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BLIND GUARDIAN Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA Festival

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have been confirmed for the Tuska open-air festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Kaisaniemi in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 32 bands on three stages will perform over the course of three days. In addition to this, a couple of dozen bands will be appea...

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EMPEROR Guitarist's Classic Axe Being Auctioned

The guitar used by Samoth on EMPEROR's "In the Nightside Eclipse", SATYRICON's "The Shadowhrone", ZYKLON B's "Blood Must be Shed", the THOU SHALT SUFFER demo and EP aswell as the first EMPEROR mini-tour of England in 1993 is being auctioned via eBay. The guitar is a Kramer and comes in its original...

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Taiwan's CHTHONIC Added To OZZFEST 2007's Second-Stage Lineup

Taiwan's CHTHONIC, the black metal band that has already broken down musical barriers in its homeland, will spend this summer on Ozzfest 2007 as a part of the second stage's rotating lineup alongside such acclaimed artists as HATEBREED, NILE, THE SHOWDOWN and 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, among others. The Ozz...

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ABYSMAL DAWN Announces New Bassist

ABYSMAL DAWN, the Los Angeles-based extreme metal band featuring former members of RISE and INHUMAN VISION, has issued the following update: "We'd like to thank everyone that came out to the Los Angeles Murderfest this past weekend. It was an honor playing for all of you and it was well worth taking...

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MARTRIDEN To Open For EMPEROR In Chicago, Los Angeles

Montana-based black/death metal band MARTRIDEN is confirmed to open for Norwegian black metallers EMPEROR on two of the three shows they are playing in the U.S. The details are as follows: May 30 - The Metro - Chicago, IL June 03 - Key Club - West Hollywood, CA MARTRIDEN recently inked a deal with U...

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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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CELTIC FROST, KREATOR: New Live Photos Posted Online

A number of high-quality photos of KREATOR and CELTIC FROST performing last night (March 10) in Heerhugowaard, Holland have been posted online at Metal-Experience.com. Support came from Swedish black metal act WATAIN and Dutch thrashers LEGION OF THE DAMNED. CELTIC FROST's setlist: 01. Totengott (in...

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ZYKLON To Team Up With BLOOD TSUNAMI For U.K. Tour

ZYKLON, the Norwegian band featuring EMPEROR members Samoth (guitar) and Trym (drums),will team up with BLOOD TSUNAMI (the Oslo, Norway-based thrash metal band featuring drummer Bård G. Eithun, a.k.a. Faust; SCUM, ABORYM, ex-EMPEROR) and DEAD BEYOND BURIED for a U.K. tour in May. Confirmed dates ar...

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THE FUNERAL PYRE To Tour West Coast With CERBERUS

Los Angeles' THE FUNERAL PYRE will embark on a two-week West Coast tour with Creator Destructor labelmates CERBERUS. Now supporting the re-release of the band's second full-length, "The Nature of Betrayal", through a distribution deal with Prosthetic Records, the tour marks THE FUNERAL PYRE's return...

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LUPARA To Support EMPEROR In Chicago

LUPARA, the Illinois-based band featuring ex-BROKEN HOPE guitarist Jeremy Wagner, has been confirmed as direct support for Norwegian black metal pioneers EMPEROR at The Metro in Chicago, IL on May 30. This is one of only three highly anticipated EMPEROR shows on U.S .shores this spring. Commented Wa...

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Evilution Hour

It is always nice to hear a true blue classic metal album, even if said album is just decent, not stellar. Such is the case with "Evilution Hour" from Norway's PAGANIZE, which features, of all people, drummer Trym (ZYKON, EMPEROR). The disc is comprised of 10 solid, if unremarkable, tracks character...

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U.K.'s DAMNATION FESTIAL To Return In October

Damnation Festival returns to retain the crown of the U.K.'s premier independent metal festival by ploughing into Leeds on Saturday, October 20 to host two stages of extreme and uncompromising noise. After two stunning sold-out installments that shook Manchester to its core, the event will expand in...

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'Metal: A Headbanger's Journey' Filmmakers Seek Middle Eastern Fans For Follow-Up Film

The makers of the documentary "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" are seeking metal fans from Middle Eastern countries who are attending the Desert Rock Festival in Dubai, March 9-10, 2007, to appear in their follow-up film, "Global Metal". "We are excited about filming at Desert Rock and meeting with f...

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LIMBONIC ART: Back From The Dead!

Symphonic black metal masters LIMBONIC ART have returned from the dead! On 06.06.06, the group's two members, Daemon and Morfeus, decided to recurrect the band and have written and recorded a new album. The band has re-signed with Nocturnal Art Productions/Candlelight Records, and the comeback CD, e...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman Pays Tribute To BLACK SABBATH Guitarist

The current issue of Guitar World magazine includes an in-depth feature on Tom Gabriel Fischer, frontman of CELTIC FROST, who talks about how he started writing music. "I used to sit there and dissect BLACK SABBATH's music," he said. "I was interested in knowing why SABBATH sounded so dark compared...