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HAMMERFALL: Online Chat Scheduled

Fans of the Swedish heavy metal band HAMMERFALL will be able to chat with Oscar Dronjak (guitars) and Joacim Cans (vocals) at Aftonbladet.se on Thursday, February 3 beginning at 2:00 p.m. (CET). As previously reported, HAMMERFALL's video for their new single, "Blood Bound", has been posted online at...

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HELLOWEEN: New Studio Photos Posted Online

HELLOWEEN's official web site has been updated with photos from the recording sessions for the group's new studio album, tentatively due later in the year via SPV Records. Check out the pictures at this location. A posting on the web site reads as follows: "As you can see they are having a lot ...

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FORCE OF EVIL: Sophomore Album Due In March

FORCE OF EVIL, the new Danish band featuring guitarist Michael Denner (ex-MERCYFUL FATE),guitarist Hank Shermann (MERCYFUL FATE),bassist Hal Patino (KING DIAMOND),drummer Bjarne Holm (MERCYFUL FATE),and vocalist Martin Steene (ex-IRONFIRE),have set a March 29 release date through Escapi for the...

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HAMMERFALL To Be Joined By PRETTY MAIDS At Gothenburg Concert

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Hot news item today: PRETTY MAIDS will be special guest for the show in Göteborg on April 30th. Please note that they will only do this one concert with us, and that for the other Icebreaker Festiv...

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HAMMERFALL Choose LORDI As Support Act On ICEBREAKER FESTIVAL Tour

Swedish power metallers HAMMERFALL have selected Finnish "monster metal" band LORDI as the support act on their upcoming Icebreaker Festival tour, which is scheduled to take place in April. Confirmed dates are as follows: Apr. 21 - Z7 – Pratteln, SWI Apr. 22 - Filharmonie – Filderstadt, GER Apr. 23...

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HAMMERFALL: 'Blood Bound' Video Posted Online

HAMMERFALL's video for their new single, "Blood Bound", has been posted online at Aftonbladet.se. With regards to the video, guitarist Oscar Dronjak recently said, "We are frozen in ice in the beginning of the clip, standing on top of the hammer from the cover. "As you can see, the environmental atm...

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SCENES To Support CORNERSTONE In Europe

German prog-metallers SCENES, now featuring Alex Koch (ex-SPIRAL TOWER, POWERGOD) on vocals, will support CORNERSTONE (the project featuring ROYAL HUNT bassist Steen Mogensen and ex-RAINBOW/current YNGWIE MALMSTEEN vocalist Doogie White) on several Belgian and German shows beginning in late January....

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HAMERFALL: Photos From 'Blood Bound' Video Shoot Posted Online

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "[The new HAMMERFALL single] 'Blood Bound' will be released in just two weeks, so it's time to unveil some still pictures from the video. We are frozen in ice in the beginning of the clip, standing...

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MASTERPLAN Confirmed For ROCK THE BOAT Festival

MASTERPLAN, the German/Norwegian band featuring ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow, ex-HELLOWEEN drummer Uli Kusch and former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/ARK singer Jorn Lande, have been confirmed for the Rock the Boat festival on April 22-23. The festival will take place on Stena Saga, a big ferry which goe...

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WINTERS BANE Recording Guitar Tracks For New CD

Lou St. Paul is currently recording the guitar tracks for the new WINTERS BANE album with Curran Murphy (ex-NEVERMORE, ANNIHILATOR guitarist) engineering and producing the sessions at his studio in Akron, Ohio. In February, singer Alexander Koch (POWERGOD, SPIRAL TOWER) will be flying in from Stuttg...

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Former THOTEN Frontman Reveals Solo Band Touring Lineup

Former THOTEN frontman Renato Tribuzy has selected the musicians that will accompany him on the road in support of his upcoming solo effort, "Execution", tentatively due later this year. Joining Tribuzy in the group are his former bandmate Frank Schieber (guitar),Gustavo Silvera (who recorded the r...

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MASTERPLAN: European Tour Announced

MASTERPLAN, the German/Norwegian band featuring ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow, ex-HELLOWEEN drummer Uli Kusch and former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/ARK singer Jorn Lande, will be embarking on a headlining tour in late March. Support at all shows will come from AFM Records labelmates CIRCLE II CIRCLE, R...

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IRON MAIDEN Tribute Band To Perform With Special Guest Star

According to the IRON MAIDEN fan site MaidenFans.com, the Italian MAIDEN tribute band THE CLAIRVOYANTS, in collaboration with the Flash and Metal Shock magazines, is going to announce the second edition of the Flash & Metal Shock Anniversary Party that will take place in Italy next May. Last yea...

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MASTERPLAN Film Video For 'Back For My Life'; Diary Posted Online

MASTERPLAN, the German/Norwegian band featuring ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow, ex-HELLOWEEN drummer Uli Kusch and former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/ARK singer Jorn Lande, filmed a video for their new single, "Back For My Life", last week in Nuremberg and Dessau, Germany. A diary of the four-day shoot,...

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MASTERPLAN's self-titled debut was definitely the most pleasant surprise of 2003 — an excellently melodic produced power metal album that was aided greatly by the presence of former ARK/YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Jorn Lande, possibly the best traditional singer the heavy rock genre has produced in the...