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TURISAS Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

Finnish pagan folk metal band TURISAS has been confirmed for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27, 2007 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order) AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BULLET DARK FUNERAL GRAVE DIGGER H...

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MELECHESH: 'Emissaries' Tentative U.S. Release Date Announced

Osmose/The End Records has tentatively set a January 23, 2007 release date for new album from Mesopotamian metallers MELECHESH, entitled "Emissaries". The CD will arrive in Europe on October 30. "Emissaries", the fourth album from MELECHESH, is the much-anticipated follow-up to 2003's brilliant opus...

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AXEL RUDI PELL Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

German guitarist AXEL RUDI PELL has been confirmed for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27, 2007 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order) AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BULLET DARK FUNERAL GRAVE DIGGER HEAVEN...

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ROSS THE BOSS, PAUL DI'ANNO, DARK FUNERAL Confirmed For ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

ROSS THE BOSS, PAUL DI'ANNO, DARK FUNERAL, METAL INQUISITOR and SABATON have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27, 2007 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order) AMON AMARTH BULLET DARK FU...

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ARCH ENEMY, MOONSORROW, TANKARD Confirmed For Holland's ARNHEM METAL MEETING

ARCH ENEMY, MOONSORROW and TANKARD are among the newly confirmed bands for the Arnhem Metal Meeting, set to take place Saturday, December 9 at Musis Sacrum in Arnhem, Holland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AETERNUS ANCIENT RITES ANTAEUS ARCH ENEMY IMMOLATION...

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The Beauty and the Beer

Am I the only one that immediately gets a shit-eating grin on my face and a thirst for suds as soon as Germany's TANKARD comes up in conversation? I suspect not, as these thrashing sots are coming up on a quarter century of entertaining diehard fans with their comedic brand of vintage thrash. I mean...

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KATAKLYSM, KORPIKLAANI Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

KATAKLYSM and KORPIKLAANI have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27, 2007 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH BULLET GRAVE DIGGER HEAVEN SHALL BURN KATAKLYSM KORPIKLAANI MAROON TANKARD For more...

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DEW-SCENTED: Tour Dates Announced

German thrashers DEW-SCENTED have lined up the following dates: Nov. 16 - Zürich, SWI @ Jugendkulturhaus Dynamo* Nov. 17 - Graz, AUT @ Orpheum* Nov. 18 - Bochum, GER @ Matrix (Brainchrusher Festival) Dec. 04 - München, GER @ Backstage Werk** Dec. 06 - Frankfurt, GER @ Batschkapp** Dec. 08 - Hannover...

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AMON AMARTH, GRAVE DIGGER, HEAVEN SHALL BURN Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD Festival

AMON AMARTH, GRAVE DIGGER and HEAVEN SHALL BURN are among the first confirmed bands for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27, 2007 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival running order is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH GRAVE DIGGER HEAVEN SHALL BURN TANKARD...

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TANKARD: 'The Beauty And The Beer' To Receive U.S. Release Next Month

Those Frankfurt, Germany thrash beer-drinkers TANKARD — guitarist Andy, singer Gerre, drummer Olaf and bassist Frank — are at it again on their new studio album, "The Beauty And The Beer", to be released in the U.S. by Spain's Locomotive Records on September 12. Lead shouter Gerre yells that, "first...

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BLABBERMOUTH.NET Launches 'DVD Reviews' Section

BLABBERMOUTH.NET has launched a dedicated "DVD Reviews" section at this location (alternately, you can use the navigation menu above). So far, the following discs have been reviewed: MOTÖRHEAD - "Stage Fright" JUDAS PRIEST - "Rising In the East" FLOTSAM AND JETSAM - "Live In Japan" TYPE O NEGATIVE -...

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JAG PANZER Pulls Out Of MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 3 Festival; SEVEN WITCHES Steps In

The organizers of the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, which is set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota, have issued the following update: "Mayhem Productions has announced [that] due to the previous scheduling of their JAG PANZER's guitarist [Chris Broderick] to p...

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DARK EMBRACE To Team Up With AGATHODAIMON For Tour Of Spain/Portugal

Spanish gothic/doom metallers DARK EMBRACE will be teaming up with AGATHODAIMON for a tour of Spain/Portugal in November. The dates are as follows: Nov. 10 - Porto, POR - TBA Nov. 11 - Faro, POR - TBA Nov. 12 - Cacilhas, POR - TBA Nov. 14 - Santiago, ESP - Sala Nasa Nov. 15 - ...

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Fat, Ugly and Still (A)live

This is one big, beer-swilling thrash party of a DVD; it is as simple as that. Long-time German thrashers TANKARD never tried to be anything more than a group of fun-loving booze hounds that happen to play some pretty darn catchy thrash metal. Let's get the basics out of the way first. This two-disc...

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MERCILESS DEATH Replace VINDICATOR At MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 3 Festival

California-based MERCILESS DEATH (Heavy Artillery Records) have replaced their labelmates VINDICATOR on the billing of the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to the festival organizers, VINDICATOR were forced to drop...