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AMON AMARTH, METAL INQUISITOR Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

AMON AMARTH and METAL INQUISITOR have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED AMON AMARTH ATHEIST BLOODTHORN BORN FROM PAIN CANNIBAL CORPSE CELTIC FROS...

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CELTIC FROST Sign With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

Seminal avant-garde metal pioneers CELTIC FROST have inked a worldwide deal with Century Media Records. The first release under the agreement, scheduled for spring 2006, is the band's highly anticipated new project titled "Monotheist", CELTIC FROST's first album in 13 years. The album features 11 so...

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BLOODTHORN: 'Genocide' Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Morningstar Records has set a February 13 Norwegian/U.K. release date for the new album from the Norwegian death metal band BLOODTHORN, entitled "Genocide". The rest of Europe will receive the album on February 20. "Genocide" (view cover at this location) track listing: 01. ...For Those Whose Time H...

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GAMMA RAY, PRIMAL FEAR, ORPHANED LAND Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

GAMMA RAY, ORPHANED LAND, ABORTED, PRIMAL FEAR, WINTERSUN, EKTOMORF, ATHEIST and BLOODTHORN have been confirmed for next year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5, 2006 in Wacken, Germany. EKTOMORF will perform on the "True Metal Stage" on August 4. The festival billing is now sh...

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EKTOMORF Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Hungarian hardcore/thrash metallers EKTOMORF have been confirmed for next year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5, 2006 in Wacken, Germany. EKTOMORF will perform on the "True Metal Stage" on August 4. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BO...

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ATHEIST Regroup, Announce Exclusive Festival Appearances

Seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST have regrouped for a run of exclusive live performances. Guitarist/vocalist Kelly Shaefer has reassembled what is widely considered the band's classic recording lineup (Shaefer, guitarist Rand Burkey, bassist Tony Choy, and drummer Steven Flynn) for two exclu...

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GRIM REAPER To Reunite For Appearance At Germany's KEEP IT TRUE Festival

'80s British metallers GRIM REAPER will reunite for an appearance at this year's Keep It True VI festival, set to take place April 8 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. According to the festival organizers, "This will be a real GRIM REAPER show and not like the gig they played in Wa...

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HOLY MOSES: 'World Chaos' Reissue Track Listing Revealed

Long-running German thrashers HOLY MOSES have revealed the complete track listing for the upcoming reissue of their 1990 album "World Chaos", due on January 30 via Armageddon Music. The CD will contain "a lot of surprises in the booklet, new liner notes, new photos and with a lot of bonus material,"...

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Brazil's KRISIUN Talk About Upcoming DVD Release

Brazilian extreme metallers KRISIUN have crafted not just a new album, "AssassiNation", but a full-length DVD, entitled "Live Armageddon", as well (both slated for a Feb. 21 North American release via Century Media). The band's first DVD, "Live Armageddon" documents their decimating stage performanc...

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SOILWORK Frontman Joins Blues Band

SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "I've joined a blues band that I'm jamming with one or two times a week. I've always wanted to try out something like that — no side project; just a jam you can do when you have the time. ...

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DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER To Release New Album In August

German avantgarde metallers DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER will release their sixth full-length album, entitled "Riders on the Storm", in August 2006 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Samurai" will be recorded in February/March 2006. A European headlining tour will follow in September....

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STURCH To Perform At WACKEN OPEN AIR BAND BATTLE

Germany's STURCH have been confirmed for the Wacken Open Air Band Battle on January 13 at Markthalle in Hamburg. The winner will play at next year's Wacken Open Air festival and will also receive a record deal. STURCH have just finished pre-production on their upcoming debut album, tentatively due i...

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METALUCIFER: Anniversary CD Out Now

Polish label Hardsound Productions, in cooperation with the Dragonight Agency, has just released a limited CD album of the Japanese underground heavy metal cult band METALUCIFER. "Heavy Metal Hunting 1995-2005" is limited to 666 hand-numbered copies, and it includes seven previously unreleased track...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE, BORN FROM PAIN, KORPIKLAANI Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

CANNIBAL CORPSE, BORN FROM PAIN, KORPIKLAANI and END OF GREEN have been confirmed for next year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5, 2006 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BORN FROM PAIN CANNIBAL CORPSE CELTIC FROST CH...

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CELTIC FROST: More Tour Dates Scheduled

Seminal avant-garde metal pioneers CELTIC FROST have scheduled the following dates in 2006: Jun. 10 - Sölvesborg, SWE @ Sweden Rock Festival Jul. 01 - Helsinki, FIN @ Tuska Festival Aug. 04 - Wacken, GER @ Wacken Open Air Aug. 26 - Bergen, NOR @ Hole In The Sky Festival Sep. 12 - Springfield, VA ...