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COLDSEED: Debut Album Title, Cover Artwork Revealed
COLDSEED, the new band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN/current SAVAGE CIRCUS skinsman Thomen Stauch and SOILWORK singer Björn "Speed" Strid, have been forced to abandon their previously announced plan to mix their debut album with engineer Charly Czajkowsky. According to a posting on the band's web...April 14, 2006
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Filmmakers To Create Documentary About Metal's Popularity In Unlikely Places
Scot McFadyen, one of the filmmakers behind "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey", a brand-new documentary offering a guided tour through heavy metal's storied but largely ignored history, has told the U.K.'s The Guardian that he has been hired to cut another documentary, this time about the life of Denis...April 13, 2006
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FATES WARNING: 'Spectre Within' Special Collectors' Edition Artwork Available
Dangerous Age Graphics has announced a very limited edition (only twenty canvas originals!) canvas prints of FATES WARNING's "Spectre Within" artwork, hand-retouched and signed by cover artist Ioannis (BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, BIOHAZARD, DEEP PURPLE, ALLMAN BROTHERS, UFO, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN)....April 10, 2006
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HAMMERFALL Frontman To Appear On Swedish TV
The following update has been posted at HAMMERFALL's official web site: "On April 14th, Joacim [Cans, vocals] will participate in the TV4 show 'Rampfeber' ('Stage Fright'). There, he'll be teaching Uffe Larsson how to sing TWISTED SISTER's 'We're Not Gonna Take It'. For this, he needs backing vocali...April 8, 2006
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HAMMERFALL Working On 'Wide Range of Songs' For New Album
HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on his blog: "Spring is late in coming this year, more snow today. Unbelievable! Makes you a bit lazy, I have to admit. In fact, that's what I have been songwriting-wise for the past few weeks, not much has happened. "This is where...April 7, 2006
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Heavy Metal Album Covers That Rocked The World
The U.K.'s Guardian Unlimited has published a short interview with James Sherry, co-author of the book "Heavy Metal Thunder: Album Covers That Rocked the World", a collection of album covers from metal's golden age that began with BLACK SABBATH's 1970 eponymously titled debut. Heavy-metal album cove...March 30, 2006
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PRIMAL FEAR To Make 'Huge Announcement' In Coming Weeks
According to a posting on PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner's official web site, PRIMAL FEAR will be making a "huge announcement" in the coming weeks. The band recently completed a Japanese tour and are preparing for a number of festival appearances during the summer. In other news, Mat's long-running...March 30, 2006
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HAMMERFALL: More Details Revealed About Charity Hockey Game
More details have been revealed about the charity ice-hockey game that HAMMERFALL members Joacim Cans (vocals) and Oscar Dronjak (guitar) will participate in on Thursday, March 30 in Vättlehallen in Stenkullen, outside of Göteborg, Sweden. The event is being arranged by artisterforlivet.com and will...March 29, 2006
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METALLICA Concert Woes: Food Inspections To Come
Mail & Guardian Online is reporting that Saturday's (March 18) Coca-Cola Colab Massive Mix concert at Supersport Park in Centurion, South Africa — featuring a host of local artists and several international acts, including METALLICA — was attended by more than 42,000 people. On Monday, Beeld, th...March 20, 2006
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LARS ULRICH: METALLICA Will 'Do Our Thing' At South African Festivals
Johannesburg's Mail & Guardian Online is reporting that METALLICA fans can expect a broad range of the band's music — spanning more than 20 years of its career — at Saturday's (March 18) Coca-Cola Colab Music Festival at Supersport Park in Centurion, South Africa. "It's just us doing our thing,"...March 18, 2006
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HAMMERFALL Members To Play Hockey For Charity
HAMMERFALL singer Joacim Cans and guitarist Oscar Dronjak will be part of a Swedish ice-hockey team called "Artists for Life". The team, who will play against a reality-show team from Swedish ZTV, will feature celebrities like football and ice-hockey legends, stand-up comedians, and other musicians,...March 17, 2006
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BLIND GUARDIAN: 'Fly' International Chart Positions Revealed
The new BLIND GUARDIAN single, "Fly", has entered the national charts in the following countries: # 1 in Japan # 4 in Spain # 4 in Hungary # 29 in Sweden # 32 in Germany # 52 in Austria # 94 in Switzerland Audio samples of "Fly", have been posted online at this ...March 11, 2006
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ASTRAL DOORS Confirmed For Norway's RAGNAROCK FESTIVAL
Swedish metallers ASTRAL DOORS have been confirmed for the the Ragnarock Festival, set to take place August 17-19 in Norway. Also scheduled to appear are TWISTED SISTER, W.A.S.P., THUNDERBOLT, CHINCHILLA, CORNERSTONE, MORGANA LEFAY, PAGAN'S MIND, HIGHLAND GLORY, MASTERPLAN and BRAINSTORM, among othe...March 11, 2006
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Report: BON SCOTT Memorabilia Under The Hammer
Patrick Donovan of Australia's The Age has issued the following report: Irene Thornton will never forget the first time she spoke to her future husband, AC/DC wild man singer Bon Scott. It was at Adelaide's Largs Pier Hotel in 1971, and Scott had just come off stage with his band at the time, ...March 3, 2006
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HAMMERFALL Guitarist Comments On Upcoming Festival Appearances
HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "I know we have said to everyone that we wouldn’t do any more shows until the release of the next album, because that is how we normally do it. But due to the tremendous success of our last tour, we...March 3, 2006
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