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VOIVOD, JON OLIVA'S PAIN, KAMELOT, DEMON Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

VOIVOD, JON OLIVA'S PAIN, KAMELOT, DEMON and IMPELLITTERI are among the newly confirmed bands for this year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMBERIAN DAWN (FIN) AMON AMARTH (S) AXIDENT AVENUE (N) BLACK TOOT...

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CARCASS Announces 'Exhumed To Consume II' Tour

Reunited British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS will return to the United States in March for the "Exhumed to Consume II" tour. The follow-up to last year's highly successful "Exhume to Consume" trek will feature SUICIDE SILENCE, SAMAEL, ARSIS and PSYCROPTIC, plus a few special guests on select date...

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M.A.N Guitarist Shreds 11-String Axe; Video Available

An eight-minute video featuring instrumental acrobatics by guitarist Robert "Rob Guz" Gustafsson of M.A.N — the group formed out of the ashes of Sweden's TRANSPORT LEAGUE (featuring former MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich) — can be viewed below. Gustafsson's 11-string guitar (which Rob Guz designed...

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OPETH Performs In India For First Time

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH played in India for the first time ever Sunday night (January 25) at the Indian Institute of Technology's Saarang festival in the city of Chennai to a metal-starved Indian audience who loved every minute of it. They also took part in a signing session after the sh...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE To Tour North America With THE FACELESS, OBSCURA, NEURAXIS

Florida-based death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE will embark on a North American headlining tour in April. Support on the trek will come from THE FACELESS, OBSCURA and NEURAXIS. Commented CANNIBAL CORPSE bassist Alex Webster: "We are very excited to be touring the U.S. and Canada with NEURAXIS, THE FAC...

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Former KISS, AC/DC Members Jam At NAMM; Video Available

Video footage of an all-star Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp band featuring former members of KISS, AC/DC and WINGER performing THE ROLLING STONES classic "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Conven...

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MUSHROOMHEAD To Perform At FANGORIA's 'Shock-N-Roll Spooktacular'

Ohio's MUSHROOMHEAD will perform at Fangoria's Shock-N-Roll Spooktacular concert on Friday, March 6 in the Grand Ballroom of the Wyndham Chicago O'Hare at 6810 N. Mannheim Road in Rosemont, Illinois. Doors open at 9:00 p.m. Also scheduled to appear is performance artist and Fangoria "spooksmodel" Sh...

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BRUCE KULICK Issues NAMM Recap

Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick has posted the following message on his official web site: "So last week was the big NAMM show in Anaheim, California, and, of course, anywhere with that much gear and musicians is a good place for me to be. I was asked by ...

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SANCTIFICATION: New Drummer Needed

SANCTIFICATION, the Swedish death metal band featuring current/former members of GOD AMONG INSECTS, IN BATTLE and SOULDRAINER, may be forced to cancel its appearance at this year's installment of the House Of Metal festival — set to take place February 27-28 at Folkets Hus in Umeå, Sweden — due to "...

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THIS ENDING: New Song Available For Free Download

THIS ENDING, the Swedish death metal band featuring AMON AMARTH drummer Fredrik Andersson, has made a new song, "Deathtrade", available for free download at this location. The track comes off the group's second album, "Dead Harvest", which is scheduled for release on January 30, 2009 in Germany, Aus...

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IRON MAIDEN: 'Flight 666' Teaser Available

A one-minute teaser for IRON MAIDEN's forthcoming feature-length documentary can be viewed below. Entitled "Iron Maiden: Flight 666', the movie follows the bandmembers on the first leg of their "Somewhere Back In Time World Tour" in February and March of 2008 as they experienced the most ambitious a...

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IRON MAIDEN Documentary To Premiere In April

IRON MAIDEN's official web site has been updated with the following message: "As you may know from Rod's [Smallwood; MAIDEN manager] tour diaries, IRON MAIDEN have been working on a feature-length documentary. Entitled 'Iron Maiden: Flight 666', the movie follows the band on the first leg of their '...

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UNEARTH, GOD DETHRONED, ELVENKING Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

UNEARTH, GOD DETHRONED and ELVENKING have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2009 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH AMORPHIS BACKYARD BABIES BATTLELORE BEFORE THE DAWN BENEATH THE...

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IRON MAIDEN's MCBRAIN Interviewed At 'Drum-Off' Grand Finals; Video Available

Possum of Altitude conducted a backstage interview with IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at Guitar Center's Drum-Off grand finals in California. Watch the five-minute chat below. McBrain was inducted into Guitar Center's "Drum-Legends" Hall of Fame at the event, which...

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W.A.S.P., THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, BRING ME THE HORIZON Confirmed For France's HELLFEST

The following bands are newly confirmed for this year's Hellfest, set to take place June 19-21, 2009 in Clisson, France: ABORTED ADAGIO AMEBIX AUGUST BURN RED BETRAYED BLOCKHEADS BLOODCLOT BRING ME THE HORIZON COALESCE DAGOBA DEICIDE DESPISED ICON EYEHATEGOD GIRLSCHOOL GOJIRA JARBOE KATAKLYSM KEEP O...