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HAMMERFALL Confirmed For 700th Anniversary Of The City Of Ulricehamn

On July 28, HAMMERFALL will perform at Sjuhärdsfestivalen as a part of the celebrations of Ulricehamn, Sweden's 700 years as a city. Tickets and other information can be found www.sjuhardsfestivalen.se and www.700ar.se. HAMMERFALL's vampire-themed video for "Natural High", a track off their latest a...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist: 'Every Now And Then, Life Tosses You Reminders That Nothing Is Certain'

TESTAMENT/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Alex Skolnick has issued the following update: "I haven't posted in a while, since I've been on tour with TSO, and had planned to write all about that. But last night, I got an e-mail with the awful news that the night before, Sean Webber had been struck...

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EDENBRIDGE To Release 'Best Of'/Rarities Collection In May

Austrian symphonic metal band EDENBRIDGE will issue a rarities/"best of" compilation, entitled "The Chronicles of Eden", as a double-CD and limited double-digipack on May 25. Disc One will contain three new, previously unreleased songs, all Japanese and European bonus tracks and songs that were incl...

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HAMMERFALL's 'Natural High' Video To Debut On 'Headbanger's Ball' This Weekend

HAMMERFALL's vampire-themed video for "Natural High", a track off their latest album, "Threshold", will debut on this week's episode of MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" on Saturday, January 13 beginning at 7 p.m. PST / 10 p.m. EST. Watch the clip online at YouTube.com. The song choice for the single, whic...

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AFTER FOREVER Confirmed For PROGPOWER USA VIII Festival

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has been confirmed for the ProgPower USA VIII festival, set to take place October 5-6, 2007 at Center Stage Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. The final festival billing is as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER COMMUNIC FIREWIND PAGAN'S...

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SAVATAGE: Ultra-Rare Video Of VAN HALEN Cover Posted Online

An ultra-rare video clip of SAVATAGE (under the band's original moniker AVATAR) performing VAN HALEN's "Eruption" and "You Really Got Me" during an outdoor concert held in a strip mall parking lot in Clearwater, Florida sometime around 1981-1982 has been posted online at YouTube.com. Also available...

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KOTIPELTO, JON OLIVA'S PAIN, CHRIS CAFFERY Confirmed For Belgium's PESTPOP Festival

KOTIPELTO (the solo band of STRATOVARIUS frontman Timo Kotipelto),JON OLIVA'S PAIN (featuring SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva) and CHRIS CAFFERY (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist) are among the confirmed bands for the Pestpop festival, set to take place April 20-21 at the Oktoberhallen in...

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SOLEMNITY: Limited-Edition Vinyl Containing BATHORY Cover Due Next Week

Germany's SOLEMNITY has set a January 11 release date for its limited-edition 10-inch vinyl containing a classical version of BATHORY's "One Rode to Asa Bay" backed with a cover of LIZZY BORDEN's 'There will be Blood Tonight'. SOLEMNITY recorded "One Rode to Asa Bay" with the help of the Bamberg Sym...

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CHRIS CAFFERY: NAMM Signing Sessions Planned

SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery will take part in signing sessions for GHS, TKL, Spectraflax and Seymour Duncan at this year's NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) convention, which is going to be held in Anaheim, California in late January. He will also play one...

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SAVATAGE: Earliest Known Live Footage Posted Online

An ultra-rare video clip of SAVATAGE performing the song "Holocaust" under teh band's original moniker AVATAR at an outdoor concert sponsored by a Tampa radio station — held in a strip mall parking lot in Clearwater, Florida sometime around 1982 — has been posted online at YouTube.com. This is the e...

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AFTER FOREVER Confirms New Album Title

After four full-length albums and one mini-album, Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has officially decided to make its upcoming album a self-titled affair. Commented guitarist Sander Gommans: "This album does not only show new elements of AFTER FOREVER, but it's also a reflec...

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BIRD OF PREY Joined By SEVEN WITCHES Guitarist, Ex-RADAKKA Drummer

BIRD OF PREY — the band led by vocalist Kyle Michaels, a scene veteran who has previously played with MASI, ANIMAL, the GEEZER BUTLER BAND, RAVAGE and the DAVID SHANKLE GROUP — has announced a new, "re-energized" lineup. Joining the nucleus of Michaels, guitarist Andrew Haller (ORIGINAL SIN) and bas...

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TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK Featured In New THE RIGHT TO ROCK Podcast

TheRightToRock.com has has issued its latest podcast (episode #7) featuring TESTAMENT/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA lead guitarist Alex Skolnick. Hosts Genghis and Ragman discuss everything from TESTAMENT to TSO with Alex, plus a little more. The interview is approximately 25 minutes long. Genghis and Ra...

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TESTAMENT/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Guitarist ALEX SKOLNICK: GUITAR WORLD Footage Available

Video footage of TESTAMENT/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Alex Skolnick giving a lesson on how to play TSO's "Wizards of Winter" for a CD-ROM that was included with the January 2007 issue of Guitar World magazine has been posted online at YouTube.com. In addition to TESTAMENT and TRANS-SIBERIAN...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Video Footage From Finnish Press Conference Posted Online

Video footage of legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen's December 14, 2006 press conference in Helsinki, Finland has been posted online at this location. Photos taken at Yngwie's gig on December 15, 2006 at Teatria in Oulu, Finland are available at Mesta.net (courtesy of Jouni Hirn). As previ...