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AMON AMARTH Checks In From The Road

Swedish metallers AMON AMARTH have issued the following update: "Our North America tour started a week ago and it's been one hell of a week. Every night, the crowd has been more than awesome. Finally we get to play a full set for our North American fans, and on our own terms. "We've been trying ...

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NORTHER: Moscow Concert Footage, Photos Available

The MetalList webzine has posted video footage and photos of NORTHER's November 24, 2007 concert at Plan B Club in Moscow, Russia. Check out the pictures at this location. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Blackhearted 02. Throwing My Life Away 03. Midnight Walker 04. Deep Inside 05. Hell Hole...

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OVERKILL To Release 'Live At Wacken Open Air 2007' DVD In February

According to Headbanger's Blog, veteran New Jersey thrash band OVERKILL will release its second DVD, "Live at Wacken Open Air 2007", on February 5. The 50-minute disc was shot during the band’s headline set at the festival in front of an audience of 40,000, and will feature songs that span OVERKILL'...

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AVANTASIA: 'Lost In Space' Lands On Swedish, German Charts

AVANTASIA's "Lost in Space - Part 1" and "Lost in Space - Part 2" EPs have entered the official Swedish chart at position No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. In Germany the CD landed at No. 9 on the Media Control chart. It is the highest single chart entry in the history of Nuclear Blast ...

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CARNIVORE Is Looking For 'Blood Girls' To Join Band On European Tour

CARNIVORE is looking for "blood girls" to assist them on stage during their upcoming European tour. Check out the "advertisement" at this location. CARNIVORE played an exclusive, one-off New York-area show as a warm-up for the group's European tour on November 21 at L'Amour, in the club's recently o...

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1349 Frontman: Next Album Will Be 'Wilder And Darker'

MTUK metal 'zine recently conducted an interview with 1349 vocalist Ravn and bassist Seidemann. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MTUK: Have you been in song writing mode or anything like that? Ravn: We are in, like, limbo state. We have this tour going on and we have a lot of ...

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KREATOR Mainman Comments On KING DIAMOND Tour Cancellation

Guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza of the German thrashers KREATOR has issued the following statement: "First of all, We are very disapointed that our tour [with KING DIAMOND] in March/April is not going to happen! We were really looking forward to see all our North American fans again and were prepa...

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ILLDISPOSED Completes New Album Recordings

Guitarist Jakob Batten of the Danish extreme metallers ILLDISPOSED has issued the following update: "The recordings [for the new ILLDISPOSED album] are done!!! All drums, guitars, bass and vocals are now recorded. Next week we'll spend a day checking if everything's perfect or if something has to be...

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AS I LAY DYING Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

San Diego's AS I LAY DYING has 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 AVANTASIA AXXIS CARCASS CHILDREN OF BODOM CREMATORY DES...

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SCORPIONS Guitarist To Guest On 'M.I.B. Show' This Sunday

SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker will be interviewed on Sunday, November 25 on the "M.I.B. Show", airing at 1:00 p.m. EST on Hard Rock Radio Live. To listen to the program via the Internet, visit www.hardrockradiolive.com. Professionally filmed video footage of SCORPIONS performing in Manaus, Bra...

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ARTILLERY, DHG, EXMORTEM Confirmed For Denmark's ROYAL METAL FESTIVAL

Classic Danish thrashers ARTILLERY have been confirmed for the Royal Metal Festival, set to take place February 8-9, 2008 at Voxhall in Aarhus, Denmark. Also scheduled to appear are DHG (DØDHEIMSGARD),who will be playing their first show in Denmark since 1999 and EXMORTEM (first show on Danish soil...

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NORTHER Signs With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

Century Media Records has announced the signing of Finnish metal band NORTHER. The history of NORTHER dates back to the year 1996 when Petri Lindroos (who also joined ENSIFERUM as lead vocalist/guitarist in 2004) and some friends started playing together under the moniker REQUIEM. In 2000 Kristian R...

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OBITUARY, SABATON Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

OBITUARY and SABATON 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: AT THE GATES AVANTASIA AXXIS CARCASS CHILDREN OF BODOM CREMATORY DESTRUCTOR DREAM OF AN...

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AT THE GATES Guitarist Hopes To Release DVD Of Reunion

Metalzone.gr recently conducted an interview with AT THE GATES/THE HAUNTED guitarist Anders Björler. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metalzone.gr: Let's start with the reunion shows. Will you be the headliners at Wacken Open Air? I have already booked tickets… hehe! Is there a plan for a...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE 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: AT THE GATES AVANTASIA AXXIS CARCASS CHILDREN OF BODOM CREMATORY DE...