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IN FLAMES Confirmed For Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish metal titans IN FLAMES 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 BLIND GUARDIAN, SAXON, STRATOVARIUS, GRAVE DIGGER, THERION, SAMAEL, SCHANDMAUL and the reunited Norwegi...

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IRON MAIDEN Bassist: SHARON OSBOURNE Has An Ego The Size Of California

The Spanish edition of Metal Hammer magazine recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris. What follows is the English translation of the interview, courtesy of the IRON MAIDEN fan site MaidenFans.com: Q: It is quite sure that the fans might frown and not like the album on t...

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LOCOMOTIVE Cranks Out Three New Releases For September

The month of September will delight the ears and eyes of those who love metal. Locomotive once again releases music for those who just want to rock. On September 12, MANTICORA will take listeners on a mystic metal ride with their fifth full-length album, "The Black Circus, Part 1 – Letters". The fir...

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SAXON: 'Crusader' 21st Anniversary Limited Print Available

Studio54 in conjunction with Metaltix has announced their first fine art limited edition print. This unique edition has been taken from the artwork of SAXON's now legendary album "Crusader". The edition will be signed and numbered by the artist Paul Raymond Gregory. Only 500 will be available worldw...

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DAVID LEE ROTH To Headline Brazil's LIVE N' LOUDER Festival

Former VAN HALEN frontman David Lee Roth has been confirmed as the headliner of the Brazilian edition of the Live N' Louder festival, set to take place October 14 at Arena Skol Anhembi in São Paulo. Roth will not be appearing at the Mexican Live N' Louder date, which is scheduled for October 7 at .....

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SAXON: South American/Mexican Tour Dates Confirmed

Veteran British heavy metal band SAXON has lined up the following South American/Mexican tour dates in October: Oct. 07 - MEX - Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes / Live 'n' Louder Festival Oct. 08 - MEX - Chihuahua El Quevedo (2) Oct. 11 - ARG - Buenos Aires Teatro Flores (1) Oct. 12 - ...

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MASTERPLAN, ROSE TATTOO To Support SAXON In Europe

MASTERPLAN and ROSE TATTOO have been confirmed as the special guests on the upcoming SAXON European tour, which is scheduled to kick off late February. The dates are as follows: Feb. 28 - UK Glasgow Garage (2) Mar. 02 - UK Belfast Spring & Airbrake (2) Mar. 03 - IRL Dublin Temple Bar Music Centr...

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HOLY MOSES Bassist Checks Into Psychiatric Hospital

German thrashers HOLY MOSES have posted the following message on their official web site: "Unfortunately, we have to let you know that our bass player Ozzy [Robert 'Ozzy' Frese] had to go into a psychiatric clinic unexpected. As soon as Ozzy is back on his feet, he will be back in the band again, bu...

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RUFFIANS: New Album Details Revealed

RUFFIANS, the reunited power metal band that at one time featured in its ranks late VICIOUS RUMORS frontman Carl Albert, will release its new album, "Desert of Tears", on October 20 via Metal Heaven Records. The CD was recorded at Trident/Imperial Studios in Northern California. "Desert of Tears" tr...

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DORO Confirmed For LIVE N LOUDER Festival; BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Cancels

German hard rock singer DORO has been added to the second edition of Live N' Louder, the traveling festival that is scheduled to hit Mexico City, Mexico; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Sao Paulo, Brazil in October. Meanwhile, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY has pulled out of the event, citing scheduling conflicts...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP Bassist: WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Was 'Amazing'

MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (MSG) bassist Rev Jones has issued the following update: "First off, I want to thank everyone for supporting us on the European tour and at all the festivals — you're the best. I played with MSG at the Wacken festival [in Wacken, Germany] last week to over 60,000 people. It wa...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, SAXON, STRATOVARIUS Confirmed For Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

BLIND GUARDIAN, SAXON, STRATOVARIUS, GRAVE DIGGER, THERION, SAMAEL and SCHANDMAUL 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 at the festival is the reunited Norwegian black metal ba...

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TESTAMENT, ARCH ENEMY, SAXON, HAMMERFALL: Photos From Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST Available

221 high-quality pictures of last weekend's Earthshaker Fest (which took place July 21-22 in Kreuth, Germany) have been posted online at www.metalchroniques.com. Included in the batch are pictures of the following artists: DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER ARCH ENEMY BRAINSTORM CALIBAN ENSIFERUM EQUILIBRIU...

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GOREFEST Guitarist FRANK HARTHOORN: 'The Metal Flowed Freely'

Guitarist Frank Harthoorn of the reunited Dutch metallers GOREFEST has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "This weekend we found ourselves hot, sweaty, sticky and steaming. And we weren't even naked! On Friday, we had an early show at this year's sweltering Earthshaker Fes...

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THE GATHERING To Perform At Germany's POPKOMM Convention

THE GATHERING drummer Hans Rutten has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We will participate at the German's Popkomm [convention] this year, playing in Berlin the 22nd of September 2006. Hope you all will be there, as our German actions are rare these days. We hope to pla...