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DESTRUCTION Cancels HELLFLAME Festival Appearance; ENSIFERUM Steps In

Veteran German thrashers DESTRUCTION have cancalled their appearance at the Hellflame Festival - The South Side Of Hell (set to take place September 22 in Lichtenfels, Germany) since they are working on booking a Japanese tour that would conflict with the Hellflame concert. A replacement act has bee...

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EPICA Announces New Album Title

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band EPICA has set "The Divine Conspiracy" as the title of its new album, due August/September via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD, which is currently being mixed by Sascha Paeth, will feature a session appearance by GOD DETHRONED drummer Ariën van Weesenbeek. EPIC...

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DAVE MUSTAINE: Musicians Shouldn't Talk Politics Unless They're Willing To Fight

Bryan Reesman of Metal Edge magazine recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. On the title track of the new album, "United Abominations", with its harsh criticism of the United Nations: "There are a lot of songs on the record that you could have as the title track, but I...

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Gear Talk With ICED EARTH's SCHAFFER: 'I'm A Gear Head But Not A Gear Whore'

With ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer and producer Jim Morris locked up at Morrisound studios in Tampa this week to mix the band's forthcoming album, "Framing Armageddon", IcedEarth.com checked in with Jon before he left for temporary exile in Florida to inquire about what gear he has and will be usi...

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TESTAMENT: East Coast Dates Announced

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have announced several East Coast dates July. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Europe: Jul. 06 - Mortegliano (Udine),Italy @ Festa in Tenda Jul. 07 - Leeuwarden, Netherlands @Waldrock Festival USA: Jul. 13 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Bassist To Direct New BAD BRAINS Video

SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian will direct the first video off the forthcoming BAD BRAINS album "Build a Nation". Production will take place in Portland and also at the Sasquatch Festival later this month, where BAD BRAINS will be performing. Those appearances will be documented and a "maki...

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SONATA ARCTICA: 'Unia' Audio Samples Available

Audio samples from SONATA ARCTICA's new album, "Unia" (Finnish for "Dreams"),are available at this location. Due in North America on May 22 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD was mixed at Finnvox studio in Helsinki and was mastered at the Cutting Room in Stockholm, Sweden. As previously reported, SO...

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MANOWAR Confirmed For Bulgaria's KALIAKRA ROCK FEST

MANOWAR has been confirmed as the headliner of the third day of the Kaliakra Rock Fest, set to take place at the Kaliakra Stadium in Kavarna, Bulgaria. Joey DeMaio (bass),Eric Adams (vocals),Scott Columbus (drums) and Karl Logan (guitar) will perform on June 30 (Saturday),the event's promoters Jo...

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Vocalist MICHAEL CRAFTER Quits BURY YOUR DEAD

Vocalist Michael Crafter, formerly of the the Australian metal band I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN, has left Victory Records metalcore titans BURY YOUR DEAD less than two months after being named the group's new lead singer. Commented Crafter: "Since I got to the USA, I knew I had a lot of weight on my sho...

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DIMMU BORGIR Schedules Signing Session At Hot Topic Hollywood

Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR will participate in an in-store signing on Thursday, May 17 at the Hot Topic store located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard (at Highland) beginning at 4:30 p.m. Nuclear Blast grab bags will be given to the first 600 fans in attendence. Beginning Friday, Ma...

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KAMELOT: Moscow Concert Postponed

American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT have been forced to postpone their previously announced May 11 concert at Tochka in Moscow, Russia "due to problems acquiring travel visas." Says the band: "We will look at returning to Russia in the near future including more dates." KAMELOT recently mad...

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CLAWFINGER Confirmed For Estonia's RABAROCK Festival

Swedish rap/metal combo CLAWFINGER is among the newly confirmed bands for the Rabarock festival, set to take place June 15-16 in Järvakandi (about 80 km from Tallinn),Estonia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGENT M (EST) APOPTYGMA BERZERK (NOR) CLAWFINGER (SWE) DAGÖ (EST) ELECTRIC S...

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KAMELOT Takes Part In Photo Shoot For NOCTURNAL MODELS' Yearly Calendar

During their busy tour schedule, American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT went to Stockholm, Sweden to do a photo shoot for the Nocturnal Models' yearly calendar. View model Model MissBistress' photos at this location. The calendar photos with the band will be available soon. KAMELOT recently ma...

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SHINING: 'V – Halmstad' North American Release Date Set

Osmose USA/The End Records has set a June 26 release date for the new album from Sweden's controversial act SHINING, titled "V - Halmstad". According to a press release, "SHINING's fifth recorded depression is no less than a monument of beauty in blackness and ghostly shades. From the early black me...

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AKERCOCKE's 'Antichrist' Sparks Religious Debate On BBC TV

The upcoming release of U.K. death metal giants AKERCOCKE's latest album "Antichrist" has caused uproar amongst Northern Ireland's religious community, and is set to be the subject of a major religious debate live on BBC1 Northern Ireland. The overtly satanic content contained within "Antichrist" ha...