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ELECTRIC EARTH Confirmed For GOTHENBURG METAL FESTIVAL

Sweden's ELECTRIC EARTH has been confirmed for the Gothenburg Metal Festival 2007, set to take place April 29-30 at Musikens Hus in Gothenburg, Sweden. A total of 12 acts will perform at the event. The billing is shaping up as follows: ELECTRIC EARTH (grunge - Trollhättan) FAITH (doom metal - Karlsh...

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Ex-JUDAS PRIEST Singer RIPPER OWENS Comments On DIMEBAG Tribute Jam; Photos Available

Former JUDAS PRIEST and current ICED EARTH/BEYOND FEAR frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens was one of a number of heavy rock artists who participated in an all-star jam honoring late PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott on January 20 at the Hilton Hotel's Pacific Ballroom in Anaheim, Ca...

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OZZY OSBOURNE To Distribute Hearing Aids To Needy Kids

Ozzy Osbourne is scheduled to appear at an NFL charity event at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida today (Thursday, February 1) to distribute $1 million worth of hearing aids to needy kids. Ozzy Osbourne recently told Dan Epstein of Revolver magazine (web site) that unli...

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AFTER FOREVER Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER ALL ENDS AMON AMARTH ANNIHILATOR AXEL...

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END OF LEVEL BOSS To Enter Studio Tomorrow

London-based anguish rock outfit END OF LEVEL BOSS will enter the analog domains of Earth Terminal Studios, Hampshire, England, on February 2 to record the follow-up to the 2005 release "Prologue". Eight tracks are scheduled to be captured onto tape. Confirmed songtitles so far are as follows: "Self...

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KEKAL Announces Release Of 'The Habit Of Fire'

Indonesia's KEKAL will release its sixth album, "The Habit of Fire", on March 15 in Europe (on Whirlwind Records) and May 15 in North America (via Open Grave Records). Described as "an experimental (but yet accessible) 70-minute epic concept album of urban avantgarde metal, with a liberal use of ele...

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Former PULSE ULTRA Guitarist Mixing Debut Solo Album

Former PULSE ULTRA guitarist Dominic Cifarelli is in the final mixing stage of his debut solo album, a semi-instrumental guitar masterpiece based on a story he created, and the first part of an ongoing series dubbed "The Chronicles of Israfel". According to a press release, "This is a story about a...

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KORN, EARTH CRISIS, MAYHEM, MAROON Confirmed For Germany's WITH FULL FORCE Festival

KORN, EARTH CRISIS, MAYHEM and MAROON have been confirmed for this year's With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 – July 1 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMON AMARTH BAD MANNERS BARCODE BOLD B...

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ICED EARTH, TIAMAT, AMON AMARTH, VOMITORY Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

ICED EARTH, TIAMAT, AMON AMARTH, VOMITORY, NOCTURNAL RITES, TRAIL OF TEARS, NOVEMBER and ALL ENDS have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALL ENDS AM...

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Buried Alive

So this is it, the final farewell to a band that called it quits voluntarily after evolving from barren death metal artisans and English manglers ("Rot to Dead"! "Desperationed Future"!) in the late 1980s to a sleek, melancholy hit-making machine (in their native Finland, anyway). While some would p...

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FINNTROLL: New Album 'Teaser' Sample Available

Finland's FINNTROLL has uploaded a teaser sample from its upcoming fifth album, "Ur Jordens Djup" ("From the Depths of the Earth"),due in Finland on March 28. Check it out at Finntroll.net. Spinefarm Records recently revealed the cover artwork for "Ur Jordens Djup" at this location. The CD, which w...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Honored With Dutch 'Export Prize' For Fourth Year In A Row

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band WITHIN TEMPTATION has been awarded the Dutch Export Prize (Buma Cultuur Exportprijs 2006) for the fourth time in a row. The Export Prize is an annual award that is given out by Buma Cultuur to the Dutch artist who has sold the most records/DVDs abroad. Buma...

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Reunited EARTH CRISIS To Tour Europe In June/July

Reunited hardcore legends EARTH CRISIS will embark on a European tour between June 22 and July 3. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Jun. 23 - Clisson - Hellfest (France) Jun. 30 - Roitschjora - With Full Force (Germany) As previously reported, the straightedge act has also been added to the bil...

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ICED EARTH Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

ICED EARTH 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 AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: European Tour Dates Announced

According to NME.com, OZZY OSBOURNE will play the following European dates during May/June: May 27 - Moscow, Russia - Olympissky Stadium May 29 - St. Petersburg, Russia - New Arena May 31 - Riga - Arena Riga Jun. 02 - Lithuania - Siemens Arena Jun. 04 - Estonia - Saku Arena Jun. 06 ...