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IMMORTAL, PAIN, BLAZE BAYLEY, HELSTAR Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK Festival

IMMORTAL, PAIN, BLAZE BAYLEY, HELSTAR and HYSTERICA have been confirmed for this year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMBERIAN DAWN (FIN) AMON AMARTH (S) AXIDENT AVENUE (N) BLACK TOOTH (TUR) BLACKFOOT (USA...

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D.A.M.N.: New Album Track Listing, Artwork Revealed

Braunschweig, Germany-based, female-fronted death metallers D.A.M.N. have finalized the track listing for their new album, "Forbidden Anger", due later in the year via an as-yet-undetermined record label. It is as follows: 01. Urt La Bu Tal 02. Lost In Lines 03. Close to The Border 04. Deathinfectio...

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IMAGIKA: Tour Dates Announced

San Jose, California-based metallers IMAGIKA have scheduled following dates: Feb. 20 - Rooster's Roadhouse - Alameda, CA Mar. 14 - Pine St. - Livermore, CA Mar. 21 - The Warehouse - San Antonio, TX (Nightmare Metalfest II) Apr. 03 - The Voodoo Lounge - San Jose, CA (w/ FORBIDDEN) May 02 - Samurai Du...

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HANK SHERMANN's DEMONICA Completes Lineup

DEMONICA, the solo project of MERCYFUL FATE guitarist Hank Shermann, has finalized its lineup. It is as follows: Hank Shermann (MERCYFUL FATE) - Guitar Craig Locicero (FORBIDDEN) - Guitar Klaus "Hyr" Hansen (BATTALION, TRAUMA CENTER) - Vocals Mark Hernandez (FORBIDDEN, HEATHEN, DEFIANCE, VIO-LENCE)...

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TWISTED SISTER Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK Festival

TWISTED SISTER has been confirmed for this year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: HEAVEN AND HELL (UK) IN FLAMES (S) ZZ TOP (USA) TWISTED SISTER (USA) DREAM THEATER (USA) EUROPE (S) FOREIGNER (USA) HAMMERFAL...

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HELSTAR: European Dates Announced

Reactivated Texas heavy metal legends HELSTAR will embark on a European tour, dubbed "Hell Over Europe 2009", in May. Support on the trek will come from the Swedish metal band LOCH VOSTOK, apart from the first three dates, where Germany's LANFEAR will be carrying out the duty. Confirmed dates so far...

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TESTAMENT To Take Part In Signing Sessions On Upcoming Tour

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT will play a handful of headlining shows during their upcoming Priest Feast European tour with JUDAS PRIEST and MEGADETH. The band will also take part in signing sessions at select gigs on the trek. According to posting on TESTAMENT's MySpace page, f...

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FORBIDDEN Preparing To Record New Material

Guitarist Craig Locicero of reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrahers FORBIDDEN has issued the following update: "Time for a quick news bit about what's upcoming. We're going to be laying down some tracks on a couple of new FORBIDDEN tunes next week with Tim Narducci [SYSTEMATIC] co-producing it w...

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DEFIANCE: New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By Ex-FORBIDDEN/TESTAMENT Guitarist

Reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE have finally completed all the basic tracks for the 11 songs that will appear on their first album in over 15 years. According to the band, "All that is left are some vocals and guitar leads for the last four tunes we recorded at the end of 2008 at Tri...

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UFO Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD Festival

Legendary hard rock band UFO has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Rock Hard festival, set to take place May 29-31, 2009 at the Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANGEL WITCH AUDREY HORNE BULLET CHILDREN OF BODOM DESTRÖYER 666 DRAGO...

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Classic TESTAMENT Titles To Be Reissued On Vinyl

Two classic albums by thrash legends TESTAMENT — 1997's "Demonic" and 1999's "The Gathering" — will be reissued on gatefold double vinyl by Prosthetic Records on February 3. Each will feature etched artwork on Side D and be limited to 1,000 copies worldwide. Additionally, 100 copies of "Demonic" wil...

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VOIVOD, JON OLIVA'S PAIN, KAMELOT, DEMON Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

VOIVOD, JON OLIVA'S PAIN, KAMELOT, DEMON and IMPELLITTERI are among the newly confirmed bands for this year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMBERIAN DAWN (FIN) AMON AMARTH (S) AXIDENT AVENUE (N) BLACK TOOT...

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GLORIOR BELLI: Teaser For Forthcoming CD Posted Online

Paris, France-based black metallers GLORIOR BELLI have issued the following update: "The French purveyors of Luciferian illumination will soon enter the studio to record their new full-length called 'Meet Us At The Southern Sign', to be released in 2009 via Candlelight Records worldwide. This new ef...

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Legendary Drummer GENE HOGLAN Issues Update

Legendary drummer Gene Hoglan (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, TESTAMENT, DARK ANGEL, DEATH, DETHKLOK, MELDRUM) has issued the following update: "It's been a while since I've scribbled anything, but frankly, I just haven't felt all that witty over the past few months. I do like these things to be reasonably en...

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TESTAMENT Comments On Upcoming U.K. Tour

Chuck Billy (vocals) and Eric Peterson (guitar) of Bay Area thrash metal veterans TESTAMENT have checked in to let the U.K. fans know just how excited they are about their upcoming tour. "We're very excited to play more than just 1 or 2 shows in the U.K.," says Peterson. "The last time we did an ...