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AFTER FOREVER Guitarist Recruits CALLENISH CIRCLE Frontman For HDK Project

AFTER FOREVER guitarist/songwriter Sander Gommans has recruited Patrick Savelkoul of CALLENISH CIRCLE to handle some of the "extreme" vocals for his HDK project. HDK's musical direction was previously described by Gommans as "modern trash/death metal with a lot of melodic influences." The following...

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MAJESTY Drummer To Sit Our METAL FOREVER Festival Appearance

German metallers MAJESTY have posted the following update on their official web site: "MAJESTY drummer Michael Graeter contracted a typewriter's cramp and due to a medical opinion he is not allowed to play drums within the next two weeks. So Jan Raddatz (MIDNIGHT SYMPHONY) will again help out on dru...

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IRON MAIDEN Confirmed For United Arab Emirates' DESERT ROCK Festival

IRON MAIDEN has been confirmed as the first headliner of the Desert Rock 2007 festival, set to take place March 9-10, 2007 at the Dubai Country Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Also newly added to the bill is LAUREN HARRIS, daughter of IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris. The festival billing is sh...

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OBITUARY Added To Benelux Dates On NO MERCY FESTIVALS Tour

Legendary Florida-based death metallers OBITUARY have been added to the Benelux dates on the No Mercy Festivals 2007 tour featuring MOONSPELL, NAPALM DEATH, BEHEMOTH, DEW-SCENTED and ROOT: Apr. 08 - Hof ter Loo - Antwerpen, BEL Apr. 09 - 013 - Tilburg, NETH As previously reported, OBITUARY has poste...

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STONE SOUR, MASTODON Confirmed For United Arab Emirates' DESERT ROCK Festival

STONE SOUR and MASTODON have been confirmed for the Desert Rock 2007 festival, set to take place March 9-10, 2007 at the Dubai Country Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: March 9, 2007: CHILDREN OF BODOM IN FLAMES THE PRODIGY STONE SOUR MASTODON March...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM: 'Chaos Ridden Years' DVD Certified Gold In Canada

The new CHILDREN OF BODOM DVD, "Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live", has been certified gold in Canada. The disc, which debuted at No. 20 on the Canadian chart (the band's highest-ever chart position in Canada),mainly focuses on the February 5, 2006 live concert in Stockholm, Sweden, feat...

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ZYKLON Confirmed For Austria's KALTENBACH OPEN AIR Festival

ZYKLON, the Norwegian band featuring EMPEROR members Samoth (guitar) and Trym (drums),has been confirmed for the Kaltenbach Open Air festival, set to take place July 13-14, 2007 in Spital Am Semmering, Austria. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AETERNUS (NOR) BE...

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VOIVOD Drummer Discusses His Art

Susan Frances of Indie In-Tune has issued the following report: French-Canadian mathematician, painter, and musician Michel Langevin is a conceptual artist whose creations depict the negative forces of technology's nature, often representations of the surreal, the macabre, and the destructive. His f...

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SHADOWS FALL's BITTNER To Release Drum Book In January

SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner has issued the following update: "The SHAD have been very busy finishing up our latest album which we are all very, very proud of. At this point we are mastering, looking into shooting the first video, and trying to set a street date. Right now all we can say is .....

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Full Circle

On the surface, Michigan working-class heroes CHROME HELMET (named after a song by Detroit's BIG CHIEF, whose artist Mark Dancey supplies the cover here) seem like any other bunch of earnest lunkheads bashing out their quasi-original tunes in a shitty bar after a long week at their respective jobs....

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THE HAUNTED To Headline Austria's KALTENBACH OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED have been confirmed as the headliners of the Kaltenbach Open Air festival, set to take place July 13-14, 2007 in Spital Am Semmering, Austria. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: THE HAUNTED (SWE) DARK FUNERAL (SWE) BELPHEGOR (AUT) KAMPFAR (NOR) HOLY MOSES (G...

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MICHAEL KISKE: Track Listing Revealed For Acoustic Album Of HELLOWEEN Classics

Former HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske will rearrange and re-record all of the songs that he wrote with his former band for an upcoming CD, to be released next year through Frontiers Records. The projected track listing for the album is as follows: 01. We Got the Right 02. A Little Time 03. Kids Of t...

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MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN: For The Most Part, I Have No Idea Who TOOL Fans Are

Aaron Burgess of The Onion's The A.V. Club recently conducted an interview with TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan. A few excerpts from the chat follow: The A.V. Club: The last press campaign you did focused as much on your political views as on the music. Given how outspoken you are, why don't you...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE: 'Flying Aces Tour 2007' Cancelled?

The previously announced Flying Aces Tour 2007, featuring CIRCLE II CIRCLE, DIONYSUS and SQUALER A.D., which was scheduled to kick off in Germany in early January, has reportedly been cancelled. CIRCLE II CIRCLE's latest album, "Burden of Truth", was released in October via AFM Records. The CD was r...

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EVERGREY, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, AVATAR To Team Up For 'Chaos Before New Year'

EVERGREY, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR and AVATAR will team up for the third annual "Chaos Before New Year" concert, set to take place on December 29 at Trädgårn in Gothenburg, Sweden. Previous participants in the event, which takes place between Christmas and New Year, have included IN FLAMES and DARK TRANQU...