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GAMMA RAY: 'To The Metal' Title Track Available For Streaming

German power metallers GAMMA RAY have posted a three-minute snippet of the title track from their forthcoming album, "To The Metal", on their MySpace page. "To The Metal" will be released on January 29, 2010 via earMUSIC/Edel. GAMMA RAY — Kai Hansen (vocals/guitar),Dirk Schlächter (bass),Henjo Ric...

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SUIDAKRA: North American Tour Dates Announced

German melodic folk/death metallers SUIDAKRA have scheduled the following North American tour dates in March: Mar. 08 - New York, NY - B.B. King Blues Club & Grill Mar. 10 - Montreal, QC - Les Foufounes Electriques Mar. 13 - Toronto, ON - Wreck Room Mar. 14 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge More sho...

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LEPROUS To Once Again Serve As IHSAHN's Backing Band

Norwegian progressive metal upstarts LEPROUS will once again serve as legendary EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn's backing band for his upcoming appearances at the Wacken Open Air and Brutal Assault festivals in Germany and the Czech Republic, respectively. LEPROUS's debut album, "Tall Poppy Syndrome", was r...

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VOIVOD Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 ALICE COOPER ARCH ENEMY AMORPHIS ATROCITY BROILERS CALIBAN CANDLEMASS CANNIBAL CORP...

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GRAND MAGUS Begins Recording New Album

GRAND MAGUS, the three-piece Swedish heavy rock band featuring "JB" Christofferson (guitar, lead vocals),Fox Skinner (bass, backing vocals) and Sebastian "Seb" Sippola (drums),entered 301 studios outside of Stockholm in December to begin recording its fifth album, "Hammer Of The North", for a spri...

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LEAVES' EYES/ATROCITY Guitarist Quits; Replacement Announced

Guitarist Mathias Röderer has left ATROCITY and LEAVES' EYES (featuring ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY) for "family reasons." ATROCITY says in a statement, "Matze has been a part of ATROCITY from the beginning and did music with the band for more tha...

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STORMWARRIOR Explains DVD Delay, Continues Work On New Material

German metallers STORMWARRIOR have issued the following update: "Over the last weeks we have received a lot of questions about the final release date of the long-awaited live DVD package 'If It's Not In Your Bloode - You Will Never Understand'. "Due to the fact that STORMWARRIOR has parted company w...

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EINHERJER To Record First Studio Album In Seven Years

Reunited Norwegian "Viking metal" pioneers EINHERJER have issued the following update: "2009 has been a good year for EINHERJER. We did some great festivals, with Wacken Open Air as the definitive highlight. We got great response and we had a great time. We also spent most of 2009 to write new mater...

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LETZTE INSTANZ, SCHELMISH, MAROON, VARG Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

LETZTE INSTANZ, SCHELMISH, MAROON and VARG have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 ALICE COOPER ARCH ENEMY AMORPHIS ATROCITY BROILERS CALIBAN CANDLEMASS CAN...

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BROILERS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German punk/rockabilly act BROILERS has been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 ALICE COOPER ARCH ENEMY AMORPHIS ATROCITY BROILERS CALIBAN CANDLEMASS CANNIBAL CO...

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HACKNEYED, END OF GREEN, DELAIN, DEBAUCHERY Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR

END OF GREEN, DELAIN, DEBAUCHERY, THE OTHER and HACKNEYED have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 ALICE COOPER ARCH ENEMY AMORPHIS ATROCITY CALIBAN CANDLEMA...

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VREID Hard At Work On New Material

Hváll (bass) of the Norwegian band VREID has issued the following update: "2009 is coming to an end, and I thought I'd share some thoughts on the year that has been, and some info on the year to come. "We released 'Milorg' [VREID's fourth album] during the first days of 2009. The response and review...

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STRATOVARIUS To Begin Work On New Album Next Year

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS have issued the following update: "We're still in the middle of the 'Polaris' world tour, but we do have a bit of news. "The European summer festivals earlier this year were nice and relaxing as always, and then we embarked on a long three-month leg which cover...

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SECRETS OF THE MOON, SUICIDAL ANGELS, SÓLSTAFIR Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR

SECRETS OF THE MOON, SUICIDAL ANGELS and SÓLSTAFIR have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 ALICE COOPER ARCH ENEMY AMORPHIS ATROCITY CALIBAN CANDLEMASS CANN...

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FIDDLER'S GREEN Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

FIDDLER'S GREEN, the German band that plays Irish "speedfolk," has been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 ALICE COOPER ARCH ENEMY AMORPHIS ATROCITY CALIBAN CAND...