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NIGHTWISH, APOCALYPTICA Confirmed For Germany's M'ERA LUNA FESTIVAL

NIGHTWISH, APOCALYPTICA and OOMPH! have been confirmed for the M'era Luna Festival, set to take place August 8-9, 2009 in Hildesheim, Germany. The festival blling is shaping up as follows: ALEXANDER VELJANOV APOCALYPTICA ASHBURY HEIGHTS DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER FROZEN PLASMA GRENDEL NIGHTWISH OOMP...

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IN FLAMES: Video Interview With PETER IWERS Available

Ross Empson, TOURETTES bass player and presenter of metal TV channel Rockalarm!, conducted an interview with bassist Peter Iwers of Swedish metallers IN FLAMES in late October 2008 in Berlin, Germany during IN FLAMES' European headlining tour with SONIC SYNDICATE and GOJIRA. Peter talks about being...

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This Year's BAY AREA ROCK FEST Cancelled

The organizer of the Bay Area Rock Fest (a.k.a. BARfest),the progressive rock and metal festival that was held for the first time on May 4-5, 2007 at The Independent in San Francisco, California, has decided against staging a 2009 installment of what was supposed to be an annual event. David Hatche...

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SANCTRUM: Entire Debut Album Available For Free Download

Swedish aggressive metallers SANCTRUM have made their entire debut album, "In Harm's Way", available for for free download via the band's MySpace page. Commented the group: "We have split with our label (Metalcast Records). The split has been mutual and there is no hard feelings from both sides. We...

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SOILWORK: '20 More Miles' Video Posted Online

"20 More Miles", the new video from Swedish metallers SOILWORK, can be viewed below. The clip was shot during the band's European tour, including at the Electric Weekend festival in Madrid, where SOILWORK performed with METALLICA. It contains footage provided by the band as well as material that was...

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NORTHERN KINGS: Japanese Version Of 'Rethroned' To Include Bonus Track

"Rethroned", the second album from NORTHERN KINGS — the Finnish band consisting of four well-known metal musicians (Jarkko Ahola [TERÄSBETONI], Marco Hietala [TAROT, NIGHTWISH], Tony Kakko [SONATA ARCTICA], Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto [CHARON]) — will be released in Japan on February 25 via Warner Music J...

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HATESPHERE Guitarist Talks About Forthcoming Album

Denmark's Antenna recently conducted an interview with guitarist Peter "Pepe" Lyse Hansen of Danish thrashers HATESPHERE about the band's forthcoming album, "To The Nines". An excerpt from the chat follows below. Antenna: What does it feel like to have the album out with this new line-up? Peter: It...

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RANDY RHOADS Documentary Still In Production

Director Peter M. Margolis of Dakota Pictures is continuing work on the long-awaited documentary film on the life of celebrated rock guitarist Randy Rhoads (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT). He says, "We began filming this documentary March 19, 2007 and I am hoping by the same time this year that we will...

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GORGOROTH Members Inspire Belgian Artist

Belgian artist Peter Lathouwers recently completed a painting (see below) featuring bassist King ov Hell (real name: Tom Cato Visnes) and vocalist Gaahl (real name: Kristian Espedal) of the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH. Commented Lathouwers: "When certain musicians come together, magic happe...

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GODIVA's Management Claims Bassist Was Fired

The management company which represents Swiss rockers GODIVA has released the following statement regarding the recently announced departure of drummer Peter Gander, bassist Mitch Koontz and guitarist Steve Papacharitos: "GODIVA had to part ways with bassist Mitch Koontz because since last year's Eu...

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MEMORY GARDEN: Full-Length Debut To Be Reissued With Bonus Tracks

MEMORY GARDEN — the Sweden-based band featuring former ABSKTRAKT ALGEBRA guitarist Simon Johansson — has issued the following update: "We are very happy to announce that our first full-length album, 'Tides' [originall released in 1996 through Heathendoom Music], will finally be available again. We h...

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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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KRUX Joined By OPETH Keyboardist

KRUX — the Swedish band featuring CANDLEMASS bassist Leif Edling, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Mats Levén, ex-ENTOMBED drummer Peter Stjärnvind, guitarist Jörgen Sandstrom (also in THE PROJECT HATE, ex-ENTOMBED/GRAVE) and OPETH/ex-ARCH ENEMY guitarist Fredrik Åkesson — has issued the following update:...

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Switzerland's GODIVA Loses Three Members

Peter Gander (drums),Mitch Koontz (bass) and Steve Papacharitos (lead guitar) have announced their departure from Swiss rockers GODIVA due to "musical" and "personal" differences, as well as undisclosed management issues. The said in a statement, "We really regret having to give up this band after...

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SEPTEMBER MURDER: New Album Release Date, Track Listing Revealed

German death metallers SEPTEMBER MURDER will release their new album, "Agony In Flesh", on February 20 via Maintain Records. The CD was mastered by Peter Neuber, who has previously done work with (NASUM, VOMITORY and WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. ...An...