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STORMWARRIOR To Perform At This Weekend's AFTER X-MAS METAL BLAST

Germany's STORMWARRIOR will join SODOM and RAGE at the After X-mas Metal Blast event on December 29, 2007 in Osnabrück, Halle Gartlage, Germany. STORMWARRIOR recently signed a multi-album deal with Dockyard 1. The band is currently recordings its third studio album, "Heading Northe", at the group's...

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MOONSPELL: New Audio Interview With MIKE GASPAR Available

Episode 42 of the MetalCast show podcast features a 49-minute audio interview with drummer Miguel "Mike" Gaspar of the Portuguese metal band MOONSPELL. Mike talks about the recording of the group's new album, music and politics, extremism in metal, MOONSPELL history and many other interesting subjec...

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ULI JON ROTH: New Album, Tour Details Revealed

Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) is currently working on a new full-length studio album, which will be released before the summer. Entitled "Under A Dark Sky", this is going to be the first official release in the long-awaited series of Symphonic Legends, which is a cycle of music wri...

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ILLDISPOSED To Team Up With URKRAFT, THE BURNING For 'Danish Dynamite Vol. 2'

Danish extreme metallers ILLDISPOSED will team up with fellow Danes URKRAFT and THE BURNING for the Danish Dynamite Vol. 2 tour in May 2008. The trek will hit Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. ILLDISPOSED is also planning on playing several shows in Russia (and possibly Finland) in March or...

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GRAVE, PSYCHOPUNCH Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

GRAVE and PSYCHOPUNCH 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 BEFORE THE DAWN CARCA...

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SODOM: 'City Of God' Video Posted Online

"City of God", the latest video from veteran German thrashers SODOM, is available for download at this location (MPG file; 69 MB). SODOM will make several festival appearances next year and is planning on releasing the second part of its "Lords of Depravity" DVD. Also in the works are reissues of so...

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ENSIFERUM Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish folk-influenced melodic death metal act ENSIFERUM 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 AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXEL RU...

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DANKO JONES: More Tour Dates Announced

Canadian rock 'n' roll trio DANKO JONES ahs scheduled the following dates: Dec. 20 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Horseshoe Tavern Feb. 12 - London, UK - Hoxton Bar & Grill Feb. 14 - Stockholm, Sweden - Close-Up Boat Feb. 16 - Cologne, Germany - Palladium Apr. 04 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller Apr....

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German 'A Capella Metal Band' VAN CANTO Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German "a cappella metal" band VAN CANTO — which consists of five singers and one drummer (no guitars, no bass, no keyboards) — 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 shapi...

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CREMATORY: European Tour Dates Announced

German gothic metallers CREMATORY have scheduled the following dates: "Pray Over Europe Tour 2008": Mar. 28 - D-Bad Salzungen, KW70 Mar. 29 - D-Osnabrück, N8 Apr. 30 - D-Wuppertal, LCB May 01 - D-Gießen, MUK Gießen May 02 - D-Glauchau, Alte Spinnerei May 09 - D-Bremen, Tivoli May 10 - D-Hannover, Mu...

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CARNAL FORGE: 'Numb (The Dead)' Video Posted Online

CARNAL FORGE's video for the song "Numb (The Dead)" can be viewed below. Commented director Owe Lingvall: "The video is based on a story about a rich, upper-class family that abducts children and cages them in their basement just for pleasure — nothing else. He added, "This video is pushing the boun...

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AXEL RUDI PELL To Perform At 'Rock Classic Allstars in Symphony'

German guitarist AXEL RUDI PELL will play three songs as "special guest" at the "Rock Classic Allstars in Symphony" on December 22 at the Zeche in Bochum, Germany. Also scheduled to perform are John Lawton (ex-URIAH HEEP),ex-members of THE SWEET and SLADE, plus an orchestra, among others. AXEL RUDI...

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GORGOROTH's GAAHL, KING Retain Ownership Of Band's Name And Logo

King Ov Hell (real name: Tom Cato Visnes) and Gaahl (real name: Kristian Eivind Espedal) from the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH have issued the following statement: "Norwegian authorities at Patentstyret (Norwegian patent office) have made the verdict on the dispute over the further use of th...

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NORTHER: New Album Details Revealed

Century Media Records will release the new album from Finnish metallers NORTHER, entitled "N", on the following dates: Feb. 13 - Finland Feb. 22 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, BeNeLux Feb. 25 - UK, France, Denmark, Greece, Norway Feb. 26 - Spain, Portugal Feb. 29 - Sweden, Hungary The CD wa...

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HEADHUNTER Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

HEADHUNTER, the reunited German band featuring DESTRUCTION frontman Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, 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...