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EXODUS, CANNIBAL CORPSE, DARK TRANQUILITY, Others Confirmed For Sweden's GETAWAY ROCK Festival
EXODUS, CANNIBAL CORPSE, DARK TRANQUILLITY, JORN, GRAND MAGUS, THERAPY?, ADEPT, SWITCH OPENS, DEGRADEAD, CRESCENDOLLS and SURVIVING THE CHARAD have been confirmed for this year's Getaway Rock festival, set to take place July 8-10 in Gävle, Sweden. Comments festival manager Tomas Jernberg: "When we i...February 26, 2010
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KEEP OF KALESSIN: New Album Release Date Announced
Norwegian extreme metal veterans KEEP OF KALESSIN will release their new album, "Reptilian", on May 10. The band will play a few select shows in Norway in support of the release. Confirmed dates so far: May 15 - Rockefeller, Oslo (headlining show) May 21 - Torget, Trondheim, Trondheim Rock Festival...February 25, 2010
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NORMA JEAN Begins Recording New Album
Atlanta-based post-hardcore rockers NORMA JEAN are back in the studio this month to record their fifth studio album and debut for new record label, Razor & Tie. The currently untitled LP will be released this summer, and is being recorded in Atlanta, Georgia at Glow in the Dark Studios with prod...February 25, 2010
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NORTHER Announces New Guitarist
Finnish metallers NORTHER have issued the following update: "During the last couple of months [guitarist] Daniel [Freyberg] from NAILDOWN has been helping us out with our recent live duties. Since he turned out to be a perfect fit in every way we decided to offer him to become a permanent member of...February 24, 2010
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RON JARZOMBEK Discusses BLOTTED SCIENCE Project
The Spinelanguage blog recently conducted an interview with acclaimed guitarist Ron Jarzombek (BLOTTED SCIENCE, WATCHTOWER, SPASTIC INK). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Spinelanguage: Before BLOTTED SCIENCE, a lot of metal fans didn't know who Ron Jarzombek was. Sure, they might ha...February 23, 2010
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TARJA TURUNEN's Upcoming Solo Album To Feature Her First-Ever Piano Recordings
Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen recently entered Petrax Studios in Hollola, Finland to begin recording her new solo album, "What Lies Beneath", for a late 2010 release. She writes on her blog, "I recorded my first-ever piano tracks! "The grand piano in the studio is Bechstein, which sound I tr...February 23, 2010
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LICK THE BLADE Wins CLEVELAND SCENE Magazine's 'Best Metal Band' Award
Cleveland, Ohio-based traditional metallers LICK THE BLADE were honored in the "Best Metal Band" category in Cleveland Scene magazine's annual 2010 Cleveland Music Awards. Each year the awards honor the best and brightest musical talent Northeast Ohio has to offer. This year's winners were announced...February 23, 2010
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AVANTASIA: Deluxe-Box-Set Version Of New Album To Include 'The Wicked Trilogy' Book
EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project will celebrate its comeback this spring with a new epic masterpiece, to be released on April 3, 2010 as regular CDs, two separate double picture vinyls, and as a beautiful collector's edition with an AVANTASIA picture book. The deluxe box set will fea...February 23, 2010
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FEAR FACTORY: First U.S. Tour Dates Announced
FEAR FACTORY will embark on a U.S. headling tour, dubbed "Fear Campaign Tour 2010", in late March. Support on the trek will come from WINDS OF PLAGUE, DIRGE WITHIN, PERIPHERY and, on select shows, DIVINE HERESY (the band featuring FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares). So far the following shows have...February 22, 2010
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BRUCE KULICK Pays Tribute To Late THE KNACK Singer
Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick has issued the following update: "This past Sunday, one week after the passing of THE KNACK singer and frontman Doug Fieger, a memorial service was held at his home in Los Angeles, California for his close friends and family. "I met...February 22, 2010
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ALICE IN CHAINS Singer Recalls Love Of Comic Books
The Pulse of Radio reports: ALICE IN CHAINS recently teamed up with Popcult and Devil's Due Comics to create a comic book "sequel" to the conceptual video for the band's current single, "Your Decision". Fans can post their ideas for follow-up chapters at a special web page for viewing and voting by...February 22, 2010
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AUDIOVISION To Release 'Focus' In April
Swedish melodic metal band AUDIOVISION will release its second album, "Focus", in Europe and North America on April 23 through Ulterium Records. The CD was produced and mixed by Erik Mårtensson (W.E.T., ECLIPSE) and mastered by Micke Lind (DIO, CANDLEMASS, TALISMAN). According to a press release, "F...February 22, 2010
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Former RAINBOW Keyboardist Launches EBC RACING-TEAM
Mercedes-Benz enters the 2010 Formula One World Championship with a new team of its own. The real Silver Arrows, the famous Grand Prix racing cars of Mercedes-Benz, which appreared for the first time on track in 1934, are back. On top of that: Michael Schumacher, the seven-time world champion of For...February 22, 2010
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LYNCH MOB, BANGALORE CHOIR, PRETTY MAIDS Confirmed For U.K.'s FIREFEST
LYNCH MOB, BONFIRE, BANGALORE CHOIR and PRETTY MAIDS are among the confirmed bands for rhis year's Firefest, set to take place on Saturday, October 30 and Sunday, October 31 at Rock City in Nottingham, England. Commented the organizers: "For our 2010 show we've decided to go for two full days, with...February 20, 2010
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FINNTROLL Keyboardist Slams KEEP OF KALESSIN For EUROVISION SONG CONTEST Participation
In a recent interview with Italy's Musica Metal web site, keyboardist Henri "Trollhorn" Sorvali of Finnish folk metallers FINNTROLL was asked if his band would ever follow the example of Norwegian black metallers KEEP OF KALESSIN and consider taking part in the the Eurovision Song Contest (KEEP OF K...February 19, 2010
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