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DARK TRANQUILLITY, KORPIKLAANI, EVERGREY Confirmed For Italy's EVOLUTION FESTIVAL

DARK TRANQUILLITY, KORPIKLAANI, EVERGREY, NECRODEATH, SADIST, ILLOGICIST and IDOLS ARE DEAD have been confirmed for the Evolution Festival, set to take place July 11-12 at Milan, Italy's Idroscalo. The festival billing is shapoing up as follows: Friday, July 11: CAVALERA CONSPIRACY SONATA ARCTICA DA...
March 19, 2008
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SAXON, AIRBOURNE Confirmed For Finland's SAUNA OPEN AIR Festival

SAXON and AIRBOURNE have been confirmed for the Sauna Open Air metal festival, set to take place June 6-8 in Tampere, Finland. Also scheduled for the event is a one-off reunion performance by influential Finnish speed/thrash metallers STONE, featuring members of CHILDREN OF BODOM and SUB-URBAN TRIBE...
March 18, 2008
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SONATA ARCTICA: Audio Interview With TONY KAKKO Posted Online

An audio interview with vocalist Tony Kakko of the Finnish melodic metal band SONATA ARCTICA conducted by DJ SpeedKing of "The Wake Up Dead Morning Show" is available for download and streaming as a podcast/MP3 file at this location. Singlive UK, which is said to be Britain's largest independent sin...
March 17, 2008
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SONATA ARCTICA Frontman To Perform With SINGLIVE UK

Singlive UK, which is said to be Britain's largest independent singing organization, has invited Tony Kakko of the Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA to perform two of his songs with 320 singers at The Sage, Gateshead, UK on Saturday, April 19. "Sing The Classics And Classic Rock" will be perf...
March 14, 2008
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SONATA ARCTICA: UK Version Of 'The Collection 1999-2006' To Include Bonus DVD

Following their sold-out headline appearance at London's Electric Ballroom in November 2007, Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA (led by highly respected frontman/vocalist Tony Kakko) have confirmed a run of dates for April, taking in both Ireland and the UK. In support of this series of shows,...
March 13, 2008
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SCORPIONS Confirmed For Finland's SAUNA OPEN AIR Festival

Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS have been confirmed for the 2008 edition of the Sauna Open Air festival, set to take place June 6-8 in Tampere, Finland. The band will headline on Saturday, June 7. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, June 6: CHILDREN OF BODOM TESTAMENT ELÄKEL...
March 10, 2008
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FIREWIND Interview with GUS G

By: Scott Alisoglu Guitar wizard Gus G of Greece's FIREWIND is certainly one of the hardest working men in metal. After playing in and recording with several bands at once, including NIGHTRAGE, MYSTIC PROPHECY, and DREAM EVIL, Gus decided to shift focus to FIREWIND and hasn't looked back since. With...
March 10, 2008
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THE CHANT's 'Ghostlines' Released In UK

"Ghostlines", the critically acclaimed debut album of the Finnish melancholic metallers THE CHANT, was released today in the UK and Ireland via Shadow World Records / Plastic Head Distribution. "Ghostlines" is a 54 minute emotionally charged rollercoaster ride with morose atmospheres, beautiful melo...
March 10, 2008
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AGENT STEEL, LAUREN HARRIS, TESLA Confirmed For Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING

AGENT STEEL, LAUREN HARRIS and TESLA have been confirmed for this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 27-29, 2008 at De Boeretand in Dessel, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 36 CRAZYFISTS AGENT STEEL ALCHEMIST APOCALYPTICA ARCH ENEMY AT THE GATES AVENGED SEVEN...
March 7, 2008
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KISS Confirmed For Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING

According to Ashladan.be, KISS will perform at this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 27-29, 2008 at De Boeretand in Dessel, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 36 CRAZYFISTS ALCHEMIST APOCALYPTICA ARCH ENEMY AT THE GATES AVENGED SEVENFOLD BEHEMOTH BLACK STONE...
March 7, 2008
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MASSACRE Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Reactivated death metal band MASSACRE — consisting of DENIAL FIEND members Sam Williams (guitar),Curt Beeson (drums; NASTY SAVAGE),along with ex-MASSACRE/current DENIAL FIEND members Terry Butler (bass),Steve Swanson (guitars) and Kam Lee (vocals) — has been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open...
March 6, 2008
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THE HAUNTED Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Wacken Open Air festival billing is shaping up as follows: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD ALESTORM AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXEL RUDI PELL...
March 5, 2008
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MONSTER MAGNET Confirmed For Holland's FIELDS OF ROCK Festival

MONSTER MAGNET has been confirmed for the Fields of Rock festival, set to take place June 20-22 at on the Evenemententerrein of Walibi World in Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AIRBOURNE APOCALYPTICA ARCH ENEMY BRING ME THE HORIZON BULLET FOR MY VALENTIN...
March 5, 2008
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NASHVILLE PUSSY Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Atlanta's NASHVILLE PUSSY has been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Wacken Open Air festival billing is shaping up as follows: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD ALESTORM AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXEL RUDI PELL AXXI...
March 4, 2008
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60,000 Tickets Sold For This Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

According to the Wacken Open Air festival organizers, 60,000 tickets have already been sold for this year's event, which is scheduled to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The organizers write in a press release, "We think that [we'll be] sold out latest at the end of March/begi...
March 4, 2008