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German Music Channel To Air WACKEN OPEN AIR Report

German music channel VIVA will broadcast a report on this year's Wacken Open Air festival on Sunday, September 5 beginning at 10:30 pm (CET). Among the live performances that are expected to be featured in the program are those from ANTHRAX, MNEMIC, AMON AMARTH, DESTRUCTION, HYPROCRISY and SAXON. Al...

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BLACK MAJESTY: New Album To Be Produced By IRON SAVIOR Frontman

Australian power metallers BLACK MAJESTY will begin recording their second album in November with acclaimed producer (and IRON SAVIOR guitarist) Pete Sielck (GAMMA RAY, BLIND GUARDIAN, GRAVE DIGGER and SAXON) at Sielck's Powerhouse Studios in Germany. BLACK MAJESTY have spent the last six months in...

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PARAGON Name New CD

German power metallers PARAGON have set "Revenge" as the title of their upcoming album, tentatively due in early 2005 through Remedy Records. The follow-up to last year's "The Dark Legacy" will be recorded at Karo Studio beginning in mid-August. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Assassins"...

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SAXON Singer Says The New Album Is A Mixture Of Early And New Influences

SAXON frontman frontman Biff Byford recently spoke to the U.K.'s long-running magazine Terrorizer about the group's brand-new album, "Lionheart", due on September 20 through SPV Records. The follow-up to 2001's "Killing Ground" was completed at Gems24 studio near Boston, Lincolnshire, England with p...

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DREAM EVIL, CHINCHILLA To Support SAXON In Europe

Sweden's DREAM EVIL and Germany's CHINCHILLA have been confirmed to support long-running British heavy metal legends SAXON on their upcoming European tour. DREAM EVIL will occupy one of the support slots between September 22 and October 21 while CHINCHILLA will appear on the entire trek. The dates a...

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CRASH MUSIC To Release WACKEN DVD And CD

Crash Music, Inc. has announced that they have signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Germany's Armageddon Music to market and distribute the "2003 Armageddon Over Wacken" DVD and Audio CDs for North America. Wacken Open Air is a yearly metal festival held in the small farming town of Wacken,...

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PARAGON To Enter Studio This Weekend

German power metallers PARAGON will enter Eike Studio (owned by Eike Freese of DARK AGE) this weekend to record their contributions to the upcoming SAXON and RUNNING WILD tribute albums, to be released later in the year through Remedy Records. "From SAXON we will cover '20,000 Feet' [and] from RUNNI...

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HOBBS ANGEL OF DEATH, METHEDRAS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

HOBBS ANGEL OF DEATH, METHEDRAS, VANGUARD and ENGINE OF PAIN have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-8, 2004 in Wacken, Germany. The following is a list of acts currently scheduled to appear at the festival: AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH ANTHRAX ARCH ENEM...

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SAXON Name New Album

Long-running British heavy metallers SAXON have set "Lionheart" as the title of their new album, due on September 20 through SPV Records. Taking care of all drumming duties on the CD is Jörg Michael (STRATOVARIUS),who will also join the group on their upcoming tour, according to Germany's Rock Hard...

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GAMMA RAY, IN FLAMES, RUNNING WILD, TESTAMENT Among Bands On 'Armageddon Over Wacken' DVD

German power metallers GAMMA RAY are among the artists featured on "Armageddon Over Wacken", a double DVD covering the 2003 edition of Wacken Open Air Festival. While most of the bands featured appear on the release with one song, GAMMA RAY are there with two numbers: "One With The World" and "Last...

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QUEENSRŸCHE, IN EXTREMO, SAXON Confirmed For Germany's POLO ROCKFESTIVAL

QUEENSRŸCHE, IN EXTREMO, SAXON and DIE HAPPY are among the bands confirmed for the POLO Rockfestival 2004, a two-day event set to take place July 2-3 at NRW in Düsseldorf, Germany. Other groups scheduled to appear include THE STRANGLERS and SUBWAY TO SALLY. For more information, click here. ...

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AXEL RUDI PELL To Record RAINBOW Cover For 'Ballads' CD

The AXEL RUDI PELL band will enter the studio in August to record three new songs for the upcoming album, "The Ballads Vol. 3", which will be released on October 25 through SPV Records. Among the new tracks will be a cover version of RAINBOW's "Temple Of The King" which was recently aired live on .....

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IN FLAMES Confirmed For Hungary's SZIGET FESTIVAL

Sweden's IN FLAMES have been confirmed for the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary on August 7, 2004. Other bands set to appear at the festival include CANNIBAL CORPSE, AMORPHIS, CHILDREN OF BODOM, GRAVE DIGGER, THE GATHERING and SAXON. Upcoming IN FLAMES shows: Jun. 05 - Rock-am-Ring, GER Jun. 06...

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SUFFOCATION, SCARVE, IGNITE Confirmed For Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING

SUFFOCATION, SCARVE, IGNITE and TERROR are among the latest confirmations for the Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 25-27 at De Boeretang in Dessel, Belgium. The complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows (in alphabetical order): ACTION IN DC AFTER...

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WISDOM To Support EUROPE In Budapest

Hungarian "traditional" metallers WISDOM will be supporting EUROPE at their July 5 gig at Budapest's Petofi Hall. As previously reported, WISDOM have completed work on their debut album, tentatively due later in the year through an as-yet-undetermined label. A video for the track "Strain of Madness"...