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Puerto Rico's FESTIVAL DE METAL BORICUA 4 Rescheduled For March

Festival de Metal Boricua 4, which was scheduled to take place November 17, 2007 at Coliseo de Cayey (Raul "Rolo" Colon),Cayey, Puerto Rico, has been postponed until March 22, 2008 due to "venue problems." The festival billing will remain the same: STEVE GRIMMETT'S GRIM REAPER HELSTAR CAGE SILVER F...

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STURMGEIST Mainman Comments On Finnish High School Massacre

STURMGEIST mainman Cornelius von Jackhelln (also of SOLEFALD) has released the following statement (via Season of Mist, STURMGEIST's record company): "Today [Wednesday, November 7] an 18-year old man shot seven people in a high school massacre in Tuusula, Finland. The killer referred to himself as '...

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HEAVEN AND HELL, DUFF MCKAGAN, ALICE COOPER: 'Classic Rock Roll Of Honour' Footage Available

UK's Metal Hammer magazine has posted a 10-minute video report from the Classic Rock Roll of Honour awards, which took place Monday night (November 5) at the Landmark Hotel in London, England. Watch the footage below. LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page, who recently fractured a finger causing the pos...

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PROSTHETIC RECORDS To Reissue Two TESTAMENT Albums

Prosthetic Records has announced reissues from Bay Area metal legends TESTAMENT. Both to feature new liner notes, 1997's "Demonic" was remastered and 1999's "The Gathering" will include the previously only available in Japan, "Hammer Of The Gods". Both will see a worldwide release through the label...

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VINNIE PAUL On DIMEBAG: 'We Had The Greatest Chemistry In The World'

UK's Metal Hammer magazine is hard at work on an extensive, once-in-a-lifetime tribute to late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. If you wish to get involved, all you need to do to be a part of it is to send a simple picture of of yourself — whether it's your Dime/PANTERA tattoo,...

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FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES: Video Interview With FRANCIS MARK Posted Online

Metal Hammer has just posted a video interview with FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES frontman Francis Mark. Hammer hung out in the band's dressing room at their London show and got to see the contents of Francis' tour bag (which apparently didn't contain much). Watch the three-minute clip below. Formed in 2000,...

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TEXAS METAL ALLIANCE To Enter Studio This Month

TEXAS METAL ALLIANCE, the band featuring RIGOR MORTIS vocalist Bruce Corbitt, GAMMACIDE guitarists Rick Perry and Scott Shelby, GAMMACIDE/DEVILFIST bassist Alan Bovee and DEMONSEED drummer Joe Gonzalez, will enter the studio on November 24 to begin recording its first original material. TEXAS METAL...

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MANOWAR To Perform First Six Albums In Their Entirety At MAGIC CIRCLE FESTIVAL

MANOWAR has confirmed that it will perform the band's first six albums in their entirety at next year's Magic Circle Festival, set to take place July 9-12, 2008 in Bad Arolsen, Germany. The event will feature four days of metal, 20,000 free beers, 20,000 free copies of the new MANOWAR single and fou...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Says He's Been 'Suffering Terribly' From Illegal Music Downloading

Cameron Adams of Australia's Herald Sun recently conducted an interview with Ozzy Osbourne. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On becoming an unlikely small-screen star and kick-starting the now ubiquitous celebrity reality-TV genre: "The phenomenon that happened from the show was that a lot of pe...

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NIGHTWISH Mainman: 'We're Going To Put A Little More Effort Into America This Time'

Metal Hammer recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen: Metal Hammer: You recently played a secret live show in Hamburg as SUSHI PATROL. How did it go? Tuomas: "Actually we did three secret shows with different names, first was in Estonia, second was in Hel...

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U.D.O.: Release Date Set For 'Metallized - 20 Years Of Metal' Collection

U.D.O. — the German band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider — will release its "best-of" album, "Metallized - 20 Years of Metal", on November 30 via AFM Records. The CD booklet will be filled with photos from the last 20 years and and will include liner notes written by Metal Hammer jou...

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SKYCLAD Issues 2007 Recap

British "folk metal" act SKYCLAD has issued the following update: "Seeing as the site has been quiet for a while, we thought we should post a little note here to keep everyone informed as to all things SKYCLAD as we head towards the end of 2007. It has been, when all is said and done, ...

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U.D.O.: Bordeaux Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of U.D.O. — the German band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider — performing the ACCEPT classic "Metal Heart" on October 23, 2007 in Bordeaux, France can be viewed below. U.D.O. has set "Metallized - 20 Years Of Metal" as the title of its upcoming "best-of" album...

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NIGHTWISH: Take A Video Tour Of Band's Finnish Recording Studio

A 10-minute video tour of NIGHTWISH's recording studio/headquarers in Kitee, Finland hosted by the group's new lead singer, Anette Olzon, can be viewed below (Note: The footage was originally included on a DVD that accompanied a recent issue of the German edition of the Metal Hammer magazine). A bra...

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NIGHTWISH: Audio Interview With ANETTE OLZON Available

A brand new audio interview with NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon conducted on October 15, 2007 in West Springfield, Virginia has been posted online at MetalExposed.com. In a recent interview with Metal Hammer magazine, NIGHTWISH mainman Tuomas Holopainen recalled how fragile the working relationship w...