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HEAVEN SHALL BURN Confirmed For Switzerland's GREENFIELD FESTIVAL

Germany's death metal and hardcore fusionists HEAVEN SHALL BURN have been confirmed for this year's Greenfield Festival, set to take place June 13-15 in Interlaken, Switzerland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: APOCALYPTICA BEATSTEAKS BIFFY CLYRO BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB BLACKMAIL B...

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APOCALYPTICA's MIKKO SIRN Interviewed At Portugal's ROCK IN RIO; Video Available

Drummer Mikko Sirn of the Finnish cello quartet APOCALYPTICA was interviewed at this week's Rock in Rio festival in Lisbon, Portugal. Watch the four-minute chat below. APOCALYPTICA recently cancelled its appearance at the M'era Luna festival set to take place August 8-9 in Hildesheim, Germany in ord...

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APOCALYPTICA: UK Dates Announced

Finnish cello quartet APOCALYPTICA will embark on a UK headlining tour in December. Confirmed dates are as follows: Dec. 02 - Carling Academy Oxford Dec. 03 - Carling Academy Liverpool Dec. 04 - Rock City Nottingham Dec. 05 - Wulfrun Hall Wolverhampton Dec. 06 - ABC Glasgow Dec. 07 - Carling Academy...

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PAIN: New Video Interview With PETER TGTGREN Available

Sounds2move.de conducted an interview with Peter Tgtgren of PAIN at this year's Sundown Festival, whick took place May 2 in Abtsgmnd, Germany. The chat was part of a new series on the site called "Sounds2move's Keywords". Watch the six-minute clip below. PAIN recently re-signed with Nuclear Blast Re...

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Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival; Trailer, Anthem Video Available

This year's Metalcamp festival is scheduled to take place July 3-9, 2008 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The official trailer for the event and the Metalcamp anthem video (performed by the Slovenia-based band PROSPECT) can be viewed below. Metalcamp festival billing: Friday, July 4: Main Stage: IN FLAMES IN EX...

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APOCALYPTICA Pulls Out Of Germany's M'ERA LUNA Festival

Finnish cello quartet APOCALYPTICA has cancelled its appearance at the M'era Luna festival set to take place August 8-9 in Hildesheim, Germany in order to play this year's one-day Ozzfest in Dallas, Texas on August 9. APOCALYPTICA recruited FUEL frontman Toryn Green to handle lead vocals on the quar...

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Former SENTENCED Guitarist's KYPCK Signs With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

KYPCK ("Kursk" in the western alphabet) the new Russian-singing Finnish doom metal band featuring former SENTENCED guitarist Sami Lopakka (a.k.a. S.S. Lopakka) has inked a deal with Century Media Records for the European release (outside Finland) of the group's debut album, "Cherno". KYPCK's lineup...

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SLIPKNOT, CARCASS, DRAGONFORCE Confirmed For Japan's LOUD PARK 08 Festival

SLIPKNOT, CARCASS and DRAGONFORCE are among the confirmed bands for the Loud Park 08 festival, set to take place October 18-19 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SLIPKNOT CARCASS SONATA ARCTICA DRAGONFORCE APOCALYPTICA OBITUARY MESHUGGAH...

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TERSBETONI Frontman Says EUROVISION Was 'Once-In-A-Lifetime Experience'

Vocalist/bassist Jarkko Ahola of Finnish metal group TERSBETONI which represented Finland in this year's Eurovision Song Contest (and placed 22nd [out of a total of 25 contestants] in the event's finals) has issued the following update: "TERSBETONI got back home from Serbia just few days ago. The wh...

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LACUNA COIL Performs Acoustically On Italy's ROCK FM: Audio Available

Italian goth-rockers LACUNA COIL are among over one hundred bands that are paying their last tributes this week to Radio Rock Fm, a Milan-based rock station which is set to close on Saturday, May 31. The LACUNA COIL bandmembers, who are longtime friends of DJ Claudia, took part in a friendly on-air...

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MARDUK Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

Swedish black metallers MARDUK have been confirmed for the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 3-9, 2008 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, July 4: Main Stage: IN FLAMES IN EXTREMO CARCASS SIX FEET UNDER WINTERSUN OCTOBER FILE PENITENZIAGITE STAUB UND...

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LACUNA COIL: Australian Tour Cancelled

LACUNA COIL's previously announced Australian tour, which was scheduled to take place in June, has been cancelled "due to matters completely beyond our control," according to a statement released by the band. "However, we are thrilled to announce that we will be coming back to Australia this coming...

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TERSBETONI Places 22nd In EUROVISION Finals

Finnish metal group TERSBETONI which represented Finland in this year's Eurovision song contest placed 22nd (out of a total of 25 contestants) in the event's finals, which was held last night (Saturday, May 24) in Belgrade, Serbia. Watch video footage of the band's performance on last night's broadc...

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SCARS ON BROADWAY Confirmed For France's ROCK EN SEINE Festival

SCARS ON BROADWAY, the new band from SYSTEM OF A DOWN guitarist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan, has been confirmed for the Rock En Seine festival, set to take place August 20 and August 28-29 at Domaine Nationale de Saint-Cloud in Paris, France. Also scheduled to appear are RAGE AGAINST TH...

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LACUNA COIL Working On First-Ever DVD

Italian goth-metal icons LACUNA COIL have started work on a DVD project which is tentatively scheduled to be released later this year. The DVD will be a retrospective of all things from the band's "Karmacode" album cycle. It will include promotional videos, spectacularly remixed professionally shot...