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MOONSPELL, MAYHEM, HYPOCRISY Confirmed For France's METAL THERAPY FESTIVAL

MOONSPELL, MAYHEM, HYPOCRISY and SOILWORK are among the confirmed bands for the third installment of the Metal Therapy Festival, set to tale place April 15 at Galaxie Mega Hall in Amnéville, France. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BLOCKHEADS DAGOBA GOJ...

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AMORPHIS Confirmed For NECKBREAKER'S BALL European Tour

Finland's AMORPHIS have been confirmed for the Neckbreaker's Ball 2006 European tour, which is scheduled to take place in April. Also appearing on the bill are HYPOCRISY, SOILWORK, ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET, SCAR SYMMETRY and an as-yet-undisclosed "special guest." Confirmed dates are as fo...

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ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET Replace CROWBAR On NECKBREAKER'S BALL Tour

ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET, the new Swedish band featuring former THE CROWN vocalist Johan Lindstrand, will be replacing CROWBAR on the upcoming Metal Hammer-sponsored European Neckbreaker's Ball 2006 tour, also featuring HYPOCRISY, SOILWORK, and SCAR SYMMETRY. The trek will kick off April...

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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...