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DESTRUCTION Frontman SCHMIER Practices The Art Of Fan Ass-Kissing

DESTRUCTION frontman Schmier has issued the following message to the group's fans regarding the already-completed and upcoming European live dates with KREATOR and SODOM as part of the Hell Comes To Your Town tour: Wow I'm still impressed and nailed to the wall by the fan reactions that all three ba...

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RAVEN Continue Work On New Material, Prepare European Festival Appearances

Veteran British metallers RAVEN are tentatively due to play a Swiss festival in the days after the group's appearance at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany in early August. More details will be announced shortly. In the meantime, the group are still writing material for their forthcomin...

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CANDLEMASS Postpone Greek Club Shows, Announce More Festival Appearances

The reunited classic line-up of CANDLEMASS will perform two club shows in Greece at the end of April—the first “proper” headlining shows the band will have done since they reformed late last year. Originally scheduled to take place in late March but postponed due to an unspecified scheduling conflic...

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IRON MAIDEN Frontman Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK Festival!

In what appears to be a conscious attempt to play every European summer festival in existence, IRON MAIDEN frontman BRUCE DICKINSON has now been confirmed for this year's installment of the Sweden Rock festival, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, June 7th and Saturday, June 8th in Sölvesbor...

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IRON MAIDEN Frontman Confirmed For WACKEN OPEN AIR

IRON MAIDEN frontman BRUCE DICKINSON has been officially confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. DICKINSON will reportedly perform on Friday, August 2nd. The full line-up of acts that are presently scheduled to perform at...

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Reunited TROUBLE To Play First Full Headlining Show In Late April

The reunited TROUBLE—guitarist Rick Wartell, vocalist Eric Wagner, guitarist Bruce Franklin, drummer Jeff Olson and bassist Ron Holzner—will perform their first full headlining show since reforming the group on April 27th at RockHouse USA (formerly Riley's Rock House) in Aurora, Illinois (TROUBLE's...

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EVERGREY Confirmed For WACKEN OPEN AIR

Swedish "progressive power metal" band EVERGREY are the latest act to have been officially confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. ...

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DYING FETUS, ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY Confirmed For WACKEN OPEN AIR

DYING FETUS and ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY are the latest acts to have been officially confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full line-up of acts that are presently scheduled to perform at Wacken Open Air now looks like t...

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EXODUS Confirmed For WACKEN OPEN AIR!

Legendary San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS, featuring vocalist Steve “Zetro” Souza, have been officially confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. Here is a complete list of EXODUS' upcoming appearances on both sides...

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NUCLEAR ASSAULT: New York City Date Confirmed

The original line-up of NUCLEAR ASSAULT—John Connelly (guitar/vocals),Anthony Bramante (guitars),Danny Lilker (bass),and Glenn Evans (drums)—have been confirmed to appear at CBGBs in New York City, New York on Friday, May 10th. The group's current itinerary for their reunion tour now looks like t...

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Brazilian THRASH OF THE TITANS Tentative Line-Up Announced

SEPULTURA, MACHINE HEAD and TESTAMENT are among the acts that are tentatively scheduled to perform at a huge metal festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil on April 20th in front of an anticipated audience of 20,000. Provisionally dubbed Thrash Of The Titans, the concert will feature appearances from a total o...

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VICIOUS RUMORS Cut European Tour Short, Begin Work On New CD

VICIOUS RUMORS were forced to leave their European tour with BLAZE and SAVATAGE two shows early “due to circumstances beyond our control”, according to a statement on the group's official web site. VICIOUS RUMORS will shortly begin work on the follow-up to last year's Sadistic Symphony, which is not...

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MY DYING BRIDE Confirmed For Wacken Open Air

Britain's MY DYING BRIDE are the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full line-up of acts that are presently scheduled to perform at the event now looks like this: AMON AMARTH BLAZE BLIND G...

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EDGUY Headlining Gigs, Festival Appearances Announced

German power metallers EDGUY have announced the following headlining dates during the coming months: Mar. 03 - Moscow, RUS @ DK Gorbunova Mar. 16 - Granada, SPA @ Piorno Rock Festival Apr. 05 - New Jersey, NJ @ NJ Metalfest May 06 - Tokyo, JAP @ Club Citta (w/RHAPSODY) May 07 - Tokyo, JAP @ ...

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KREATOR Summer Festival Appearances Announced

Germany's KREATOR have lined up the following summer festival appearances: Jun. 08-09 Mailand, ITA @ Gods of Metal Jul. 05 Dessel, BEL @ Graspop Tent Festival Jul. 07 Leipzig, GER @ With Full Force Festival Aug. 02-03 Wacken, GER @ Wacken Open Air Aug. 10 Hchstenbach, GER @ Fun & Crust Festival...