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A Different Kind Of IRON MAIDEN Tribute: 'Food For Thought'

"Food For Thought" is the name of a new IRON MAIDEN album being released on July 9. If IRON MAIDEN were jazz, MOTÖRHEAD or SIMON AND GARFUNKEL, what would they sound like? Or if they were bossanova, funk, AC/DC or played by the camping fire? The answers to those questions can be found on "Food ...

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KOLDBORN To Record New Album In August

Danish death metallers KOLDBORN will enter Smart 'n' Hard studios on August 15 with producer Jacob Bredahl to begin recording their next album, tentatively due in early 2006. A rehearsal recording of a new track, entitled "Neural Bound", is available for download at this location. KOLDBORN's latest...

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FORCE OF EVIL And POWERGOD Confirmed For Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST

FORCE OF EVIL, POWERGOD and HAEMOTOM have been confirmed for this year's Earthshaker Fest, a three-day event (including the opening-night party) set to take place July 21-23 in Geiselwind, Germany. Meanwhile, FEINSTEIN (the new band featuring former THE RODS frontman/ELF guitarist David "Rock" Feins...

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DISSECTION, VISCERAL BLEEDING, INSISION Confirmed For Denmark's AARHUS METALFEST

DISSECTION, VISCERAL BLEEDING and INSISION have been confirmed for this year's Aarhus Metalfest 2005, a two-day event set to take place June 3-4 at Voxhall in Aarhus, Denmark. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Main stage: BARCODE BEHEMOTH DISSECTION END OF DAYS INSISION KOLDBORN MERCENA...

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MERCENARY Confirmed For Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST

Danish metallers MERCENARY have been confirmed for this year's Earthshaker Fest, a three-day event (including the opening-night party) set to take place July 21-23 in Geiselwind, Germany. MERCENARY will perform on Friday, July 22. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: MANOWAR (feat. Christo...

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KOLDBORN: New Song Posted Online

Danish death metallers KOLDBORN have posted the following message on their official web site: "Yeahhhhh, more songs are getting ready, and it's definately the best material, we've ever written. The fact that we now have a full steady lineup really kicks major ass for us! "Check out the the new rehea...

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VELVET REVOLVER, MASTODON Confirmed For Denmark's ROSKILDE FESTIVAL

VELVET REVOLVER and MASTODON have been confirmed for the 2005 edition of the Roskilde Festival, set to take place June 30-July 3 in Roskilde, Denmark. Also scheduled to perform at the festival are BLACK SABBATH, AUDIOSLAVE, THE HAUNTED, ISIS, ENSLAVED, SUNN O))),MERCENARY and D.A.D. The Roskilde Fe...

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BOBBY JARZOMBEK To Join SEBASTIAN BACH For Summer Dates

Drummer extraordinaire Bobby Jarzombek (HALFORD, ICED EARTH) has posted the following update at his web site, BobbyJarzombek.com: "I'm happy to report that my DVD, 'Performance & Technique', has been selling very well — my thanks to everyone that's picked up a copy so far. Warner Bros. are doing...

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COMMUNIC: Live Video Posted Online

A video of Norwegian progressive/power metal band COMMUNIC performing live in Essen, Germany last month has been posted online at Communic.org (Windows Media, 19.8 MB). COMMUNIC, who feature in their ranks ex-SCARIOT members Oddleif Stensland (vocals) and Tor Atle Andersen (drums),released their de...

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AXAMENTA To Begin Recording New Album Next Week

Belgium's AXAMENTA, the former band of current EPICA bassist Yves Huts, will make their way to Hansen studio in Ribe, Denmark on Sunday, May 1 to begin recording their new album with producer Jacob Hansen (MERCENARY, RAUNCHY, ABORTED). Mixing and mastering will take place at Studio Fredman in Gothen...

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TRANSPARENT: MNEMIC And Ex-MERCENARY Members Join Forces In New Project

TRANSPARENT, the new Danish metal band featuring Signar Petersen (ex-MERCENARY; lead guitar, bass),Brian "Brylle" Rasmusen (MNEMIC, drums),Danny Hove Jensen (guitar, bass) and Rene Pedersen (vocals),have uploaded all five songs from their current demo, "Mutual Assured Destruction", at their offic...

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MERCENARY Confirmed For Denmark's ROSKILDE FESTIVAL

Danish metallers MERCENARY have been confirmed for the 2005 edition of the Roskilde Festival, set to take place June 30-July 3 in Roskilde, Denmark. Also scheduled to perform at the festival are BLACK SABBATH, AUDIOSLAVE, THE HAUNTED, ISIS, ENSLAVED, SUNN O))) and D.A.D. The Roskilde Festival is hel...

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DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist: HELLHAMMER Will Play On Next Album

DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Silenoz has confirmed that MAYHEM's Jan Axel Blomberg (a.k.a. Hellhammer) will play on the next DIMMU BORGIR CD as a session drummer (as first reported here on March 30 and subsequently confirmed by a management representative). In a posting on the band's official web site, Si...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION And DRAGONFORCE Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

WITHIN TEMPTATION and DRAGONFORCE have been confirmed for the 2005 edition of Germany's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6 in Wacken. The complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: ACCEPT APOCALYPTICA AXEL RUDI PELL BLOODBATH CANDLEMASS CO...

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Classic TESTAMENT And LAAZ ROCKIT Band Lineups Confirmed For Holland's DYNAMO OPEN AIR Festival

Following ANTHRAX's example, both TESTAMENT and LAAZ ROCKIT have confirmed appearances at this year's Dynamo Open Air festival in their classic '80s lineups. TESTAMENT lead vocalist Chuck Billy and founding guitarist Eric Peterson will be joined by original guitar player Alex Skolnick and original b...