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RAGE Comments On Upcoming WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Appearance

German power metallers RAGE have commented on their upcoming appearance at the Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. "We will play a German-wide exclusive show together with an orchestra [for] the first time [in] 10 years," the group writes o...

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NAPALM DEATH, COMMUNIC, BLACK MAJESTY Confirmed For WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

NAPALM DEATH, COMMUNIC and BLACK MAJESTY 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...

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ENSLAVED, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, MOONSORROW Confirmed For WACKEN OPEN AIR

ENSLAVED, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, MOONSORROW, VOLBEAT and SONIC SYNDICATE 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 BLIND GUAR...

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Reunited Black Metallers IMMORTAL Launch Official Web Site

Reunited Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL have launched their official web site at this location. After 13 successful years as one of the pioneers of black metal, IMMORTAL disbanded in 2003 with a legacy of seven full-length albums, including the 2002 milestone, "Sons of Northern Darkness". Follow...

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SCORPIONS To Begin Recording New Album Next Week

Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS are scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles on Monday, October 9 to begin recording their new album with songwriter/producer Desmond Child. Child, who has worked with such high-profile pop/rock artists as AEROSMITH, BON JOVI, ALICE COOPER, KISS, RICKY MARTIN, CHER, M...

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STORMWARRIOR And KAI HANSEN To Perform 'Walls Of Jericho' Set At WACKEN OPEN AIR

German power metallers STORMWARRIOR will be joined by former HELLOWEEN and current GAMMA RAY guitarist/vocalist Kai Hansen for a special "Walls of Jericho" set during their performance at next year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now...

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Reunited IMMORTAL To Headline Norway's INFERNO FESTIVAL

Reunited Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL have been confirmed as the headliners of the 2007 edition of the Inferno Festival, set to take place April 5-7 at the Rockefeller and John Dee venues in Oslo, Norway. "It will be a great show in front of a good mixture of Norwegian fans and people form all...

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BELPHEGOR Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Austrian extreme black/death metal outfit BELPHEGOR has 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 BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBAL CORP...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, RAGE Confirmed For WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

CANNIBAL CORPSE, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, RAGE, TYR, JBO and AMORPHIS 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 BLIND GUARDIAN CANN...

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IMMORTAL Announces U.S. Dates For 2007

Norway's black metal legends IMMORTAL disbanded in 2003 after 13 successful years as one of the pioneers of metal, with a legacy of seven full-length albums, including their latest milestone, 2002's "Sons of Northern Darkness", through Nuclear Blast Records. After a solid break, the band has decided...

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ATHEIST Drummer's GNOSTIC Project To Perform At South Carolina's S.C.U.M FEST

Hot on the trail of this summer's festival reunion touring success of ATHEIST (with monumental performances at Wacken Open Air [Germany], Bloodstock [U.K.], Hole in the Sky [Norway], and Evolution Fest [Italy]),drummer Steve Flynn — along with ATHEIST guitar duo Sonny Carson and Chris Baker — will...

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HAGGARD Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German 17-piece medieval metalheads HAGGARD 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): BLIND GUARDIAN GRAVE DIGGER HAGGARD IMMORTAL IN FLAMES...

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SCORPIONS: Classic 'I'm Going Mad' Video Posted Online

SCORPIONS' "I'm Going Mad" video (1972) from the classic "Lonesome Crow" album has been posted online at YouTube.com. As previously reported, two rare SCORPIONS videos were also recently posted at YouTube. The clips were filmed in 1973 ("This Is My Song") and 1974 ("Speedy's Coming") for German TV a...

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SCORPIONS: Video Footage Of 1970s German TV Appearances Available

Two rare SCORPIONS videos were recently posted at YouTube. The clips were filmed in 1973 ("This Is My Song") and 1974 ("Speedy's Coming") for German TV and were only re-broadcast this autumn. The performance of "This Is My Song" is live and it marked guitarist Uli Jon Roth's first-ever appearance wi...

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Former SCORPIONS Drummer Working On New Solo CD, Autobiography

After a decade, legendary SCORPIONS drummer/songwriter Herman Rarebell has returned to the touring scene. Rarebell, who recently reunited with the SCORPIONS at the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany, is currently completing a new album under the moniker HERMAN RAREBELL AND BAND. The album, which is...