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BLIND GUARDIAN Drummer Answers Questions

First-week sales of BLIND GUARDIAN's "A Twist in the Myth" in the U.S. landed Germany's favorite sons at No. 21 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart and No. 288 on the Billboard Album chart. While out on the road in Europe, new drummer Fredrik Ehmke took some time out to answer the following...

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NUCLEAR BLAST On YouTube; RSS Feeds Now Available

If you're using a RSS feed reader, you may now subscribe to the following services from Nuclear Blast Records: * Nuclear Blast News (get all the latest information about NB artists): http://www.nuclearblast.de/rssdemo/?id=1 (paste this link into your feed reader) * Nuclear Blast videos on YouTube (g...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, U.D.O., EDGUY Confirmed For Mexico's MONTERREY METAL FEST

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have been confirmed as the headliners of the third edition of the Monterrey Metal Fest, which has been rescheduled for Saturday, November 18 at the Coca Cola Auditorium in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Also newly confirmed for the festival are U.D.O. and EDGUY....

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A Twist In the Myth

BLIND GUARDIAN started on a mighty quest with the "Nightfall In Middle Earth" record, going ever more overboard with layers upon layers of choirs, keyboards, and overdubbed sonic madness. A band that once parlayed its unique power metal with a manic, thrashy energy grew gradually more encased in tec...

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BLIND GUARDIAN's 'A Twist In The Myth' Moves Up To No. 2 On Greek Chart

"A Twist in the Myth", the latest album from the German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN, has moved up to position No. 2 on the Greek national chart after debuting at No. 3 last week. "A Twist in the Myth" first-week chart positions: Greece: #3 Germany: #4 Italy: #9 (Media Market Chart) Sweden: #10 (#...

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HAGGARD Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German 17-piece medieval metalheads HAGGARD 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): BLIND GUARDIAN GRAVE DIGGER HAGGARD IMMORTAL IN FLAMES...

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Ex-BLIND GUARDIAN Drummer Talks About SAVAGE CIRCUS, COLDSEED And His Former Band

Norway's Metal Express Radio recently conducted an interview with former BLIND GUARDIAN and current SAVAGE CIRCUS/COLDSEED drummer Thomen Stauch. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Express Radio: Have you already started writing the new SAVAGE CIRCUS album? Stauch: No, we didn't start it yet...

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AUDIOSLAVE, IRON MAIDEN, ALICE IN CHAINS: First-Week Sales Revealed

AUDIOSLAVE's "Revelations" sold 142,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to land at No. 2 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. This is a sharp drop from the first-week performance of last year's "Out of Exile", which premiered with 263,000 units to debut at No. 1 on Th...

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BLIND GUARDIAN: More 'A Twist In The Myth' Chart Positions Revealed

"A Twist in the Myth", the latest album from the German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN, has entered the national album charts in the following countries: Germany: #4 Sweden: #10 Austria: #19 Japan: 21 Switzerland: #27 Finland: #30 U.K. (Indie Album Chart): #33 Noray: #38 As previously reported, BLIN...

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FREEDOM CALL: New Album Title Announced

FREEDOM CALL/GAMMA RAY drummer Daniel Zimmermann has posted the following message on the FREEDOM CALL web site: "I have some good news for all FREEDOM CALL fans and those who join in in the future! "Right after the successful European tour with RAGE in March and April the band went into the sudio ag...

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PERSUADER Confirmed For Confirmed For 34000 TON METAL Cruise

Swedish metallers PERSUADER have been added to the billing of Sweden Rock's 34000 Ton Metal cruise, which is scheduled to take place October 6-7 on board of the third generation car ferry "Silja Festival". Commented PERSUADER guitarist Emil Norberg: "It will be our premier gig on a boat so we will s...

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BLIND GUARDIAN: 'A Twist In The Myth' Enters Swedish Chart At No. 10

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN entered the Swedish national album chart at position No. 10 with their latest effort, "A Twist in the Myth". The CD is available for streaming in its entirety at AOL Music. As previously reported, BLIND GUARDIAN recently took part in special live performance for...

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BLIND GUARDIAN: 'Live Sessions' Performance Available Online

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN recently took part in special live performance for AOL.de's "Live Sessions". Check out footage of the band playing "The Bard's Song", "A Past and Future Secret", "Harvest of Sorrow" and "Skalds and Shadows" at this location. As previously reported, a 12-minute a...

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BLIND GUARDIAN: New Audio Interview With HANSI KÜRSCH Available

A 12-minute audio interview with BLIND GUARDIAN frontman Hansi Kürsch, conducted recently by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia),can be downloaded at this location (4.61 MB). BLIND GUARDIAN's new release, "A Twist In The Myth", is available for streaming in its entire...

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MOONSPELL Confirmed For Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Portugal's MOONSPELL was 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. Also scheduled to perform are IN FLAMES, BLIND GUARDIAN, SAXON, STRATOVARIUS, GRAVE DIGGER, THERION, SAMAEL, SCHANDMAUL and the reunited No...