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HELLOWEEN Comment On New Record Deal

SPV Records has officially confirmed the signing of HELLOWEEN to the label's roster. The Hamburg, Germany-based band, which has been in existence since the early '80s, is one of the world's most successful heavy metal acts, having influenced countless bands over the course of 18 album releases. In 1...

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HELLOWEEN Sign With SPV RECORDS

Veteran German power metallers HELLOWEEN have signed a new deal with SPV Records following their split with the Nuclear Blast label, according to Darkside.ru. It is also of interest that HELLOWEEN's new management is Bottom Row Promotion, the company co-run by Kosta Zafiriou, the drummer of German m...

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HELLOWEEN Joined By KAI HANSEN During WACKEN Performance: Photos Posted Online

Original HELLOWEEN guitarist/co-founder Kai Hansen (GAMMA RAY) made a surprise guest appearance during HELLOWEEN's performance at this past weekend's Wacken Open Air festival, joining the band for the last two songs of their set, "How Many Tears" and "Future World". Pictures of this special occasion...

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BURDEN OF GRIEF To Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary At ART OF DARKNESS Festival

German death/thrash metal act BURDEN OF GRIEF will celebrate their 10-year anniversary with a special performance at their annual "Art of Darkness" festival on November 13 at Stadthalle in Scherfede, Germany. Also set to perform at the event are TANKARD, END OF GREEN, FINAL BREATH and TWILIGHT PROPH...

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DORO Pens New Song For German Female Boxing Champion

German metal singer DORO (a.k.a. Doro Pesch) has just finished writing the new entrance theme song for Germany's most successful female boxing star, world champion Regina Halmich. The premiere of this cooperation will be presented on September 11, 2004 at the world championship fight against Las Veg...

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WINTERS BANE: CHRIS TSANGARIDES To Produce New CD

WINTERS BANE have secured the services of veteran producer Chris Tsangarides (JUDAS PRIEST, THIN LIZZY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BRUCE DICKINSON, HELLOWEEN, ANGRA, BLACK SABBATH) for their upcoming album, tentatively due in early 2005. Tsangarides will be recording and engineering the drum tracks of WINTER...

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Former HELLOWEEN Drummer Working On Fusion Project

Former HELLOWEEN/METALIUM drummer Mark Cross is currently working on a fusion project with Greek producer/engineer Hugo Varvoglis on bass/saxophone and Berklee graduate Peter Aslanidis on guitar. A few demos have already been recorded at the Hype Studios in Athens, Greece and the production is set f...

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PLATITUDE Part Ways With Drummer, Announce Replacement

Swedish progressive power metal band PLATITUDE have parted ways with drummer Marcus Höher. "This was an entirely professional decision, we parted ways because of musical differences," the group write on their web site. "We want to thank Marcus for the time spent, and the impact on the band and our m...

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MASTERPLAN Guitarist Records Guest Appearance For TRIBUZY Solo Album

Former HELLOWEEN and current MASTERPLAN guitarist Roland Grapow has just finished recording a guest appearance for the forthcoming solo project of former THOTEN frontman Renato Tribuzy, dubbed "Execution". Grapow reportedly appears on two songs: "Web of Life", in which he shares the guitar lines wit...

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Former HELLOWEEN Singer Launches Web Site

Former HELLOWEEN frontman Michael Kiske has launched a web site featuring some of his writing along with information about musicians and philosophers who influenced his art and way of thinking. In addition there also will be a page with CD/DVD recommendations from Kiske. An English version of the we...

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MASTERPLAN Prepare To Record Second Album

MASTERPLAN, the new band featuring ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow, ex-HELLOWEEN drummer Uli Kusch and former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/ARK singer Jorn Lande, are preparing to enter the Crazy Cat studio in Hamburg, Germany with producer Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE, SKINLAB) to begin...

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HATESPHERE: Music Available For Download

Danish thrashers HATESPHERE have posted MP3 clips of the songs "Downward to Nothing", "Only the Strongest..." and "What I See I Despise" in the "Media" section of their web site. Furthermore, a full version of the song "DeathTrip", also from their new album, "Ballet of the Brute", can be downloaded...

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Former HELLOWEEN Drummer Joins WINTERS BANE

Former HELLOWEEN/METALIUM drummer Mark Cross has joined WINTERS BANE and will be performing on the band's upcoming album, to be released later this year. "Mark's stellar drumming will add a new dimension to the WINTERS BANE sound, propelling their new songs to greater heights," according to an offic...

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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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THANATOSCHIZO: New Song Available For Download

Portuguese avant-garde maniacs THANATOSCHIZO have uploaded a brand-new song, "Freedom Subways", at this location. "Freedom Subways" comes off the group's forthcoming album, "Turbulence", due this summer in Portugal through Misdeed Records. This release will come in a digipack version, featuring a mu...