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STRAIGHT LINE STITCH: Hometown Gig Postponed

Knoxville, Tennessee-based female-fronted metal/hardcore act STRAIGHT LINE STITCH has postponed its previously announced December 21, 2007 concert at Blue Cats in the group's hometown. "As many of you know, we are currently recording our new debut record for Koch Records. As of right now all the mus...

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NIFELHEIM Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish cult metallers NIFELHEIM have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXEL RUDI PELL AXXIS CARCASS CH...

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THE SORROW, MISERY SPEAKS, GRANTIG To Team Up For HELLFEST Tour

THE SORROW, MISERY SPEAKS and GRANTIG will team up for the Hellfest 2008 tour in February/March. The trek will include nine shows in Germany and one date in Swtizerland. The details are as follows: Feb. 20 - Augsburg - Kantine Feb. 21 - Frankfurt - Die Halle Feb. 22 - Hameln - Regenbogen Feb. 23 ...

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LORDI Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish metal monsters LORDI have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXXIS CARCASS CHILDREN OF BODOM COR...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE To Guest On SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO's 'Hard Files'

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman Howard Jones and drummer Justin Foley will guest on the "Hard Files" program on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack on Thursday, December 13 at 7:00 p.m. EST. Rebroadcasts: Fridays at noon ET, Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. ET and Sundays at 6:00 p.m. ET. Jones and Foley will dis...

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INFECTIOUS GROOVES, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, DIVINE HERESY Confirmed For SOUNDWAVE Festival

INFECTIOUS GROOVES (featuring members of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES),KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and DIVINE HERESY have been confirmed for the 2008 installment of Australia's Soundwave Festival, set to take place late February/early March. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALEXISONFIRE ALL TIME LOW AS...

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LAMB OF GOD, DEVILDRIVER, SOILWORK, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Members Pay Tribute To DIMEBAG

Members of DEVILDRIVER, LAMB OF GOD, SOILWORK and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE paid tribute to late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott by performing a cover of PANTERA's "Five Minutes Alone" during their joint appearance Saturday night (December 8) at the Nokia Theatre in Dimebag's hometown...

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CORVUS CORAX Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German folk metallers CORVUS CORAX have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXXIS CARCASS CHILDREN OF BOD...

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LAMB OF GOD Plays In The Dark In Kansas City

A BLABBERMOUTH.NET user has submitted the following report: "I went to see the KILLSWITCH ENGAGE/LAMB OF GOD show at Memorial Hall in Kansas City last night [Friday, December 7] and LAMB's set was kinda different. First, they reported that on their way to KC, their bus had been hit by a semi-truck....

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ENEMY OF THE SUN, WARBRINGER Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

ENEMY OF THE SUN and WARBRINGER have been been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXXIS CARCASS CHILDREN OF B...

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Three Years After DIMEBAG's Murder: Missed Opportunities Abound

Rock author, writer and photographer Chris Armold — who penned the book "A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa", which is described as the authorized biography of Jeffery "Mayhem" Thompson, former head of security for DAMAGEPLAN, and two other heroes (audience member Nat...

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NIGHTWISH Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have been been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXXIS CARCASS...

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DREAM THEATER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY Members Reveal Favorite Albums Of 2007

Members of DREAM THEATER, OPETH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY and 3 INCHES OF BLOOD are among the Roadrunner Records artists whose favorite albums of 2007 have been posted on the Roadrunner web site at this location. A few musicians' selections can be found below. Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER...

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SOILWORK Confirmed For UK's BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish metallers SOILWORK have been confirmed for next year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 15-17, 2008 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: AT THE GATES COMMUNIC DIMMU BORGIR ELUVEITIE EVILE MOONSORROW OPETH PRIMAL FEAR...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Honored At BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS

2007 has proven to be a sweet year for metal maestros KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. After headlining the Vans Warped Tour, getting awarded a gold RIAA certification for 2004's "The End of Heartache", and seeing "Holy Diver" (cover of the DIO classic) crash into the Top 10 on the Active Rock charts, the band ki...