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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...

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OVERKILL: More METALMANIA Footage Posted Online

More fan-filmed video footage of New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL performing at the Metalmania festival on March 8, 2008 at Spodek in Katowice, Poland can be viewed below (courtesy of "KKROB1"). TheRighttoRock.com recently issued a podcast (episode #46) featuring vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth from O...

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BLOODBATH: 'The Wacken Carnage' CD/DVD Details Revealed

Swedish death metal "supergroup" BLOODBATH has issued the following update: "The first and so far only concert with BLOODBATH will finally see the dawn (of the dead) as a live CD/DVD digipak entitled 'The Wacken Carnage' on Peaceville April 21st. Almost three years have passed since this carnage too...

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OVERKILL At Poland's METALMANIA Festival; Video Available

Fan-filmed video footage of New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL performing the song "Fuck You" at the Metalmania festival on March 8, 2008 at Spodek in Katowice, Poland can be viewed below (courtesy of "KKROB1"). TheRighttoRock.com recently issued a podcast (episode #46) featuring vocalist Bobby "Blitz" E...

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AVANTASIA: South American Dates Announced

EDGUY singer Tobias Sammet's solo project AVANTASIA has scheduled the following dates: June 06 - Rocksound Festival - Huttwil, Switzerland June 07 - Sweden Rock - Sölvesborg, Sweden June 18 - Obras - Buenos Aires, Argentina June 20 - Caupolican - Santiago, Chile June 22 - Credicard Hall - Sao Paulo,...

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AXEL RUDI PELL: 'Live Over Europe' DVD Trailer Available

A trailer for AXEL RUDI PELL's recently released double DVD, "Live Over Europe" (cover artwork),can be viewed at this location. "Live Over Europe" (cover artwork) has registered the following chart positions: Germany - Media Control DVD chart: #4 Germany - Media Control Top 100 music chart: #56 Swe...

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LEAVES' EYES, ATROCITY Offer More Information Regarding Mexican Cancellation

LEAVES' EYES and ATROCITY have released a lengthy and detailed explanation of the events that led to the cancellation of their joint appearances at last weekend's Mandragora's Fest in Mexico. It can be found in the "News/Latest News" section of Atrocity.de. LEAVES' EYES recently announced that its s...