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GORGOROTH To Headline Next Year's HELLFLAME Festival

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH will headline headline next year's edition of the Hellflame festival, set to take place September 8, 2007 in Osnabrück, Germany. More information is available at www.hellflame.de. GORGOROTH entered the national chart in their home country at position No. 22 with t...

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REBELANGELS Changes Name To ELIZIUM

Former MARDUK members Legion (a.k.a. Erik Hagsted vocals) and B.War (a.k.a. Roger "Bogge" Svensson bass) have changed the name of their new project to ELIZIUM from the previously announced REBELANGELS. According to reports, the name change was implemented because "the old name doesn't really go well...

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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman Reports On ARVIKA, EARTHSHAKER Festivals

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her MySpace page: "We had two rather bizarre and chaotic festival weekends. The Arvika festival is a weird mélange between disco, pop, gothic, rock and a pinch of metal. The audience there is mostly dressed in stockings with no...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist: 'It's An Honor For Us To Be A Part Of GIGANTOUR'

ARCH ENEMY will be making their triumphant return to the U.S. this September as part of the mighty Gigantour, which features the legendary MEGADETH, genre titans such as LAMB OF GOD, OPETH and Century Media labelmates INTO ETERNITY, among others. The month-long trek will be the group's fourth and fi...

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DEEP PURPLE Bassist Discusses Lebanese Concert Cancellation

Launch Radio Networks reports: After initially saying they would do everything they could to play this week, DEEP PURPLE has postponed their Thursday (July 27) show in Lebanon. Their booking agent told the concert industry trade publication Pollstar, "The band and the festival have agreed it's best...

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Win Two Tickets To See MÖTLEY CRÜE In New York

MÖTLEY CRÜE's official web site has been updated with the following message: In celebration of its 35th Anniversary, Hard Rock International kicks off the Ambassadors of Rock Tour — a summer-long concert tour around the globe! Beginning with a groundbreaking concert in London, featuring THE WHO and...

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ARCH ENEMY Cancel METALCAMP Festival Appearance, Announce 'Kerrang! Day Of Rock' Participation

Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY have posted the following message on their official web site: "We very much regret that due to a personal family crisis for one of the band members, ARCH ENEMY will not be able to play at the Metalcamp festival n Slovenia as advertised on Friday, July 21st...

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DEEP PURPLE Return To MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL

The 40th Montreux Jazz Festival ended on Saturday (July 15) with a concert by DEEP PURPLE. Lead singer Ian Gillan told Bernard Léchot of Swissinfo ahead of the gig what it meant to be back lakeside. The band, who composed their influential track "Smoke on the Water" in Montreux in 1971, lit up ...

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ALICE COOPER Remembers SYD BARRETT

TheRockRadio.com has issued the following report: You might not think that the king of shock rock and Syd Barrett had much in common, but that's not the case. When the ALICE COOPER band was still making their name in Los Angeles in the late '60s, they were the house band at the Cheetah ...

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BLACK SABBATH, JUDAS PRIEST And METALLICA Are 'Greatest Heavy Metal Bands Of All Time'

An MTV panel of heavy metal "experts," consisting of "nine die-hard, longtime fans," recently came together to compile a list of the "Greatest Heavy Metal Bands of All Time." "In part one [of the process], we reached out to the most passionate and knowledgable metal fans working at MTV and asked the...

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GREEN CARNATION Issue Post-QUART FESTIVAL Report

Norwegian prog metal masters GREEN CARNATION have posted the following message on their official web site; "Warming up on Wednesday at Kick, with an all-acoustic set, GREEN CARNATION for the first time introduced their new found cooperation with Anne Marie Amedal — as a surprise to the 100-150 peopl...

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Sweden's SONIC SYNDICATE Land NUCLEAR BLAST Deal In 'Band Contest'

Swedish metal band SONIC SYNDICATE has landed a deal with Nuclear Blast Records as part of the "band contest" which was originally launched last summer. A jury consisting of the Nuclear Blast staff and representatives for such magazines as Metal Hammer (Germany, Metal Hammer (Spain),Metal Hammer (I...

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GORGOROTH Enter Norwegian Chart At No. 22

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have entered the national chart in their home country at position No. 22 with their latest album, "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam". View the whole chart at this location. "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam", was released in Europe on June 19 via Regain Records. The CD will...

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ROBERT PLANT: 'Nine Lives' Box Set Due In September

According to a posting on TightButLoose.co.uk ("The Led Zeppelin Magazine"),Robert Plant's long-rumored nine CD box set spanning his entire post-LED ZEPPELIN recording history is set for release on September 12 on Rhino Records. Titled "Nine Lives", the box set will contain the seven solo albums fr...

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QUEEN Musical Headed To Toronto

Launch Radio Networks is reporting that the QUEEN musical "We Will Rock You" is headed to Canada. In a letter posted on the official BrianMay.com web site, a fan wrote that the show was rumored for Toronto a year ago, and she expressed disappointment that it hasn't happened yet. QUEEN guitarist Bria...