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GRAVE DIGGER: Official 'The Clans Will Rise Again' Artwork Revealed

German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER will release their new album, "The Clans Will Rise Again" in Europe on October 1 via Napalm Records. The CD was recorded between mid-May and mid-July at the Meadow Studios, which is owned by GRAVE DIGGER's new guitarist Axel Ritt, and Principal Studios, where all...

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AVANTASIA To Embark On Tour In December

AVANTASIA, the project led by EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet, will embark on a four-week tour in December 2010. In addition, AVANTASIA has been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, which takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germ...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, APOCALYPTICA, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, AVANTASIA Confirmed For WACKEN OPEN AIR

BLIND GUARDIAN, APOCALYPTICA, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES and AVANTASIA are the first confirmed bands for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, which takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. Wacken Open Air was first held in 1990 as a small eve...

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WACKEN OPEN AIR: German TV Report Available

A three-and-a-half-minute German TV (RTL) report on this year's Wacken Open Air festival can be viewed below. Wacken Open Air, which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, was honored with a Live Entertainment Award in 2008 in the "Festival Of The Year" category. This award recognizes distinguis...

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OVERKILL To Reissue CD, DVD With Three Previously Unreleased Live Tracks

New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL will re-release their "Immortalis" album and "Live at Wacken Open Air" DVD on October 5, 2010 via eOne Music. This will be a CD/DVD combo release with three new unreleased live tracks: * Within Your Eyes (from "Relix" CD) * Blood and Iron (from "Feel The Fir...

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U.D.O. Records New WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Anthem

U.D.O., the German heavy metal band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, has recorded the official "anthem" of the Wacken Open Air festival, which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. According to the event organizers, you will be able to find "Wacken Hymne 2010" all over this year...

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SOULFLY To Headline 14th Annual 'D-Low Memorial' Concert

The 14th annual "D-Low Memorial" will take place on Saturday, August 28 at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Arizona. Bands that are confirmed to perform at the event are SOULFLY, INCITE, HOWITZER, 49 TIL MIDNIGHT and NORTH OF NOWHERE. The "D-Low" show is held every year in memory of SOULFLY mainman Max...

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LIZZY BORDEN Adds New Guitarist

California metallers LIZZY BORDEN have recruited guitarist AC Alexander (WARRIOR, HATETIMESNINE) for their upcoming European tour. The trek kicks off this Friday, August 6 at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany and ends September 10 at the Stockholm Rock Out festival in Stockholm, Sweden...

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SAHG: Second Studio Webisode Released

SAHG, the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks current/former members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE, will release their third album, "Sahg III", on August 30 through Indie Recordings. The second in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the recording o...

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SODOM: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed

Veteran German thrashers SODOM have set "In War And Pieces" as the title of their new album, due on November 23, 2010 (one day earlier internationally) via SPV/Steamhammer. The CD is being produced by Waldemar Sorychta, who has previously worked with TIAMAT, MOONSPELL, LACUNA COIL and SENTENCED, amo...

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FOREVER SLAVE Working On New Material

Spanish gothic symphonic metallers FOREVER SLAVE are working on material for their third studio album, tentatively due in early 2011. Singer Lady Angellyca's sister, Lady Darkness, is collaborating on the lyrics for the CD, which will mark the band's first release since 2008's "Tales For Bad Girls"...

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SOULFLY Mainman Interviewed At U.K.'s SONISPHERE Festival

NME TV and Sonisphere TV conducted separate interviews with SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera at the U.K. edition of the Sonisphere festival, which is being held July 30 - August 1 at Knebworth Park. Watch the footage below. SOULFLY recently confirmed the departure of bassist Bobby Burns (as BLABBERMOUTH...

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Update: 'Unofficial' GRAVE DIGGER 'The Clans Will Rise Again' Artwork Revealed

**UPDATE**: According to GRAVE DIGGER, the cover artwork below "has not been authorized by the band and the record company and does not illustrate the final artwork" of the band's new album. The "official" cover artwork will be made available on Monday, August 9.*** German power metallers GRAVE DIGG...

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STORMWARRIOR Signs With MASSACRE RECORDS

German "true" metallers STORMWARRIOR have inked a deal with Massacre Records. The band's fourth album, tentatively titled "Heathen Warrior", will be released before the end of this year as a limited digipak with bonus material, CD and numbered gatefold vinyl. The mixing and mastering will be handled...

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DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER To Debut New Song At WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Germany's DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER will debut a brand new song during the band's appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival on August 6 in Wacken, Germany. The track will appear on the group's as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2008's "Licht", tentatively due in February 2011 via Nuclear Blast R...