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IRON MAIDEN Bassist's Daughter To Perform At U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

Lauren Harris (photos) — daughter of IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris — has been confirmed to perform at this year's Download festival, joining headliners TOOL, METALLICA, and GUNS N' ROSES, plus dozens more. Lauren Harris recently spent time in Miami, Florida recording a solo album with Grammy-nomi...
April 24, 2006
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KORN, MÖTLEY CRÜE, KITTIE, OPETH, IN FLAMES Concert Attendance Figures Revealed

The following are a few select recent heavy metal/hard rock concert attendance figures, as reported by Billboard magazine: Artist/Event: KITTIE Venue: The Big Easy City/State: Boise, Idaho Date: April 13, 2006 Gross Sales: $4,681 Attendance: 378 Capacity: 999 Artist/Event: MUSHROOMHEAD, GIZMACHI, BE...
April 22, 2006
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PRIMAL FEAR, SODOM, AMON AMARTH Confirmed For Bulgaria's MONSTERS OF ROCK Festival

PRIMAL FEAR, SODOM and AMON AMARTH have been confirmed for the Monsters of Rock festival, set to take place August 3-7 at the Black Sea resort of Varna in Bulgaria. Also scheduled to appear are ANNIHILATOR, ATROCITY, AXEL RUDI PELL, CELTIC FROST, EDGUY, FEAR FACTORY, GAMMA RAY, KREATOR, MASTERPLAN,...
April 21, 2006
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H.I.M. Confirmed For Denmark's ROSKILDE Festival

Finnish goth metallers H.I.M. have been confirmed for this year's Roskilde Festival, set to take place June 29 – July 2 in Roskilde, Denmark. Also scheduled to appear are GUNS N' ROSES, TOOL, DEFTONES, OPETH, TRIVIUM, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, HATESPHERE, BURST and VOLBEAT, among others. More acts wi...
April 21, 2006
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SOILWORK, ONE MAN ARMY, SCAR SYMMETRY Confirmed For Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST

SOILWORK, ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET and SCAR SYMMETRY have been confirmed for the 2006 edition of the Earthshaker Fest, set to take place July 21-22 in Kreuth. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ANNIHILATOR ARCH ENEMY BRAINSTORM CALIBAN COMMUNIC DEATHSTA...
April 20, 2006
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FUELBLOODED To Team Up With DETONATION For U.K. Tour

Dutch melodic death/thrash act FUELBLOODED (formerly SACRAMENTAL SACHEM) will be teaming up with Dutch melodic death monsters DETONATION for a U.K. tour beginning in early May. The tour will kick off on May 4 with a show at Manchester's Satan's Hollow club and will continue until May 10, when both D...
April 20, 2006
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OPETH: New Live Video Posted Online

A three-minute video clip of OPETH performing at the Close-Up Festival in Stockholm, Sweden on April 16 has been posted online at this location (size: 4.1 MB). OPETH are continuing to tour in support of their latest opus, "Ghost Reveries", which came out last August via Roadrunner Records. In a rece...
April 20, 2006
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DOWN To Film European Shows For Upcoming DVD

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — h...
April 20, 2006
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DEATH ANGEL Confirmed For Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING

San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL have been confirmed for the Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 23-25 in Dessel, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, June 23: WHITESNAKE LACUNA COIL SATYRICON MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP MOONSPELL EVERGREY EDGUY TRIVIUM Y&...
April 19, 2006
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD: 'The New Black' Tentative Track Listing, Studio Report Available

Canadian extremists STRAPPING YOUNG LAD have set the tentative track listing for their new album, "The New Black", due in July 2006 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to last year's "Alien" was recorded at the Armoury and Profile studios in the band's hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia an...
April 19, 2006
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DOWN: More European Tour Dates Announced

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — h...
April 17, 2006
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BLEED THE SKY, UNDERDOG Pull Out Of Germany's WITH FULL FORCE Festival

BLEED THE SKY and UNDERDOG have cancelled their appearances at this year's installment of the With Full Force festival, set to take place June 30 – July 2 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. Meanwhile, WITH HONOR and LIAR have both been confirmed for the event, which is being headlined by...
April 14, 2006
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TRIVIUM, IN FLAMES, OPETH Among METAL HAMMER GOLDEN GODS Nominees

The nominations for the fourth annual Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards — which this year takes place on Monday, June 12 at Koko in Camden, North London — were announced today. In keeping with the "Valhalla" theme of this year's awards, Metal Hammer magazine have teamed up with the crew of the "Hammer...
April 12, 2006
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TRIVIUM, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Confirmed For Denmark's ROSKILDE Festival

TRIVIUM and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have been confirmed for this year's Roskilde Festival, set to take place June 29 – July 2 in Roskilde, Denmark. Also scheduled to appear are GUNS N' ROSES, TOOL, DEFTONES, OPETH, HATESPHERE, BURST and VOLBEAT, among others. More acts will be announced soon. For mo...
April 12, 2006
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OPETH Mainman: We Don't Know If Drummer MARTIN LOPEZ Is Ever Coming Back

Helen Barradell of Australia's X-Press Online recently conducted an interview with OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's early years: "I guess it gets more romantic in retrospect, almost like we actually had a good time. Of course we did have a good...
April 11, 2006