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FATAL SMILE To Team Up With WIG WAM For Japanese Tour

Swedish "traditional" hard rock/heavy metal band FATAL SMILE will team up with Norwegian rockers WIG WAM — winners of the 2005 Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest — for three shows in Japan in late February/early March. The details are as follows: Feb. 26 – Tokyo, JPN - O-East Feb. 28 - Nagoya, JPN -...

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MEGADETH: 'United Abominations' Artwork Posted Online

The cover artwork for MEGADETH's new album, "United Abominations", has been posted online at www.sounds2move.de. (Note: According to the Roadrunner Records Art Department, this artwork is missing the "final type treatment.") Due on May 8 via Roadrunner Records, "United Abominations" is currently bei...

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AMON AMARTH: Photos From 'Cry Of The Black Birds' Video Shoot Available

Swedish metallers AMON AMARTH have uploaded photos from their "Cry of the Black Birds" video shoot at this location. The clip was directed earlier in the week by William C. Schacht. According to the band, "It took 20 hours of blood, sweat and pain, in minus 14 degrees celcius, to get the video ...

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ARMORED SAINT Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

ARMORED SAINT has been confirmed for this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH ARMORED SAINT AXEL RUDI PELL BULLET CATARACT DARK FUNERAL GRAVE DIGGER HARDCOR...

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AMON AMARTH Finishes Filming 'Cry of the Black Birds' Video

Swedish metallers AMON AMARTH have issued the following update: "Yesterday we completed the filming of the new video for 'Cry of the Black Birds', directed by William C. Schacht. It took 20 hours of blood, sweat and pain, in minus 14 degrees celcius, to get the video done. All that remains now is th...

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BRAINSTORM: Early Album Reissues To Include Bonus Material

Metal Blade Records Europe will reissue the first two BRAINSTORM albums, "Hungry" and "Unholy" with tons of bonus material. Both albums will be released on March 23 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and March 26 in the rest of Europe. Each release (two-CD double-digipack) will be available for th...

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GOD DETHRONED Confirmed For Norway's INFERNO Festival

Dutch death metallers GOD DETHRONED have been confirmed for this year's Inferno Festival, which is scheduled to take place April 5-7 at the Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo, Norway. Currently slated to appear at the event are ANAAL NATHRAKH, DARK FUNERAL, DØDHEIMSGARD (DHG),IMMORTAL, MOONSPELL and PR...

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CRIMINAL To Support BRUJERIA In London

Anglo-Chilean metal terrorists CRIMINAL have been confirmed as main support for BRUJERIA's first-ever London show. This night of Latin outlaw death metal will take place at the Underworld club in Camden on February 21. In other news, the Chilean edition of Rolling Stone magazine recently ran a four-...

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JOE SATRIANI To Team Up With JOHN PETRUCCI, PAUL GILBERT For G3 Tour

The 2007 incarnation of Joe Satriani's popular G3 tour will kick off on March 14 in Phoenix starring Satriani, John Petrucci and Paul Gilbert. The tour will play selected dates in North America throughout March and April. The 2007 tour marks the fifth North American G3 run and the twelfth G3 tour wo...

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METALLICA's 'Master Of Puppets' Tops List Of Most Influential Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time

METALLICA's classic 1986 album "Master of Puppets" has been selected by Spence D. and Ed Thompson of IGN Music as the "most influential" heavy metal album of all time. In the accompanying blurb explaining their choice, Spence writes, "Heavy metal fans no doubt have argued till blue in the balls abou...

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ANGRA: More Tour Dates Announced

After a succesful first leg of the "Aurora Consurgens World Tour", Brazilian power metallers ANGRA get back on the road, starting Far East on February 2. The band will do an eight-show tour in Japan as a co-headler alongside Germany's BLIND GUARDIAN. The trek is being hailed as one of Japan's metal...

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MEGADETH To Play 45-Minute Set On HEAVEN AND HELL Tour

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "You [the MEGADETH fans] keep getting clever and I have to keep coming up with ways to keep you guessing. Like with the HEAVEN AND HELL tour. I said before we could officially con...

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MEGADETH: Professionally Shot Live Video Of 'Washington Is Next' Posted Online

A professionally shot video clip of MEGADETH performing a new song, entitled "Washington is Next", on October 14, 2006 at the Loud Park '06 festival in Tokyo, Japan has been posted online at YouTube.com. The track will appear on the band's upcoming album, "United Abominations", due on May 8 via Road...

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GOATWHORE Frontman To Guest On 'VM Underground'

GOATWHORE vocalist Ben Falgoust will take part in a live phone interview on the "VM Underground" show on Tuesday, February 6 at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Fans are encouraged to send in questions for Ben at [email protected]. You can tune into VM Underground on the World Internet Radio Ne...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Wants To Write 'Unbelievable' New Record

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM drummer Craig Nielsen has issued the following update: "Unreal and impressive is the only way to describe how [Eric] A.K. [vocals] is doing so well at his flight training, and he will very soon be eligible to fly helicopters privately, then he gets his professional license soon af...