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MORTAL SIN Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
Long-running Australian thrashers MORTAL SIN have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD AIRBOURNE ALESTORM AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA A...April 16, 2008
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HOLY MOSES Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
Long-running German thrashers HOLY MOSES have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD AIRBOURNE ALESTORM AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AVENG...April 16, 2008
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MEGADETH's GIGANTOUR Setlist Revealed
The third installment of the U.S. Gigantour the acclaimed traveling heavy music festival launched in 2005 by MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine officially launched last night (Saturday, April 12) in Denver, Colorado with headliner MEGADETH, Swedish metal band IN FLAMES, Finland's CHILDREN OF BODOM, Ariz...April 13, 2008
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ANNIHILATOR Frontman Talks 'Metal'
Yiannis Zervos of the Metal-Temple.com webzine recently conducted an interview with Dave Padden of ANNIHILATOR. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Temple.com: Did you know ANNIHILATOR before you joined them? Dave Padden: Yeah, I had "Alice In Hell" when it first came out, when I was 13...April 12, 2008
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ORAKLE: New Song Posted Online
French "sophisticated black metal" band ORAKLE has posted a new song, "Dpossds (Le Miroir sans Tain)", on its MySpace page. The track comes off the group's sophomore album, "Tourments & Perdition", due on May 26 via Holy Records. According to the band, the follow-up to 2005's "Uni aux cimes" fol...April 11, 2008
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'Heavy Metal In The Holy Land': Audio Report Available
PRI's "The World" on Wednesday (April 9) aired a four-minute audio report on "Heavy Metal in the Holy Land" focusing on the growing heavy metal scene in Israel, including such bands as ACROPOLIS, LEFT OUR SALEM and ORPHANED LAND. Download the audio file at this location. A text version of the report...April 10, 2008
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FIRES OF BABYLON: More Audio Samples Available
More audio samples from FIRES OF BABYLON the classic 1980s-style, shredding U.S. heavy metal band featuring guitarist Lou St. Paul (WINTERS BANE),vocalist Rob Rock (ex-IMPELLITTERI),bassist Kelly Conlon (ex-DEATH),and drummer Robert Falzano (ex-ANNIHILATOR) have been posted on the group's MySpace...April 10, 2008
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AMASEFFER Signs With INSIDEOUT MUSIC
AMASEFFER, the "holy project" featuring guest appearances by Mats Levn (KRUX, ex-THERION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),Angela Gossow (ARCH ENEMY) and Kobi Farhi (ORPHANED LAND),has inked a deal with InsideOut Music. The group's debut album, entitled "Slaves for Life" is the first in a trilogy about the histo...April 9, 2008
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KALMAH: New Album Delayed
Finnish metallers KALMAH have had the release date of fifth full-length album, "For the Revolution", pushed back to April 23 from the previously announced April 2. The band says, "Changes were made for the release [to coincide with] the first date on the upcoming tour." KALMAH recently posted the "F...April 8, 2008
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JIMMY PAGE's Tapestry Fails To Sell At Auction
According to The Earthly Paradise, LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page failed to find a buyer for his 24-foot-long Burne-Jones tapestry, The Quest for the Holy Grail: The Achievement, at Sotheby's on March 20 in the largest-ever auction of British design from the 19th and 20th centuries. "Although man...April 5, 2008
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DAVE MUSTAINE: 'We Live In A Generation That Looks At Getting Songs Over The Internet For Free'
Dennis Cook of JamBase recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the U.S. government: "The crux of all of it is this is a good country full of a lot of good people. Every once in a while there's one guy that ...April 5, 2008
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EPICA Stand-In Singer Posts Video Update
Amanda Somerville the American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who has been tapped to replace EPICA vocalist Simone Simons on the band's North American tour with SYMPHONY X due to Simons' ongoing health issues has posted the following update: "My goodness, tomorrow [Friday, April 4] is the first s...April 4, 2008
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HOLY MOSES Working On 'Totally Aggressive And Brutal' New Album
Vocalist Sabina Classen of the long-running German thrashers HOLY MOSES has issued the following update: "We are right now completely in the main production of the new album. Five tracks are already finished, including my vocals. On all the other songs we are working hard right now. All stuff is rea...April 2, 2008
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DIO: European Support Acts Announced
DIO, the band fronted by the legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN AND HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW),has scheduled the following dates: May 27 - Academy Birmingham, UK (w/ GIRLSCHOOL) May 28 - Astoria London, UK (w/ GIRLSCHOOL) May 30 - Sentrum Scene Oslo, NOR May 31 - Kopervik Fe...April 1, 2008
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SEPTICFLESH: New Video Interview Available
Vassilis Mazaris and Elena Mihailidou of Metalzone.gr recently conducted an interview with Fotis of the reunited Greek demons SEPTICFLESH (now written as one word). Fotis talks about the group's "comeback" album, "Communion", the comparisons with DIMMU BORGIR, and the band's upcoming European tour w...April 1, 2008
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