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TROUBLE, ASTRAL DOORS, PANTHEON I Confirmed For Finland's JALOMETALLI Festival

TROUBLE, PANTHEON I, ASTRAL DOORS, KYPCK and BARATHRUM have been confirmed for the Jalometalli festival, set to take place August 15-16 at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ADASTRA ASTRAL DOORS BARATHRUM BLITZKRIEG CATAMENIA DESASTER EVOCATION HEAVY METAL...

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POISON, DOKKEN, SEBASTIAN BACH: 'Live, Raw & Uncut Summer Tour 2008' Dates Announced

POISON, one of rock's most iconic and enduring bands, will hit more than 40 U.S. cities this summer on their "Live, Raw & Uncut Summer Tour 2008". The national tour, with DOKKEN and SEBASTIAN BACH joining POISON for most of the dates, rolls out on July 3 in Salt Lake City, UT, with stops in ...

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Photographer Discusses 'True Norwegian Black Metal' Book; Audio Available

A podcast interview with American documentary photographer Peter Beste about his book "True Norwegian Black Metal", his initiation into the black metal cadre, his background as a photographer and some of his most memorable experiences hanging with heroes, villains and legends of the genre is availab...

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DIMMU BORGIR: New Video Interview With SILENOZ Posted Online

Ren Ackermann of UK's Contraband Candy conducted an interview with DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Silenoz last month (March 2008) in Oslo, Norway. Among other things, he talks about the Norwegian black metal band's U.S. tour with BEHEMOTH and KEEP OF KALESSIN, diplomacy within the group, where his musical i...

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SEVENDUST: First-Week Sales Projected; Footage From Signing Session Available

According to Hits Daily Double (the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS),SEVENDUST' new album, "Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow" (7Bros/Asylum),is poised to sell between 35,000 and 40,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release. This is rougly in line with the o...

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Cannibalised

Devin Townsend may have the title of metal's madcapped genius all to himself as it pertains to North American territory, but cross the pond and he's got to share that honor with one Mr. John K. Perhaps the most sonically progressive album to come out of the United Kingdom in some time, "Cannibalised...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH: New Audio Interview With DARRELL ROBERTS Available

Rock Is Life has posted a brand new audio interview with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Darrell Roberts (ex-W.A.S.P.). Download the MP3 file at this location. Topics covered in the chat include: * The surprising success of the FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH debut album * The theatrical aspect of the ban...

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SLAYER, VENOM, CANDLEMASS, ROTTING CHRIST, KRISIUN Confirmed For France's HELLFEST

SLAYER, VENOM, CANDLEMASS, DANKO JONES, ROTTING CHRIST, KRISIUN, SHAI HULUD, BLEEDING THROUGH, THROWDOWN, DISFEAR, BLACK TIDE and PUNISH YOURSELF have been confirmed for this year's Hellfest festival, set to take place June 20-22, 2008 at Clisson, France. The festival billing is shaping up as follow...

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OZZFEST 2008 Announcement Coming Soon

According to a posting on the official Ozzfest web site, the annual traveling heavy metal festival's organizers are "getting close" to announcing the details of this year's event. Make sure and sign up to Ozzfest.com so that you are e-mailed all of the info as soon as it is released. You can sign up...

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MAYHEM Frontman: 'Music Is A Lot More Than Simply Playing Some Notes'

Burning Misery recently conducted an interview with MAYHEM frontman Attila Csihar. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Burning Misery: You must be very eager to be on the road at last after having to wait so long because of injury related stuff (drummer Hellhammer broke an arm last year). Att...

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INTO ETERNITY Reveals Details Surrounding Band's First Conceptual Effort

For proof that from great suffering comes great art, look no further than INTO ETERNITY founding guitarist/principal songwriter Tim Roth. Much as he drew inspiration from his mother's passing when writing the band's critically acclaimed 2006 release, "The Scattering Of Ashes", Roth again found the s...

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Reunited Original Lineup Of SEVENDUST: First Photo, Joint Interview Available

The five original members of SEVENDUST were in the studio earlier today (Tuesday, April 1) with Chris Williams, Program Director and PMD, on WKLS/Project 9-6-1 Atlanta, for the first interview and pictures of the reunited lineup. SEVENDUST talked about having guitarist Clint Lowery back in the band,...

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SLIPKNOT: First Glimpse At New Masks

Des Moines, Iowa-based metal giants SLIPKNOT have offered the first glimpse (sort of) at the new series of masks which the band will don on the upcoming Rockstar Energy Mayhem festival, set to kick off July 9 at the White River Amphitheatre in Seattle. Check out the new "shadowy" photo on the splash...

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SHINING Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

Swedish black metallers SHINING have issued the following update: "Due to [drummer] Jarle Byberg's current situation, we have decided that we cannot go ahead with merely him in our ranks. This has nothing to do with him leaving URGEHAL last week or anything like that, but he simply hasn't got time e...

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New DISTURBED Catches 'Fire' On Airwaves

The Pulse of Radio reports: DISTURBED's new single, "Inside The Fire", made a huge impact at rock radio during the past week, with the song officially added to the playlists of more than 60 stations. The track is taken from the band's upcoming new album, "Indestructible", and singer David Draiman sa...