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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...

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MORTAL SIN To Support SLAYER In Sydney

Reactivated Australian thrashers MORTAL SIN will support SLAYER and MASTODON on April 17 at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney. "If you ain't inside the venue early to catch our show I will personally whip your ass!" vocalist Mat Maurer joked in an online posting. "We wanna show some Aussie metal pride!...

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STONE SOUR, MACHINE HEAD, MASTODON To Support METALLICA In Portugal

STONE SOUR, MACHINE HEAD, JOE SATRIANI and MASTODON will support METALLICA at the Super Bock Super Rock Festival on June 28 in Lisbon, Portugal. A local opener will also appear at the event. STONE SOUR begins the spring edition of the Jägermeister Music Tour tonight (Friday, March 23) in St. Paul, M...

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NILE Mainman: 'We Will Be The First Real Death Metal Band To Ever Play OZZFEST'

NILE mainman Karl Sanders has issued a statement explaining his band's decision to take part in the 2007 Ozzfest tour. LAMB OF GOD and LORDI will perform on the main stage with headliner OZZY OSBOURNE, while HATEBREED will headline the second stage, supported by MONDO GENERATOR, ANKLA, CIRCUS DIABLO...

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MASTODON To Guest On IRON MAIDEN Singer's Radio Show

Progressive metal quartet MASTODON will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Saturday, April 14 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "Rock Show". Listen to the program live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. time (between 3:00 p.m. a...

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HANOI ROCKS Confirmed For Finland's RUISROCK Festival

Finnish rock 'n' roll legends HANOI ROCKS have been confirmed for the Ruisrock festival, set to take place July 6-7 in Turku, Finland. Also scheduled to appear are SLAYER, MASTODON, IN FLAMES, PAIN, DEATHSTARS, CHILDREN OF BODOM, SONATA ARCTICA, FINNTROLL, POISONBLACK, and AMORPHIS, among many other...

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SLAYER, MEGADETH, TYPE O NEGATIVE, CHIMAIRA Confirmed For France's HELLFEST

SLAYER, MEGADETH, TYPE O NEGATIVE, MASTODON, CHIMAIRA, DARK TRANQUILITY, SCARVE, HEAVENLY, KAIZEN, LYZANXIA, HACRIDE and DESTINITY have been confirmed for Hellfest, set to take place June 22-24 in Clisson, France. More than 70 bands will perform on three stages. The festival billing is shaping up as...

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ION DISSONANCE: 'Minus The Herd' Artwork Revealed

Montreal-based quintet ION DISSONANCE has completed work on its third album, entitled "Minus the Herd". The follow-up to 2005's "Solace" was produced by Zeuss (SHADOWS FALL, HATEBREED) and will be released on June 5 through Abacus Recordings. You can catch an inside look at drummer JF Richard record...