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False ENSIFERUM Gigs Being Advertised In Europe

Finnish folk-influenced melodic death metal band ENSIFERUM has issued the following statement: "Yesterday we received information that a European touring agency is still advertising their 'No Mercy' tour with ENSIFERUM marked as one of the performers. "The TRUTH however is that ENSIFERUM is NOT perf...

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Report: Death/Thrash Metal Is The Soundtrack Of Child Prodigies

Jonathan Brown of U.K.'s The Independent reports: Heavy metal has long been saddled with a reputation for attracting admirers more interested in decibels than Descartes. New research, however, promises to rescue the genre from the mosh pit of intellectual obscurity. A study has revealed that death m...

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AMORPHIS: New Album Due In August; Single Release Planned For June

Finland's AMORPHIS spent the beginning of the year in the studio preparing its as-yet-untitled eighth album, due on August 29 in Finland and on August 31 in the rest of Europe via Nuclear Blast Records. As a first taste of the new material, a single will be released on June 27. The new CD was ...

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DESTRUCTOR To Release 'Storm Of Steel' EP At KEEP IT TRUE Festival

"Storm of Steel" (cover),a new limited-edition EP from Cleveland, Ohio's legendary power/thrash band DESTRUCTOR, will be released by Auburn Records to coincide with the band's Keep It True VIII festival appearances in Germany on April 13 and April 14. The track listing is as follows: 01. Storm of S...

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VICIOUS RUMORS: New Audio Interview Available

MSRcast (web site),brought to you by Metal Injection Radio, has posted episode 46 of their podcast, featuring a look into the minds of VICIOUS RUMORS members Geoff Thorpe (guitar) and Larry Howe (drums). The interview delves into many topics involving the long-running San Francisco metallers, as ho...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: Japanese Tour Dates Announced

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has scheduled four headlining shows in Japan in June. The singer's current schedule is shaping up as follows: June 01 - Nagoya, Japan @ Shimin-kaikan Chu Hall June 02 - Osaka, Japan @ IMP Hall June 04 - Tokyo, Japan @ C.C. Lemon Hall (Shibuya Kokaido) June 05...

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TRIVIUM: Interview With COREY BEAULIEU To Air On 'Rebel Radio'

An exclusive interview with guitarist Corey Beaulieu of TRIVIUM will air tonight (Friday, March 16) on Chicago's Rebel Radio. The interview was taped at The Rave in Milwaukee, WI on Wednesday, March 14 and will air on Chicago's 1240AM/1470AM starting at midnight. The interview will also be posted on...

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SLAYER, MEGADETH, TYPE O NEGATIVE, CHIMAIRA Confirmed For France's HELLFEST

SLAYER, MEGADETH, TYPE O NEGATIVE, MASTODON, CHIMAIRA, DARK TRANQUILITY, SCARVE, HEAVENLY, KAIZEN, LYZANXIA, HACRIDE and DESTINITY have been confirmed for Hellfest, set to take place June 22-24 in Clisson, France. More than 70 bands will perform on three stages. The festival billing is shaping up as...

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Former FATES WARNING Drummer Discusses SLAVIOR Project

Mark Carras of RockMyMonkey.com recently conducted an interview with ex-FATES WARNING drummer Mark Zonder about his new band SLAVIOR. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: I hope you don't take offense to this question, but because of the whole rapcore trend of the late '90s, it...

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URIAH HEEP Announces New Drummer

U.K. hard rock legends URIAH HEEP have announced the addition of drummer Russell Gilbrook to the group's ranks. He replaces Lee Kerslake, who left the band in January due to health reasons. Russell is regarded as one of the U.K.'s finest drummers and clinicians and has demonstrated specialist drum c...

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Dead Again

"Dead Again" couldn't be a more ironic title for the sixth studio effort from TYPE O NEGATIVE. One of the most original metal bands of the last 16 years is back with perhaps its finest outing since its 1993 breakthrough, "Bloody Kisses", displaying a newfound energy and heaviness that touches on ele...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Confirmed For Japan's SUMMER SONIC Festival

AVENGED SEVENFOLD has been confirmed for the Summer Sonic festival, set to take place August 11 and August 12 in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan, respectively. Commented the band: "Going to Japan last year was one of the most amazing times we have ever had on tour and we are absolutely psyched to get back ov...

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ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK 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): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN...

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DYING FETUS, ONSLAUGHT, SADIST Confirmed For Germany's UP FROM THE GROUND Festival

DYING FETUS, ONSLAUGHT and SADIST have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Up From The Ground festival, set to take place August 24-25 in Gemünden, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): APOPHIS ARCH ENEMY BENEDICTION DYING FETUS EAR-SHOT EQUILIBRIUM F...

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DRAGONFORCE's MACKINTOSH Schedules DRUMFEST Appearances

DRAGONFORCE drummer Dave Mackintosh will appear at all three dates of the annual Drumfest in the U.K., which takes place in August. He will be in Birmingham on August 5, Northampton on August 8 and Brentwood on August 12. For more information, go to this location. Roadrunner Records has set a March...