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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Frontman Says New Album Will Be More 'Classic'-Sounding

The German edition of Metal Hammer magazine conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Matt Tuck and drummer Michael "Moose" Thomas of Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE at this year's Wacken Open Air festival — which was held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The chat can now be...

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TROUBLE Guitarist To Guest On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

Guitarist Bruce Franklin of legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE will be interviewed on this Sunday's (August 9) edition of the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" show on Blogtalkradio.com at 6:00 p.m. EST. For more information and to listen to the program live via the Internet, go to this location. TROUBLE recent...

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GWAR: Footage From WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Available

Video footage of GWAR's performance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival — which was held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany — can be viewed below (courtesy of "HeinDaddel666"). With mere weeks left before the release of GWAR's latest opus, "Lust in Space", the anticipation from their ra...

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NEVERMORE To Enter Studio This Week

NEVERMORE's Van Williams will record the drums for the band's new album, "The Obsidian Conspiracy", between August 7 and August 14 in the band's hometown of Seattle with producer (and SOILWORK guitarist) Peter Wichers (who previously worked with NEVERMORE vocalist Warrel Dane on Dane's solo debut, "...

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SWASHBUCKLE: Quality Footage From WACKEN OPEN AIR Posted Online

Quality video footage of New Jersey's thrashing pirates SWASHBUCKLE performing the song "Cruise Ship Terror" at this year's Wacken Open Air festival — which was held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany — can be viewed below (courtesy of "framednoise"). "Back To The Noose", the new album from...

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HEAVEN & HELL, DORO, TESTAMENT, MACHINE HEAD: Photos From WACKEN OPEN AIR Posted Online

A number of high-quality photos from this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany have been posted online at Metal-Experience.com. Included are pictures of the following artists: Thursday, July 30 (photos): SKYLINE SCHANDMAUL JBO RUNNING WILD HEAVE...

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TROUBLE: Footage Of WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance Available

Fan-filmed video footage of TROUBLE's performance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival — which was held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany — can be viewed below (courtesy of "metalwar71"). TROUBLE recently debuted a brand new song, "Hunters Of Doom", from the group's forthcoming CD, "The...

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SARKE: Video Footage of WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance Available

Fan-filmed video footage of SARKE's performance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival — which was held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany — can be viewed below (courtesy of "bisounours666"). SARKE is the Norwegian band featuring Sarke (KHOLD, TULUS, OLD MAN'S CHILD, SENSA ANIMA) and Noctu...

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MOB RULES To Release 'Radical Peace' In November

German metallers MOB RULES will release their sixth album, "Radical Peace", in November via AFM Records. The CD was recorded at Bazement Studio with longtime engineer Markus Teske (VANDEN PLAS, SPOCK'S BEARD, OASIS). A single, "Astral Hand", will precede the full-length CD in October. "Radical Peace...

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IMMORTAL Confirmed For Next Year's HELLFEST, WACKEN OPEN AIR Festivals

Reunited Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL will perform at next year's Hellfest and Wacken Open Air festivals, set to take place June 18-20 in Clisson, France and August 5-7 in Wacken, Germany, respectively. IMMORTAL will release its new album, "All Shall Fall", in North America on October 6 via Nu...

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WACKEN OPEN AIR: German-Language TV Report Available

A two-minute German-language report on this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is being held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany, can be viewed below. According to Reuters, fans attending this year's Wacken Open Air were asked on Thursday (July 30) to avoid "hugging, kissing on the cheek...

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EPICA: Pro-Shot Footage From WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Available

Professionally filmed video footage of Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA performing the song "Sancta Terra" at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is being held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany, can be viewed below. The complete track listing has been revealed for EPI...

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HEAVEN & HELL's DIO Interviewed by ROCKALARM TV

Legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO) was interviewed by Rockalarm TV prior to HEAVEN & HELL's appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is being held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. Watch the two-and-a-half-...

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SKYCLAD: 'Words Upon The Street' Video Released

"Words Upon The Street" , the new video from SKYCLAD, the seminal British band which is often referred to as "the originator of folk metal," can be viewed below. The song comes off the group's twelfth album, "In The… All Together", which was released earlier in the year via Scarlet Records. The CD,...

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KAMPFAR Forced To Cancel WACKEN OPEN AIR Appearance

Norwegian old-school black metallers KAMPFAR have issued the following statement: "Due to a sudden family matter for one member of KAMPFAR, we are forced to cancel our show at Wacken Open Air this year. We feel bad towards the Wacken festival, ICS [Wacken festival organizers] and the people who came...