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CINDERELLA Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

CINDERELLA has been confirmed for this year's Sweden Rock Festival festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AEROSMITH (US) ALDO NOVA (CAN) ALESTORM (UK) ANVIL (CAN) BACHMAN & TURNER (CAN) BEHEMOTH (PL) BIGELF (US...

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TRIVIUM: New Song 'Shattering The Skies Above' Available For Streaming

Inspired by the God Of War series, TRIVIUM's new song, "Shattering the Skies Above", appears on the upcoming extended play (EP) soundtrack for the highly anticipated PlayStation3 (PS3) exclusive videogame "God of War III". The EP, titled "God of War: Blood & Metal", will be made available on Mar...

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KATATONIA To Release 'The Longest Year' EP

Swedish masters of melancholy KATATONIA will release a new EP, "The Longest Year", on March 15 via Peaceville Records. In addition to the album cut "The Longest Year", the EP features the previously unreleased song "Sold Heart", "Day And Then The Shade" (remix),and an alternative version of "Idle B...

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TRIVIUM Frontman Interviewed On Australia's 'The Racket'

Guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy of Florida metallers Matt Heafy was recently interviewed by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "The Racket". Listen to the program in streaming audio at the Triple J web site: Windows Media, Real Media (NOTE: The Heafy interview begins around the one-hour, 13-minute mark). Check...

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ORPHANED LAND: 'ORwarriOR' First-Week Sales Revealed

"The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR", the fourth album from Israeli progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND, sold around 600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at No. 80 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by...

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AEROSMITH Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

AEROSMITH, one of the biggest and most influential bands in rock history, has been confirmed as one of the headliners of this year's Sweden Rock Festival festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. AEROSMITH — Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and...

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SOILWORK: New Album Release Date Revealed

SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid and guitarist Sylvain Coudret recently answered a number of fan-submitted questions regarding the making of the band's new studio album, "The Panic Broadcast". The resulting footage can be viewed in two parts below. Due in Europe on June 25 via Nuclear Blast Rec...

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DEFIANCE Announces New Drummer

Reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE have announced the addition of drummer Burton Ortega (KAOS) to the group's ranks. The band states, "We were looking for that fifth finger to fill the glove, which was something that we felt was essential for a long-term fit. "We are very excited about...

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BILLY IDOL Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

BILLY IDOL has been confirmed for this year's Sweden Rock Festival festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALDO NOVA (CAN) ALESTORM (UK) ANVIL (CAN) BACHMAN & TURNER (CAN) BEHEMOTH (PL) BIGELF (US) BILLY IDOL (U...

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DEVILDRIVER Bassist: 'I Feel Privileged To Be Able To Do This Career And Play With My Heroes'

Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with bassist Jon Miller of Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Assault: This is the last show of the current tour. How has it been? Jon: This was one of my fa...

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TRIVIUM: Cover Of SEPULTURA's 'Slave New World' Available For Streaming

TRIVIUM's cover version of SEPULTURA's "Slave New World" is available for streaming in the YouTube clip below. TRIVIUM recently announced Nick Augusto as the band's new permanent drummer. Augusto was introduced to TRIVIUM fans when he filled in behind the kit on last fall's "Into the Mouth of Hell W...

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GUNS N' ROSES Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

GUNS N' ROSES has been confirmed for this year's Sweden Rock Festival festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALDO NOVA (CAN) ALESTORM (UK) ANVIL (CAN) BACHMAN & TURNER (CAN) BEHEMOTH (PL) BIGELF (US) D-A-D (DK)...

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GARY MOORE To Perform Hard Rock Set At SWEDEN ROCK Festival

It's finally happening — Gary Moore is coming to Sweden Rock festival TO PLAY HARD ROCK! The Northern Irish guitar legend has, obviously, been playing blues (and certain other things) for two decades now. But in Sweden, home of Gary's arguably most devoted fan base, he is still primarily remembered...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, DREAM THEATER, TRIVIUM On 'God Of War' Digital EP; Track Listing Revealed

Roadrunner Records has set a March 2 release date for an exclusive digital extended play (EP) soundtrack for the highly anticipated PlayStation3 (PS3) exclusive videogame "God of War III". The EP, titled "God of War: Blood & Metal", will be made available as a part of the "God of War III Ultimat...

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SIGHT OF EMPTINESS: 'Absolution Of Humanity' EPK Available

An EPK (Electronic Press Kit) for "Absolution of Humanity", the second studio album from the Costa Rica-based melodic extreme metal band SIGHT OF EMPTINESS, can be viewed below. The CD is expected to be released late February/early March 2010 via an as-yet-undetermined record label. "Absolution of H...