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HATEBREED, PAPA ROACH, MASTODON Confirmed For Holland's FIELDS OF ROCK Festival

HATEBREED, PAPA ROACH, MASTODON, AMON AMARTH, FASTWAY, PAIN OF SALVATION, LAUREN HARRIS, BLOODSIMPLE and WALLS OF JERICHO have been confirmed for the Fields of Rock festival, set to take place June 16-17 at the Evenemententerrein Walibi World in Biddinghuizen, Holland. Meanwhile, BUCKCHERRY has canc...

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SHADOWS FALL Singer On New CD: 'We Just Wanted To Put Out A Great Metal Record'

FMQB recently conducted an interview with SHADOWS FALL singer Brian Fair. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: FMQB: The new album still sounds like SHADOWS FALL, but there's an obvious evolution as well. How have you grown as songwriters since the last record? Brian Fair: With each record we...

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NILE: OZZFEST 'Off' Dates Announced

NILE has lined up the following Ozzfest "off" dates with Taiwan's CHTHONIC: July 20 - Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theatre July 27 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater July 29 - Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck Aug. 09 - Cleveland, OH @ Harpo’s Aug. 21 - New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club (with ...

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BLOODSIMPLE, DRAGONLORD, VOLBEAT Confirmed For GRASPOP's METAL DOME Event

The organizers of the annual Graspop Metal Meeting festival — which takes place in Dessel, Belgum —have announced the following bands for the Metal Dome event (the exact date to be confirmed): VOLBEAT BLOODSIMPLE SPOILER NYC TEXTURES SUHRIM ASRAI SPOIL ENGINE CRIMSON FALLS THURISAZ WELKIN DRAGONLORD...

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SLAYER Pulls Out Of Finland's RUISROCK Festival

SLAYER has cancelled its previously announced appearance at Finland's Ruisrock festival due to "scheduling conflicts." The festival, which will be held July 6-7 in Turku, Finland, will feature performances by HANOI ROCKS, MASTODON, IN FLAMES, PAIN, DEATHSTARS, CHILDREN OF BODOM, SONATA ARCTICA, FINN...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY: NICK CATANESE, J.D. DESERVIO Audio Interviews Posted Online

Part three of "Talking Metal"'s special BLACK LABEL SOCIETY coverage contains interviews host John Ostronomy conducted with guitarist Nick Catanese, bassist John "J.D." DeServio, and BLS family members, including "Big Nick" Catanese and Pat "The Kat" DeServio. Interview topics include Nick Catanese'...

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ROBERT PLANT, MASTODON, EUROPE, STONE SOUR Confirmed For Greece's ROCKWAVE Festival

Didi Music, promoter of Greece's Rockwave festival, has announced more confirmed acts for this year's event, which is set to take place on June 29, July1 and July 3 in Terra Vibe, Malakasa, Greece. The billing is shaping up as follows: June 29: ROBERT PLANT THE STRANGE SENSATION EUROPE [to be announ...

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IN FLAMES, WITHIN TEMPTATION, ILL NINO Confirmed For Austria's NOVA ROCK Festival

IN FLAMES, WITHIN TEMPTATION, CLAWFINGER, ILL NINO and THE DYKEENIES have been confirmed for the Nova Rock festival, set to take place June 15-17 on the Pannonia Fields in Burgenland, the easternmost federal state of Austria (near Nickelsdorf and the Hungarian and Slovak borders). The festival billi...

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MASTODON: European Tour Dates Announced

Progressive metal quartet MASTODON has lined up the following European dates during June/July: June 08 - GER, Ludwigshafen Sudweststadion June 10 - ENG, Donington Park Download June 12 - SWI, Zurich Rohstofflager (Mastodon headline show) June 14 - ITA, Venice Heineken Jammin` Festival June 15 - AUT,...

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NILE's GEORGE KOLLIAS: Drum Parts On New CD 'Are Crushing Everything I've Done In The Past'

NILE recently entered Sound Lab Studios in Columbia, South Carolina to begin recording the follow-up to 2005's "Annihilation of the Wicked", due later in the year via Nuclear Blast Records. The band is once again working with producer Neil Kernon (NEVERMORE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, DEICIDE) and engineer Bo...

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CHAOS DIVINE To Support SLAYER, MASTODON In Perth

Australian metallers CHAOS DIVINE have announced plans to return to the studio before the end of the year to begin recording the follow-up to last year's acclaimed "Ratio" five-song EP. The band will also be touring Australia in July/August with both all-ages and 18+ shows. In addition, CHAOS DIVINE...

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Report: Hard Rockers Struggle To Find Mainstream Success

Todd Martens of Billbord magazine reports: SHADOWS FALL may be the latest hard rock band to jump from the indie world into the major label system, but breaking out of the metal genre and winning a mainstream fan base won't be easy. Bands like MASTODON on Reprise and LAMB OF GOD on Columbia may have...

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NINE, CULT OF LUNA, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR Confirmed For Sweden's METALTOWN Festival

NINE, CULT OF LUNA, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR and STURM UND DRANG have been confirmed for the Metaltown festival, set to take place June 30 at Frihamnen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SLAYER MACHINE HEAD MASTODON STONE SOUR MESHUGGAH NINE CULT OF LUNA HARDCORE SUPERST...

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VOLBEAT Added To Denmark's ROSKILDE FESTIVAL

According to Metalzone.dk, Danish metal band VOLBEAT will be the first act to perform on the main stage at this year's Roskilde Festival, set to take place July 5-8 in Roskilde, Denmark. Also scheduled to appear are SLAYER, MASTODON, PELICAN and CULT OF LUNA, alongside RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, MY CHEM...

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The Blackening

"The Blackening", MACHINE HEAD's sixth studio album, is quite simply the band's best effort since its shattering 1994 debut, "Burn My Eyes", and may even surpass that modern classic. It may also be the best all-out metal recording of 2007. This is a no-holds-barred, brutally heavy, uncompromising al...