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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, AS I LAY DYING Pull Out Of WACKEN OPEN AIR, TYPE O NEGATIVE Steps In

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE has cancelled its previously announced appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival because one of the bandmembers is scheduled to undergo an operation in August. Meanwhile, AS I LAY DYING have pulled out of the event due to scheduling conflicts related to their appeara...

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HELLFUELED: New Songs Posted Online

Sweden's HELLFUELED has uploaded three full songs from its newly released third album, "Memories in Black" (Black Lodge Records),on its official web site (MP3 player at top of page). The CD was recorded at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden with producers Fredrik Nordström and Patrik J. Sten. Swe...

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HATESPHERE, FASTWAY, SECRETS OF THE MOON Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR

HATESPHERE, MAMBO KURT, W:O:A FIREFIGHTERS, FASTWAY, DRONE, SECRETS OF THE MOON, GUTBUCKET, MENNEN, PHARAOH and FAIR TO MIDLAND have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as fol...

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BLITZKRIEG, SKYCLAD, KORPIKLAANI Confirmed For Spain's MARTOHELL HORNS UP Festival

BLITZKRIEG, SKYCLAD, KORPIKLAANI, AUTUMNAL, KATATONIA, BETWEEN THE FROST, EVERFROST and KOSTO AND FULL are among the confirmed bands for the Martohell Horns Up festival, set to take place June 16 at Martorell in Barcelona, Spain. For more information, click here. BLITZKRIEG recently inked a deal wit...

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HELLOWEEN Begins Recording New Album

Veteran German metallers HELLOWEEN entered singer Andi Deris' Mi Sueno Studios in Tenerife, Spain today (Friday, May 11) to begin recoding the as-yet-untitled follow-up to the highly acclaimed and successful "Keeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy" studio album, the double live CD "Live in Sao Paulo"...

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Rent Your Own Toilet At WACKEN OPEN AIR

The organizers of the world-famous Wacken Open Air festival have come up with a new way to satisfy their customers and in the process put a few extra bucks in their pockets to offset the costs of running the annual event. Check out this unique offer, available now via the festival's official web ...

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SAXON: New BIFF BYFORD Video Podcast Available

SAXON frontman Biff Byford has uploaded a new video podcast from the ferry to Helsinki, Finland. Download the one-minute video file at this location (10 MB). SAXON has just released its "anti-gun-crime" single, "If I Was You", in the U.K. via SPV Records. All proceeds from the single will be split e...

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DIMENSION ZERO Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

DIMENSION ZERO — the Swedish band featuring IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper Strömblad (on bass),ex-MARDUK vocalist Joakim "Jocke" Göthberg, LUCIFERION/DIABOLIQUE drummer Hasse Nilsson, and PATHOS guitarist Daniel Antonsson — has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival,...

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SAXON: New Video Podcast From BIFF BYFORD Available

SAXON frontman Biff Byford has uploaded a new video podcast from Zlin, Czech Republic. Download the two-minute, 15-second video file at this location (14 MB). SAXON has just released its "anti-gun-crime" single, "If I Was You", in the U.K. via SPV Records. All proceeds from the single will be split...

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SAXON Drummer Looks Back On The Tour So Far

SAXON drummer Nigel Glockler has posted the following message on his web site: "It's April 26th, and I'm sitting in my hotel room in Vienna looking back on the tour so far. "It seems eons ago that we were in production rehearsals in Bad Soden, near Frankfurt — there were so many things to do ...

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SAXON Frontman Guests On Irish Puppet Show 'Podge And Rodge'; Video Available

Video footage of SAXON frontman Biff Byford's appearance on "The Podge and Rodge Show", an Irish adult comedy televised puppet show, has been posted at YouTube. SAXON has just released its "anti-gun-crime" single, "If I Was You", in the U.K. via SPV Records. All proceeds from the single will be spli...

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BLITZKRIEG Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG have have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS AN...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE, PAPA ROACH, BUCKCHERRY Confirmed For Switzerland's SPIRIT OF ROCK Festival

MÖTLEY CRÜE, PAPA ROACH and BUCKCHERRY have been confirmed for the Spirit of Rock 2007 festival, set to take place June 1-2 at Eishalle Deutweg in Winterthur, Switzerland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, June 1: MÖTLEY CRÜE PAPA ROACH BUCKCHERRY Saturday, June 2: HEAVEN AND HE...

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Scotland's ATTICA RAGE Announces New Guitarist

Scottish metal band ATTICA RAGE has announced the addition of Stephen Bell of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire as the group's lead guitarist following the recent departure of Shaun Nelson. Singer Jonny Parr explains: "Shaun has had to take some time out for personal reasons for an indefinite period and we ha...

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ANIMAL ALPHA Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Norwegian punk rockers ANIMAL ALPHA have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS ANIMAL ALPHA AS I LAY DYING BEL...