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OPETH Confirmed For Next Year's DUBAI DESERT ROCK Festival
Swedish progressive metallers OPETH have been confirmed for next year's Dubai Desert Rock 2009, set to take place March 6-7, 2009 at Dubai Festival City, United Arab Emirates. More bands will be revealed later this month followed by the the headliner announcement before the end of the year. This wil...August 5, 2008
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OPETH: Melbourne, Brisbane Shows Sold Out
OPETH's upcoming live dates in Melbourne and Brisbane, Australia are officially sold out. The band comments: "A huge thank you! OPETH will also appear in Perth, Adelaide and Sydney so if you want to see OPETH make sure to get a hold of a ticket!" OPETH's Australian tour dates with VIRGIN BLACK: Sep....August 5, 2008
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WACKEN OPEN AIR 2008 Festival: Photo Gallery Available
High-quality photos taken at this year's Wacken Open Air festival — which was held July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany — have been posted at Metal-Experience.com: Thursday, July 31 Friday, August 1 Saturday, August 2 Included are pictures of the following artists: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD ...August 5, 2008
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CYNIC: New Video Interview Available
Rockalaram conducted an interview with Paul Masvidal (guitars/clean vocals) and Sean Reinert (drums) of the reunited progressive metallers CYNIC at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Watch the six-minute chat below. CYNIC — whose 1993 al...August 3, 2008
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MEMFIS Completes Work On New Album
Swedish progressive metal band MEMFIS has issued the following update: "What's up in the MEMFIS camp? Maybe there's no one who gives a damn besides our friends, but since there hasn't been so much activity from us on the live front or the World Wide Web, I feel obligated to share some info about wha...August 1, 2008
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VIRGIN BLACK To Support OPETH In Australia
VIRGIN BLACK, Adelaide, Australia's dark prodigal son, will support Swedish metallers OPETH on their tour Down Under in early September. Confirmed dates are as follows: Sep. 02 - Metro City - Perth, Australia Sep. 04 - Thebarton Theatre - Adelaide, Australia Sep. 05 - Palace Theatre - Melbourne, Aus...August 1, 2008
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'Swedish Death Metal' Book Author To Guest On SIRIUS' 'Bloody Roots'
Daniel Ekeroth, author of the massive new book "Swedish Death Metal", will appear on this week's "Bloody Roots" show on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack channel. Learn how the assassination of the prime minister and the death of METALLICA's Cliff Burton in Sweden in the 1980s gave rise to the wo...July 31, 2008
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Former METAL MANIACS Editor JEFF WAGNER To Author History Of Progressive Metal
Bazillion Points Publishing has announced the first definitive book on the elusive world of progressive metal, written by esteemed metal crusader and prog manic Jeff Wagner. Scheduled for release in autumn 2009, the book will detail the common movements of pioneers like OPETH, WATCHTOWER, VOIVOD, AT...July 31, 2008
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Watershed
When a band makes an ascent up that arduous ladder of success and morphs from an underground phenomenon into a household name splattered across T-shirts worn everywhere from concert venues to middle schools, there will undoubtedly be cries of "fuckin' sell-out" heard from fans who caught on at the b...July 31, 2008
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ANATA: New Audio Samples Available; Band Splits With Guitarist
Swedish death metallers ANATA have posted two "rough-mix" excerpts from their forthcoming album, due later in the year via Earache Records. The two clips, which are both taken from the song "Greed Conquers All", are available for streaming on the group's MySpace page. The band says, "Basically every...July 29, 2008
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angL
It seems that the blood left on the stage from last year's EMPEROR reunion tour has barely dried and already we're blessed with new material from the legendary act's equally legendary frontman Ihsahn. After 2006 brought us our first taste of what this metallic maestro is capable of when left to his...July 29, 2008
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GATES OF WINTER Preparing To Hit The Road
Bassist Steve Angelo Furgiuele of Northern Ontario's GATES OF WINTER has issued the following update: "July 11th we set up in our new jam space and had our first rehearsal with Dave Gold [WOODS OF YPRES drummer], which I must say couldn't have gone any more smoothly. We are riding a wave of high spi...July 28, 2008
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PARADISE LOST: Moscow Video Footage, Photos Posted Online
Russia's Darkside e-zine has posted video footage (see below) and more than 50 photos of PARADISE LOST's July 26, 2008 performance at the Na Vzlet! festival in Moscow, Russia. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. The Enemy 02. Ash And Debris 03. No Celebration 04. Erased 05. As I Die ...July 28, 2008
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AUGURY Guitarist's HUMANOID Project Schedules Quebec Dates
AUGURY guitarist Mathieu Marcotte's instrumental solo project HUMANOID will play the following shows: Aug. 01 - Bar Le Rafiot - Val D'or, Quebec, CAN Aug. 02 - Bar Le Rafiot - Val D'or, Quebec, CAN Aug. 08 - Quai des brumes - Montreal, Quebec, CAN (with special guests) Sep. 06 - El Paso - Rouyn-Nora...July 26, 2008
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CYNIC: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed
Reunited progressive metallers CYNIC — whose 1993 album "Focus" is regarded as a landmark release in the field of technical/progressive metal — have set "Traced In Air" as the title of their new album, due on October 27 via Season of Mist Records. Returning from the "Focus" era for the new eight-son...July 25, 2008
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