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VOLBEAT Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT have been confirmed for next year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. ICS Festival Service GmbH, which organizes the Wacken Open Air festival, has announced that 50,000 tickets have already been sold for nex...

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GWAR Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

GWAR will perform its only German show at next year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. ICS Festival Service GmbH, which organizes the Wacken Open Air festival, has announced that 50,000 tickets have already been sold for next year's event. The...

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CYNIC: Audio Interview Posted Online

Guitarist/vocalist Paul Masvidal and drummer Sean Reinert of the reformed progressive rock/metal band CYNIC was interviewed by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia) at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Liste...

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RAGE: New Dates Announced

German power metallers RAGE have scheduled the following dates: Mar. 07 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle (with BRAINSTORM) Mar. 13 - Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos-Saal Mar. 14 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7 Mar. 17 - Wörgl, Austria - Komma Mar. 18 - Wien, Austria - Szene All shows will include s...

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ATHEIST Frontman On New Material: 'I F**king Dare Someone To Doubt This Record'

Vocalist Kelly Shaefer of the reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST has issued the following update: "It's late Saturday night and I am reflecting on a very productive week for ATHEIST and me personally. It has been many years since me and my lifelong friend Steve Flynn [ATHEIST drumm...

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Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR: 50,000 Tickets Sold For Next Year's Event

ICS Festival Service GmbH, which organizes the Wacken Open Air festival, has announced that 50,000 tickets have already been sold for next year's event, which will be held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The remaining tickets are expected to be snapped up by the end of January. The fest...

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RAGE Announces '25 Years In Rage' Anniversary Concert

German power metallers RAGE have announced a special "25 Years In Rage" anniversary concert on March 7, 2009 at Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen, Germany. Support at the gig will come from BRAINSTORM and MIND ODYSSEY (featuring guitarist Victor Smolski of RAGE). RAGE will play a 30-minute acoustic set, f...

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LACUNA COIL On 'Chaos With Full Metal Jackie'; Audio Available

Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro of the Italian goth metal band LACUNA COIL were the featured guests on the October 26, 2008 edition of Indie 103.1 FM's specialty metal program "Chaos with Full Metal Jackie". The interview is now available for streaming at this location. In other news, LACUNA COIL...

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ROSE TATTOO Frontman Says AIRBOURNE Is Carrying On The Australian Rock Tradition

Dirty Rock Magazine recently conducted an interview with legendary ROSE TATTOO frontman Angry Anderson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the glory days of Australian pub rock: What was it about those days? "Philosophically and at my age I can be philosophic, I think was those days...

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EPICA Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL CALLEJON CATHEDRAL EINHERJER EPICA HAMM...

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LACUNA COIL: CRISTINA SCABBIA's 'Fun Moments'

LACUNA COIL frontwoman Cristina Scabbia has uploaded a two-part video dubbed "Fun Moments" featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the road. Watch the clips below. LACUNA COIL's first-ever DVD, "Visual Karma (Body, Mind and Soul)", which is a celebration of all things from the band's "Karmacode" al...

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CRIMINAL: New Album Title, Release Date Announced

Anglo-Chilean thrash masters CRIMINAL have set "White Hell" as the title of sixth album, due on February 27, 2009 via Massacre Records. Commented CRIMINAL guitarist/singer Anton Reisenegger: "Some of our older fans might recall that one of our early songs, that never made it onto an album, was calle...

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ATHEIST Continuing Work On New Material

Vocalist Kelly Shaefer of the reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST has issued the following update: "I am here in Atlanta. I drove up after my art show which went really really well for my first showing. I sold six pieces and I wish to thank those who purchased very much, including S...

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HADES Guitarist Comments On Upcoming Reunion Show

Guitarist Dan Lorenzo of the long-defunct New Jersey metallers HADES has confirmed that the band will reunite for an appearance at the Keep It True XIII festival in April 2010 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. Commented Dan: "Yes, the news is true. The good people from the Keep It...

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CALLEJON Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German "riff masters" CALLEJON have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL CALLEJON CATHEDRAL EINHERJER HAMMERFALL IN EXTREMO IN F...