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HAMMERFALL Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH CATHEDRAL EINHERJER HAMMERFALL IN EXTREMO KAMPFAR KORPIKLAANI MA...October 22, 2008
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TOTAL F**KING DESTRUCTION: New Song Posted Online
TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION, the "grindcore performance-art project" BRUTAL TRUTH drummer Richard Hoak has masterminded for almost a decade, has posted a new song entitled "Let The Children Name Themselves" on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's third full-length album, "Peace, Lo...October 21, 2008
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LAY DOWN ROTTEN Replaces HAIL OF BULLETS On 'Darkness Over X-Mas Tour'
LAY DOWN ROTTEN has replaced HAIL OF BULLETS on the billing of the previously announced Darkness Over X-Mas Tour 2008, set to take place in December. Also scheduled to appear are LEGION OF THE DAMNED, SONIC SYNDICATE, NEAERA, CALLEJON and ANIMA. HAIL OF BULLETS was forced to pull out of the tour due...October 21, 2008
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INFERNOISE To Release 'The Chainsaw's Law' Next Month
Madrid, Spain-based metal band INFERNOISE will release its new album, "The Chainsaw's Law", on November 4 via Locomotive Records. The CD was recorded and mixed by Timo Tolkki (STRATOVARIUS, REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE) at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland and M-20 Studios in Madrid, Spain. It was m...October 20, 2008
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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS, SNOWY SHAW on 'Maximum Threshold'; Audio Available
Vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) and Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) were the featured guests on this past Saturday's (October 18) edition of the "Maximum Thr...October 20, 2008
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IMPALED NAZARENE 'Taking Time Off'
Finnish extreme metallers IMPALED NAZARENE have issued the following update: "After the successful spring/summer/fall gigs of 2008 around the world, the band is now taking some time off from full activity. This simply means composing new material for the somewhere-in-future-to-be-released next album...October 19, 2008
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URIAH HEEP: Munich Footage Available; New MICK BOX Interview Posted Online
Jeffrey Easton of Metal Exiles recently conducted an interview with guitarist Mick Box of legendary progressive rock veterans URIAH HEEP. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Metal Exiles: There has not been a URIAH HEEP recording since 1998's "Sonic Oragami". Why a 10-year absence of new materia...October 19, 2008
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TO/DIE/FOR Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement
Finnish gothic metal band TO/DIE/FOR has parted ways with its drummer of four years, Santtu Lonka. According to the group, Santtu left TO/DIE/FOR because "he had no motivation for rehearsing... Now when we are writing songs for a new album, we need to live in this 200%. Santtu has lots of other thin...October 19, 2008
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CRADLE OF FILTH: New Video Interview Available
Germany's Aurora Borealis web site conducted an interview with frontman Dani Filth and guitarist Paul Allender of the British extreme metal band CRADLE OF FILTH on September 10, 2008 at the offices of Roadrunner Records in Cologne, Germany. Watch the chat in three parts below. A new CRADLE OF FILTH...October 19, 2008
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SNOWY SHAW To Guest On Tonight's 'Maximum Threshold'
Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) will guest on tonight's (Saturday, October 18) edition of the "Maximum Threshold" show at 8:15 p.m. EST. Also scheduled to appear is vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BE...October 18, 2008
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LEATHERMOUTH Signs With EPITAPH RECORDS
New Jersey hardcore group LEATHERMOUTH has signed to Epitaph Records with plans to release its debut album in early 2009. Featuring founding members Frank Iero of MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE (vocals) and Rob Hughes (guitar) along with various friends who have toured and recorded with them, LEATHERMOUTH was...October 17, 2008
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METAL CHURCH Pulls Out Of OVERKILL's European Tour
Veteran Seattle metallers METAL CHURCH have cancelled their participation in the upcoming OVERKILL European tour which is scheduled to kick off on February 20, 2009 in London. According to an official statement, METAL CHURCH guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof "[has been] suffering from back problems for a l...October 17, 2008
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SOTHIS Announces New Bassist
Los Angeles-based black metal band SOTHIS has issued the following update: "We began running ads looking for a bassist sometime around the beginning of summer and we are happy to announce that we have found a new bassist. He is Keres [see photo below] and is a local Southern California metalhead. Yo...October 16, 2008
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IN FLAMES, GOJIRA, SONIC SYNDICATE: Barcelona Photos Available
MetalSymphony.com has posted a picture gallery of IN FLAMES' October 13, 2008 concert at Razzmatazz in Barcelona, Spain. Also available are photos of support acts GOJIRA and SONIC SYNDICATE. Fan-filmed video footage of IN FLAMES' Barcelona performance can be viewed below. IN FLAMES has scheduled the...October 16, 2008
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SONIC SYNDICATE: 'Eden Fire' To Be Re-Released
"Eden Fire", the debut album from Swedish metallers SONIC SYNDICATE, will be re-released in the U.S. and Canada on December 9, 2008 through Pivotal Rockordings via Koch Distribution. Commented Pivotal Rockordings owner Leevan Macomeau: "This album started it all for the band as well as for our recor...October 16, 2008
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