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ONSLAUGHT To Tour Europe With EKTOMORF

Guitarist Nige Rockett of of the reactivated British thrashers ONSLAUGHT has issued the following update: "Due to circumstances beyond our control, we sadly announce that the 'X-mass Festival Tour' scheduled for December has been postponed. However, the tour will now go ahead in January 2008 under t...

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POWERTRIP Announces New Drummer

Swedish female-fronted alternative rock/metal band POWERTRIP (photo) has announced the addition of drummer Erik Palmqvist to the group's ranks. Erik, who has already played a few gigs with the band filling in for former drummer Hampus Ek, is now a full-time member of POWERTRIP. Commented bassist Pet...

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ASSAULTER Signs With PULVERISED RECORDS

Pulverised Records has announced the signing of Australia's ASSAULTER. According to a press release, ASSAULTER is "a two-man unit [which has] previously released two demos and [is] now preparing a full-length onslaught of dark speed metal! Heavily influenced by traditional thrash metal with the like...

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BREAKER To Reunite With Original Vocalist At BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

BREAKER will reunite with original lead vocalist Jim Hamar to play the Bang Your Head!!! festival at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany June 27-28, 2008. The band is also tentatively scheduled to appear at the Bang Your Head!!! warm-up show on June 26, 2008 at the Rockdisco WOM in Hechingen. Hamar, w...

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KORPIKLAANI, BREAKER, CONTRACRASH Confirmed For BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

KORPIKLAANI, BREAKER and CONTRACRASH have been confirmed for next year's Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 27-28, 2008 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGENT STEEL AGE OF EVIL BREAKER CONTRACRASH ENSIFERUM GRAVE DIGGER GREAT WHITE...

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SAXON, ONSLAUGHT, ENSIFERUM, LIZZY BORDEN Confirmed For BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

SAXON, ONSLAUGHT, ENSIFERUM and LIZZY BORDEN have been confirmed for next year's Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 27-28, 2008 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGENT STEEL AGE OF EVIL ENSIFERUM GRAVE DIGGER GREAT WHITE LIZZY BORDEN...

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OATH TO VANQUISH Interviews Airing On VBS.tv

VBS.tv has posted several video interviews featuring Lebanese death metal trio OATH TO VANQUISH. VBS producer Eddy Moretti visited the band in Beirut, Lebanon, with a camera crew in tow to explore the band's struggle towards artistic freedom within the turbulent environment of Lebanon and the Middle...

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NECROPHOBIC, ENSIFERUM, EISREGEN: Photos From HELLFLAME Festival Available

Photos of NECROPHOBIC, ENSIFERUM and EISREGEN taken at the Hellflame Festival - The South Side of Hell — which was held this past Saturday, September 22 in Lichtenfels, Germany — have been posted at Metalpics.ch. Acting on the the local police's recommendation to cancel the event, the city authoriti...

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ONSLAUGHT And BENEDICTION Will Not Appear At Germany's HELLFLAME Festival

Vocalist Sy Keeler of the reactivated British thrashers ONSLAUGHT has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "ONSLAUGHT and BENEDICTION will not be appearing at the Hellflame - South Side of Hell festival in Lichtenfels Germany this Saturday, September 22. This was due to local government in...

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SUSPERIA Drummer To Return For Oslo Show

Norwegian melodic thrashers SUSPERIA have announced details of a one-off show at John Dee in Oslo on October 2. The concert sees the return to live action of the band's drummer Tjodalv, who broke his ankle earlier this year, forcing him to miss the group's European and UK tours with W.A.S.P. and ONS...

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POWERTRIP Records Theme Song For Swedish Floorball Team

Swedish female-fronted alternative rock/metal band POWERTRIP (photo) has announced that it has recorded the official song for Swedish floorball team Patriots. Longtime Patriots fans, POWERTRIP recorded the song live and members from the club and fanclub helped out with some serious kick-ass chanting...

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Former KING DIAMOND Guitarist PETE BLAKK Is Back To 'Reign' Over Metal!

Pete Blakk, guitarist for the classic KING DIAMOND lineup that recorded the legendary albums "Them", "Conspiracy" and "The Eye", is coming back to the metal arena! Pete will make his triumphant return to metal on September 29 when he takes the stage with Wade Black's (CRIMSON GLORY, LEASH LAW, LEATH...

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POWERTRIP: Debut Album Out Now

Swedish female-fronted alternative rock/metal band POWERTRIP (photo) has just released its debut album, "Cold Black Lie", via Greece's Sleaszy Rider Records. The CD was recorded, mixed and mastered in 2006, and it contains "an onslaught of 10 uncompromising hard-hitting songs," according to a press...

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PITIFUL REIGN Taps Renowned Artist ED REPKA For Debut Album

Young U.K. thrashers PITIFUL REIGN have secured the services of renowned artist Ed Repka (MUNICIPAL WASTE, MEGADETH, DEATH) to produce the artwork for their debut album, due for release early next year on Italy's Punishment 18 Records. Punishment 18 label spokesperson Marita Mirabella previously sai...

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Ex-GRIM REAPER Singer STEVE GRIMMETT: New Video Interview Available

A two-minute video interview with former GRIM REAPER/ONSLAUGHT singer Steve Grimmett promoting his solo band's appearance at the Firefest 4 on October 26-27 in Nottingham, England can be viewed below. THE STEVE GRIMMETT BAND will release its debut album, "Personal Crisis", on October 26 via Metal He...