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THRESHOLD Planning 'Quite A Different Show' For Dutch Dates

UK progressive metallers THRESHOLD will perform two headline shows in The Netherlands on April 18 and April 19, in Helmond and Zoetermeer, respectively. The band is planning quite a different set to the one they played in The Netherlands last year. "It's only been seven months since we played those...

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WOLVERINE Confirmed For PROGPOWER EUROPE Festival

Sweden's WOLVERINE has been confirmed for the ProgPower Europe 2008 festival. The festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary and will be a full three-day event with three bands on Friday, October 3 and six on Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5 at JC Sjiwa in Baarlo, The Netherlands. Accordi...

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Former ANTHRAX Singer NEIL TURBIN To Guest On Tomorrow's 'Maximum Threshold'

Former ANTHRAX and current DEATHRIDERS vocalist Neil Turbin will be a guest on "Maximum Threshold" this Saturday, April 5 at 8:00 p.m. For more information and to listen to the program live via the Internet, visit www.maximumthreshold.net. Footage of DEATHRIDERS performing the ANTHRAX classic "Death...

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THRESHOLD Confirmed For Portugal's LAGOA BURNING LIVE FESTIVAL

UK progressive metallers THRESHOLD have been confirmed for the second edition of the Lagoa Burning Live Festival, set to take place July 25-27 in Lagoa, Algarve, Portugal. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ANCESTRAL ANCIENT RITES ANGRA ANGRIFF ASTRA ATTICK DEMON...

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UK's SUMMER'S END FESTIVAL: More Bands Confirmed

More artists have been confirmed for the Summer's End Festival 2008, set to take place September 26 28 at The Hall in Lydney, Gloucestershire, England. The bill is shaping up as follows (with one more band to be announced for the final day): Friday, September 26: THRESHOLD SEASON'S END Saturday, Sep...

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FIREWIND Keyboardist Featured On New POWER QUEST Album

Bob Katsionis, keyboard wizard from Greek power metallers FIREWIND, has recorded a guest appearance on the track "Save the World" from the new POWER QUEST album, "Master of Illusion". Other guest musicians on the CD include keyboardist Richard West from the UK progressive metal band THRESHOLD, Jorn...

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USURPER: Autographed Copies Of 'Threshold Of The Usurper' Up For Grabs

Guitarist/founder Rick Scythe of Chicago's now-defunct band USURPER has issued the following update: "Due to popular demand, we just posted two new songs (actually old songs but 'new' in the sense that we've never posted them online before... and in all actually, not really due to popular demand, si...

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Edge of My Demise

It's never a bad time to shine some light on the seamy, no-hope underbelly of American metal. I'm not talking about the 900 bands plying whatever the flavor of the month is, swimming upstream like doomed sperm hoping for their big chance. I mean the bands like DISARRAY, who've been at it since 1993,...

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AMON AMARTH: 'We Have A Handful Of Great New Songs Already'

Swedish Viking metallers AMON AMARTH have issued the following update: "Back from a two-week vacation we've continued working on new songs for our upcoming release. We have a handful of great songs already, soon-to-be AMON AMARTH classics, and we still have plenty of great song ideas. On March 27th...

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POWER QUEST: 'Master Of Illusion' Audio Samples Available

Audio samples of the entire "Master of Illusion" album from UK melodic power metallers POWER QUEST are available on Play.com. Guest musicians on the CD include keyboardist Richard West from the UK progressive metal band THRESHOLD, Jorn Viggo Lofstad from the Norwegian power metal act PAGAN'S MIND, B...

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DEFIANCE Bassist Robbed At Gunpoint

Last Friday (March 14),bassist Mike Kaufmann of the San Francisco thrashers DEFIANCE was robbed at gunpoint by six guys at the West Oakland BART station (Bay Area Rapid Transit; rail service which connects San Francisco with the East Bay). Commented Kaufmann: "I was barely able to escape and I'm VE...

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ZERO HOUR Confirmed For PROGPOWER EUROPE Festival

American progressive metal band ZERO HOUR has been confirmed for the ProgPower Europe 2008 festival. The festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary and will be a full three-day event with three bands on Friday, October 3 and six on Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5 at JC Sjiwa in Baarlo, T...

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EDENBRIDGE: More 'MyEarthDream' Samples Available

Austrian symphonic metal band EDENBRIDGE will release its sixth studio album, "MyEarthDream", via Napalm Records on the following dates: April 25: Germany, Austria, Switzerland April 23: Finland April 28: Rest of Europe May 13: North America The cover art was created by Anthony Clarkson, who has pre...

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POWER QUEST: Another 'Master Of Illusion' Guest Appearance Revealed

FOURWAYKILL singer Chris Neighbour makes an appearance on two songs on "Master of Illusion", the new album from UK melodic power metallers POWER QUEST: "Master of Illusion" and "The Vigil". Other guest musicians on the CD include keyboardist Richard West from the UK progressive metal band THRESHOLD,...

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POWER QUEST: New Album Track Listing Revealed

The final track listing has been revealed for "Master of Illusion", the new album from UK melodic power metallers POWER QUEST. The CD will be issued on the following dates: March 26 - Japan/Southeast Asia (via Marquee/Avalon) April 25 - Europe (via Napalm) May 13 - USA (via Napalm) The album, which...