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TYSON SCHENKER's FASTER INFERNO Calls It Quits

FASTER INFERNO (formerly RAIDERS OF ROCK N' ROLL),the British band featuring guitarist Tyson Schenker — the son of the legendary SCORPIONS and UFO guitarist Michael Schenker — has called it a day. The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "Sadly, it reaches a point when everyth...

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AMON AMARTH Frontman Setting New Goals

Dawn of TheMetalWeb.com recently conducted an interview with AMON AMARTH frontman Johan Hegg. A few excerpts from the chat follow: TheMetalWeb.com: The band decided to use a new studio and producer for the new release, "With Oden On Our Side". It was stated in your press release by Olavi, that the b...

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VADER Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Polish death metallers VADER have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBAL CORPSE COMMU...

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MACHINE MEN: New Song Posted Online

Finnish metal act MACHINE MEN has posted a new song, entitled "Circus of Fools", at its MySpace page. The track is the title cut of the band's new album, tentatively due in February 2007 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2005's "Elegies" was recorded at Fantom Studio (ROTTEN SOUND, NEGATIV...

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MUNICIPAL WASTE Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Crossover thrash merchants MUNICIPAL WASTE have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBA...

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AMORPHIS: PROVINSSIROCK Performance To Air On Finnish TV

AMORPHIS' performance at this year's Provinssirock festival in Finland will be broadcast on Yle TV2 on December 3. A repeat airing is scheduled for December 6. Following their appearance at Helldone Festival on December 30 at Helsinki's Tavastia Club, AMORPHIS will head up north to Oulu, Finland for...

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LACUNA COIL: Video Of DOWNLOAD Festival Performance Available

Video footage of LACUNA COIL's performance on the main stage of the U.K.'s Download festival, which took place in June 2006, has been posted online at the Download festival web site. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Tight Rope 02. Fragile 03. To The Edge 04. Fragments Of Faith 05. Swamped 06....

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CELTIC FROST: WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance To Air On German TV

CELTIC FROST's monumental performance at the 2006 Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany will be shown on the pay TV channel "Premiere" in Germany. More information can be found by clicking here. This program is available for purchase only if you have a subscription with the channel. The specif...

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SOUL DOCTOR Signs With METAL HEAVEN

Berlin-based hard rock band SOUL DOCTOR has inked a long-term record deal with Munich-based label Metal Heaven. The band is currently in the studio working on their as-yet-untitled new album, tentatively due next summer. SOUL DOCTOR has released three successful studio albums since 2001 and establis...

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METAL CHURCH: 'Mirror Of Lies' Video Posted Online

METAL CHURCH's video for the song "Mirror of Lies" has been posted online at this location (you must have Flash enabled to view the video). The clip was shot by Roax Films on the band's "Light in the Dark" summer European tour at the Wacken Open Air festival and in Hamburg at the ...

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ENSLAVED Announces One-Off Show In Denmark

After missing out on Denmark during the European "Ruun Tour", Norwegian extreme metallers ENSLAVED have confirmed a one-off show in Copenhagen on December 7. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Nov. 11 - Folken - Stavanger, NOR Nov. 17 - Rockefeller - Oslo, NOR Dec. 7 - Stengade 30 -...

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AMORPHIS Schedules New Year's Eve Gig In Finland

Following their appearance at Helldone Festival on December 30 at Helsinki's Tavastia Club, AMORPHIS will head up north to Oulu, Finland for a New Year's Eve party at Club Teatria. Other bands scheduled to appear at Helldone include H.I.M., CATHEDRAL, ANATHEMA, DIABLO, KATATONIA, BLAKE, 45 DEGREE WO...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman Discusses Upcoming CD 'The Blackening'

MACHINE HEAD is currently recording "The Blackening" at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California. Once again produced by singer/guitarist Robert Flynn and mixed by Colin Richardson (BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, NAPALM DEATH) "The Blackening", set for worldwide release spring 2007, is the follow-up to th...

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SCORPIONS Perform 'Rock You Like A Hurricane' At WACKEN: Video Available

A professionally filmed video of the SCORPIONS performing the song "Rock You Like a Hurricane" at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany on August 3, 2006 has been posted online at YouTube.com. SCORPIONS were joined by special guests and former bandmates Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker and H...

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RAGE: New DVD Due In February

German power metallers RAGE filmed their show in St. Petersburg, Russia earlier in the year in front of 15,000 fans for an upcoming live DVD, tentatively due on February 23, 2007 via Nuclear Blast. According to a posting on the band's official web site, RAGE used a "specially designed laser and ligh...