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HAMMERFALL Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 18-20, 2011 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ARCH ENEMY BOLT THROWER CALIBAN CORVUS CORAX FARMER...

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HAIL OF BULLETS Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

HAIL OF BULLETS — the Dutch death metal band featuring GOREFEST drummer Ed Warby, THANATOS guitarists Stephan Gebédi and Paul Baayens, former PESTILENCE/ASPHYX singer Martin Van Drunen and former HOUWITSER bass player Theo van Eekelen — has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Br...

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KALMAH, FARMER BOYS Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

KALMAH and FARMER BOYS have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 18-20, 2011 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ARCH ENEMY BOLT THROWER CALIBAN FARMER BOYS J.B.O. KALMAH KVELERT...

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AT THE GATES, ARCH ENEMY, EXODUS, MESHUGGAH Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA Festival

AT THE GATES, ARCH ENEMY, EXODUS, MESHUGGAH and KILLING JOKE are among the first confirmed bands for next year's edition of the Tuska open air metal festival, set to take place July 22-24, 2011 at Suvilahti in Helsinki, Finland. Tuska 2011 will feature performances by more than 50 bands — almost 20...

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WITCHERY, J.B.O. Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

WITCHERY and J.B.O. have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 18-20, 2011 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ARCH ENEMY BOLT THROWER CALIBAN J.B.O. KVELERTAK PRIMORDIAL SALTATIO...

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WATAIN's 'Lawless Darkness' Tops CLOSE-UP MAGAZINE's 2010 List

Sweden's Close-Up magazine has published its list of the top 20 albums of 2010 based on individual selections from all of its writers. It is as follows: 01. WATAIN: Lawless Darkness 02. KYLESA: Spiral Shadow 03. CRUCIFYRE: Infernal Earthly Divine 04. BRING ME THE HORIZON: There Is A Hell, Believe Me...

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HINSIDES Signs With ABYSS RECORDS

Abyss Records has announced the signing of Norwegian nihilists HINSIDES. The band's as-yet-untitled third album is tentatively scheduled for relese in late 2011. HINSIDES's recently self-released "Universe Aspire In Mysticism" CD (limited to 500 copies) is now available exclusively through Abyss Rec...

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Drummer MARTIN 'AXE' AXENROT Talks OPETH, BLOODBATH And WITCHERY

Dose Of Metal recently conducted an interview with Swedish drummer Martin "Axe" Axenrot (BLOODBATH, OPETH, WITCHERY). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Dose Of Metal: You've been playing with BLOODBATH since "Nightmares Made Flesh". What is the biggest difference between playing with...

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WITCHERY: 'Conqueror's Return' Video Released

"Conqueror's Return", the new video from Swedish metallers WITCHERY, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's new album, "Witchkrieg", which sold around 600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 84 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers)...

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Witchkrieg

There is always some bated breath involved when a new WITCHERY album is about to drop. It's not like the all-star quintet has ever disappointed, but the bar was set so high with the raw thrash power of those first three albums in particular that I'm always wondering whether the other shoe will drop....

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Shadowcast

Formed in 2004, it's taken six years for death metal super group INSIDIOUS DISEASE to crank out their much anticipated debut album, "Shadowcast". And what a heartbreaking disappointment it turned out to be. Just kidding. It is actually an album that lives up to its membership pedigree, as well as of...

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SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING Featured In New WITCHERY Video

"Witchkrieg", the new video from Swedish metallers WITCHERY, can be viewed below. The clip, which was shot in early May in Stockholm, Sweden, was filmed, directed and produced by Daniel Larrson and AT THE GATES/THE HAUNTED guitarist Anders Björler (At The Gates Productions). Additional scenes featur...

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WITCHERY: 'Witchkrieg' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Witchkrieg", the new album Swedish metallers WITCHERY, sold around 600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 84 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who...

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MASTODON Interviewed At 'Jonah Hex' Premiere; Video Available

About.com conducted an interview with Brann Dailor and Brent Hinds of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON at the June 18 Hollywood, California premiere of the "Jonah Hex" movie. ("Jonah Hex" features an original score by MASTODON and Oscar-nominated composer Mario Beltrami.) A transcript of the c...

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WITCHERY: Another New Song Available For Streaming

"From Dead To Worse", a brand new track from Swedish metallers WITCHERY, is available for streaming at the band's MySpace page. The song features a guest solo by Andy La Rocque of KING DIAMOND fame. Commented WITCHERY guitarist Jensen: "Andy was an old friend of the band since he recorded the 'Witch...