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SODOM Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Veteran German thrashers SODOM have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN BULLET F...

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JESU: New Album Details, Tour Dates Revealed

JESU, the new band featuring Justin Broadrick — former member of two legendary bands: NAPALM DEATH and GODFLESH — will release its new album, "Conqueror", on the following dates: USA: February 20, 2007 Europe: February 19, 2007 Japan: February 2, 2007* Rest Of The World: February 27, 2007 * The bonu...

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Original JUDAS PRIEST Singer AL ATKINS: '2006 Has Had Its Ups And Downs'

Original JUDAS PRIEST frontman Al Atkins has posted the following message on his official web site: "2006 has had its ups and downs. What with the album ['Demon Deceiver - The Sin Sessions'] being held up for six months or more and my mother passing away in May. Also the European dates were put on ....

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ALICE IN CHAINS Bassist: 'It's Been Great To Get Up And Play These Old Songs'

ALICE IN CHAINS bassist Mike Inez has issued the following update: "First of all, and most importantly, I'd like to thank each and everyone of you cool fuckers for coming out and saying hello this year. It was a SUPREME pleasure playing for you and seeing y'all face to face. Those songs we played ar...

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CORNERSTONE: New Album Artwork, Audio Samples Available

CORNERSTONE, the Danish/British melodic metal band featuring YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/ex-RAINBOW frontman Doogie White and ex-ROYAL HUNT bassist Steen Mogensen, has uploaded two audio samples from its upcoming album, entitled "Two Tales and One Tomorrow", at the band's official web site. Check out the songs...

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DESTRUCTION Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Veteran German thrashers DESTRUCTION have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN BU...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Signs U.S. Licensing Deal With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Roadrunner Records has announce a U.S. license arrangement for rock powerhouse WITHIN TEMPTATION. One of The Netherlands' biggest selling bands is hard at work recording their first album for Roadrunner USA, due out in 2007. WITHIN TEMPTATION was formed in The Netherlands in 1996 by Robert Westerhol...

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KAYO DOT Signs With HYDRA HEAD RECORDS

KAYO DOT, the Boston, Massachusetts-based experimental metal ensemble featuring former members of the now-defunct MAUDLIN OF THE WELL, has inked a deal with Hydra Head Records for the release of their next album. The group plans to begin recording the CD in early summer for a tentative late 2007 or...

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TRIVIUM: New Album's Success Is 'Beyond Our Expectations'

Justin and Brian from TRIVIUM's management, D.A.M. Management, have posted the following message on the group's official web site: "We're halfway through the first leg of TRIVIUM's The Crusade World Tour 2006-2007 — 71 concerts in 4 months in the United States, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Holla...

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NORTHER Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish metallers NORTHER have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBAL CORP...

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SIN DEALER: New Album Recordings Postponed

SIN DEALER, the band featuring members of SEA OF GREEN, SONS OF OTIS, EDWIN and PLASMA BLAST, was unable to enter the studio earlier this month, as originally scheduled. However, they are confirmed to enter Escarpment Sound on January 12 to record their much-anticipated follow-up to 2004's "13". Gar...

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IMPIOUS: Two New Songs Available For Download

Swedish death/thrashers IMPIOUS have uploaded two full songs from their new album, entitled "Holy Murder Masquerade", at their official web site. Check out the tracks "Bloodcraft" and "Everlasting Punishment" at this location. "Holy Murder Masquerade" is scheduled for release on January 29, 2007 via...

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VOIVOD Drummer Discusses His Art

Susan Frances of Indie In-Tune has issued the following report: French-Canadian mathematician, painter, and musician Michel Langevin is a conceptual artist whose creations depict the negative forces of technology's nature, often representations of the surreal, the macabre, and the destructive. His f...

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IMPETIGO's STEVO Launches CONVULSIONS Project

After a nearly 12-year hiatus from the metal underground, Stevo (IMPETIGO) has announced the formation of his newest project, CONVULSIONS. What can you expect from this outfit? Think of the big three… MASTER, AUTOPSY, and REPULSION…sprinkle in some MANTAS, MASSACRE, SLAUGHTER, MACABRE, and CELTIC FR...

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The Deep and Dreamless Sleep

Never been a big fan of these Boston trad-metal water-treaders, from their somewhat plodding and generic major label days to their more recent, hopeless and low-buck efforts. And I wasn't expecting to change my mind based on the "Xeroxed tree" motif of the cover of "The Deep and Dreamless Sleep", or...