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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER To Perform With LORDI At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
Former ACCEPT and current U.D.O. frontman Udo Dirkschneider will join Finnish monster hard rockers LORDI for at least one song during their appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Dirkschneider makes an appeara...June 16, 2008
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MOONSPELL Singer's 'Saga' Opera To Debut This Week
"Saga - pera Extravagante", a Portuguese opera featuring MOONSPELL frontman Fernando Ribeiro, will have its premiere this Thursday, June 19 at Museu de Marinha in Lisbon. Fernando says, "If you happen to be in the area of Portugal and want to quick jump to Lisbon you are invited for this quite speci...June 16, 2008
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LORD BELIAL: New Song Posted Online
"Sworn", a new track from the Swedish black metal horde LORD BELIAL, is available for streaming at this location. The track comes off the group's new album, "The Black Curse", due in September via Regain Records. The CD was recorded at Deadline Studios with producer Valle Adzic. Regain Records recen...June 12, 2008
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OVERKILL: New Audio Interview With BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH Posted Online
Vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of the veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL was interviewed for this week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. Download the segment as an MP3 file at this location. OVERKILL's second DVD, "Live at Wacken Open Air 2007", came out on February 5 via Bodo...June 11, 2008
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'Metal: A Headbanger's Journey' Filmmakers Discuss 'Global Metal'; Audio Available
Directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn of Banger Films Inc. creators of the critically acclaimed, award-winning documentary "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" and its soon-to-be-released follow-up "Global Metal" were interviewed for this week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. Download t...June 11, 2008
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WARBRINGER Completes Inaugural European Tour; Prepares For Hectic Summer Touring Schedule
Having just finished up their first European tour with legends NAPALM DEATH and SUFFOCATION, Los Angeles thrashers WARBRINGER are now bringing "Systematic Genocide" to the UK via headlining shows with GAMA BOMB before returning to the States to play a few West Coast shows and prep for their first-ev...June 11, 2008
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STONE GODS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
STONE GODS, the band featuring former THE DARKNESS members Dan Hawkins, Richie Edwards and Ed Graham, has replaced AXEL RUDI PELL on the billing of this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows:...June 11, 2008
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FALCONER: New Album Track Listing, Artwork Revealed
Swedish metallers FALCONER have completed work on their new album, entitled "Among Beggars And Thieves", at Andy La Rocque's (KING DIAMOND) Sonic Train Studio in Varberg, Sweden. 13 songs were mixed during the sessions, including two bonus tracks for the LP's first edition. "Among Beggars And Thieve...June 11, 2008
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AVANTASIA: More Tour Video Blogs, ROCKSOUND Footage Available
Vocalist Amanda Somerville has issued the second and third in a series of video blogs from the AVANTASIA European tour, which kicked off on June 5 at the Rocksound Festival in Huttwil, Switzerland. Also available is more fan-filmed video footage from the Rocksound concert (courtesy of YouTube user "...June 11, 2008
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CARCASS: More Dates Announced
Reactivated British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS have scheduled the following dates: Jun. 20 - Hellfest - Clisson, France Jun. 27 - Tuska Open Air - Helsinki, Finland Jun. 28 - Gods Of Metal - Bologna, Italy Jul. 04 - Metalcamp - tolmin, Slovenia Jul. 09 - Rockwave - Malakasa, Greece Aug. 02 - Wac...June 10, 2008
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MOONSPELL Forced To Cancel Turkish Concert
According to a posting on the web site of Turkey's top-selling metal magazine Headbang, Portugese metallers MOONSPELL were forced to cancel their headlining performance this past Friday (June 6) at the 10th-anniversary celebration of a Turkish high school's spring festival, dubbed Kalfest. MOONSPELL...June 9, 2008
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STRATOVARIUS Members Release Open 'Thank You' Letter To TIMO TOLKKI
STRATOVARIUS members Timo Kotipelto (vocals),Jrg Michael (drums) and Jens Johansson (keyboards) have issued the following open letter to guitarist Timo Tolkki, who drew up and signed an official waiver on May 20, 2008 giving up all rights to the STRATOVARIUS name. "Dear Timo, we thank you for the w...June 9, 2008
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Singer AMANDA SOMERVILLE Releases First AVANTASIA Tour Video Blog
Vocalist Amanda Somerville has issued the first in a series of video blogs from the AVANTASIA European tour, which kicked off on June 5 at the Rocksound Festival in Huttwil, Switzerland. Watch the clip below. Amanda Somerville is the American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who was recently tapped...June 7, 2008
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HOLY MOSES: New Album Title Announced
Long-running German thrashers HOLY MOSES have set "Agony of Death" as the title of their new album, due around September 19 via via Wacken Records/SPV. The band is currently putting the finishing toches on the new CD at the Blue Castle Studio near Hamburg with producer/guitar player Michael Hankel....June 6, 2008
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MOONSPELL: Pro-Shot Footage From ROCK IN RIO Festival Available
Professionally filmed footage of MOONSPELL's June 5, 2008 peformance at the Rock in Rio festival in Lisbon, Portugal can be viewed below. MOONSPELL's new album, "Night Eternal", entered the national chart in Portugal at No. 3 and in Germany at No. 62. The follow-up to 2006's "Memorial" was recorded...June 6, 2008
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