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SUSPERIA To Embark On Extensive European Tour

Norwegian metallers SUSPERIA have confirmed details of a major European tour in support of the recently released "Unlimited" album. The band are set to team up with fellow Norwegians MORTIIS on a double headline package under the banner of "The Unlimited Grudge Tour 2004". Starting in the U.K. on Se...

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KATAKLYSM Singer Says Politics Played A Part In His Band Losing OPETH Tour

In a recent interview with On Track Magazine, KATAKLYSM vocalist Maurizio Iacono was asked about the animosity between the KATAKLYSM camp and DEVILDRIVER over the fact that DEVILDRIVER were added as support for OPETH's last U.S. tour — a slot that KATAKLYSM were up for and didn't get (Story#1,

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KATATONIA Are 'Disgusted' By Greek Concert Promoter's Actions

Sweden's KATATONIA have issued a statement apologizing to the Greek fans for the cancellation of their appearance at the Athens Open Air festival. The statement reads as follows: "We would like to apologize to all our fans in Greece for paying money to this 'Fiasco Open Air' in Athens, believing you...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Records Guest Solo For New KREATOR CD

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has recorded a guest solo for the song "Murder Fantasies" off the upcoming KREATOR album, tentatively due January 2005 through SPV Records. The as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2001's "Violent Revolution", which is being recorded and mixed at Backstage Studios in Derby...

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Greece's ATHENS OPEN AIR Festival Turns Into A Disaster?

According to unconfirmed reports, yesterday's (July 5) first day of Athens Open Air festival (web site) in Athens, Greece was a near-disaster, as only four out of the six scheduled bands performed (there was no official word on what happened to DIMMU BORGIR, one of the two acts that failed to play a...

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KREATOR: New Album Track Listing Revealed

KREATOR frontman Mille Petrozza has revealed the track listing for the group's as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2001's "Violent Revolution", tentatively due January 2005 through SPV Records. The CD, which is being recorded and mixed at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, England with producer Andy Sneap, i...

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GREEN CARNATION Confirmed For Slovenia's METAL CAMP Festival

GREEN CARNATION, the Norwegian band featuring Tchort (a.k.a. Terje Vik Schei, ex-EMPEROR, SATYRICON, EINHERJER),are the latest band confirmed for the first installment of the Metal Camp festival, a two-day event set to take place August 20-21 in Tolbin, Slovenia. GREEN CARNATION will play the main...

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KREATOR Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

German thrashers KREATOR are the latest band to be confirmed for the Hole in the Sky festival, a four-day event set to be held August 25-28 at three different venues in Bergen, Norway. The complete list of acts currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: DANZIG KREATOR ENTOMBED VADE...

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GRAVE, UNLEASHED: New Albums To Receive U.S. Release In Early September

Century Media Records has set September 7 as the U.S. release date for the new albums from Sweden's death metal godfathers GRAVE and UNLEASHED. GRAVE, who recently replaced drummer Christofer Barkensjö (KAAMOS) with Pelle Liljenberg (COERCION),recorded their sixth full-length album, "Fiendish Regre...

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Ex-IRON MAIDEN Singers DI'ANNO And BAYLEY To Perform Duet At Turkey's ROCK THE NATIONS Festival

Former IRON MAIDEN vocalists Paul Di'Anno and Blaze Bayley are expected to team up for a duet as part of their appearance at the Rock The Nations Open Air Festival in Istanbul, Turkey early next month, according to the festival's organizers. The three-day event, which is scheduled to take place July...

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APOCALYPTICA Confirmed For Slovenia's METAL CAMP Festival

Finnish string combo APOCALYPTICA are the latest band confirmed for the first installment of the Metal Camp festival, a two-day event set to take place August 20-21 in Tolbin, Slovenia. The festival is being co-produced by Austrian and Slovenian booking agencies and will take place at a "very beauti...

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UNLEASHED: Live Video Posted Online

Legendary Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED have uploaded a live performance clip of the track "Never Ending Hate", recorded during the 1994 "Full Of Hate" Easter Festival tour. Check it out here (Windows Media, 12.5 MB). As previously reported, UNLEASHED's seventh studio album, "Sworn Allegiance",...

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UNLEASHED: New Song Posted Online

A brand-new UNLEASHED track, titled "Winterland", has been posted online in Real Media format at this location. "Winterland" comes off the legendary Swedish death metal band's seventh studio album, "Sworn Allegiance", due on July 26 through Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Hell's Unle...

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LEAVES' EYES, IMMORTAL RITES, MENTAL AMPUTATION Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

LEAVES' EYES, IMMORTAL RITES and MENTAL AMPUTATION are the latest bands confirmed for this year's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 19-21, 2004 in Abtsgmünd, Germany. The complete list of acts currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows (in alphabetical order): ALEV BE...

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KATATONIA: Montreal Photos Posted Online

Photos from KATATONIA's June 6 gig at the Foufounes Électriques in Montreal, Quebec have been posted online at this location (courtesy of Patrick Dumas from The Darkest Hours NetRadio). Upcoming KATATONIA shows: Jun. 24 - On The Rocks - Helsinki, FIN Jun. 26 - Nummirock - Nummijärvi, FIN Jul. 03 - R...