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CARCASS: Support Bands For Australian Tour Announced

The support bands have been announced for CARCASS' upcoming tour of Australia, which is scheduled to take place in October. They are as follows: Oct. 09 - Perth, Capitol (DYSCORD, GROTESQUE) Oct. 10 - Adelaide, HQ Complex (DOUBLE DRAGON, TZUN TZU) Oct. 11 - Brisbane, The Arena (DEFAMER, LIMB FROM LI...

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ATHEIST: New Album To Include Cover Of RUSH's 'YYZ'

Vocalist Kelly Shaefer of the reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST has issued the following update: "On the new ATHEIST record we are going to record a blazing cover of the brilliant 'YYZ' from RUSH. As you all know, we have long been fans of RUSH, and we know this cover is a bit out...

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GIRLSCHOOL: New Album Title Revealed

Veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL has set "Legacy" as the title of its 30th-anniversary album, due in October via Wacken Records/SPV. The CD will reportedly feature a plethora of special guests, including Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH),Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO),...

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WATAIN Frontman Interviewed At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR; Video Available

Kerrang! magazine's (web site) Nick Ruskell conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Erik Danielsson of the Swedish black metal band WATAIN at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Watch the seven-minute chat below. To celebrate the 10...

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PRIMORDIAL Frontman Interviewed At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR; Video Available

Kerrang! magazine's (web site) Nick Ruskell conducted an interview with vocalist Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill of the of the Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Watch the four-minute chat below. As previ...

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EDGUY Frontman Talks About Upcoming Album, AVANTASIA DVD

German melodic metallers EDGUY recently entered Gate Studios in Wolfsburg, Germany to begin recording the follow-up to 2006's "Rocket Ride". Entitled "Tinnitus Sanctus", the new CD is being produced by Sascha Paeth and is scheduled to be released in November 2008. EDGUYfrontman Tobias Sammet has ans...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman Interviewed At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR; Video Available

Kerrang! magazine's (web site) Nick Ruskell conducted an interview with vocalist Peter Dolving of the Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Watch the four-minute chat below. A new THE HAUNTED track entitled...

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NIGHTWISH Mainman Interviewed At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR; Video Available

Kerrang! magazine's (web site) Nick Ruskell conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH mainman/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen prior to the band's headlining appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Watch the four-minute chat below. NIG...

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ENSLAVED Members Comment On 'Vertebrae' Artwork, WACKEN Listening Session

The Norwegian masters of progressive/experimental metal ENSLAVED have revealed the first glimpse of the artwork for their forthcoming masterpiece "Vertebrae" which will be released September 29 via Indie Recordings. Painter Truls Espedal comments on the artwork: "Back in 2001, one of those nights wi...

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CARCASS: New Video Footage From WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Posted Online

Video footage of reactivated British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS' performance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany, can be viewed below (clips uploaded by Mendes Soze). In a recent interview with Voices From The Darkside, CARCASS guit...

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UNEARTH: Performance Footage Of New Song From WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Massachusetts metallers UNEARTH performing a new song, "My Will Be Done", at the Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 – August 2 in Wacken, Germany can be viewed below. UNEARTH's new album, "The March", is scheduled for release on October 14 via Metal Blade Re...

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German 'A Cappella Metal' Band VAN CANTO: 'Speed Of Light' Video Available

"Speed of Light", the new video from the German "a cappella metal" band VAN CANTO — which consists of five singers and one drummer (no guitars, no bass, no keyboards) — can be viewed below. "Speed of Light" is said to be "the first preview" from VAN CANTO's forthcoming album which will be released l...

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HOLY MOSES: New Album To Feature Guest Appearances By DESTRUCTION, OBITUARY Members

DESTRUCTION, OBITUARY and AXEL RUDI PELL members are among the guest musicians who appear on "Agony of Death", the new album from long-running German thrashers HOLY MOSES. Ferdy Doernberg (AXEL RUDI PELL) contributed keyboards and samples, as well as intros and outros, and played slide guitar on "Th...

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OPETH Frontman, Drummer Complete Two Gigs With BLOODBATH; Video Footage, Photos Available

OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has issued the following update: "Just got back from the two shows we did with [the Swedish death metal 'supergroup'] BLOODBATH! Great fun! We played at the Party.San festival in Germany and at the Pellavarock fest in Finland. I was really sick with the flu/sore throa...

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EXODUS Frontman Checks In From The Road

Vocalist Rob Dukes of the veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "Wacken 2008... I came from behind the curtain to see before me 75,000 people with their hands in the air. And screaming. It was fucking surreal. I was overwhelmed by the whol...