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BREAKER To Reunite With Original Vocalist At BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

BREAKER will reunite with original lead vocalist Jim Hamar to play the Bang Your Head!!! festival at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany June 27-28, 2008. The band is also tentatively scheduled to appear at the Bang Your Head!!! warm-up show on June 26, 2008 at the Rockdisco WOM in Hechingen. Hamar, w...

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KORPIKLAANI, BREAKER, CONTRACRASH Confirmed For BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

KORPIKLAANI, BREAKER and CONTRACRASH have been confirmed for next year's Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 27-28, 2008 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGENT STEEL AGE OF EVIL BREAKER CONTRACRASH ENSIFERUM GRAVE DIGGER GREAT WHITE...

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Ex-ANGRA Frontman ANDRÉ MATOS Confirmed For Japan's LOUDPARK 07 Festival

Former ANGRA/SHAAMAN frontman André Matos has been confirmed for the Loudpark 07 festival, set to take place October 20-21 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Saturday, October 20, 2007: HEAVEN AND HELL BLIND GUARDIAN TRIVIUM NOCTURNAL RI...

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LORD To Support SAXON In Australia

Australian metallers LORD have been confirmed as one of the support acts for SAXON on their upcoming tour of Australia. Also appearing on the bill is Melbourne's BLACK MAJESTY. The dates are as follows: Oct. 24 - The Forum, Sydney Oct. 25 - The Hi-Fi Melbourne LORD's new album, "Ascendence", was rel...

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NILE, OUTRAGE Confirmed For Japan's LOUDPARK 07 Festival

NILE and OUTRAGE have been confirmed for the Loudpark 07 festival, set to take place October 20-21 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Saturday, October 20, 2007: HEAVEN AND HELL BLIND GUARDIAN TRIVIUM NOCTURNAL RITES MACHINE HEAD FASTWAY...

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SAXON, ONSLAUGHT, ENSIFERUM, LIZZY BORDEN Confirmed For BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

SAXON, ONSLAUGHT, ENSIFERUM and LIZZY BORDEN have been confirmed for next year's Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 27-28, 2008 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGENT STEEL AGE OF EVIL ENSIFERUM GRAVE DIGGER GREAT WHITE LIZZY BORDEN...

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SAXON: 'To Hell And Back Again' Double DVD Details Revealed

British metal veterans SAXON are scheduled to release their new double DVD, "To Hell And Back Again", on November 19 (Germany: November 16; U.S.: November 20) via SPV. "To Hell And Back Again" comes in a top-quality digipak featuring over five hours of playing time and is a perfect example of an exc...

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OLIVER/DAWSON SAXON's STEVE DAWSON: 'We Have Never Ever Tried To Be The Original Band'

Komodorock.com recently conducted an interview with former SAXON bassist Steve Dawson (currently in OLIVER/DAWSON SAXON). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Komodo Rock: For those that are unaware, how did the OLIVER/DAWSON SAXON come into being? Steve Dawson: "Graham [Oliver; ex-SAXON guita...

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Headbanger

On "Headbanger", SUPERCHRIST remind us of the power and passion of classic heavy metal, not to mention how to write a song with hooks and heaviness. Featuring metal journalist and PHARAOH member Chris Black (a.k.a. Professor Black, bass/vocals),along with Ron Rokken (guitar) and V. Dee (drums),"He...

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PEARL JAM's 'Immagine In Cornice' To Receive Big-Screen Premiere This Week

On September 25 at 8:00 pm, groundbreaking rock band PEARL JAM will be "Framed" — digitally — and on the big screen in multiple theatres and cities across the U.S., thanks to D&E Entertainment, the digital cinema/music marketing imprint selected by the legendary band and Monkeywrench Records (di...

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HELLOWEEN Singer Discusses Upcoming Tour With GAMMA RAY; Audio Available

Andi Deris, singer of the power metal band HELLOWEEN, was interviewed yesterday (Wednesday, September 19) by the Italian news blog Musica Metal. Among the many topics discussed was how HELLOWEEN came up with the idea of joining forces with the other leading German power metal band GAMMA RAY (featuri...

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'Heavy Metal Box' Animated Product Shot Available

An animated product shot for the upcoming "Heavy Metal Box" (due on October 2 via Rhino Records) can be viewed below. The four-disc, 70-song set boasts classic tracks from IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, MOTÖRHEAD and SLAYER, among dozens of others. Arranged chronologically from 1968 to 1991, the compila...

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HELLOWEEN: Complete 'Gambling With The Devil' Details Revealed

German melodic metallers HELLOWEEN were busy working on their twelfth studio album until the end of August, and are now ready to release more details about the CD. Entitled "Gambling with the Devil", the regular album consists of eleven songs (plus an intro, spoken by SAXON's Biff Byford) with a tot...

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MOTÖRHEAD, WHITESNAKE, SAXON, JUDAS PRIEST Featured On 'Rock S'Cool' Double CD And DVD

Steamhammer/SPV has set an October 8 European release date for "Rock S'Cool", a double CD and DVD containing material some of the label's biggest and most promising hard rock and heavy metal artists. The "Rock S'Cool - A Spanking Good Song Collection" double CD consists of 30 tracks with a total pla...

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BLITZKRIEG To Perform At U.K.'s MUSIC LIVE Event

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG have been confirmed to perform at the the Music Live event, which is being held November 2-4, 2007 at the NEC in Birmingham, England. BLITZKRIEG's new album, "Theatre of the Damned", was released on August 10 via Germany's Armageddon Music....