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ULVER To Perform On Main Stage At Norwegian National Opera

Progressive Norwegian rock/metal band ULVER will perform on the main stage at the Den Norske Opera & Ballett (Norwegian National Opera and Ballet) — Norway's biggest culture and stage institution — in Oslo on Saturday, July 31 with special guests Ian Johnstone and Christian Fennesz. ULVER, early...

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Metal Fans Worldwide Demand Cultural Recognition With 'International Day Of Slayer' Holiday

For the fourth year in a row, fans of heavy metal music unite on June 6 for the International Day of Slayer, a holiday to celebrate heavy metal. Metal fans are hoping for recognition of their culture and way of life as an elective culture of equal footing to other cultures and religions in our ...

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LEMMY And MOTÖRHEAD Dominate ROCKtropia

Neverdie Studios has launched ROCKtropia, the first virtual music world and the first independently developed virtual planet in MindArk's Entropia Universe. Created by virtual world pioneer and entrepreneur Jon "Neverdie" Jacobs, the planet introduces a revolutionary, highly interactive venue for ar...

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DESTRUCTION, KREATOR, DORO Members Lend Their Voices To German Version Of 'Metalocalypse'

KREATOR's Miland "Mille" Petrozza, DESTRUCTION's Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, Doro Pesch and KNORKATOR's Alf Ator have lent their voices to the German version of "Metalocalypse", the animated program about DETHKLOK, the world's most popular death metal band, which airs in the U.S. on Cartoon Network's...

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Black Metal Documentary 'Until The Light Takes Us' Coming To DVD, Blu-Ray

The award-winning film "Until The Light Takes Us" tells the story of black metal. Part music scene and part cultural uprising, black metal rose to worldwide notoriety in the mid-Nineties when a rash of suicides, murders, and church burnings accompanied the explosive artistic growth and output of a m...

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EPICA To Tour North America With SCAR SYMMETRY, MUTINY WITHIN, BLACKGUARD

With the overwhelming success of their last trek through North America earlier this year, Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA will return to the U.S. and Canada for 24 headlining shows with Nuclear Blast labelmates SCAR SYMMETRY, as well as MUTINY WITHIN and BLACKGUARD. The tour is set to...

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BEHEMOTH Frontman Comments On Winning FRYDERYK AWARD For Best Heavy Metal Album

Polish extreme metal veterans BEHEMOTH were honored in the "Album Of The Year (Heavy Metal)" category at this year's Fryderyk Awards, Poland's most prestigious music award ceremony. Awards were presented in over 20 pop, classical and jazz categories at the event, which was held on April 19 in Warsaw...

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KULT OV AZAZEL To Film Ft. Lauderdale Concert For Upcoming DVD

Florida-based black metallers KULT OV AZAZEL will film their May 21 concert at the Culture Room in Ft. Lauderdale for their forthcoming DVD, to be released before the end of the year via Arctic Music. The as-yet-untitled disc will span the years 1999-2010 and will include two full shows along with o...

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SOULFLY: 'Rise Of The Fallen' Video Released

"Rise Of The Fallen", the new video from SOULFLY, can be viewed below. The clip was filmed during the band's March 17, 2010 live performance at the Chance Theater in Poughkeepsie, New York. Directing the clip was Dale "Rage" Resteghini, who has helmed over 550 music videos since 2003, including clip...

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FULL METAL JACKIE To Host Tomorrow Night's 'Headbangers Ball'

Jackie Kajzer, better known as Full Metal Jackie, will guest-host the May 3 episode of "Headbangers Ball" which airs on MTV2 at 3:00 a.m. ET/PT (late Monday night/early Tuesday morning). The episode will feature exclusive audio clips from some of Kajzer's interviews for "Full Metal Jackie Certified:...

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OVERKILL Announces Second Leg Of 'Killfest 2010' Tour With Support From FORBIDDEN

Veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL have announced the second leg of their Killfest 2010 tour. The trek will consist of stops in markets where the band has not been in a long time, including several dates in the North Carolina and Florida. Support on the tour will come from FORBIDDEN, EVILE, GAMA...

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TONY IOMMI Backing Birmingham's City Of Culture Bid

According to BirminghamMail.net, BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN & HELL guitarist Tony Iommi is backing Birmingham, England's UK City Of Culture bid, which could be worth up to £800 million to the region's economy in 2013. Organizers now have until May 28 to submit their final bid, and an announcement is e...

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JIMI HENDRIX's Personal Items Arrive At National Museum Of The American Indian

Personal items belonging to Jimi Hendrix arrived yesterday at the National Museum of the American Indian accompanied by his sister, Janie Hendrix. The items include a colorful patchwork full-length leather coat, a leather necklace and a leather pouch. These are among the very few of the rock legend'...

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NILE To Tour North America With EX DEO, PSYCROPTIC, KEEP OF KALESSIN

The reigning kings of technical, historically-themed brutality NILE will hit the road in North America as part of the second tour in support of their new album, "Those Whom The Gods Detest". Joining them will be the ancient Roman-themed arsenal EX DEO, Tasmanian tech-death masters PSYCROPTIC, Norweg...

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MNEMIC: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'Diesel Uterus' Video Shoot Available

Danish modern metallers MNEMIC recently teamed up with Swedish director Patric Ullaeus of the Revolver Film Company AB (IN FLAMES, DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL) to film a video for the band's new single, "Diesel Uterus", from their brand new album, "Sons Of The System". Behind-the-scenes footage from t...