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JUDAS PRIEST Confirmed For Denmark's ROSKILDE FESTIVAL

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Roskilde Festival, set to take place July 3-6 in Roskilde, Denmark. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AT THE GATES (S) BAND OF HORSES (US) BATTLES (US) THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS (US) THE CHEMICAL BRO...

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SLAYER's 'Reign In Blood' Tour Recounted in April Issue of DECIBEL

The April issue of Decibel magazine, now on shelves, features "Touring Blood," an article that takes a long look at SLAYER's 1986-7 American tour in support of the classic thrash metal album "Reign in Blood". The story is a leftover chapter that didn't fit into the final version of the upcoming book...

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HOLLENTHON Confirmed For Holland's WALDROCK Festival

Austrian symphonic extreme metal outfit HOLLENTHON has been confirmed for this year's edition of Waldrock festival, set to take place July 5 in Burgum, The Netherlands. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SLAYER MORBID ANGEL LIFE OF AGONY FORBIDDEN LORDI DEATH ANGEL HELMET MY DYING BRIDE...

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APOCALYPTICA To Play Free Show In Bulgaria

News.bg reports that Finnish metal cellists APOCALYPTICA will open the tourism season in the coastal city of Kavarna (North East Bulgaria) with a free concert on May 31. The show will take place on the central square of Bulgaria's metal capital and again will attract fans of the hard music from all...

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TESTAMENT: Brand New Song Posted On MySpace

A brand new TESTAMENT track, entitled "More Than Meets The Eye", has been posted on the group's MySpace page. The song comes off the veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers' forthcoming album, "The Formation of Damnation", due in North America on April 29 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band recorde...

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VICIOUS RUMORS Announces New Guitarist

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS have announced the addition of guitarist Kiyoshi Morgan (photo) to the group's ranks. According to a press release "Kiyo is a longtime San Francisco Bay Area pro, playing lead guitar in several tribute bands, covering the styles of SLAYER, JUDA...

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APOCALYPTICA Performs At Finland's 'Emma Gaala'; Video Available

Finnish metal cellists APOCALYPTICA were accompanied by pop singer Hanna Pakarinen for their performance of the song "S.O.S. (Anything but Love)" at this year's Emma Gaala (Finnish Grammy equivalent),which was held last night (Saturday, March 8) at Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki. Footage of the performa...

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TESTAMENT Confirmed For SEATTLE SHREDFEST

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have been confirmed as the headliners of the second annual Seattle Shredfest, set to take place Saturday, May 17 at Studio Seven in Seattle, Washington. Also scheduled to appear are SUBJEKT2CHANGE, DIE BY DAY, CULLING THE WEAK and FUNERAL AGE. Ticke...

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New Music From CHILDREN OF BODOM, IN FLAMES To Premiere On 'Chaos With Full Metal Jackie'

New music from CHILDREN OF BODOM and IN FLAMES will be premiered this Sunday (March 9) on Indie 103.1 FM's specialty heavy metal program "Chaos with Full Metal Jackie". To listen to the show live via the Internet, go to this location. The program also airs on KNAC.COM Monday nights between 7 and ...

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NILE Mainman Reveals Setlist Surprises

NILE mainman Karl Sanders has issued the following update: "We have been slavishly rehearsing every night since the Mexico trip for the upcoming U.S. tour and thought people might be interested to know that the setlist does in fact contain for the first time in YEARS 'The Black Flame', 'Ramses Bring...

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CATARACT: New Album Preview Available

The European branch of Metal Blade Records has set up a preview MySpace page where you can listen to two new CATARACT songs — "The Separation Of Life And Time" and "Snake Skin" — taken from the Swiss group's self-titled fifth full-length album, which is scheduled for release in Europe on March 25 .....

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HAIL OF BULLETS, DEATH BY STEREO Confirmed For Holland's WALDROCK Festival

HAIL OF BULLETS — the new band featuring GOREFEST drummer Ed Warby, THANATOS guitarists Stephan Gebédi and Paul Baayens, former PESTILENCE/ASPHYX singer Martin Van Drunen and former HOUWITSER bass player Theo van Eekelen — and DEATH BY STEREO have been confirmed for this year's edition of Waldrock f...

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Excerpts From SLAYER 'Bloody Reign' Biography Now Online

Author Joel McIver has placed two excerpts from his forthcoming book, "The Bloody Reign Of Slayer", online at www.joelmciver.co.uk. The excerpts from the book, which include brand-new interviews with Metal Blade CEO Brian Slagel and SLAYER's first tour manager Doug Goodman, have been released two mo...

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FEAR MY THOUGHTS Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

German modern melodic death hopefuls FEAR MY THOUGHTS are putting the finishing touches on the follow-up to last year's acclaimed "Vulcanus" album. Commented the band: "We are currently working our asses off on the new record! Drums are being recorded with the help of Daniel Bergstrand (MESHUGGAH, I...

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Seven People Injured During IRON MAIDEN's Concert In Colombia

According to ElTiempo.com, seven people were injured in riots that took place during IRON MAIDEN's concert last Thursday (February 28) in Bogota, Colombia. An estimated three thousand uniformed personnel were responsible for providing security at the concert, where such illegal items as knives, drug...