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VITAL REMAINS, BENEDICTION Confirmed For Poland's METALMANIA FESTIVAL

VITAL REMAINS and BENEDICTION have been confirmed for the Metalmania Festival 2007. The 21st edition of the biggest metal festival in Central-Eastern Europe will take place on March 24 at the Spodek Hall in Katowice, Poland. There will be two stages, where around 25 bands will perform for thousands...

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SPIRALARMS 'Knocks Out' Two More Songs

SPIRALARMS drummer Chris Kontos (ex-MACHINE HEAD, TESTAMENT) has posted the following message on the band's MySpace page: "I thought you would like to know that we went in and knocked out two more songs this week. It went so well!!!! We went out to Brad's [Barth, keyboards] place out in Livermore, A...

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THE CULT Singer IAN ASTBURY Quits 'THE DOORS'

THE CULT vocalist Ian Astbury has officially moved on from working with Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of THE DOORS. The band, performing under the moniker RIDERS ON THE STORM, has toured the world extensively over the past four years, and had just completed a sold-out 13-date tour of Europe. Astbur...

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TURMOIL Signs With EULOGY RECORDINGS

Eulogy Recordings has announced the signing of hardcore pioneers TURMOIL. TURMOIL, the groundbreaking noise-core five-piece from Philadelphia, have now fittingly signed with Eulogy Recordings, a label whose reputation is etched in stone as a cornerstone of the crossover metalcore movement. The band...

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TESTAMENT, NAPALM DEATH Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

TESTAMENT and NAPALM DEATH are the first two confirmed bands for the eighth edition of the Hole in the Sky festival, set to take place August 22-25 in Bergen, Norway. Commented the organizers: "The 2007 edition is shaping up to be something out of the extraordinary. Last year with CELTIC FROST, MORB...

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ARCH ENEMY, APOPHIS, SONIC SYNDICATE Confirmed For Germany's UP FROM THE GROUND Festival

ARCH ENEMY, APOPHIS and SONIC SYNDICATE have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Up From The Ground festival, set to take place August 24-25 in Gemünden, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): APOPHIS ARCH ENEMY BENEDICTION EAR-SHOT EQUILIBRIUM FLESHLE...

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DIMMU BORGIR, SWALLOW THE SUN Confirmed For Norway's METAL HEART Festival

DIMMU BORGIR and SWALLOW THE SUN have been confirmed for Metal Heart, a brand new two-day metal festival set to take place August 17-18 at Tapperiet in Notodden, Norway. Around 12 acts will perform at the event. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): CANDLEMASS CIRCUS...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND Drummer Uploads First TERROR SYNDROME Audio Sample

DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has issued the following update via his MySpace page: "TERROR SYNDROME [Ryan's solo project] is now ready to be heard by you all. I'm really excited to finally give a sneak peak of this heavy, groove-oriented metal band that I've been writing music fo...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Is Hoping To Record 'Really Brutal' New Album

Peter Atkinson of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: KNAC.COM: How was the first show with [drummer] Nick [Barker, ex-DIMMU BORGIR, CRADLE OF FILTH]? Billy: It went great. Sold-out show. A lot of energy. It was goo...

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CLOUDSCAPE Confirmed For Norway's METAL HEART Festival

Sweden's CLOUDSCAPE has been confirmed for Metal Heart, a brand new two-day metal festival set to take place August 17-18 at Tapperiet in Notodden, Norway. Around 12 acts will perform at the event. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): CANDLEMASS CIRCUS MAXIMUS CLOUD...

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SEPULTURA, DARZAMAT Confirmed For Poland's METALMANIA Festival

SEPULTURA and DARZAMAT have been confirmed for the Metalmania Festival 2007. The 21st edition of the biggest metal festival in Central-Eastern Europe will take place on March 24 at the Spodek Hall in Katowice, Poland. There will be two stages, where around 25 bands will perform for thousands of meta...

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Killing Peace

You know, it won't win you any friends among the back-patch-and-MALICE-button set, but it's okay once in a while to admit that some of those quasi-legendary '80s bands were… well… second-tier. Not that it should affect one's enjoyment of their classic albums — hell, I'm a huge XENTRIX fan despite my...

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CANDLEMASS Confirmed For Norway's METAL HEART Festival

Legendary Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS have been confirmed for Metal Heart, a brand new two-day metal festival set to take place August 17-18 at Tapperiet in Notodden, Norway. Around 12 acts will perform at the event. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): CANDLEMASS...

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BLIND GUARDIAN: Early Albums To Be Reissued

Eight of BLIND GUARDIAN's albums will be re-released in June to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary. The LPs due to be reissued are as follows: * Battalions of Fear (1988) * Follow the Blind (1989) * Tales from the Twilight World (1990) * Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) * Tokyo Tales (1993) * Imaginat...

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WITH PASSION Confirmed For CALIFORNIA METALFEST

Sacramento-based technical metalcore outfit WITH PASSION has been confirmed for this year's California Metalfest, set to take place March 31 – April 1 at The Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana, California. Also scheduled to appear are TESTAMENT, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, SADUS, NECROPHAGIST, ANIMOSITY and SEVERE...