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OVERKILL Confirmed For Norway's INFERNO Festival

Legendary New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Inferno metal festival, set to take place March 19-22, 2008 at the Rockefeller and John Dee venues in Oslo, Noway. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: 1349 BEHEMOTH DESTRUCTION KRUX OVERKILL...

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VIKING SKULL: UK Dates Announced

Corby, U.K.-based old-school metallers VIKING SKULL have lined up a few shows in Scotland, England and Wales in January. It will be their first batch of dates featuring the band's latest additions, guitar player Jules Cooper and drummer Jess Margera. Jan. 23 - Glasgow, Scotland @ Barfly Jan. 24 - Yo...

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Members To Guest On Tonight's 'Tinitus'

U.D.O./ex-ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider and two members of THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN were interviewed for this week's "Tinitus" radio show, airing tonight (Wednesday, November 28) between 20.00 CET (8:00 p.m.) and 22.00 CET (10:00 p.m.) on Norway's P3. According to a press release for the progra...

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OVERKILL To Release 'Live At Wacken Open Air 2007' DVD In February

According to Headbanger's Blog, veteran New Jersey thrash band OVERKILL will release its second DVD, "Live at Wacken Open Air 2007", on February 5. The 50-minute disc was shot during the band’s headline set at the festival in front of an audience of 40,000, and will feature songs that span OVERKILL'...

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GOATWHORE And SICKENING HORROR Added To IMMOLATION Tour

New Orleans' GOATWHORE and Greece's SICKENING HORROR have been added to the upcoming European tour featuring IMMOLATION and MELECHESH. The trek is scheduled to kick off mid-March. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. On March 8, IMMOLATION will perform at the Metalmania Festival 2008 in Ka...

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SPEED\KILL/HATE Parts Ways With ESCAPI MUSIC; New Music Posted Online

Old-school thrashers SPEED\KILL/HATE, featuring OVERKILL guitarist Dave Linsk, have issued the following update: "SPEED\KILL/HATE have decided to part ways with Escapi Music. SPEED\KILL/HATE have been waiting on Escapi for many months now to release the new record. Due to uncertainess of Escapi and...

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Hear THE CURSED Guitarist DAN LORENZO Twice On The Radio This Saturday

THE CURSED/ex-HADES guitarist Dan Lorenzo has issued the following update: "This Saturday night [November 24] I'm on at 10:00 p.m. on 'The Metal Collection' with Rockin' Ron on Arrow 95.9 FM in Panama City, Florida, then at 11:00 p.m. EST you can hear me on 'The Classic Metal Show'. You can hear tha...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Confirmed For Poland's METALMANIA Festival

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN has been confirmed for the 2008 installment of the Metalmania festival. The 22nd edition of the festival — the biggest metal event in Central-Eastern Europe — will take place on March 8, 2008 at Spodek Hall in Katowice, Poland. The billing is shaping up as follows: MEGADETH...

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HELLOWEEN Bassist To Release Heavy Rock Album With No Guitars

Frontiers Records will release the debut album from Markus Grosskopf's (HELLOWEEN) BASSINVADERS, entitled "Hellbassbeaters", on January 25, 2008. BASSINVADERS was a creation of Markus' while sitting in a bar and enjoying a few drinks. It was there that he got inspired to produce a heavy rock record...

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OVERKILL Frontman On 'The Classic Metal Show'; Audio Available

OVERKILL vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth was a featured guest on the November 10 edition of "The Classic Metal Show". Download the 20-minute interview at this location (MP3, 7 MB). OVERKILL recently completed a short tour in support of its new release, "Immortalis". The trek began on October 3 in E...

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MORTAL SIN, DRONE To Support OVERKILL In Europe

Australian thrash veterans MORTAL SIN and Germany's DRONE will support OVERKILL on their European tour between March 9 and March 21, 2008. The dates are as follows: Mar. 09 - DE München Backstage Mar. 10 - I Milano Alcatraz Mar. 11 - CH Zürich Rohstofflager Mar. 12 - DE Frankfurt Batschkapp Mar. 13...

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DESTRUCTOR Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Cleveland thrash metal legends DESTRUCTOR have been confirmed for next summer's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. "The opportunity of a lifetime", says DESTRUCTOR lead vocalist/guitarist Dave Overkill. "The band is very excited and looking forwa...

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Original PATTI SMITH Guitarist To Perform With SKEW SISKIN In Berlin

Original PATTI SMITH bandmember and former IGGY POP axeman Ivan Kral will join SKEW SISKIN on stage for their concert in Berlin on Monday, December 3 as part of the OVERKILL / MOTÖRHEAD tour. Commented SKEW SISKIN guitarist Jim Voxx: "We're totally psyched that this is finally happening. During Nove...

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OVERKILL, IMMOLATION, VADER Confirmed For Poland's METALMANIA Festival

OVERKILL, IMMOLATION and VADER have been confirmed for the 2008 installment of the Metalmania festival. The 22nd edition of the festival — the biggest metal event in Central-Eastern Europe — will take place on March 8, 2008 at Spodek Hall in Katowice, Poland. Headlining the festival will be MEGADETH...

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OVERKILL Founder RAT SKATES' 'Born In The Basement' Film To Receive DVD Release Next Month

Kundrat has set a December 11 release date for the DVD release of the "Born in the Basement" documentary from filmmaker/OVERKILL founder Rat Skates. Written and narrated by Skates, this is an autobiographical journey that begins in 1980, when the East Coast of North America experienced a massive cul...