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CHTHONIC: A Voice For Taiwan's Freedom, History

Richard Harrington of The Washington Post reports: Not a lot of metal bands appear at both nightclubs and the National Press Club in Washington, but CHTHONIC will soon be doing just that here. And on Sept. 13, the Taiwanese ensemble will hold a downtown news conference to discuss its "UNlimited Taiw...

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DEVILDRIVER Frontman Embraces OZZFEST's Emphasis On Music

Regis Behe of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports: A few weeks ago, singer Dez Fafara, of DEVILDRIVER, was starting a much-needed vacation when he got a text message from Ozzfest associate producer John Fenton: "I really need you to call me now." A band, MONDO GENERATOR, had suddenly left the tour...

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SKINLESS Announces Mexican Tour, Dates With CRADLE OF FILTH

New York-based death metallers SKINLESS will embark on their first-ever Mexican tour in September. In addition, they will play a handful of dates opening for CRADLE OF FILTH. The details are as follows: SKINLESS, IMPALED Mexican tour: Sep. 05 - Tepic Nayarit, El Bar Billabar Sep. 06 - Guadalajara, B...

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CHTHONIC To Tour Europe With ENSIFERUM

Taiwanese metal icons CHTHONIC — currently impressing American crowds at Ozzfest, where they're the first-ever Asian extreme metal act to perform — have confirmed their first European tour, which will see them play alongside "heroic folk metal" warriors ENSIFERUM (Spinefarm Records). The Finnish ban...

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DIAMOND HEAD Confirmed For U.K.'s HARD ROCK HELL Festival

NWOBHM legends DIAMOND HEAD have been confirmed for the Hard Rock Hell festival, set to take place November 9-11 at Butlins in Minehead, U.K. (Somerset). The festival billing is as follows: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD AMENTI BEYOND THE GRAVE CHTHONIC CRADLE OF FILTH CRUCIFIED BARBARA DIAMOND HEAD FASTWAY FINN...

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OZZFEST 2007: Tinley Park Photos Posted Online

Photos from the August 10, 2007 Ozzfest stop at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL have been posted online at NBC5.com. Included are pictures of the following artists: CHTHONIC IN THIS MOMENT DEVILDRIVER BEHEMOTH HATEBREED BLACK TIDE LORDI STATIC-X LAMB OF GOD Mark Brown of the R...

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CHTHONIC Frontman: 'We Write About God, Ghosts, Spirits, And Legends'

Eugenia Chien of New America Media reports: CHTHONIC (pronounced THON-ic) is the first extreme metal band from Asia to perform at Ozzfest. The six-person group is traveling and performing with bands like STATIC-X, LAMB OF GOD, and of course, the tour's founder, OZZY OSBOURNE. The Asian music scene i...

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CHTHONIC Promotes Taiwan's UN Bid In Interview With PBS

Taipei Times reports that black metal band CHTHONIC promoted Taiwan, particularly its bid to join the international community, during a tour of the U.S., the U.S. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) reported last Thursday. In an interview on the PBS program "Pacifictime", CHTHONIC lead vocalist Freddy...

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CHTHONIC To Support CRADLE OF FILTH On Select Dates

Taiwanese act CHTHONIC — the first-ever Asian extreme metal act invited to tour with Ozzfest — has been tapped to support the legendary CRADLE OF FILTH at four intimate September shows. These will be the final concerts of the band's first North American tour, and the conclusion of the first leg of t...

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CHTHONIC: Audio Interview Available

At the Mountain View, Calif. stop of the Ozzfest tour last month, National Public Radio affiliate KQED-FM interviewed the Taiwanese band CHTHONIC, the first-ever Asian extreme metal act to take part in hard rock's longest-running annual tour. The interview, which first aired on KQED's nationally syn...

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IN THIS MOMENT Singer: 'OZZFEST Has Been Great For Us So Far'

Terry Perkins of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports: How does a tour that gives away free tickets make money? It doesn't. Sponsorships, from companies such as Monster Energy, Jagermeister and Pilgrim Films, keep Ozzfest 2007 going date to date. But none of the bands on the bill is being paid beyond...

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Taiwanese Metallers CHTHONIC To Guest On 'Chaos'

Vocalist Freddy and guitarist Jesse of Taiwanese extreme black metallers CHTHONIC will be the featured guests on Indie 103.1 FM's specialty metal program "Chaos" this coming Sunday, August 5 at 10:00 p.m. PST (1:00 a.m. EST Monday morning). To listen to the show live via the Internet, go to this loc...

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CHTHONIC: Albuquerque OZZFEST Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Taiwanese black metallers CHTHONIC performing the song "Quasi Putrefaction" at the Albuquerque, New Mexico stop on the Ozzfest 2007 tour on July 26, 2007 has been posted on YouTube. Watch the clip below. CHTHONIC — the first-ever Asian metal band to take part in Ozzfest —...

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DAATH: Video Interview Available

A video interview with DAATH drummer Kevin Talley and guitarist Emil Werstler conducted by Roadrunner Records Italy has been posted at this location. The footage was shot this past April in Bologna, Italy. FPE-TV recently posted video footage of DAATH's Eyal Levi and Emil Werstler shredding the axe....

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CHTHONIC Unveils 'UNlimited Taiwan' Short Film, Posts OZZFEST Tour Diaries

Taiwan's CHTHONIC — the first-ever Asian metal band to take part in Ozzfest — is currently in the midst of their first American tour, a two-month trek that will see them play more than 60 concerts across the country. The band is keeping a tour diary on its MySpace page. The first two ...