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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...

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DESTRUCTOR Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Cleveland thrash metal legends DESTRUCTOR have been confirmed for next summer's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. "The opportunity of a lifetime", says DESTRUCTOR lead vocalist/guitarist Dave Overkill. "The band is very excited and looking forwa...

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KREATOR: Bulgarian Concert Cancelled

Veteran German thrashers KREATOR have cancelled their previously announced December 15 concert at Hristo Botev Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria. According to a posting on the band's official web site, the show was called off due to circumstances beyond [the group's] control. KREATOR hopes to come to Bulgaria...

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AMON AMARTH: Media Player Launched To Promote North American Tour

Swedish metallers AMON AMARTH have launched a media player to help promote their upcoming North American tour. Check it out below. As previously reported, AMON AMARTH will take part in a signing session at Scrape Records in Vancouver, British Columbia on December 14 between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. T...

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SUIDAKRA Hard At Work On DVD, 'Best Of' CD

German melodic black/death metallers SUIDAKRA have issued the following update: "The forthcoming DVD and 'best of' CD package has been keeping us busy and it's paid off — apart from the final layout, everything's finished. The content of the DVD has changed since it was first announced — it will now...

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IRON MAIDEN Mania In Sweden, Finland And Colombia

When tickets went on sale yesterday morning for IRON MAIDEN's three stadium shows in Sweden and Finland the box offices were inundated and all 123,500 tickets were quickly sold out — over nine months in advance of the concert dates. The two Swedish shows, July 16 at Stockholm Stadium and July 26 at...

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AVANTASIA: E-Card For 'Lost In Space Part 1' And 'Part 2' Available

An e-card for the forthcoming six-track albums from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project — "Lost in Space Part 1" and "Lost in Space Part 2" — can be accessed at this location. Apart from the identical title track, both releases (which are due on November 16) will feature completely diff...