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CELTIC FROST, CALIBAN Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

Seminal avant-garde metal pioneers CELTIC FROST and German metalcore band CALIBAN are the latest confirmed bands for this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place June 2-4 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BOLT THROWE...

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SIX FEET UNDER Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Florida-based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED AMON AMARTH ATHEIST BLOODTHORN BORN FROM PAIN CANNIBAL CORPSE...

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DAYLIGHT DIES: New Song Available For Download

A brand-new DAYLIGHT DIES track, entitled "A Life Less Lived", has been made available for download at this location (MP3, 4 MB). The song comes off the group's upcoming CD, "Dismantling Devotion", due in the U.S. on March 7 via Candlelight Records. Four years in the making, the near hour-long "Dism...

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CANDLELIGHT To Debut DAYLIGHT DIES Track This Weekend

Candlelight Records will debut a sample from the first track from "Dismantling Devotion", the new album from DAYLIGHT DIES. "A Life Less Lived" will be available beginning 9:00 a.m. EST on Sunday, January 22. Bring your browser to www.candlelightrecordsusa.com. Four years in the making, the near hou...

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AMON AMARTH, METAL INQUISITOR Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

AMON AMARTH and METAL INQUISITOR have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED AMON AMARTH ATHEIST BLOODTHORN BORN FROM PAIN CANNIBAL CORPSE CELTIC FROS...

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SOILWORK Rehearsing With 'Possible' New Guitarist

SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We're rehearsing right now. [We] started off yesterday with a possible replacement for Peter [Wichers, ex-guitarist]. He's doing a great job and we'll see how it goes on the festivals in Hungary,...

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Pitch.Black.Effects

While not as well known as some of its contemporaries, Dutch boys CALLENISH CIRCLE have built a reputation as a band that consistently makes quality, Swedish-style melodic thrash/death metal. Following 2003's "My Passion // Your Pain", new album "Pitch.Black.Effects" (the band's fifth) continues tha...

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GAMMA RAY, PRIMAL FEAR, ORPHANED LAND Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

GAMMA RAY, ORPHANED LAND, ABORTED, PRIMAL FEAR, WINTERSUN, EKTOMORF, ATHEIST and BLOODTHORN have been confirmed for next year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5, 2006 in Wacken, Germany. EKTOMORF will perform on the "True Metal Stage" on August 4. The festival billing is now sh...

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THREAT SIGNAL Announce New Drummer

Canadian metallers THREAT SIGNAL have announced the addition of drummer George Parfitt from Pennsylvania to the group's ranks. THREAT SIGNAL recorded their debut album, "Under Reprisal", this past fall with producer Christian Olde Wolbers of FEAR FACTORY. The CD is set to be released in Europe in th...

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NO RETURN: New Song Available For Download

A brand-new NO RETURN track, entitled "Utopia", has been made available for download at VS-Webzine.com. The song comes off the French thrashers' new, self-titled CD, due this month via Season of Mist. The album's cover artwork can be found at this location. "No Return" is the follow up to "Machinery...

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EKTOMORF Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Hungarian hardcore/thrash metallers EKTOMORF have been confirmed for next year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5, 2006 in Wacken, Germany. EKTOMORF will perform on the "True Metal Stage" on August 4. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BO...

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THERION To Begin Pre-Production For New Album Next Week

Sweden's THERION will be starting pre-production for the new album next week, according to a posting on the group's official web site. "The recordings will be interupted to do some festivals in March," the posting adds. "There will be some surprises on stage on the MetalMania festivals..." THERION a...

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MNEMIC Guitarist Launches New Web Site

MNEMIC guitarist and renowned artist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie's newest web site has been launched at www.cadaverman.com. "Cadaverman is meant to serve as my personal portfolio in regards to the artworks, album covers, photography and music I have worked on," Mircea said in a statement. "In the photogr...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary Nearing Completion

The makers of "Get Thrashed", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have issued the following update regarding the project's current status: "In the year since the last news update, we have made giant strides toward...

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RAUNCHY: 'Death Pop Romance' E-Card Available

A brand-new RAUNCHY e-card, featuring selections from the highly acclaimed Danish band's third full-length album, "Death Pop Romance", can be accessed at this location. Due in Europe on February 20, 2006 (February 17 in Germany) via Lifeforce Records, the CD was recorded last summer by Jacob Hansen...