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ABORTED, PENTAGRAM Confirmed For Greece's METAL HEALING Festival

ABORTED, PENTAGRAM and DEVISER have been confirmed for the Metal Healing festival, set to take place July 20-22 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED COMMUNIC DEMENZIA DESTRUCTION DEVISER DISTORTION OF PERCEPTION EKTOMORF EMERALD SUN...

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LORDI, MENDEED Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

LORDI and MENDEED have been confirmed for this 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): 1349 AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN BULLET FOR MY VA...

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GENE SIMMONS On OZZY Comparisons: 'My Family Is More Structured And They Behave Properly'

The U.K.'s The Sun Online reports that it seems KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons is fed up of comparisons to Ozzy Osbourne, after also giving the TV cameras access to all areas of his family life for a reality show. He blasted: "My family is more structured and they behave properly. My kids don't...

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SUN CAGED To Release 'Artemisia' In March

March 23 will mark the release of the the highly anticipated second SUN CAGED album, entitled "Artemisia" (Lion Music),featuring the debut of new vocalist Paul Adrian Villarreal and keyboardist Rene Kroon. According to a press release, the CD "sees the sound of the [Dutch progressive metal band's]...

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SWALLOW THE SUN: 'Don't Fall Asleep' Single Enters Finnish Chart At No. 3

SWALLOW THE SUN's new single, "Don't Fall Asleep (Horror Pt. 2)", has entered the Finnish national chart at position No. 3. View the entire chart at this location. The single features two versions of the title cut (the video version and the album version),and "These Low Lands", which is a cover ver...

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POISON THE WELL Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

Florida's POISON THE WELL is putting the finishing touches on its new full-length album, "Versions", due in April via Ferret Music. This will be the band's first release since 2003's "You Come Before You" (Atlantic Records),which has sold over 130,000 copies in the U.S. to date. "Versions" is being...

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SUN DESCENDS Vocalist To Host Germany's 'Strike'

Vocalist Mem V. Stein (ex-EXUMER) of New York City thrashers SUN DESCENDS will co-host the German metal show "Strike", which is scheduled to be streamed on the Internet on Saturday, January 20. The program was recorded during a trip to Germany the singer recently took. "Strike" is accessible for fre...

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JANI LANE, ERIC MARTIN, NELSON Brothers To Perform As SCRAP METAL In Connecticut

Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, Jani Lane (ex-WARRANT),Mark Slaughter (SLAUGHTER),Kelly Keagy (NIGHT RANGER) and Eric Martin (MR. BIG) are among the artists that will perform under the SCRAP METAL banner on February 3 at the Mohegan Sun Hotel & Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. An MTV crew will re...

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AMORPHIS: Helsinki Gig To Be Webcast

The December 30, 2006 AMORPHIS gig at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland will be shown several times on Welho Dina cable TV (available in Southern Finland) as well as via webstream from the Dina homepage. You will find two streaming links for Windows Media Player in the top right corner of that page (cli...

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CRUACHAN Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

Drummer Joe Farrell has left Irish folk metal band CRUACHAN due to "personal reasons." He has since been replaced by Colin Purcell. CRUACHAN's fifth album, "The Morrigan's Call", was released in November via AFM Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Pagan" was recorded at Sun Studios in Dublin. Upcoming...

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ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW: Video Footage From New Year's Eve Concert Available

Reactivated Finnish melodic extreme metal band ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW has launched a YouTube page containing footage from its December 31, 2006 appearance at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland. Check it out at this location. ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW utilized the services of two session musicians for thei...

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PAIN CONFESSOR: Finnish Release Date For New Album Announced

Finnish metallers PAIN CONFESSOR will release their third album, "Purgatory of the Second Sun", in Finland on March 14. A single will precede the album in February. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Mercenaries", "Last of Forever", "Dreamcrusher", "Second Sun", "My Last Words", "End", "Wit...

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…AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD: 'Naked Sun' Video Available For Streaming

…AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD's video for its latest single, "Naked Sun", is now available for streaming: Windows Media, Real Media. The song comes off the group's latest album, "So Divided", which came out last November via Interscope. The CD was recorded with longtime collaborator and...

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SWALLOW THE SUN Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish melodic death/doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN have been confirmed for this 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): 1349 AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJE...

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PRIMAL FEAR To Enter Studio In Early February

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR are about to start the recordings for their new studio album. The final pre-production is scheduled for next week and then the band will finally enter the recording studio in the beginning of February. Commented PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner: "We decided to record...