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HIRAX, SACRED STEEL Confirmed For France's LONG LIVE METAL FESTIVAL

HIRAX and SACRED STEEL are among the confirmed acts for the Long Live Metal Festival, set to take place Saturday, May 10, 2008 at La Boite à Musiques in Wattrelos, France. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: HIRAX (USA) SACRED STEEL (GER) THE BOTTLE DOOM LAZY BAND (FRA) RELEASED ANGER (GR...

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CELLADOR Guitarist: 'We Really Hope To Come Back To Japan As Soon As We Can'

Guitarist Bill Hudson of the Nebraska-based power metallers CELLADOR has issued the following update: "What the hell was that? Seriously, I've always heard that everybody loves to play in Japan and now I know why! "Our show at Loudpark 07 was the first ever in Japan, I couldn't believe how many peop...

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INVITRO Announces Dates With DROWNING POOL, OTEP

INVITRO — the Los Angeles aluminum-foil-clad five-piece that has been tearing up stages on tours with STATIC-X, SEVENDUST, HELLYEAH and the Family Values Tour — has been confirmed as direct support for Texas-based DROWNING POOL. The band has also announced some dates in support of OTEP. INVITRO rece...

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ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY Kicks Off European Tour

Richmond, Virginia natives ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY have just headed over to Europe after finishing a month-long stint with OBITUARY. The band is excited for the opportunity to bring their southern metal sound to Europe with support from FIREBIRD (featuring former CARCASS guitarist Bill Steer). Commente...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Singer Cries Out For Freedom

ALL THAT REMAINS singer Phil Labonte recently submitted a guest blog to Headbanger's Blog about staying free in an increasingly oppressive environment. An excerpt follows: "Let's talk about freedom. What is freedom and what does being free imply? Freedom isn't given. It doesn't come from being Ameri...

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THERION Mainman: 'This Will Be Your Last Opportunity To See Band Perform In USA/Canada'

Mainman Christofer Johnsson of the Swedish metallers THERION has issued the following update: "Philadelphia show is now cancelled. There was this known issue with the promoter announcing the wrong date. It was too late to correct the date to the same venue, but we tried to book it into some other pl...

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THERION Singer SNOWY SHAW Back In U.S. Following Passport Theft

Christofer Johnsson of Swedish metallers THERION has issued the following update: "Snowy [Shaw, vocals] got his passport stolen in San Franciso (as some of you already know). He traveled to Japan with a temporary pass and managed to get a new visa for Japan. While there he has now managed to sort ou...

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ULI JON ROTH, MARK BOALS, GOTTHARD To Perform At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Kick-Off

This year's Sweden Rock Festival kick-off celebration will be held on November 24 at Tyrol in Stockholm, Sweden. At this event the first batch of bands booked for next year's festival will be announced. Also scheduled to perform at the show are GOTTHARD, SABATON and HAZY/DIZZY. In addition, a one-of...

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KAMELOT, FIREWIND, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Teaming Up For European Tour

KAMELOT will team up with FIREWIND and VISIONS OF ATLANTIS for the "Ghost Opera European Tour Pt. 2" in April/May 2008. Commented KAMELOT founder and guitarist Thomas Youngblood: "The shows in connection with this album ['Ghost Opera'] so far have been amazing. The fans and the band are as one every...

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THERION Mainman: 'There Is No Risk At All That We Will Be Canceling Shows'

THERION mainman Christofer Johnsson has vowed to carry on with the group's North American tour even if vocalist singer Snowy Shaw (who shares the vocal duties with Thomas Vikström and two female singers) is forced to sit out a few dates due to his passport being stolen in San Francisco. In a stateme...

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THERION: Remaning North American Tour Dates In Jeopardy

THERION singer Snowy Shaw — who shares the vocal duties with Thomas Vikström (CANDLEMASS) and two female singers — has sent the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "As soon as THERION left the South American leg of the world tour and arrived at the hotel in the ghetto-like area Tenderloin, San...

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SAXON Manager Apologizes To Australian, Russian Fans

SAXON manager Thomas Jensen has issued the following statement regarding the postponement of the band's Russian and Australian tour dates: "Again due to visa problems we have to announce that SAXON can't make it to Moscow. The promoter in Russia and our tour manager tried their best, but the post st...

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TRITON ENIGMA Signs With OPEN GRAVE RECORDS

Sweden-based band TRITON ENIGMA has inked a deal with Open Grave Records for the release of its debut album, "Black Lies". TRITON ENIGMA was formed in 2005 as a side project for Ronnie Bergerståhl (WORLD BELOW, DEMONICAL, ex-JULIE LAUGHS NOMORE, CENTINEX, AMARAN, GRAVE),Thomas Nilsson (JULIE LAUGHS...

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DAYLIGHT DIES To Enter Studio In December

North Carolina's DAYLIGHT DIES has issued the following update: "At last we can share a few tangible updates regarding the new material. We will begin recording our third full-length album the second week of December and on into January. We're pleased to announce Jens Bogren at Fascination Street St...

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CLOVEN HOOF Confirmed For Italy's PLAY IT LOUD! Festival

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends CLOVEN HOOF have been confirmed for the Play It Loud! Festival, set to take place February 2, 2008 at Buddha in Brescia, Italy. Also scheduled to appear are MANILLA ROAD, HELSTAR, STEEL ASSASSIN, SABOTAGE, ELIXIR, ALLTHENIKO and FROZEN FEARS. For more...