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BRAINSTORM Begins Recording New Album

German melodic metallers BRAINSTORM have issued the following update: "All systems 'go' in Brainland. We have entered the Gate Studios in Wolfsburg together with producers Sascha Paeth and Michael Rodenberg to record our new CD, which is due January 25th, 2008. Preceding the full-length CD will be a...

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BRAINSTORM Parts Ways With Bassist, Seeks Replacement

After more than 15 years, German melodic metallers BRAINSTORM and longtime bass player Andreas Mailänder have decided to go their separate ways. "Since my working situation is not going to ease up in the long run, I won't be able to combine it with the upcoming touring for the new BS release," comme...

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CRYSTAL BALL Signs With AFM RECORDS

Swiss melodic metallers CRYSTAL BALL have inked a deal with AFM Records. The group's sixth album, tentatively titled "Secrets", will be produced by Michael Bormann (ex-JADED HEART, BLOODBOUND) and it will be mixed by Achim Köhler (PRIMAL FEAR, BRAINSTORM). An October 26 release is expected. Accordin...

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STEELHEART Cancels BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Appearance; LETHAL Steps In

STEELHEART has cancelled its appearance at this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 22-23, 2007 in Balingen, Germany. Replacing them at the event is LETHAL. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH AMORPHIS ARCHER BRA...

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VICIOUS RUMORS: Setlist For BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival Revealed

San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans VICIOUS RUMORS have revealed the setlist for their upcoming appearance at the Bang Your Head!!! festival, which will be held June 22-23 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. The setlist was chosen by fans via an Internet poll and it features "songs we haven't pl...

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BRAINSTORM To Release Double DVD

Metal Blade will release the first-ever BRAINSTORM DVD, "Honey From The B's (Beasting around the Bush)", on June 29 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy) / July 2 (rest of Europe). The box set will be released in digipack format "with special metal effect," according to a press release. The track l...

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SINNER To Support THIN LIZZY In Germany

German hard rock institution SINNER, which is fronted by PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner, has been confirmed as main support for THIN LIZZY on their only non-festival show this year in Germany, taking place June 4 in Karlsruhe at Festhalle Durlach. Comments Sinner: "We are very much looking forward t...

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VICIOUS RUMORS Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

VICIOUS RUMORS has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 22-23, 2007 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH AMORPHIS ARCHER BRAINSTORM DARK TRANQUILLITY EDGUY EVERGREY FIN...

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Become Death

Another band that consistently puts out strong releases, Germany's SYMPHORCE follow up the style-expansion of 2005's "Godspeed" with an album in "Become Death" that nearly matches the quality of its predecessor (it falls just a hair short). With Andy B. Frank's (also of BRAINSTORM) powerful delivery...

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SINNER: Guitarist HENNY WOLTER Rejoins The Fold

SINNER — the German band featuring PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner, Frank Rössler (keyboards),former PRIMAL FEAR drummer Klaus Sperling, and guitarist Christof Leim (THE TRACEELORDS) — have issued the following update: "The SINNER lineup for the forthcoming [European] tour dates and festivals is sig...

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W.A.S.P. Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

W.A.S.P. has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 22-23, 2007 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH AMOPRHIS ARCHER BRAINSTORM DARK TRANQUILLITY EDGUY EVERGREY FINNTROLL...

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SINNER: Rescheduled European Dates Announced

Germany's SINNER has announced the rescheduled dates for its European tour. The trek was postponed earlier in the month due to an in-studio injury suffered by SINNER frontman/PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner. The new dates are as follows: May 06 - Augsburg, Germany - Spectrum May 07 - Frankfurt, Germa...

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Vocalist RICK MYTHIASIN Rejoins STEEL PROPHET

Vocalist Rick Mythiasin has rejoined California metallers STEEL PROPHET. The band is set to begin recording the first songs with Rick in five years. Drummer Gene McEwen will begin laying down tracks for two new songs in about a week. More information will be made available soon. STEEL PROPHET's last...

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SINNER, VENGEANCE European Tour Postponed Until May

The previously announced SINNER/VENGEANCE "Mark of Sanity" European tour has been postponed until May due to a recent injury suffered by SINNER frontman (and PRIMAL FEAR bassist) Mat Sinner. The rescheduled dates will be announced soon. SINNER's video for the song "Black" has been posted online at t...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 22-23, 2007 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH AMOPRHIS ARCHER BRAINSTORM...