. It's going to be a timeless fairytale that despite its fantasy appeal was inspired by...