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FINNTROLL: New Album To Arrive In March

Spinefarm Records has set a March 28 Finnish release date for the fifth album from FINNTROLL, entitled "Ur Jordens Djup" ("From the Depths of the Earth"). The CD, which was recorded by Nino Laurenne at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki, will be the group's first release with new vocalist Mathias Lillmå...

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IRON MAIDEN: XTA Makes Sound Sense In Matters Of Life And Death

Watching the six members of IRON MAIDEN on stage, it's hard to believe that are all are swiftly approaching their 50th birthdays (except one, who's already passed the landmark). But appearances bely the facts as one of the world's most successful heavy metal bands continues to record and perform wit...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO, SLASH, TERRY BOZZIO To Be Inducted Into HOLLYWOOD'S ROCKWALK

Ronnie James Dio (DIO, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL),Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) and Terry Bozzio (MISSING PERSONS, FRANK ZAPPA, KORN) will be inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk at the Guitar Center in Hollywood Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. Guitar Center is located...

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1349, CHTHONIC Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Norwegian black metallers 1349 and Taiwanese black-metal band CHTHONIC have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BEN...

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FALCONER Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish epic/power metallers FALCONER have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN B...

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AMORPHIS: Finnish Dates Announced

AMORPHIS will play four shows in Finland in April. The dates are as follows: Apr. 07 - Tavastia, Helsinki (FI) Apr. 19 - Klubi, Turku (FI) Apr. 20 - Osmantupa, Eura (FI) Apr. 21 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä (FI) AMORPHIS will enter Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki, Finland later this month to begin recording...

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Emissaries

"What the heck is Mesopotamian Metal or Sumerian Thrashing Black Metal", you ask? The kind of metal that MELECHESH plays on "Emissaries", an album that you should purchase as soon as it is released in North America on January 23. The follow-up to 2003's phenomenal "Sphynx" is in no way a let-down an...

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Season in Hell

Hopped up on high-octane coffee, high on the herb, drunk on Wild Turkey, shuffling on Thorazine, you can take your pick as each will provide a state of mind at some point during the 28 tracks of grindcore and musical lunacy on 7000 DYING RATS' "Season in Hell". After a relatively long wait, the Detr...

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SONIC SYNDICATE: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed

Swedish metal band SONIC SYNDICATE has set "Only Inhuman" as the title of its second album, due on April 20 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Black Lounge Studios in Avesta, Sweden with producer Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY guitarist). Songtitles set to appear on the album include...

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UNHEILIG Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German electrogoth/"neue Deutsche härte" band UNHEILIG has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY...

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AMORPHIS: 'The Smoke' Video To Premiere On Finnish TV

AMORPHIS' brand new video for the song "The Smoke" will be shown for the first time on the Finnish TV program "Rautaryhmä" (Sub TV) on Monday, January 8 at 23:50. The group's bassist, Niclas Etelävuori, will also be a guest on the show. AMORPHIS will enter Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki, Finland lat...

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SEVENDUST Keeping It Heavy On The Road

SEVENDUST guitarist John Connolly recently told HeraldTribune.com that he and his bandmates will be rocking harder than ever on their upcoming U.S. tour in support of their sixth studio album, "Alpha" (due March 6). "We're not going to have too many broken-down moments," explained the axeman. "We've...

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Report: Deceased METALLICA Fan Was A 'Ticking Time-Bomb'

Chris Purdy of the Edmonton Journal reports: Stefan Conley (photo) was a "ticking time-bomb" who poked a teenaged neighbor in the stomach with a tire iron during a noise dispute six days before he died in a confrontation with other teens on a city bus, court was told today [Thursday, Jan. ...

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EVIL MASQUERADE: 'Black Ravens Cry' Video Posted Online

Danish symphonic metallers EVIL MASQUERADE have posted their video for the song "Black Ravens Cry" at YouTube.com. The track comes off the group's third album, "Third Act", which was released last May in Japan and Southeast Asia via Marqee/Avalon. The CD was recorded at Stonelab (Copenhagen, Denmark...

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Report: Witnesses Offer Conflicting Testimony In METALLICA-Related Fan Death

Eliza Barlow of the Edmonton Sun reports: Four teens were walking away from a fight with Stefan Conley (photo) on a city bus when Conley reached for one of them and was shoved to the floor, a teen witness told court [Wednesday, Jan. 3]. The girl testified Wednesday at a preliminary ...