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BENEDICTUM, LUNA MORTIS, HYDROGYN Confirmed For FLIGHT OF THE VALKYRIES Festival

San Diego's BENEDICTUM will headline this year's installment of Flight Of The Valkyries, the premier festival in the U.S. for metal bands with female lead vocals. The third annual event will be held Saturday, June 27 at Station 4 in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota and will also feature SIRENS OF TITAN,...

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LUNA MORTIS Featured On Madison, Wisconsin's CW Network; Video Available

Madison, Wisconsin-based, female-fronted quintet LUNA MORTIS (formerly known as THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE) was featured on "The Daily Buzz" show on Madison's CW network. The two-minute segment, which includes interview and performance footage, can be viewed below. Commented singer Mary Zimmer: "We were app...

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NOVEMBERS DOOM Acoustic Set Added To CHICAGO POWERFEST

NOVEMBERS DOOM will perform a very special acoustic set on May 9 at this year's Chicago Powerfest prior to their main-stage main stage appearance at the event. This will be the band's first ever acoustic set on American soil and will be held in the Pearl Room's connected lounge (Capone's). For this...

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CHICAGO POWERFEST 2009: Lineup Shift, Ticket Sale Date Announced

Headliners DEVILDRIVER, along with support bands SOIL and NOVEMBERS DOOM, will now be playing the Saturday, May 9 date of this year's Chicago Powerfest instead of the previously reported Friday, May 8. Festival organizers CRJ Productions commented: "Sorry for any inconvenience, but due to reasons be...

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EDGUY: North American Tour Dates Announced

German melodic metallers EDGUY are headed back to the U.S. and Canada this September to play 18 shows armed with their trademarked unbreakable spirit, unbeatable tongue-in-cheek attitude, and truckloads of talent to back everything up. Direct support will come from Minnesota's EPICUREAN. Wisconsin's...

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RIGOR MORTIS Vocalist Pays Tribute To Late Joe's Garage Owner

Vocalist Bruce Corbitt of veteran Texas thrashers RIGOR MORTIS was interviewed by the Dallas Observer about Abboud "Ab" Greig, owner of the Joe's Garage venue in Fort Worth, Texas where bands like PANTERA and RIGOR MORTIS got their start. Greig was found shot in the head on January 12. He was 74 yea...

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LUNA MORTIS Completes Filming 'Forever More' Video

Madison, Wisconsin-based, female-fronted quintet LUNA MORTIS (formerly known as THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE) has finished filming a video for the song "Forever More" with acclaimed director David Brodsky (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, BLEEDING THROUGH). Vocalist Mary Zimmer states, "We filmed the video right here...

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TEXAS METAL ALLIANCE To Enter Studio In April

TEXAS METAL ALLIANCE, the band featuring RIGOR MORTIS vocalist Bruce Corbitt, GAMMACIDE guitarists Rick Perry and Scott Shelby, GAMMACIDE/DEVILFIST bassist Alan Bovee and DEMONSEED drummer Joe Gonzalez, will enter the studio in April to record its debut album for a late 2009 release via Philip Ansel...

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PRIMORDIAL: 'Imrama' Reissue To Include Bonus DVD

Metal Blade Records and Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL have decided to upgrade the upcoming reissue of the band's 1995 album "Imrama" by including a bonus DVD instead of the previously announced CD. The DVD includes a live recording from 1994 in Cork City, Ireland and also features an audio com...

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BLACKGUARD: Another Song From Debut Album Posted Online

Montreal-based sympho/black/folk/power metal act BLACKGUARD (formerly PROFUGUS MORTIS) has posted the song "This Round's On Me" on the group's MySpace page. The track comes off the band's debut album, "Profugus Mortis", which will be released on March 20 in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records and on Ap...

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HELL Forced To Pull Out Of Germany's KEEP IT TRUE XII Festival

Reactivated early '80s Derbyshire, U.K. metallers HELL have cancelled their appearance at the Keep It True XII festival (which is scheduled to take place April 24-25, 2009 at the Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany) because their guitarist Kev Bower has to undergo surgery. Commented the...

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TEXAS METAL ALLIANCE To Film CD-Release Show For Upcoming DVD

TEXAS METAL ALLIANCE, the band featuring RIGOR MORTIS vocalist Bruce Corbitt, GAMMACIDE guitarists Rick Perry and Scott Shelby, GAMMACIDE/DEVILFIST bassist Alan Bovee and DEMONSEED drummer Joe Gonzalez, will release its debut album later in the year via Philip Anselmo's (DOWN, PANTERA) label Houseco...

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LYRIEL Signs With FEMME METAL RECORDS

Femme Metal Records has announced the signing of Germany's LYRIEL for the release of the band's third album, tentatively due late 2009. Formed in 2003, LYRIEL's music can be defined as "dark romantic celtic rock" and combines rock with medieval, classic and folk-elements. On top of this, Jessica's s...

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THE PROJECT HATE Begins Mixing New Album

THE PROJECT HATE — the Swedish band featuring vocalist Jörgen Sandström (ex-ENTOMBED, GRAVE),guitarist Lord K. Philipson (GOD AMONG INSECTS, ex-LEUKEMIA),bassist Michael Håkansson (ENGEL, ex-EVERGREY),singer Jo Enckell (IGNORANCE BLISS),guitarist Anders Bertilsson (RUIN, COLDWORKER) and drummer...

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LUNA MORTIS: Another New Song Posted Online

Madison, Wisconsin-based, female-fronted quintet LUNA MORTIS (formerly known as THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE) has posted another new song, "Forever More", on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off LUNA MORTIS' debut album, "The Absence", which is being released in North America today (February 10) via C...