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DORNENREICH, GOD DETHRONED, IN SLUMBER Confirmed For Germany's WALPURGIS METAL DAYS IX

DORNENREICH, GOD DETHRONED and IN SLUMBER have been confirmed for the Walpurgis Metal Days IX festival, set to take place May 1-2, 2009 at Festplatz in Hauzenberg, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: DISBELIEF DORNENREICH ENTHRONED FLESHLESS GOD DETHRONED IN SLUMBER POPPY SEE...

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HAEMORRHAGE, CREPITATION, AMPUTATED REPUGNANCE Confirmed For DEATH FEAST OPEN AIR

HAEMORRHAGE, CREPITATION, AMPUTATED REPUGNANCE, INGESTED, SPAWN and JIG AI re among the newly confirmed bands for next year's edition of the Death Feast Open Air festival, set to take place June 11-13, 2009 in Hünxe, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMPUTATED REPUGNANCE (BEL)...

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JIMMY PAGE: 'Stormtrooper' Rock Iconz Figure Unveiled

KnuckleBonz has unveiled a limited-edition sculpture of Jimmy Page (LED ZEPPELIN) depicted just as he appeared on stage in Chicago in 1977. The Jimmy Page II "Stormtrooper" Rock Iconz figure is a fully licensed, limited edition collectible. The figure is hand-painted and numbered and comes with a ce...

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MACABRE, LAY DOWN ROTTEN, VOMITORY Confirmed For Germany's DEATH FEAST OPEN AIR

MACABRE, LAY DOWN ROTTEN, VOMITORY and HATE are among the newly confirmed bands for next year's edition of the Death Feast Open Air festival, set to take place June 11-13, 2009 in Hünxe, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY (UK) ASPHYX (NL) DEVOURMENT (US...

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A Conversation With Denmark's RAUNCHY

By: Scott Alisoglu Denmark's RAUNCHY have been releasing quality albums since 2002 debut "Velvet Noise". While gaining fans slowly, but surely, with each successive release, may seem like a good thing, it is the "slowly" part that has dogged the sextet, while contemporaries have blown up across the...

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MALPRACTICE: More New Songs Posted Online

MALPRACTICE, the Finnish progressive metal band featuring members of TO/DIE/FOR, MANITOU, OMNIUM GATHERUM and REVERSION, has uploaded two new songs "Deception" and "Maze Of Inequity" from their just-released third album, "Triangular", to the group's MySpace page. While still progressive and melodic,...

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SCULPTURED: An In-Depth Interview With DON ANDERSON

By: Scott Alisoglu We've not heard from SCULPTURED since 2000's acclaimed "Apollo Ends" album. But it's not like head honcho Don Anderson (guitars, vocals) has been twiddling his thumbs. In addition to the steady climb of his other band AGALLOCH (The End Records),which included an increasing number...

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RAUNCHY Prepares To Record New Album

Danish metallers RAUNCHY have issued the following update: "So it is finally happening — our gear's all packed and we're on our way to the recording studio [in Ribe, Denmark] to finish up our new album. We're really looking forward to enter the house of gun jack again and team up with our friend Jac...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'Addiction Is A Used Car Salesman'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace blog: "Addiction is a used car salesman. It don't give up just 'cause I ain't buying. "Hell no. "Instead it goes 'Awwwwwrightee then... Back to the drawing board...' Out come the bling. The little flags and the giant...

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Save My Soul

On "Save My Soul", German prog metal veterans POVERTY'S NO CRIME demonstrate once again a proclivity for infusing its often pop-based melodies with solid, though not spectacular, arrangements. A smoother, less over-the-top, progressive approach and a more rock-oriented sound makes the album a pleasa...

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JIMMY PAGE Limited-Edition Sculpture Coming Soon

Knucklebonz has announced plans to release a Jimmy Page limited-edition sculpture featuring the legendary LED ZEPPELIN guitarist in his white "poppy suit" with the dragon and poppy embroidery sculpted in intricate detail. The sculpture captures a moment in time from 1977 during the performance of "D...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist SCOTT IAN: 'I Find Most Reality Shows To Be Extremely Cheesy'

Metro.co.uk recently conducted an nterview with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metro.co.uk: Which bands at the Kerrang! awards do you want to meet? Scott: FALL OUT BOY are going, which is cool because I'm friends with them. People might not expect me to like...

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Dismember

This is one of those ideas tailor-made for the Internet. Swedish songwriter Tony Naima got up at a DISMEMBER CD release party and did some acoustic, poppy versions of the death metal band's best-loved songs, and everyone thought it was a hoot. He got a band together and did arrangements of a few oth...

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LACUNA COIL Singer FERRO Wants To Focus On Songwriting For Next Album

Dan Barkasi of HMAS.org recently conducted an interview with LACUNA COIL male singer Andrea Ferro. A few excerpts from the chat follow: HMAS.org: How did the idea of a tour with all of the bands consisting of female singers come along? Andrea Ferro: Basically, there was this article in Revolver maga...

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10 YEARS Drummer Gives New Album Update

Launch Radio Networks reports: 10 YEARS drummer Brian Vodinh has posted an update at the band's MySpace page about the progress of their second album. He indicated that the group has written 30 to 40 songs and is looking for a new producer after the initial production team didn't work out. As for th...