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LORDI Interviewed At WACKEN OPEN AIR; Video Available
Evil Elvis of Festivals2Go.com conducted an interview with Finnish monster rockers LORDI at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 - August 2 in Wacken, Germany. Watch the chat below. Finland's Sony BMG will release the new single from LORDI, "Bite It like a Bulldog", on August...August 6, 2008
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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP Replaces OPETH At Spain's LORCA ROCK Festival
MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (MSG) has replaced OPETH on the billing of the Lorca Rock festival, set to take place July 25-26 at Huerto de la Rueda in Lorca (Murcia),Spain. OPETH called off its participation in Lorca Rock last month, citing "financial" reasons following the cancellation of the 2008 editi...July 16, 2008
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LORDI To Release 'Bite It Like A Bulldog' Single Next Month
Finland's Sony BMG will release the new single from LORDI, "Bite It like a Bulldog", on August 13. The song comes off the Finnish hard rock monsters' new album, which is scheduled for release in North America on October 28 via The End Records. The as-yet-untitled CD "will showcase the band's tradema...July 12, 2008
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BIOHAZARD, DEATH ANGEL, FORBIDDEN, LORDI, QUEENSRŸCHE, SLAYER: Photos From WALDROCK Available
High-quality photos from this year's Waldrock festival, which was held July 5 in Bergum, Holland, have been posted at Metal-Experience.com. Included are pictures of the following artists: 1349 ALCHEMIST BIOHAZARD DEATH ANGEL DEATH BY STEREO FORBIDDEN GREYLINE HAIL OF BULLETS HELMET HOLLENTHON LIFE O...July 7, 2008
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SWEET SAVAGE Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
Reactivated NWOBHM legends SWEET SAVAGE (based in Belfast, Northern Ireland) have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD AIRBOURNE ALESTORM AS I LAY D...June 21, 2008
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GIRLSCHOOL Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
Veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL has been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD AIRBOURNE ALESTORM AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN...June 20, 2008
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LORDI: New Album Release Date Announced
Finnish hard rock monsters LORDI will release their new album in North America on October 28 via The End Records. The as-yet-untitled CD "will showcase the band's trademark melodic hard rock sound, something the band has amplified from the debut, 'Get Heavy', onto the mega-successful 'The Arockalyps...June 19, 2008
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LORDI: A Conversation With A Monster
By Ryan Ogle By now, the dust kicked up from LORDI's 2006 Eurovision Song Contest victory and subsequent global domination is starting to settle a bit, but Finland's true (okay, costumed) monsters of rock are doing anything but. Taking little time to recuperate from the whirlwind that accompanied th...June 18, 2008
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LORDI, CLAWFINGER To Perform At Poland's SKANDYNAWSKA PRZESTRZEN KULTURY
According to Onet.pl, Finnish monster rock band LORDI and CLAWFINGER have been confirmed to appear at Poland's Skandynawska Przestrzen Kultury, a Scandinavian culture festival, which will be held August 7-10. LORDI has entered the studio to record the follow-up to "The Arockalypse". The recordings s...June 17, 2008
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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER To Perform With LORDI At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
Former ACCEPT and current U.D.O. frontman Udo Dirkschneider will join Finnish monster hard rockers LORDI for at least one song during their appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Dirkschneider makes an appeara...June 16, 2008
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STONE GODS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
STONE GODS, the band featuring former THE DARKNESS members Dan Hawkins, Richie Edwards and Ed Graham, has replaced AXEL RUDI PELL on the billing of this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows:...June 11, 2008
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LORDI To Appear In 'Deliverance, A New World' Role-Playing Game?
According to a report that was published in this past Friday's (June 6) edition of Massachusetts' The Republican, Finnish monster hard rockers LORDI have struck up an agreement with Kahriptic Knights Publishing for characters from the band to appear in the upcoming tabletop role-playing game similar...June 8, 2008
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Serbia's CASTLE FESTIVAL Cancelled
The 2008 edition of the Castle Festival, which was slated to take place July 1-5 at Smederevo Fortress in Serbia, has been cancelled. According to a posting on HELLOWEEN's web site, the festival was called off due to "the political situation and local incidents in the country." The following bands w...June 4, 2008
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CHILDREN OF BODOM Bassist Wishes The Music Business Was 'More Honest'
Dave Borgioli-Jones of NZRock.com recently conducted an interview with CHILDREN OF BODOM bassist Henkka Seppl (a.k.a. Henkka T. Blacksmith). A couple of excerpts from the chat follows. NZRock: What have you been up to? Have you had a good chance to relax after Gigantour? Henkka: Yeah, we came home l...June 2, 2008
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Finnish Heavy Metal Act TERSBETONI Hoping To Repeat LORDI's EUROVISION Success
According to the Helsingin Sanomat, this year's Finnish Eurovision Song Contest representative, a heavy metal act called TERSBETONI, will appear in the first semi-final tonight (Tuesday, May 20) in Belgrade, Serbia to compete for a place in the Saturday final. TERSBETONI vocalist Jarkko Ahola is hop...May 20, 2008
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