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Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Is Officially Sold Out

All 75,000 tickets to next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival have been sold — a little more than a month after being made available. This marks the eighth time in a row that Wacken Open Air is sold out and it is the event's fastest sellout ever. The next Wacken Open Air ...

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'Metal Evolution' Creators Seeking Funding For 'Extreme Metal' Episode

In 2011, Banger Films released the biggest-ever series on the history of heavy metal and hard rock, "Metal Evolution". Based on Banger's groundbreaking "Heavy Metal Family Tree," the series explored over 40 years of metal history — from early metal and shock rock to thrash and nu metal. Following me...

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TRIVIUM's MATT HEAFY: Video Interview, Quality Footage Of NYC Acoustic Performance

Guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy of Florida metallers TRIVIUM took part in a special one-night-only acoustic performance to benefit MOSCOT Mobileyes Foundation. The event was held this past Monday night (August 13) between 7:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at The MOSCOT Gallery & Music Space in New York City...

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TRIVIUM Frontman Launches 'Extreme Metal' Project

Guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy of Florida metallers TRIVIUM took part in a special one-night-only acoustic performance to benefit MOSCOT Mobileyes Foundation. The event was held last night (Monday, August 13) between 7:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at The MOSCOT Gallery & Music Space in New York City. In...

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Eremita

Vegard Sverre Tveitan is a genius. Okay, so that's common knowledge. Accredited, even, given the numerous awards, commendations and honorariums Tveitan ? better known to the metal community as Ihsahn ? has reaped throughout his prolific career. Ihsahn is metal, whether or not you appreciate his rele...

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IHSAHN: 'No One Has The Blueprint Of What Black Metal Is, And What It's Not'

Radio Metal recently conducted an interview with former EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn (real name: Vegard Sverre Tveitan). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Radio Metal: The album is called "Eremita", which is Latin for "hermit." That's quite an obvious question, but do you see yourself as a...

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IHSAHN: 'Eremita' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Eremita", the fourth album from former EMPEROR vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn, sold around 900 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 32 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, d...

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IHSAHN Interviewed On 'Black Night Meditations' (Audio)

WSCA 106.1 FM's "Black Night Meditations" recently conducted an interview with former EMPEROR vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. "Black Night Meditations" is a four-hour metal show focusing on black, death, thrash, folk, shred, prog and power meta...

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IHSAHN: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

"Eremita", the fourth album from former EMPEROR vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn, can be streamed in its entirety at AOL Music. Due on June 19 in North America (one day earlier in Europe) via Candlelight Records, the CD was recorded and produced at Telemark's Ivory Shoulder Studios, with additional trackin...

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GHOST: 'Hard Rock Is About Who Has The Biggest Dick'

More sex and Satan in tonight's "Rock Show" on Killer Bunny TV from 6 p.m. CET. Mainly because the nameless ghoul from GHOST, who haunted last week's show with tales of assorted debauchery, features as the subject of "Rock Show"'s main interview tonight. It's going to get dirtier. The fiendish-looki...

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IHSAHN: 'I Try To Be As Honest And Authentic In My Work As I Possibly Can'

ShredderNet.com recently conducted an interview with former EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn (real name: Vegard Sverre Tveitan). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ShredderNet.com: I wanted to start by talking about the concept of the [new Ihsahn] album ["Eremita"]. I know you've named it with...

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IHSAHN: New Song Featuring DEVIN TOWNSEND Available For Streaming

"Introspection", a brand new song from former EMPEROR vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn, can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below (courtesy of GuitarWorld.com). The track comes off Ihsahn's fourth album, "Eremita", which will be released on June 19 in North America (one day earlier in Europe) via C...

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Former EMPEROR Frontman IHSAHN Talks 'Eremita' In New Audio Interview

Metal Army recently conducted an interview with former EMPEROR vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Ihsahn's fourth album, "Eremita", will be released on June 19 in North America (one day earlier in Europe) via Candlelight Records. Recorded and produce...

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Ex-NEVERMORE Guitarist JEFF LOOMIS Interviewed In Atlanta (Video)

Metal Mark of SkullsNBones.com conducted an interview with former NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis before Jeff's April 16 concert in Atlanta, Georgia. You can now watch the chat below. Loomis's second solo album, "Plains Of Oblivion", sold 2,900 copies in the United States in its first week of releas...

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Ex-NEVERMORE Guitarist JEFF LOOMIS: New Video Interview Posted Online

Target Audience Magazine recently conducted an interview with former NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis. You can now watch the chat below. Loomis's second solo album, "Plains Of Oblivion", sold 2,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 179 on The Billboard...