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SAXON: More Tour Dates Announced

British heavy metal legends SAXON have scheduled the following dates: April 23 - London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire (w/ GIRLSCHOOL, SWEET SAVAGE) April 30 - Tokyo, Japan - O East May 01 - Nagoya, Japan - Club Quattro May 02 - Osaka, Japan - Club Quattro May 05 - Brisbane, Australia - The Arena...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Orange County, California's AVENGED SEVENFOLD has been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD AIRBOURNE ALESTORM AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA A...

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AT THE GATES: Second New York City Show Announced

"Due to high demand," reactivated Swedish metallers AT THE GATES added a second New York City show to their upcoming North American tour with DARKEST HOUR and MUNICIPAL WASTE. The newly added concert will take place at Irving Plaza on, Wednesday, July 9. Internet pre-sale starts this Saturday, March...

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THE HAUNTED Completes Pre-Production For New Album

Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED are back on the map with some good news, as they have just finished pre-production for their highly anticipated, still-untitled new album. The band will soon enter PUK studio in Denmark to start working with producer Tue Madsen (HEAVEN SHALL BURN, DARK TRANQUILLITY, MOO...

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STRATOVARIUS Mainman Launches REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE

In the latest issue of Finland's Soundi magazine, STRATOVARIUS mainman Timo Tolkki reveals that he has formed a new band called REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE, which is believed to have been the working title of the now apparently aborted new STRATOVARIUS album. The group's debut CD which will feature guest...

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HEADHUNTER: 'Silverskull' Video Posted Online

"Silverskull", the new video from HEADHUNTER, the reunited German band featuring DESTRUCTION frontman Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, STRATOVARIUS drummer Jrg Michael, and guitarist Schmuddel (ex-TALON),can be viewed below. The track comes off the group's forthcoming comeback album, "Parasite of Society...

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AXEL RUDI PELL To Guest On This Week's 'Hair Metal Haven'

AXEL RUDI PELL will be interviewed by Chris Nelson on this week's edition of "Hair Metal Haven" on Rock 247 Online. The show will be broadcast between 17.00 and 19.00 GMT on Saturday, March 22. To listen to the program via the Internet, click here. A trailer for AXEL RUDI PELL's recently released .....

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CIVILIZATION ONE/Ex-FIREWIND Singer To Perform At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR

Chitral "Chity" Somapala (CIVILIZATION ONE, AVALON, FIREWIND, FARO, MOONLIGHT AGONY and RED CIRCUIT),will perform four days in a row at this year's Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany on the Wet Stage with his longtime tribute band ROKKEN (featuring monster shredder Michael Brettner). Chity...

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MACHINE HEAD To Play Russia In July

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD will perform in Moscow, Russia on July 2. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Mar. 18 - Tokyo, JAP - O-East May 28 - Chorzow, POL - Slaski Stadium (supporting METALLICA) May 31 - Madrid, ESP - Electric Weekend Jun. 03 - Prague, CZE - ...

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STRATOVARIUS Mainman Says He Is 'Very Happy' With Number Of 'Saana' Legal Downloads

STRATOVARIUS mainman Timo Tolkki has issued the following update on his recently completed classical rock opera, "Saana - Warrior of Light Part 1: Journey to Crystal Island": "I'm very happy to see how many people are actually downloading 'Saana' from my webshop as MP3/FLAC version. It completely su...

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MOONSPELL: Complete 'Night Eternal' Details Revealed

Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL have finalized the track listing for their new album, "Night Eternal", due in Europe on May 19 and in the U.S. on June 10 via SPV/Steamhammer. The follow-up to 2006's "Memorial" was recorded at Antfarm studios in Denmark with producer Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, DARK TRAN...

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CYNIC Planning 'World Tour' In The Fall

Drummer Sean Reinert of the reunited progressive metallers CYNIC, whose 1993 album "Focus" is regarded as a landmark release in the field of technical/progressive metal, has issued the following update: "Many of you might be in the 'know' but for those of you who are unaware CYNIC has been booked fo...

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Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Sold Out

The organizers of the Germany's Wacken Open Air festival have issued the following update: "As announced a few weeks ago, we had an incredible pre-sale und now it's happened: the 19th Wacken Open Air 2008 is SOLD OUT! We thank you all for your loality and support. In the coming weeks we will announc...

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WACKEN OPEN AIR Named 'Festival Of The Year'

Germany's Wacken Open Air festival was honored with a Live Entertainment Award in the "Festival Of The Year" category. This award recognizes distiguished achievements in live entertainment and is given out by Live Entertainment Award (LEA) committee. The winners were announced yesterday (Tuesday, Ma...

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SWALLOW THE SUN: New Album Title Revealed

Finnish doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN have issued the following update: "First of all, we want to thank everyone for making year 2007 such an amazing year for SWALLOW THE SUN. We played almost 100 gigs supporting the album Hope, including two European tours, our first North American tour and a mini...