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AXEL RUDI PELL Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German guitarist AXEL RUDI PELL has been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL CATHEDRAL EINHERJER HAMMERFALL IN EXTREMO IN FLAMES KAM...

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ENGEL Joined By Former AMON AMARTH Touring Bassist

ENGEL — the Gothenburg, Sweden-based quintet featuring guitarists Marcus Sunesson (ex-THE CROWN) and Niclas Engelin (PASSENGER, ex-GARDENIAN, IN FLAMES),drummer Mojjo (RELEVANT FEW, DRACENA) and vocalist Mangan Klavborn — has announced the addition of British bassist Steve Drennan (LOCUS) to the gr...

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SAXON: Performance Footage Of New Single Available

Fan-filmed video footage of British heavy metal legends SAXON performing their new single, "Live To Rock", on November 1, 2008 in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire can be viewed below (clip uploaded by "steve200760"). On November 28, the "Live To Rock" video will have its world premier. The clip was helmed...

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MASTODON Interviewed On BBC RADIO 1's 'Rock Show'; Audio Avialable

MASTODON's Troy Sanders and Brann Dailor were the featured guests on this week's installment of BBC Radio 1's "Rock Show". The program, which is hosted by Daniel P. Carter, can now be streamed at this location. (Note: The MASTODON interview begins around the 46-minute mark.) As previously reported,...

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NEVERMORE Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Seattle metallers NEVERMORE have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH CATHEDRAL EINHERJER HAMMERFALL IN EXTREMO KAMPFAR KORPIKLAANI MACHINE HEA...

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MASTODON Guitarist Hospitalized; Band To Continue Touring As Three-Piece

Bill Kelliher, guitarist with Atlanta-based progressive metallers MASTODON, has been hospitalized in London as of November 3 during the band's current European "Unholy Alliance: Chapter III" package tour with SLAYER, TRIVUM and AMON AMARTH. Doctors will continue to monitor his condition which is imp...

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SLAYER, TRIVIUM, MASTODON, AMON AMARTH, BLIND SIGHT: Amsterdam Photos Posted Online

High-quality photos of the November 7, 2008 "Unholy Alliance: Chapter III" concert at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, Holland — featuring SLAYER, TRIVIUM, MASTODON, AMON AMARTH and the Dutch metalcore band BLIND SIGHT — can be found at Metal-Experience.com. The members of SLAYER spent a couple...

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ICED EARTH: Vancouver Signing Session Announced

ICED EARTH will take part in a signing session Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada's Scrape Records, on November 19 prior to the band's performance at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. Scrape Records, which bills itself as "the only metal and hard rock specialty store in Western Canada," opened i...

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SLAYER: Performance Footage Of New Song 'Psychopathy Red' Available

Fan-filmed video footage of SLAYER performing the new song "Psychopathy Red" on November 3, 2008 at Carling Academy in Glasgow, UK can be viewed below. A non-CD-quality version of "Psychopathy Red" — which is set to appear on SLAYER's forthcoming album, due out summer 2009 — has surfaced on YouTube...

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AMON AMARTH: New Audio Interview With TED LUNDSTRÖM Available

Karma E. Omowale of FourteenG metal webzine conducted an interview with bassist Ted Lundström of Swedish Viking metallers AMON AMARTH on October 13, 2008 at the House of Blues in Chicago, Illinois. Listen to the chat at this location. AMON AMARTH's seventh full-length album, "Twilight of the Thunder...

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SISTER SIN Hits The Road In The U.S.; First Tour Video Blog Posted Online

Swedish female-fronted heavy rock band SISTER SIN has just kicked off a U.S. tour as the support act for OTEP and ILL NINO. The group's first tour video blog can be viewed below. "Switchblade Serenades", the debut album from SISTER SIN, sold around 700 copies in the Unites States in its first week o...

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DEADLOCK: 'The Brave / Agony Applause' Video Available

"The Brave / Agony Applause", the new video from German melodic death metal hopefuls DEADLOCK, can be viewed below. The clip was filmed with director Philipp Hirsch (HEAVEN SHALL BURN, AMON AMARTH, DISILLUSION). The track comes off the group's new album, "Manifesto", which is scheduled for release o...

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AMON AMARTH: New Audio Interview To Air On Tonight's 'Black Night Meditations'

An 18-minute interview with guitarist Johan Söderberg of the Swedish Viking metal band AMON AMARTH will air on tonight's edition of the "Black Night Meditations" radio show on Portsmouth, New Hampshire's WSCA 106.1 FM. Topics discussed include the band's new album, "Twilight Of The Thunder God", tou...

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LEGENDA AUREA Parts Ways With Singer, Announces Replacement

Singer Claudia Hofer has left the Swiss symphonic metal band LEGENDA AUREA "because of medical reasons." A replacement vocalist in the shape of Simone Christinat (ex-FELONY) has already been found. LEGENDA AUREA was scheduled to enter Fascination Street Studio (OPETH, SYMPHONY X, PAIN OF SALVATION,...

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BLIND SIGHT To Support SLAYER, TRIVIUM, MASTODON In Amsterdam

Dutch metalcore band BLIND SIGHT has been selected to open for SLAYER, TRIVIUM, MASTODON and AMON AMARTH this Friday, November 7 at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam. Commented singer/bassist Geert Kroes: “This is absolutely a dream come true for us. SLAYER has been an influence on us just as 90%...