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TRIVIUM: Japanese, Australian Headlining Shows Announced

TRIVIUM will play several headlining shows in Japan and Australia in addition to their previously announced Big Day Out festival dates. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Jan. 14 - Osaka, JPN @ Shangri-La (headline) Jan. 15 - Tokyo, JPN @ Shibuya Duo (headline) Jan. 19 - Auckland, NZ...

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RAIDEN: Tokyo-Based International Hard Rock Band Releases Debut EP

Tokyo-based international hard rock band RAIDEN, which is led by Australian vocalist 9-0 and also features the U.K.'s Nigel Hanna and three Japanese members, has released its debut EP, "Raimei" (Sound of Thunder) via JMS (Japan Music System) to over 200 record stores across Japan, including HMV, Tow...

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HAMMERFALL Singer Shoots Down EUROVISION SONG CONTEST Rumors

Mark Carras of Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with HAMMERFALL singer Joacim Cans. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: There seems to be a much bigger buzz in American for this release ["Threshold"] than any HAMMERFALL release before it. Why do you think that is...

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WRETCH Confirmed For 2007 HEADBANGER'S OPEN AIR Festival

Cleveland '80s-style, traditional power metal band WRETCH will be making their European debut with an exclusive performance at next year's Headbanger's Open Air Festival in Germany. The event takes place July 13 and 14, 2007 and will celebrate the festival's 10th Anniversary. HOA usually sells out i...

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LAMB OF GOD Drummer: 'Japan Was Insane!'

LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler has issued the following update: "Japan was insane. We had never been so we didn't know what to expect and it was fucking nuts. Played to over 10,000 people and blew the place up. I watched a few of the bands before us and it was cool, but the ...

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VOMITORY Confirmed For MARYLAND DEATHFEST V

Swedish death metallers VOMITORY have been confirmed for Maryland Deathfest V, set to take place May 26-27, 2007 at Sonar in Baltimore, MD. Also scheduled to appear are BRUTAL TRUTH, EXTREME NOISE TERROR, FUCK THE FACTS and ZYKLON, among many others. VOMITORY will enter Leon Music Studios outside Ka...

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POWERWOLF To Enter Studio In January

German-Romanian dark power metal band POWERWOLF will enter Woodhouse studios in Hagen, Germany in January to begin recording its second album, tentatively due in April 2007 via Metal Blade Records Europe. The follow-up to 2005's "Return in Bloodred" will be mixed in February at Studio Fredman in Got...

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GOD DETHRONED: Entire 'The Toxic Touch' Album Available For Streaming

GOD DETHRONED's new album, "The Toxic Touch", is being streamed in its entirety at AOL Music until November 5. To listen to the CD, click here and find the GOD DETHRONED album by scrolling through the bar at the top of the page. "The Toxic Touch" is scheduled for release in the U.S. ...

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KERRY KING Jams With MARTY FRIEDMAN On Japanese TV: Video Available

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King joined ex-MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman on his Japanese TV show "Rock Fujiyama" (broadcast Oct. 30 on TV Tokyo) where they did all the usual "Fujiyama" games as well as treated the cameras to impromptu jams of rare metal gems from JUDAS PRIEST, VENOM, PANTERA and more...

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EVANESCENCE: Japanese Tour Dates Announced

EVANESCENCE will embark on a Japanese tour in January/February. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 25 - Zepp - Osaka, JPN Jan. 26 - Zepp - Nagoya, JPN Jan. 28 - Blitz - Yokohama, JPN Jan. 30 - Zepp - Tokyo, JPN Jan. 31 - Zepp - Tokyo, JPN Feb. 01 - Zepp Sendai - ...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman: Pathetically Dissed By Petty Bands Back Home

CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "Abyssal and yet at the same time deeply alluring discussions with Martin [Ain, bass] over dinner last night regarding the band, the ongoing North American tour, the band's future, and the personal demon...

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CELTIC FROST: Japanese Tour Dates Announced

Swiss metal band CELTIC FROST has announced new tour dates for Japan, beginning in January of 2007, as part of the "Extreme The Dojo" tour with Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON. This marks the first time that CELTIC FROST has ever toured Japan. "It goes without saying that we are very much lookin...

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BULLDOZER Discography To Be Reissued Through METAL MIND

Metal Mind Productions will on November 27 release the complete discography from BULLDOZER — one of the oldest and most respected thrash metal bands from Italy. "Regenerated in the Grave" CD book box, released with the band's full cooperation, consists of the following albums: "The Day of Wrath", "T...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN, KERRY KING Jam Together On Japanese TV

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King joined ex-MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman on his Japanese TV show "Rock Fujiyama" (broadcast Oct. 30 on TV Tokyo) where they did all the usual "Fujiyama" games as well as treated the cameras to impromptu jams of rare metal gems from JUDAS PRIEST, VENOM, PANTERA and more...

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THE ARCANE ORDER Completes First Gig Ever: Photos Available

THE ARCANE ORDER, the new Danish band featuring vocalist Kasper Thomsen (RAUNCHY) and guitarist Flemming C. Lund (INVOCATOR, ex-AUTUMN LEAVES),has issued the following update: "Hell yeah!! Yesterday [Saturday, Oct. 28] we played the first THE ARCANE show ever in Ribe, Denmark, and goddamn what a gr...