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TONY MARTIN's HEADLESS CROSS Confirmed For U.K.'s HAMMERFEST II

Former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin's HEADLESS CROSS, whose live set celebrates the 20th anniversary of the release of the SABBATH album "Headless Cross", has been confirmed for next year's Hammerfest II festival, set to take place March 11-13, 2010 at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, Unit...

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KATATONIA: U.K. Dates Announced

Having just supported PARADISE LOST across the U.K. and performed at the Hellfire festival, Sweden's KATATONIA has announced a series of headline U.K. gigs in March 2010 in addition to performing at Hammerfest II. The details are as follows: March 09 - Manchester - Academy 3 March 10 - Nottingham -...

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NODE To Release New Album In January

Italian extreme metallers NODE will release their new album, "In The End Everything Is A Gag", in January 2010 on Scarlet Records. The CD was mastered by Göran Finnberg (THE HAUNTED, OPETH, DARK TRANQUILLITY, IN FLAMES) at the Mastering Room in Sweden. Artwork duties were handled by Seldon Hunt (NEU...

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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Confirmed For U.K.'s HAMMERFEST II

Long-running Venice Beach, California thrash/punk band SUICIDAL TENDENCIES has been confirmed for next year's Hammerfest II festival, set to take place March 11-13, 2010 at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, United Kingdom. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: AKERCOCKE ATTICA RAGE...

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OUTSHINE: 'Love For The Music' Video Released

"Love For The Music", the new video from the Swedish hard rock/metal band OUTSHINE, can be viewed below. The clip was filmed in October 2009 in Gothenburg, Sweden by 11Frames. The song comes off the group's second album, "Until We Are Dead", which was released in April. The CD was recorded by Svein...

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OPETH Planning String Of Shows To Celebrate 20-Year Anniversary

Guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH has issued the following update: "Just got back from the little trek-trippie-trip to Japan and Australia. Had a WONDERFUL time! Japan was awesome! "We only played two shows, Tokyo and Osaka and both were real nice. We were so...

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TRAIL OF TEARS Frontman Interviewed In London

Elena Francis of SoundShock.co.uk conducted an interview with vocalist Ronny Thorsen of Norway's TRAIL OF TEARS before the band's November 23, 2009 concert at Camden Underworld in London, England. Watch the chat in two parts below. TRAIL OF TEARS is currently on the road with fellow Norwegian bands...

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BURST: Details Of Last-Ever Show Announced

Sweden's BURST will play its last show ever on Friday, December 18 at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg. According to the band, "There will be a bunch of cool giveaways, including the rare, out-of-print CDEP 'In Coveting Ways' to the first 100 through the door." In addition, the entire show will be filme...

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OPETH Guitarist Shows Off His First Tattoo Ever

The Australian branch of Roadrunner Records has posted several new photos of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH which were taken during the band's recent short tour of Australia. Included are pictures of guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt shopping for vinyl, guitarist Fredrik Åkesson's first tatto...

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ASPERA Signs With INSIDEOUT MUSIC

InsideOut Music has announced the signing of the progressive metal band ASPERA to a worldwide deal. The group's debut album, "Ripples", is scheduled for release on January 25, 2010. These five aspiring musicians from Skien, Norway, are truly what can be described as "youngsters" and "newcomers," bei...

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WHITE WIZZARD Confirmed For U.K.'s HAMMERFEST II

Los Angeles traditional metal heroes WHITE WIZZARD have been confirmed for next year's Hammerfest II festival, set to take place March 11-13, 2010 at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, United Kingdom. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: AKERCOCKE ATTICA RAGE BELLIGERENCE CARS ON F...

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ORPHANED LAND: First 'ORwarriOR' Trailer Posted Online

Israel's progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND will release their highly anticipated fourth studio opus, "The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR", in Europe on January 25, 2010 and in the U.S. on February 9 via Century Media Records. Mixed by Steven Wilson (PORCUPINE TREE, OPETH),who is also resp...

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MUSTAINE: 'The Music Industry As We Know It Will Probably Be Gone Within The Next Five Years'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "Thank you so much for all of your terrific input, comments, requests, suggestions, and just plain out all-around support for Megadeth Radio. "We are making tremendous progress wi...

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SWALLOW THE SUN: 'New Moon' First-Week Sales Revealed

"New Moon", the fifth album from Finnish doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN, sold around 400 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No. 148 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums b...

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IHSAHN: More Footage From The Studio Posted Online

The second in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions for "After", the forthcoming studio album from former EMPEROR vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn, can be viewed below. The band states, "In this footage we have included recording of vocals and some guests,...