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'Guitar Heroes' CD-Release Gig To Be Broadcast On Finnish TV

The CD-release concert for the "Guitar Heroes" album on November 6 at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland will be broadcast live on the Finnish TV channel Yle Extra starting at 10 p.m. Excerpts from the show will air on Yle X on Thursday, November 8 at 9 p.m. 11 of the most respected and talented Finnish...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, FORBIDDEN Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN'S RISING FORCE and the reunited San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN have been confirmed for next year's Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 27-28, 2008 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SAXON TRAMP'S WHITE LION...

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CHTHONIC To Support MARDUK In Eastern Europe, Finland

Having recently completed a 60-show North American tour that saw them become the first-ever Asian extreme metal band to play Ozzfest, the Taiwanese six-piece CHTHONIC has confirmed a third leg of its fall European tour. In between tours of England with Canada's 3 INCHES OF BLOOD and Western Europe w...

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Finnish 'Guitar Heroes' Album: More Details Revealed

11 of the most respected and talented Finnish heavy metal guitarists came together in the studio to record an album for everyone who loves virtuous playing and guitar solos from outer space. With internationally acclaimed shredders like Alexi Laiho and Roope Latvala (CHILDREN OF BODOM),Timo Tolkki...

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BREAKER To Reunite With Original Vocalist At BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

BREAKER will reunite with original lead vocalist Jim Hamar to play the Bang Your Head!!! festival at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany June 27-28, 2008. The band is also tentatively scheduled to appear at the Bang Your Head!!! warm-up show on June 26, 2008 at the Rockdisco WOM in Hechingen. Hamar, w...

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KORPIKLAANI, BREAKER, CONTRACRASH Confirmed For BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

KORPIKLAANI, BREAKER and CONTRACRASH have been confirmed for next year's Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 27-28, 2008 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGENT STEEL AGE OF EVIL BREAKER CONTRACRASH ENSIFERUM GRAVE DIGGER GREAT WHITE...

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MISERY SPEAKS, GRANTIG Sign With DRAKKAR RECORDS

Drakkar Records (LORDI, NIGHTWISH, ENSIFERUM, THE SORROW) has announced the signing of two young, promising metal acts from Germany: MISERY SPEAKS and GRANTIG: "We continue to focus on young talents,"comments label manager Marius Kopec. "Of course, classic artist development has become increasingly...

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SAXON, ONSLAUGHT, ENSIFERUM, LIZZY BORDEN Confirmed For BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

SAXON, ONSLAUGHT, ENSIFERUM and LIZZY BORDEN have been confirmed for next year's Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 27-28, 2008 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGENT STEEL AGE OF EVIL ENSIFERUM GRAVE DIGGER GREAT WHITE LIZZY BORDEN...

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NECROPHOBIC, ENSIFERUM, EISREGEN: Photos From HELLFLAME Festival Available

Photos of NECROPHOBIC, ENSIFERUM and EISREGEN taken at the Hellflame Festival - The South Side of Hell — which was held this past Saturday, September 22 in Lichtenfels, Germany — have been posted at Metalpics.ch. Acting on the the local police's recommendation to cancel the event, the city authoriti...

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CHTHONIC To Tour England With 3 INCHES OF BLOOD

Before the Taiwanese band CHTHONIC — who this summer became the first-ever extreme metal band from Asia to tour with Ozzfest — kicks off its mainland European tour with Finnish "heroic folk metal" warriors ENSIFERUM this fall, the group will embark on a brief U.K. tour with Ozzfest tour mates 3 INCH...

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CHTHONIC Frontman To Guest On 'The Governor's Ball'

Vocalist Freddy Lim of Taiwanese metal sensation CHTHONIC will be the featured guest on "The Governor's Ball" this Saturday, September 15 at 3:00 p.m. EST. Tune in at this location to hear the show. CHTHONIC will team up with Finnish "heroic folk metal" warriors ENSIFERUM for a fall European tour. I...

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CHTHONIC: European Dates With ENSIFERUM Announced

Taiwanese extreme metalists CHTHONIC — fresh from a tour of duty with Ozzfest and currently in the midst of their first-ever North American headline shows, which precede a brief tour with CRADLE OF FILTH — have confirmed their first batch of fall European tour dates. They are as follows: Nov. 09 - H...

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ENSIFERUM Parts Ways With Keyboardist

Finnish folk-influenced melodic death metal band ENSIFERUM has parted ways with keyboardist Meiju Enho. Meiju's statement regarding his decision to leave the group can be found at this location. Emmi Silvennoinen from the band EXSECRATUS has been filling in for Meiju since the beginning of this year...

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SPINEFARM RECORDS To Launch In The UK This Fall

Spinefarm Records will be officially launching into the U.K. market this autumn as a way of giving added push and profile to the label's impressive — and ever-growing — roster of hard rock talent. Since starting up in Helsinki back in 1990, Spinefarm has concentrated on developing the darker, more d...

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ENSIFERUM: Canadian Tour Dates Announced

Finnish folk-influenced melodic death metal band ENSIFERUM will embark on a tour of Eastern Canada in November. Confirmed dates are as follows: Nov. 06 - Théatre Plaza - Montreal, Quebec Nov. 08 - Cabaret du Capitole - Quebec City, Quebec Nov. 09 - Trash Bar - Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec Nov. 10 - The M...