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KAMELOT Schedule Canadian Live Debut

American/Norwegian power metal act KAMELOT will make their Canadian live debut on November 20, 2005 as the headliners of Quebec's International Metal Fest at the Capitole Theater. Support bands have yet to be announced. KAMELOT are continuing to promote their latest album, "The Black Halo", released...

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KAMELOT And EPICA To Team Up For Brazilian Tour

KAMELOT and EPICA will be teaming up for a Brazilian tour in December. So far, one date has been confirmed: December 4 at Via Funchal in São Paulo. More shows will be announced soon. KAMELOT are continuing to promote their latest album, "The Black Halo", released in March through SPV Records. The fo...

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PAIN OF SALVATION Singer To Guest On New AXAMENTA CD

PAIN OF SALVATION singer Daniel Gildenlöw will be featured as a guest vocalist on one track on the upcoming AXAMENTA album, entitled "Ever-Arch-I-Tech-Ture". "Daniel will do the vocals on one entire song, for which he has written the melody and vocal pattern himself," according to a posting on AXAME...

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AQUARIA To Release Debut Album In July

Brazilian metallers AQUARIA, featuring former members of UIRAPURU, will release their debut album, "Luxaeterna", in Brazil on July 30 via Hellion Records. Release dates for the European and American territories are tentatively penciled in for September. "Luxaeterna" was produced by Bruno Agra and re...

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WALDROCK 2005 Photos Posted Online

A number of high-quality photos of bands like MEGADETH, DIO, DIMMU BORGIR, ACCEPT, MASTODON, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, ICEPICK, CEPHALIC CARNAGE, EPICA, SOILWORK, MESHUGGAH and LIFE OF AGONY, taken at this year's Waldrock Festival on June 4 in Burgum, Netherlands, have been posted online at www.metal-exp...

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HATESPHERE Confirmed For Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING

Danish thrashers HATESPHERE have been confirmed for this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 24-26 in Dessel, Belgium. HATESPHERE will perform on Sunday, June 26 between 1:20 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. on the Marquee II stage. The billing for the 10th-anniversary edition of the Graspop Meta...

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EPICA To Release New Single This Week

According to a post on EPICA's official web site, the group will release their new single, "Solitary Ground", on May 12. The complete track listing for the single is as follows: 01. Solitary Ground (piano version) 02. Solitary Ground (remix) 03. Mother of Light (different version) 04. Palladium (pre...

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KAMELOT: More Touring, DVD Planned

KAMELOT's official web site, Kamelot.com, has posted a short interview with the group's guitarist/leader Thomas Youngblood. Read on: Q: How are things going with the band and the upcoming events? Thomas Youngblood: "We are taking a few weeks break since the European and Japanese tour. We have been w...

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EPICA Enter Dutch Album Chart At No. 12

According to a post on EPICA's official web site, the band's sophomore album, "Consign to Oblivion", entered the official Dutch album chart at position No. 12 in its first week of release. The follow-up to 2003's "The Phantom Agony", "Consign to Oblivion" is available on Transmission Records. EPICA...

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EPICA To Debut In Dutch Top 10?

According to a post on EPICA's official web site, preliminary sales report indicate that the band have a good chance of debuting in the Top 10 of the official Dutch album chart when the chart positions are revealed on Friday (April 29). EPICA's sophomore album, "Consign to Oblivion", was released la...

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EPICA And PAIN OF SALVATION To Headline PROGPOWER EUROPE Festival

EPICA and PAIN OF SALVATION have been confirmed as the headliners of this year's edition of ProgPower Europe festival, set to take place October 1-2 in Baarlo, The Netherlands. The complete festival billing is as follows: Saturday, October 1: DISILLUSION (Germany) THROES OF DAWN (Finland) ORPHANED L...

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AXAMENTA To Begin Recording New Album Next Week

Belgium's AXAMENTA, the former band of current EPICA bassist Yves Huts, will make their way to Hansen studio in Ribe, Denmark on Sunday, May 1 to begin recording their new album with producer Jacob Hansen (MERCENARY, RAUNCHY, ABORTED). Mixing and mastering will take place at Studio Fredman in Gothen...

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EPICA Singer Says Women Most Definitely Have A Place In Metal

EPICA frontwoman Simone Simons recently spoke to Metal-Temple.com about the role of female vocalists in metal. An excerpt from the interview follows: Metal Temple: So, do you believe that nowadays all that it takes is a good female vocalist? Simone Simons: "Definitely not. In fact now there are many...

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KAMELOT: Working On New Dates For The Fall

KAMELOT guitarist Thomas Youngblood has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "We are now back from our first part of the European Tour 2005. All I can say is WOOOA! What a great time we had with all of you that came to the shows. The turnouts in most of the ...

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France's FURY FEST: Complete Schedule Announced

The complete schedule has been announced for the 2005 edition of Fury Fest, set to take place June 24-26 in Le Mans, France. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, June 24: Main Stage: 00.15 - 1.15 JELLO BIAFRA AND THE MELVINS 22.30 - 23.15 ANTHRAX 21.00 - 21.45 MILLENCOLIN 19.30 - 2...