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SAXON, CATHEDRAL, HAMMERFALL Confirmed For U.K.'s HIGH VOLTAGE Festival

SAXON, CATHEDRAL and HAMMERFALL have been confirmed for High Voltage, the U.K.'s new rock festival, which is scheduled to take place July 24-25, 2010 at Victoria Park in London, U.K. The festival billing is shaping up as follows : Saturday, July 24: Main Stage: ZZ TOP HEAVEN & HELL FOREIGNER GAR...

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MALEFICE Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

British metallers MALEFICE have parted ways with drummer Craig Thomas and have replaced him with Chris Allan-Whyte, formerly of SHY OF THE DEPTH. Commented frontman Dale Butler: "MALEFICE and Craig have been growing apart musically for some time, and therefore we all decided it was a good time for e...

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CHUCK SCHULDINER's Mother Discusses Her Son's Legacy, Long-Delayed Second CONTROL DENIED Album

Brazilian journalist Thiago Sarkis recently conducted an interview with Jane Schuldiner, mother of late DEATH/CONTROL DENIED mastermind Chuck Schuldiner who passed away more than seven years ago after a battle with pontine glioma, a rare type of brain tumor. The entire question-and-answer session fo...

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RAVENS CREED: Final 'A Conspiracy Of...' Track Listing Revealed

RAVENS CREED, the "VENOM-worshipping scumbags" featuring Steve Watson (ex-IRON MONKEY),Jason Graham, and former SABBAT bassist Frazer Craske, have finalized the track listing for their second album, "A Conspiracy Of...", due before the end of the year via Doomentia Records. It is as follows: * Bash...

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NERVECELL: European Tour Video Report Posted Online

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based death/thrash metallers NERVECELL have posted a two-part video report on the band's "Preaching Venom 2009 European Tour" which took place last September/October. Watch the clips below. NERVECELL will open for DEICIDE on May 28 at Arabian Winds in Istanbul, Turkey. Al...

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MEGADETH's ELLEFSON: 'History Books Are Just Ripe Soil For Writing Metal Records'

Pat Prince of Goldmine magazine recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Goldmine: Did you begin writing with [Dave] Mustaine [MEGADETH mainman] again? Ellefson: You know, we haven't started to write anything yet. There is...

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FATAL EMBRACE: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Berlin, Germany-based thrashers FATAL EMBRACE will release their new album, "The Empires Of Inhumanity", on June 8 (one day earlier internationally) via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded at Music Lab Studio in Berlin with producer Mathias Wendt. According to a press release, "the band's stron...

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Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival: Complete Lineup Announced

WATAIN, SUFFOCATION, IHSAHN and ROTTING CHRIST are among the newly confirmed bands for this year's edition of the Hole In The Sky festival (a.k.a. Bergen Metal Fest XI),set to take place August 25-28 in Bergen, Norway. Commented the festival organizers: "Welcome to Hell, or should we say, welcome t...

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NERVECELL To Support DEICIDE In Istanbul

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based death/thrash metallers NERVECELL will open for DEICIDE on May 28 at Arabian Winds in Istanbul, Turkey. Also scheduled to appear are Turkish bands MORIBUND OBLIVION and HECATOMB. This will be NERVECELL's first performance since the band's just-completed tour of Europ...

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DIE HARD Parts Ways With Drummer, Prepares To Record New EP

Drummer Håkan Jonsson has left Swedish old-school death/thrash metallers DIE HARD in order to focus on his work with WATAIN and family life. His temporary replacement for upcoming live appearances is E. Forcas, who first performed with DIE HARD in Italy in Febraury. In other news, DIE HARD has signe...

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TARJA TURUNEN, BLOODBOUND, FATAL SMILE, CARNAL FORGE Confirmed For Sweden's ROCKWEEKEND

TARJA TURUNEN, BLOODBOUND, FATAL SMILE, CARNAL FORGE and CRAZY LIXX are among the newly confirmed bands for this year's edition of the Rockweekend festival, set to take place July 8-10 in Kilafors (two hours north of Stockholm),Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical...

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Former DISMEMBER Drummer FRED ESTBY's NECRONAUT Signs With REGAIN RECORDS

Regain Records has announced the signing of NECRONAUT, the solo project of former DISMEMBER/CARNAGE drummer Fred Estby. After more than 20 years in the death metal scene, Estby wanted to express his passion for different kinds of extreme music he's bore since his youth. In 2008, Estby started to wri...

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IMMORTAL's DEMONAZ: 'We Already Have Three Songs For The Next Album'

Justin M. Norton of About.com recently conducted an interview with Demonaz of Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. About.com: "All Shall Fall" kickstarted IMMORTAL's career after a seven-year break. Is the band planning on yet another long break or wil...

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OPETH Confirmed For U.K.'s HIGH VOLTAGE Festival

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH have been confirmed for High Voltage, the U.K.'s new rock festival, which is scheduled to take place July 24-25, 2010 at Victoria Park in London, U.K. The festival billing is shaping up as follows : Main Stage: EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER ZZ TOP FOREIGNER HEAVEN &a...

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KATAKLYSM/EX DEO Frontman To Take Part In Online Chat

KATAKLYSM/EX DEO frontman Maurizio Iacono will take part in a online chat this Wednesday, March 31 at noon PST / 3 p.m. EST at www.metalcamp.co.uk. KATAKLYSM recently completed the songwriting process for its new album, "Heaven's Venom", for a tentative fall release via Nuclear Blast Records. Tentat...