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SYMPHONY X: Brazilian Dates Announced

Progressive metallers SYMPHONY X have announced the first three shows of their fall 2008 South American tour: Oct. 23 - Salvador, Brazil - [to be announced] Oct. 24 - Recife, Brazil - [to be announced] Oct. 25 - So Paulo, Brazil - Credicard Hall More dates will be announced soon. SYMPHONY X's video...

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MUSTASCH Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish hard rockers MUSTASCH 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 AVENGED SEVENFOL...

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SYMPHONY X: New Video Interview With MICHAEL LEPOND Available

France's Radio Metal conducted an interview with SYMPHONY X bassist Michael LePond prior to the band's March 4, 2008 concert in Lyon. Watch the chat in two parts below. SYMPHONY X's video for "Set the World on Fire" can be viewed on YouTube. The track comes off the band's new CD, "Paradise Lost", .....

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SYMPHONY X Kicks Off North American Tour; Setlist Revealed

Progressive metallers SYMPHONY X kicked off their North American tour last night (Thursday, April 3) at the Webster Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Oculus Ex Inferni (intro) 02. Set the World on Fire 03. Domination 04. Serpent's Kiss 05. Masquerade 06. Parad...

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SLAYER, VENOM, CANDLEMASS, ROTTING CHRIST, KRISIUN Confirmed For France's HELLFEST

SLAYER, VENOM, CANDLEMASS, DANKO JONES, ROTTING CHRIST, KRISIUN, SHAI HULUD, BLEEDING THROUGH, THROWDOWN, DISFEAR, BLACK TIDE and PUNISH YOURSELF have been confirmed for this year's Hellfest festival, set to take place June 20-22, 2008 at Clisson, France. The festival billing is shaping up as follow...

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THRESHOLD Confirmed For Portugal's LAGOA BURNING LIVE FESTIVAL

UK progressive metallers THRESHOLD have been confirmed for the second edition of the Lagoa Burning Live Festival, set to take place July 25-27 in Lagoa, Algarve, Portugal. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ANCESTRAL ANCIENT RITES ANGRA ANGRIFF ASTRA ATTICK DEMON...

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INTO ETERNITY Guitarist Checks In From The Road

Founding guitarist/principal songwriter Tim Roth of Canadian extreme progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY has issued the following update: "Things are going great on our small headlining tour to the East coast, where we meet up with EPICA and SYMPHONY X. The Winnipeg show and the St. Paul gig were th...

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INTO ETERNITY Reveals Details Surrounding Band's First Conceptual Effort

For proof that from great suffering comes great art, look no further than INTO ETERNITY founding guitarist/principal songwriter Tim Roth. Much as he drew inspiration from his mother's passing when writing the band's critically acclaimed 2006 release, "The Scattering Of Ashes", Roth again found the s...

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MOONSPELL, DISFEAR, SKINDRED Confirmed For Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING

MOONSPELL, DISFEAR and SKINDRED have been confirmed for this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 27-29, 2008 at De Boeretand in Dessel, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 36 CRAZYFISTS AGENT STEEL ALCHEMIST APOCALYPTICA ARCH ENEMY AT THE GATES AVENGED SEVENFOLD...

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DREAM THEATER, OPETH: When PORTNOY And KERFELDT Unite!

In anticipation of the Progressive Nation 2008 tour, Roadrunner Records brought together the leaders of the two acts topping the bill DREAM THEATER's Mike Portnoy and OPETH's Mikael kerfeldt sat for a series of interviews to be posted over the next four weeks leading up to the Progressive Nation kic...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY, WITHIN TEMPTATION, OPETH Confirmed For Israel's ANTHEM METAL FESTIVAL

DARK TRANQUILLITY, WITHIN TEMPTATION, OPETH, THE HAUNTED, THEY:SWARM, BETZEFER and SALEM have been confirmed for the Anthem Metal Festival 2008, set to take place August 14, 2008 at Hangar 11 on the shores of Tel Aviv, Israel. At least two more international bands and three more Israeli bands are ex...

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OPETH: 'Watershed' Artwork Revealed

The cover artwork for "Watershed", the forthcoming album from Swedish metallers OPETH, can be viewed at this location. The cover was (as usual) designed by Travis Smith in co-operation with frontman/guitarist Mikael kerfeldt. "Watershed" is scheduled for release on June 3 via Roadrunner Records (one...

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OPETH: More European Dates Announced

Swedish metallers OPETH have schedules the following European dates: June 06 - Rock Am Ring - Germany June 07 - Rock Im Park - Germany June 20 - Wattabe Outdoor Center - Istanbul, Turkey June 22 - Hellfest - Clisson - France June 26 - Peace and Love - Borlange, Sweden June 27 - Hove ...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Orange County, California's AVENGED SEVENFOLD has 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...

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FIELDS OF ROCK Organizers Explain Festival Cancellation

The organizers of this year's Fields of Rock festival which was set to take place June 20-22 at on the Evenemententerrein of Walibi World in Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands have issued the following statement: "Because of the lack of headliners leading to disappointing ticket sales, we are very sorry...