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HEADHUNTER: New Album Details Revealed

HEADHUNTER, the reunited German band featuring DESTRUCTION frontman Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, STRATOVARIUS drummer Jörg Michael, and guitarist Schmuddel (ex-TALON),will release its comeback album, "Parasite of Society", on May 23 via AFM Records in Europe. The CD was mixed by Achim Köhler in Stutt...

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DORO: More Details Revealed About Upcoming Anniversary Concert

German "metal queen" Doro Pesch (ex-WARLOCK) will celebrate her 25th anniversary as a performer with a special concert in her hometown of Düsseldorf, Germany on December 13, 2008 at the ISS Dome. According to a posting on Doro's web site, "the party starts at 2:00 p.m. with a metal market that all g...

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FEAR MY THOUGHTS To Enter Studio Next Month

German modern melodic death hopefuls FEAR MY THOUGHTS have issued the following update: "It's a pleasure to announce that from now on, Rock The Nation agency, [which] also represents such great artists as WINTERSUN, SIX FEET UNDER, KATAKLYSM, THE VISION BLEAK and more, will be handling all future bo...

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DORO PESCH: New Audio Interview Available

MetalSymphony.com has posted an audio interview with Doro Pesch conducted on October 19, 2007 prior to the German singer's performance at the Metal Female Voices Fest in Wieze, Belgium. Check it out at this location. Pesch will celebrate her 25th anniversary as a performer with a special concert in...

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HEADHUNTER To Release New Album In April

HEADHUNTER, the reunited German band featuring DESTRUCTION frontman Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, STRATOVARIUS drummer Jörg Michael, and guitarist Schmuddel (ex-TALON),is currently mixing its comback album, "Parasite of Society", with Achim Köhler in Stuttgart, Germany. According to a posting on the D...

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DORO PESCH To Guest On 'Metal Express Radio' This Friday

Doro Pesch will be the guest DJ on Metal Express Radio this Friday, January 4 at 15:00 and 21:00 CET (9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. EST). Tune in as Doro unleashes a tasty selection of her all-time favorite songs. To listen to the program via the Internet, click here. Pesch will celebrate her ...

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DORO PESCH To Celebrate 25th Anniversary With Hometown Concert

German "metal queen" Doro Pesch (ex-WARLOCK) will celebrate her 25th anniversary as a performer with a special concert in her hometown of Düsseldorf, Germany on December 13, 2008 at the ISS Dome. More information will be made available soon. Doro will embark on another North American tour beginning...

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DORO Talks 'Metal' Christmas

While in Europe on tour, Doro Pesch spoke with Metal Asylum about her latest EP, "All We Are: The Fight", and plans for another run of U.S. tour dates for 2008. Metal Asylum: Now I know you have homes in both the States and Germany so where are you spending the holidays? Doro: ...

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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...

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DESTRUCTION Planning 25th Anniversary Documentary

Lucem Fero recently published an exclusive interview with DESTRUCTION/HEADHUNTER frontman Schmier, conducted by Welsh interviewer Anthony Morgan prior to DESTRUCTION's November UK tour. Topics of discussion included the reformation of HEADHUNTER, HEADHUNTER's upcoming album, the music style of HEADH...

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DESTRUCTION: Recent UK Tour Was 'Most Unprofessional Experience We've Ever Had In Europe'

Long-running German thrashers DESTRUCTION have issued a lengthy statement via their official web site blasting the booking agent that organized the band's recent UK tour as "an insult to true metal fans." DESTRUCTION frontman Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer is quoted as saying, "Realistically, several sho...

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HELLOWEEN Bassist To Release Heavy Rock Album With No Guitars

Frontiers Records will release the debut album from Markus Grosskopf's (HELLOWEEN) BASSINVADERS, entitled "Hellbassbeaters", on January 25, 2008. BASSINVADERS was a creation of Markus' while sitting in a bar and enjoying a few drinks. It was there that he got inspired to produce a heavy rock record...

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'20 Years Of Nuclear Blast' DVD Trailer Available

A three-minute trailer for the forthcoming "20 Years of Nuclear Blast" two-DVD set can be viewed below. Due on November 30 via Nuclear Blast, the collection — as the title implies — celebrates the 20th anniversary of the German metal label, featuring two DVDs with almost six hours' worth of footage,...

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DORO: U.S. Release Date Announced For 'All We Are: The Fight'

Locomotive Records will release German metal goddess Doro Pesch's "All We Are: The Fight" on November 20. The specially-priced CD/DVD contains a remixed and remastered version of the song "All We Are", which Doro wrote and recorded with her first band, WARLOCK, and performed live March 30, 2006, on...

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DORO To Perform On German TV

German metal queen Doro Pesch will guest on the German TV show "Die Ultimative Chart Show" on September 28 at 9:15 p.m. CET on the RTL network. She will perform one song during the program, which will also feature an appearance by German female boxing champion (and Doro's close friend) Regina Halmic...