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BENEDICTUM Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

San Diego-based female-fronted power metallers BENEDICTUM have been confirmed for next 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): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJE...

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ANGRA Vocalist: American Scene 'For Classic Melodic Heavy Metal Is Not That Strong'

Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with ANGRA vocalist Edu Falaschi. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Asylum: ANGRA has only done a handful of dates in the U.S. Why is it so hard for the band to come to the States? Edu: Well, I think the main reason for ...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Revealed

Austrian/American "epic metal" band VISIONS OF ATLANTIS has set "Trinity" as the title of its third album, tentatively due in March 2007 via Napalm Records. The CD's cover artwork was created by Anthony Clarkson, who has previously worked with BLIND GUARDIAN, HYPOCRISY and EXODUS, among others. "The...

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VADER Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Polish death metallers VADER have been confirmed for next 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): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBAL CORPSE COMMU...

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DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

German metal band DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER has been confirmed for the Metalcamp 2007 festival, set to take place July 16-22, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands will perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMART...

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LEAVES' EYES Guitarist Checks In From Nebraska

LEAVES' EYES guitarist Thorsten Bauer has checked in from the group's North American tour as the support act for BLIND GUARDIAN: "I am writing to you from Nebraska, just on the way to the next show in Minneapolis. Two days ago we have still been in Mexico playing at the Monterrey Metal Fest. It was...

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MUNICIPAL WASTE Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Crossover thrash merchants MUNICIPAL WASTE have been confirmed for next 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): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBA...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Creates New Epic... Well, Kinda

Having recently launched a North American tour with LEAVES' EYES in support of "A Twist in the Myth", BLIND GUARDIAN's German roots are never far behind. Featured in the "Betcha Can't Play This" section on Page 34 of the holiday 2006 issue of Guitar World and on the DVD insert, guitarist André Olbri...

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BLACK SABBATH, GUNS N' ROSES Lyrics Banned In Iran

According to South Africa's Mail & Guardian Online, dozens of literary masterpieces and international bestsellers have been banned in Iran in a dramatic rise in censorship that has plunged the country's publishing industry into crisis. Among the forbidden items is a successful series of books fe...

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AMON AMARTH Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

Sweden's AMON AMARTH has been confirmed for the Metalcamp 2007 festival, set to take place July 16-22, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands will perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BLIND GUARDIAN IMMORTAL AMON AMART...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, IMMORTAL, DORO Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

BLIND GUARDIAN, IMMORTAL and DORO are among the first confirmed bands for the Metalcamp 2007 festival, set to take place July 16-22, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands will perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BLIN...

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THRESHOLD Fans Get Creative

Fans waiting for the new THRESHOLD album "Pilot in the Sky of Dreams" have been getting creative at forum.thresh.net. Following the announcement that the album's artwork is being designed by Thomas Ewerhard (KING'S X, VANDEN PLAS, ASIA),impetuous THRESHOLD fans have been designing their own highly...

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GREAT WHITE Frontman To Guest On New LIBERTY N' JUSTICE CD

Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE, whose most recent release, "Soundtrack of a Soul", featured an all-star cast of guest musicians — including Mark Slaughter (SLAUGHTER),Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW),Stephen Pearcy (RATT) and Tony Harnell (TNT) — are back in the studio working on their follow-up ef...

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MONTERREY METAL FEST Pre-Party Final Details Revealed

The official 2006 Monterrey Metal Fest pre-party will be held on Friday, November 17, 2006 at the Cafe Iguana in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico with mini-sets from the following bands: JOE STUMP HYDROGYN BLUDGEON VAINGLORY FORLORN VALE HERENWEN SOULS ON FIRE BLACKSMITH PENTAGRAM The cost of the ticke...

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BLIND GUARDIAN: Video Footage From U.S. Tour Opener Available

Two short video clips of BLIND GUARDIAN's first concert on their current U.S. tour, which kicked off Wednesday night (Nov. 8) at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Arizona, have been posted online at YouTube.com. Check them out: "Welcome to Dying": Video "Lord of the Rings": Video A 12-minute audio inter...