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KRYPTERIA Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

German-Korean four-piece KRYPTERIA, which is fronted by lead singer Ji-In, a "stunningly talented and breathtaking beauty," has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2009 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up a...

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PAIN Confirmed For Romania's ARTMANIA FESTIVAL

Swedish metallers PAIN have been confirmed for this year's Artmania Festival, set to take place July 17-19 in Sibiu, Romania. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: MY DYING BRIDE NIGHTWISH OPETH PAIN TRISTANIA PAIN filmed a video for the song "Monkey Business" on March 23 and March 24 at th...

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MNEMIC Guitarist To Develop New Interactive Performance System

Guitarist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie of Danish modern metallers MNEMIC has announced plans to build a new Interactive Performance System as part of his studies at the University of Aalborg, Denmark. Commented the guitarist: "The project seeks to implement the artists' visions by constructing a live perf...

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EVILE: Performance Footage Of New Song Available

British thrashers EVILE are currently on their first full headlining U.K. tour with support from TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED and MUTANT. Commented frontman Matt Drake: "So far no major accidents, we've made it to all the gigs and it's going pretty smoooooth. MUTANT and TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED are excellent...

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DE PROFUNDIS: New Songtitles Revealed

London, U.K.-based progressive doom metal band DE PROFUNDIS has completed work on the pre-production demos for its second album. Guitarist Roman Subbotin states, "This time we tried yet another production approach, recording everything live in a single room to get a much more organic and raw sound....

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HATEBREED, VOIVOD, IN THIS MOMENT, SUICIDE SILENCE Confirmed For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

HATEBREED, A DAY TO REMEMBER, IN THIS MOMENT, THERAPY?, GOD FORBID, BACKYARD BABIES, HOSTILE, MIDDLE CLASS RUT, NO AMERICANA, ESOTERICA, SUICIDE SILENCE, TIM "RIPPER" OWENS, VOIVOD, SYLOSIS, TURBO WOLF, WE ARE THE OCEAN and DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen's side-project MAN RAZE have been confirme...

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OPETH: Audio Interview With MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Available

A 15-minute audio interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH conducted by Kris Nergård of Norway's Metal Express Radio has been posted online at this location. OPETH will take part in the European installment of DREAM THEATER's Progressive Nation tour,...

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Discussing The Resurgence Of Metal Vinyl With Key Record Labels

To commemorate this year's Record Store Day (April 18),Mark Morton of Heavy Metal Examiner coordinated a round-table discussion with several record label executives and got their opinions on the resurgence and collectability of heavy metal vinyl. Participating in this discussion were Paula Hogan (G...

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PAIN Mainman Interviewed In Zagreb; Video Available

Guitarist/vocalist Peter Tägtgren of Swedish metallers PAIN was interviewed by the "Metal Eye" show on Z1 TV when the band performed in Zagreb, Croatia on April 2, 2009 with NIGHTWISH. Watch the chat below. PAIN filmed a video for the song "Monkey Business" on March 23 and March 24 at the Zenith in...

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OPETH: Part One Of Vinyl Box Series Available

Germany's Viva Hate Records has released the first part of its OPETH box series containing: * A massive hand-numbered wooden box with printed details on it * An exclusive box shirt design (first 400 customers only) * An OPETH logo stencil * 6 x 180g vinyl (white vinyl limited to 200 copies) * Altern...

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DREAM THEATER, OPETH, BIGELF, UNEXPECT: First PROGRESSIVE NATION Dates Released

New York progressive metal veterans DREAM THEATER will take their Progressive Nation tour overseas for the first time with a run through Europe throughout September, October and November 2009. So far the following shows have been announced: Sep. 23 - Ice Hall - Helsinki, Finland Sep. 25 - Hovet - St...

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DREAM THEATER: New Audio Interview With JORDAN RUDESS Available

A new audio interview with DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess conducted by the band's Norwegian fan club, DTNorway.com, is available for download at this location (.M4A file). DREAM THEATER will take its Progressive Nation tour overseas for the first time with a run through Europe throughout Se...

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OPETH Frontman Issues Post-South American Tour Update

Guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH has issued the following update: "Where have you been all my life??? "Buenos Aires? I love you! Yeah, kinda fell in love with the city...absolutely stunning! I could definitely see myself and my fam having a few weeks on holi...

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STAIND, SHINEDOWN, SEVENDUST, STATIC-X Confirmed For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

THE ANSWER, FIGHTSTAR, BRING ME THE HORIZON, STONE GODS, STAIND, FACECAGE, GO:AUDIO, SHINEDOWN, STATIC-X, AUGER BANE, VOLBEAT and SEVENDUST have been confirmed for this year's Download festival, set to take place June 12-14 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. The festival billing is shaping up as fol...

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PROTEST THE HERO Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

PROTEST THE HERO has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2009 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH AMORPHIS BACKYARD BABIES BATTLELORE BEFORE THE DAWN BENEATH THE MASSACRE BLACK MESSI...