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ANCIENT RITES Confirmed For Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING

Belgian metallers ANCIENT RITES have been confirmed for the Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 23-25 in Dessel, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, June 23: WHITESNAKE LACUNA COIL SATYRICON SEVENDUST MOONSPELL MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP EVERGREY EDGUY TRIVIUM Y&amp...

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CALLENISH CIRCLE Confirmed For Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING

Dutch melodic death metallers CALLENISH CIRCLE have been confirmed for the Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 23-25 in Dessel, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, June 23: WHITESNAKE LACUNA COIL SATYRICON SEVENDUST MOONSPELL MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP EVERGREY EDGU...

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Vocalist JORN LANDE Quits MASTERPLAN

Melodic metallers MASTERPLAN have parted ways with vocalist Jorn Lande (ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/ARK) due to "musical differences." During the songwriting process for the band's third album, it became increasingly apparent that the members of the group had different visions and plans for the band's music...

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BEYOND FEAR Confirmed For BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Warm-Up Show

BEYOND FEAR, the new Ohio-based band featuring former JUDAS PRIEST and current ICED EARTH frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens alongside guitarist John Comprix (SPAWN, 13 FACES),Dennis Hayes (ex-WINTERS BANE, SEVEN WITCHES) on bass, Dwane Bihary (MISSING SKIN) on rhythm guitar, and drummer Eric Elkins (CRYP...

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HAMMERFALL: New Album To Include Ten-Year-Old Instrumental

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on his official blog: "Today, Stefan [Elmgren, guitar] and I have gone through and (slightly) rearranged an intrumental track he wrote ten (!) years ago. I heard it for the first time last week, he appearently found it on a CD somew...

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Ex-HELLOWEEN Frontman MICHAEL KISKE: 'God Is Dead'

Michael Kiske, who made his mark in the metal world as the singer for the legendary HELLOWEEN, checked in with Hardrock Haven to discuss his new album (titled "Kiske"),the extremely negative state of the music industry today, the spirituality of making music, and a myriad of other topics. An excerp...

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HAMMERFALL Complete Nine Songs For New Album

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on his official blog: "We have once again spent three days in the rehearsal room, playing through the now nine songs finished for the album. I can't remember feeling this good about the material before a recording, ever. Especially...

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HATESPHERE: 'The Sickness Within' To Receive U.S. Release In September

SPV Records has set a September 12, 2006 North American release date for the new HATESPHERE album, entitled "The Sickness Within". The follow-up to 2004's "Ballet of the Brute", which was released in Europe last September, was recorded in part at Jailhouse Studios with producer Tommy Hansen (HELLOWE...

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REDEMPTION: New Album Update

REDEMPTION's primary songwriter and guitarist/keyboardist Nicolas van Dyk has issued the following update on the progress of the recording sessions for the band's new album, entitled "The Origins of Ruin": "We can see the light at the end of the tunnel and we're just about finished tracking, with on...

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KROKUS Frontman Joins DORO On Stage In Switzerland: Photos Available

KROKUS frontman Marc Storace joined German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch (ex-WARLOCK) on stage on April 24 at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland for a rendition of her song "On My Own". Check a report and photos from the gig at this location. KROKUS recently announced the addition of German drummer St...

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HAMMERFALL: New Songtitles Revealed

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on his official blog: "We're looking at another weekend of rehearsals, and I am excited! I completed the eighth song for the album a few days ago, and am hard at work finishing one more before the rehearsal starts. I'll keep the rem...

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FIREWIND: New Album Details Revealed

Century Media Records has set a July 24 European release date for the new FIREWIND album, entitled "Allegiance". The album's first single, "Falling to Pieces", will be released June 19 in Greece. It will include an edited version of the title track, the non-album track "Demon Nights" and the BLACKFO...

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KROKUS: More European Tour Dates Announced

In addition to their previously announced German co-headlining tour with AXXIS, legendary Swiss hard rockers KROKUS will play the following European dates: Jun. 02 - Eishalle - Romanshorn, SWI Jun. 08 - Sweden Rock - Sölvesborg, SWE Jun. 09 - Open Air Hoch Ybrig - Oberiberg, SWI Jul. 07 - Rock Sound...

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SACRED STEEL To Enter Studio In July

German metallers SACRED STEEL will enter the Spiderhouse studio in Berlin on July 10 with legendary producer Harris Johns (VOIVOD, HELLOWEEN, ST. VITUS, DEPRESSIVE AGE, SODOM, KREATOR) to begin recording their sixth album, tentatively titled "Hammer of Destruction". Mixing will take place at the Mus...

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HAMMERFALL Guitarist DRONJAK: Bow To The King!

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on his official blog: "The concert highlight of the spring took place yesterday [April 21]; KING DIAMOND rolled through town [Gothenburg, Sweden]. I had been looking forward to this for a long time, and my expectations were really h...