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EVERGREY, BLINDSIDE, CULT OF LUNA Confirmed For Sweden's CLOSE-UP Festival

To celebrate 15 years as Sweden's leading magazine for metal, hardcore and punk, Close-Up magazine will stage a two-day festival in Stockholm. The grandiose event will take place April 15-16 at Münchenbryggeriet. Confirmed bands so far are OPETH, BOLT THROWER, AMON AMARTH, EVERGREY, BLINDSIDE, CULT...

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OPETH, BOLT THROWER, AMON AMARTH Confirmed For Sweden's CLOSE-UP FESTIVAL

OPETH, BOLT THROWER and AMON AMARTH have been confirmed for the Close-Up Festival, set to take place on April 16 in Stockholm. No further details are currently available. As previously reported, OPETH will hold several special performances, dubbed "Chronology MCMXCIV- MMV - A Live Observation By Ope...

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VOLBEAT Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD Festival

Denmark's VOLBEAT have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place June 2-4 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BOLT THROWER BRAINSTORM CALIBAN CELTIC FROST CRUCIFIED BARBARA EVERGREY FATES WARNING...

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CATHEDRAL, SCUM, DISMEMBER, NIGHTRAGE Among Confirmed Bands For Norway's INFERNO FESTIVAL

The organizers of the Inferno Festival officially announced the complete lineup for this year's event during a kickoff party at John Dee in Oslo Friday night (Feb. 3). The final schedule for the festival, which will take place April 13-15 at the Rockefeller Music Hall and John Dee venues in Oslo, No...

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DOWNLORD Trapped In 'Scandinavian Black Metal Arctic Hell'

DOWNLORD, the Danish death metal band featuring former members of BOLT THROWER/BENEDICTION, INIQUITY, and SACRIFICIAL, hit a major snag during their initial attempt at travelling to Reno Kiilerich's (ex-DIMMU BORGIR, OLD MAN'S CHILD) studio to record drum tracks for their next demo project Commented...

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MARDUK Confirmed For Germany's TOMAHAWK FESTIVAL

MARDUK have been confirmed for the Tomahawk Festival, set to take place April 1 in Osnabrück, Germany. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are THYRFING, KORPIKLAANI, GENERAL SURGERY and GRIMNESS 69, among others. MARDUK postponed their European tour earlier in the month to May from the previous...

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SLAYER: New JEFF HANNEMAN Signature Model Guitar Announced

ESP Guitars announced a brand-new Jeff Hanneman (SLAYER) signature model guitar, LTD JH-200, at Winter NAMM 2006. The specifications are as follows: Black finish, bolt-on neck, basswood body, maple neck with rosewood 24-fret fingerboard and eagle/dot inlays, white binding on head and neck, Floyd Ros...

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CELTIC FROST, CALIBAN Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

Seminal avant-garde metal pioneers CELTIC FROST and German metalcore band CALIBAN are the latest confirmed bands for this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place June 2-4 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BOLT THROWE...

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MARDUK: European Tour Postponed

Swedish black metallers MARDUK have posted the following message on their official web site: "MARDUK have decided to do the European crusade during May instead of March, due to the fact that most of March will be spent completing the upcoming DVD. But a few Greece shows have been announced for late...

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GOD AMONG INSECTS: THREEMAN To Release 'Zombienomicon' After All

GOD AMONG INSECTS, the Swedish "old-school" death metal band featuring vocalist Emperor Magus Caligula (DARK FUNERAL),guitarist Lord K (a.k.a. Kenth Philipson) (THE PROJECT HATE),bassist Tomas Elofsson (SANCTIFICATION) and drummer Tobias Gustafsson (VOMITORY),have posted the following message on...

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BOLT THROWER, CARPATHIAN FOREST Confirmed For Portugal's SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST IX

BOLT THROWER, CARPATHIAN FOREST and KEEP OF KALESSIN are among the confirmed bands for the SWR (Steel Warriors' Rebellion) Barroselas Metalfest IX, set to take place April 28-30 in Barroselas, Portugal. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BOLT THROWER (UK) CARPATHIAN FOREST (NOR) KEEP OF...

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DEATHEVOKATION Sign With XTREEM MUSIC

Xtreem Music has announced the signing of San Diego's old-school death-mongers DEATHEVOKATION. With only one demo out, simply titled "Blood" and recorded during the first months of 2005, this band — led by a native of Germany, Götz Vogelsang — has already had an impact on the extreme-metal undergrou...

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NECROPHAGIST Frontman Disputes Promoter's Account Of BOLT THROWER's Italian Cancellation

NECROPHAGIST vocalist/guitarist Muhammed Suiçmez has refuted an Italian promoter's account of the cancellation of the group's Jan. 18 gig in Prato, Italy with headliners BOLT THROWER. In a statement issued on Thursday, the MetalMillennium agency blamed the show' cancellation on BOLT THROWER's "rock-...

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Italian Promoter Says BOLT THROWER Are To Blame For Concert Cancellation

The promoter of BOLT THROWER's ill-fated Italian gig in Prato, which was scheduled to take place Wednesday (Jan. 18),has issued a statement refuting the band's claim that the gig was called off due to the club's "dangerous electricity problem." The following is MetalMillennium's official statement...

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BOLT THROWER Explain Italian Concert Cancellation

BOLT THROWER were forced to cancel their previously announced January 18 gig in Prato, Italy due to the club's "dangerous electricity problem." An official statement on the matter from the group's bassist, Jo Bench, reads as follows: "Due to serious problems with the electricity supply in the venue...