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HATESPHERE, FASTWAY, SECRETS OF THE MOON Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR

HATESPHERE, MAMBO KURT, W:O:A FIREFIGHTERS, FASTWAY, DRONE, SECRETS OF THE MOON, GUTBUCKET, MENNEN, PHARAOH and FAIR TO MIDLAND have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as fol...

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VELVET REVOLVER Guitarist SLASH Discusses Making Of 'Libertad'

Guitarist magazine recently conducted an interview with former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Guitarist: What can we expect from you on "Libertad"? Slash: "I actually spent from August to when the record was finished listening to nothi...

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NUCLEAR BLAST Anniversary CD 'Into The Light'; First Audio Sample Available

A track called "Dirty Wings" (featuring EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet),taken from the upcoming compilation CD to celebrate Nuclear Blast Records' 20th anniversary, entitled "Into the Light", has been posted online at this location. "Into the Light" features 10 songs composed, recorded and produced b...

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DESTRUCTION: French Dates 'Postponed'

DESTRUCTION's previously announced French dates — May 12 in Nancy and May 14 in Toulouse — have been "postponed" by the French promoter, according to a posting on the German thrashers' web site. "The band is very sad about this disastrous decision!" says the group. DESTRUCTION's "Thrash Anthems" alb...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary To Be Shown At New Haven Underground Film Festival

"Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" — the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — will hit Meriden, CT this Saturday, May 12 as part of the New Haven Underground Film Festival. The movie screens at 5:30 p.m. at the...

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NUCLEAR BLAST Anniversary CD 'Into The Light': Details Revealed

RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski recently completed work on a compilation CD to celebrate Nuclear Blast Records' 20th anniversary, entitled "Into the Light". Smolski composed, recorded and produced 10 songs for various metal artists that are part of the Nuclear Blast history, including a track that is...

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DORO: New Version Of WARLOCK Classic 'All We Are' Due This Month

Doro Pesch recently recorded a new version of the WARLOCK classic "All We Are" with a backing band consisting of DESTRUCTION frontman Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, AFTER FOREVER guitarist Bas Maas and well-known session drummer Tim Husung. The 45-minute CD, which will include other rare material and bo...

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COMMUNIC Pulls Out Of Greece's METAL HEALING Festival, INFIDEL Steps In

WOTAN, MARAUDER and STRIKELIGHT have been confirmed for the second stage at this year's Metal Healing Festival, set to take place July 20-22 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Norwegian power metallers COMMUNIC have also been replaced by Greek doomsters INFIDEL. The complete main-stage lineup is as follows: F...

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DIMENSION ZERO Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

DIMENSION ZERO — the Swedish band featuring IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper Strömblad (on bass),ex-MARDUK vocalist Joakim "Jocke" Göthberg, LUCIFERION/DIABOLIQUE drummer Hasse Nilsson, and PATHOS guitarist Daniel Antonsson — has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival,...

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MEMORY GARDEN Issues Post-DOOM SHALL RISE Update

MEMORY GARDEN, the Sweden-based band featuring former ABSKTRAKT ALGEBRA guitarist Simon Johansson, has issued the following update: "So, tonight it is one week since our show at the Doom Shall Rise festival and we felt that we should share some of our thoughts about this happening. We all had a very...

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Makers Of 'Get Thrashed' And Ex-EXODUS Singer ZETRO SOUZA On Hand For L.A. Screening

Director Rick Ernst and associate producer Rat Skates (ex-OVERKILL drummer) will attend the West Coast premiere of "Get Thrashed: The Story Of Thrash Metal" at the Silver Lake Film Festival in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 5. After the screening, there will be a question-and-answer session with Ernst...

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Take Another Life

On "Take Another Life", Finland's KILL THE ROMANCE offers up ripping and melodic modern thrash with usually well done clean vocals that owe more to SOILWORK than the typical 'core thrash band. With searing guitar lines and forceful, up-tempo arrangements the musical effect throughout is quite strong...

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AVENGER OF BLOOD Signs With HEAVY ARTILLERY RECORDS

Heavy Artillery Records has announced the signing of Las Vegas metal merchants AVENGER OF BLOOD. AVENGER OF BLOOD has been busy making its mark on the metal underground since 2003 with relentless local and regional gigging as well as multiple appearances at Minneapolis Mayhem festival, Northwest Dea...

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'Get Thrashed' Producer, Director To Guest On KNAC.COM's 'The Vault' Sunday

Director Rick Ernst and associate producerRat Skates (ex-OVERKILL drummer) of "Get Thrashed" — the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — have been scheduled as the special phone-in guests of DJ Will, host of KNAC.COM's...

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BLITZKRIEG Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG have have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS AN...