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CHTHONIC To Support CRADLE OF FILTH On Select Dates

Taiwanese act CHTHONIC — the first-ever Asian extreme metal act invited to tour with Ozzfest — has been tapped to support the legendary CRADLE OF FILTH at four intimate September shows. These will be the final concerts of the band's first North American tour, and the conclusion of the first leg of t...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE, ICED EARTH, POSSESSED: Video Footage From WACKEN Available

Romania's Metalhead TV has uploaded video footage from this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany. Included are clips from the following artists: BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBAL CORPSE DESTRUCTION DIR EN GREY ICED EARTH MOONSPELL NORTHER POSSESSED SCHANDMAUL STRATOV...

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DISILLUSION: Entire WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance Posted Online

Professionally filmed video footage of the Leipzig, Germany-based prog-death band DISILLUSION's performance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany, has been posted on YouTube. The entire concert is available for viewing in four parts, the first one of...

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EDGUY Frontman Is 'Proud' To Have ALICE COOPER And RUDOLF SCHENKER On New AVANTASIA CD

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has confirmed via his official web site that SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker and rock legend Alice Cooper will appear on the third installment of his AVANTASIA project, entitled "Lost in Space Part 1 and Part 2" (the "Scarecrow" working title has now apparently been...

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LACUNA COIL: Video Footage From WACKEN OPEN AIR Available

Professionally filmed video footage of LACUNA COIL performing the song "Our Truth" at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany, has been posted on YouTube. Watch the clip below. Fan-filmed video footage of LACUNA COIL's July 14, 2007 performance at the fir...

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STRATOVARIUS Debuts New Song At WACKEN OPEN AIR: Video Available

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS debuted a brand new song, entitled "Last Night on Earth", during their appearance at the Wacken Open Air festival on Saturday, August 4 on the "True Metal Stage". Watch professionally filmed video footage of the performance below. STRATOVARIUS recently entered...

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AVANTASIA To Play Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet announced at a press conference at Wacken Open Air earlier today that his solo project AVANTASIA will perform at next year's installment of the festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are IRON MAIDEN (headliners),...

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POSSESSED, SABBAT, THERION, SAXON: Photos From WACKEN OPEN AIR Available

Photos of POSSESSED, SABBAT, FALCONER, GRAVE DIGGER, THERION and SAXON taken at this year's Wacken Open Air festival — which is being held August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany — have been posted at www.capitaledumetal.com. As previously reported, the organizers of this year's Wacken Open Air festival are s...

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Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR: Live Stream Available

The organizers of this year's Wacken Open Air festival — which is taking place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany — are streaming select performances and press conferences from the event live (and some pre-recorded) via the festival's official web site. The webcast schedule for today (Saturday, August 4)...

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METAL CHURCH Singer RONNY MUNROE: Solo Tracks Posted Online

METAL CHURCH frontman Ronny Munroe has posted three solo tracks from the "Internal Quest" demo on his MySpace page. Check out the songs "How Many Lives", "Always" and "Desperate Man" at this location. Munroe has finalized the lineup for his solo project. He has recruited his former ROTTWEILLER bandm...

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CHRIS CAFFERY: I Don't Want SAVATAGE To End

Andy Laudano of HarderBeat.com reports that SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery recently completed a tour of the U.S. with Germany's Doro Pesch in support of his latest solo CD, "Pins & Needles". He was pulling double duty, opening the show and then playing in Doro's band....

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ALL THAT REMAINS: Mexico City Crowd Was Loudest Crowd We Have Ever Played To

Massachusetts' ALL THAT REMAINS have confirmed more dates for the band's forthcoming fall headlining tour. Currently on tour throughout Europe — including Thursday night's appearance at the prestigious Wacken Open Air festival, ALL THAT REMAINS will return Stateside for a handful of shows alongside...

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SACRED REICH Frontman Checks In From Belgium

SACRED REICH bassist/vocalist Phil Rind has issued the following update from the band's European reunion mini-tour: "I am writing on Gump our tour manager's computer and everything is in German and I don't know how to capitalize, use punctuation or hit 'Enter,' so bear with me. "We had a great three...

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Drummer MIKE TERRANA To Release 'The Rhythm Beast - In Session' DVD

To celebrate his 30th anniversary as a professional drummer, acclaimed hard rock/heavy metal drummer Mike Terrana (MASTERPLAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, AXEL RUDI PELL, METALIUM, RAGE) will release a new DVD, entitled "The Rhythm Beast - In Session", on September 24. Terrana explains: "My reason for making...

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MUNICIPAL WASTE Bassist Comments On Upcoming WACKEN Appearance

U.S. crossover thrashers MUNICIPAL WASTE have expressed their excitement about playing this weekend's Wacken Open Air festival. The group is touring in support of its recent release "The Art of Partying", which is due in the U.S. on July 31. Commented bassist LandPhil: "I don't think there could be...