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LORDI: Video Of Post-EUROVISION Press Conference Available Online

Video footage of LORDI's press conference that took place shortly after they were named the Eurovision Song Contest winners on Saturday (May 20) in Athens, Greece has been posted online at BBC.co.uk. According to the BBC News, LORDI have been defended against claims of Satanism by their country's am...

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QUIET RIOT and L.A. GUNS Pull Out Of BANG YOUR HEAD ; PRETTY MAIDS and ANVIL Step In

QUIET RIOT and L.A. GUNS have cancelled their participation in this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24, 2006 in Balingen, Germany. Replacing them on the bill will be Denmark's PRETTY MAIDS and Canadian veterans ANVIL. The festival billing is now shapin...

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LORDI Frontman On EUROVISION Win: 'This Is A Victory For Rock Music And Open-Mindedness'

A high-quality video of LORDI's winning performance at the Eurovision Song Contest final on Saturday (May 20) in Athens, Greece can be downloaded at this location (75 MB). At the end of LORDI's performance, right before the file is cut, you can hear one of the hosts (this is taken from French televi...

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HELLFUELED Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

HELLFUELED have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED AMON AMARTH ARCH ENEMY ATHEIST BATTLELORE BLOODTHORN BORN FROM PAIN CALIBAN CARNIVORE CELTIC FR...

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RUFFIANS Sign With METAL HEAVEN RECORDS

RUFFIANS, the reunited power metal band that at one time featured in its ranks late VICIOUS RUMORS frontman Carl Albert, have signed a deal with Metal Heaven Records. RUFFIANS are currently at Trident/Imperial Studios in Northern California recording their much anticipated new album which will be re...

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KAMELOT Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 8-10 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALICE COOPER ANVIL ARCH ENEMY BALDROOM BLITZ BLITZKRIEG...

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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Cover METALLICA's 'Blackened': Audio Available

Raleigh, North Carolina's BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME have completed work on their covers album, "The Anatomy Of". The CD, which was produced by Jamie King (THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD),is scheduled for release on June 13 via Victory Records. The complete track listing for the effort is as follows:...

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TERRORFEST 2006 Details Announced

Terror Establishment Inc. has announced it will present its annual Terrorfest event on July 14 through July 16, 2006, at The Reverb, Kathedral and The Funhaus in the heart of downtown Toronto, ON. The second annual event is scheduled to be Toronto's largest heavy metal festival this year, with over...

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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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METAL CHURCH Announce Warm-Up Dates Prior To European Tour

METAL CHURCH have announced two warm-up dates in their home state of Washington prior to the start of their European tour, which is scheduled to kick off May 31. The details are as follows: May 26 - Vancouver, WA @ Hazeldell Grange Hall May 27 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven METAL CHURCH recently compl...

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MOONSPELL Celebrate 'A Heavy Metal Moment Of Victory'

MOONSPELL's latest CD, "Memorial", has entered the Portuguese album chart at position No. 1. "Only METALLICA and [IRON] MAIDEN did the same with their albums and for a country such as Portugal this is more than a MOONSPELL achievement, [it is] a truly heavy metal moment of victory," said lead singer...

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MORBID ANGEL Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

MORBID ANGEL have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED AMON AMARTH ARCH ENEMY ATHEIST BATTLELORE BLOODTHORN BORN FROM PAIN CALIBAN CARNIVORE CELTIC...

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JIMI HENDRIX: U.K. Legal Victory for EXPERIENCE HENDRIX

Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. has announced a significant legal victory in the London courts. Experience Hendrix is the Seattle-based company owned by members of the family of the late James Allen ("Al") Hendrix, the father of the international rock star Jimi Hendrix. Experience Hendrix owns and admini...

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GAIA EPICUS To Enter Studio In July

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS will enter Top Room Studios in Lunner, Norway on July 12 to begin recording their third album, entitled "Victory". The band will have the album finished by the time they go to the USA to play the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, which will take place on August 25-...

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Believe it or not, the rating above is a vast improvement for Danish third-stringers IRON FIRE. Their debut, "Thunderstorm" (released after the group won some Noise Records battle of the bands contest),was a laughably generic exercise in power metal with particularly anemic and reedy vocals from Ma...