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TROUBLE Schedules Illinois Date

Legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE will play a warm-up show for their Wacken Open Air appearance on July 24 at Chicago City Limits in Schaumburg, Illinois. TROUBLE is hard at work on material for the band's long-awaited new album, "The Dark Riff", tentatively due later in the year. The group states...

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GIRLSCHOOL Launches 'Girlschool TV'

Veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL has launched "Girlschool TV", an embeddable player streaming the band's videos 24/7. Check it out below. GIRLSCHOOL's 30th-anniversary album, "Legacy", was released in Europe on November 3 and one day later in North America via Wacken Records/SPV....

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BLACK MAJESTY To Work With ROLAND GRAPOW On New Album

MASTERPLAN/ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow will record and mix the new album from Australian melodic power metallers BLACK MAJESTY, tentatively due in early 2010 via Limb Music Products. The drum tracking for the follow-up to "Tomorrowland" will commence in August 2009 at Grapow Studios in Slov...

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'ReUnation - A Tribute To Running Wild' Back Cover Unveiled

The back cover for "ReUnation - A Tribute To Running Wild" — the upcoming tribute to German metal legends RUNNING WILD which will contain cover versions of songs exclusively from the albums "The Rivalry" (1998),"Victory" (2000),"The Brotherhood" (2002) and "Rogues En Vogue" (2005) — can be viewed...

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HEAVEN SHALL BURN Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Germany's death metal and hardcore fusionists HEAVEN SHALL BURN have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 5TH AVENUE AIRBOURNE AMON AMARTH ANTHRAX ASP AXEL RUDI PELL BAI...

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EXODUS: 'Assorted Atrocities' DVD Trailer Available

A one-minute trailer for "Assorted Atrocities", the forthcoming EXODUS three-disc DVD/CD set, can be viewed below. Due late summer, the package will contain the band's July 2008 performance at Germany's Wacken Open Air festival, plus a 105-minute documentary following the band through the last five...

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GRAND MAGUS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Sweden's GRAND MAGUS has been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 5TH AVENUE AIRBOURNE AMON AMARTH ANTHRAX ASP AXEL RUDI PELL BAI BANG BLOODWORK BON SCOTT BORKNAGAR BRING ME...

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Chile's PENTAGRAM: More Reunion Dates Announced

Long-defunct extreme metal pioneers PENTAGRAM from Chile will reunite one last time in 2009 for a Chilean tour and several shows in Europe. The band's lineup will include three original members — Anton Reisenegger (guitar/vocals, also in CRIMINAL),Juan Pablo Uribe (guitar) and Eduardo Topelberg (dr...

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Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Forced To Move Mini Fests

John Gammon of Pollstar.com reports: The organizers of Wacken Open Air have had to move both their new 15,000-capacity "mini festivals" because local authorities in Aurich, Germany are concerned about the number of people their events will attract and want to move to a larger site. "I hope they're r...

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SKYCLAD To Perform At Newcastle College

SKYCLAD, the seminal British band which is often referred to as "the originator of folk metal," has issued the following update: "A while back we were asked to play at Newcastle College as part of their 'Summer Music' program. This is part of a two-week festival with a 'Battle Of The Bands' theme ba...

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DER W Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

DER W, the project led by Stephan Weidner, singer, songwriter, musician, producer and bassist for German hard rock band BÖHSE ONKELZ, has been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as foll...

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EXODUS: More Quality Chicago Footage Available

Quality video footage of San Francisco Bay Area thrash legends EXODUS performing their classic song "Bonded By Blood" on April 17, 2009 at the House Of Blues in Chicago, Illinois is available for viewing at UVTV. It can also be seen below. EXODUS will perform its classic debut album, "Bonded By Bloo...

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German AC/DC Tribute Band BON SCOTT Confirmed For WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German AC/DC tribute band BON SCOTT has been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 5TH AVENUE AIRBOURNE AMON AMARTH ANTHRAX ASP AXEL RUDI PELL BAI BANG BLOODWORK BON SCOTT BORK...

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COHEED AND CAMBRIA Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

COHEED AND CAMBRIA has been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 5TH AVENUE AIRBOURNE AMON AMARTH ANTHRAX ASP AXEL RUDI PELL BAI BANG BLOODWORK BORKNAGAR BRING ME THE HORIZON...

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NEVERMORE: New Album Title Revealed

Seattle-based metallers NEVERMORE have set "The Obsidian Conspiracy" as the title of their follow-up to 2005's "This Godless Endeavor", tentatively due late 2009/early 2010 via Century Media Records. Vocalist Warrel Dane writes on his Twitter account, "Spent [Saturday, May 16] at the beach working o...