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Florida's THE POWER OF METAL 1 Festival Cancelled!
Florida's The Power of Metal 1 festival, previously scheduled to take place on November 18 at Tabu Nightclub in Orlando, has been cancelled. ANGRA, EDGUY, SEVEN WITCHES, ROB ROCK and SILENT FORCE were among the artists set to appear at the event, which was to be sponsored by Mars Music Center in Orl...October 18, 2002
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ANGRA, EDGUY Among Artists Confirmed For Florida's THE POWER OF METAL 1 Festival
ANGRA, EDGUY, SEVEN WITCHES, ROB ROCK and SILENT FORCE have been confirmed to appear at The Power of Metal 1 festival, scheduled to take place on November 18th at Tabu Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The Power of Metal 1 festival marks the second U.S. appearance of ANGRA and EDGUY, following their U....October 3, 2002
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DIONYSUS To Issue Debut In November
Swedish/German melodic power metal act DIONYSUS, featuring the voice behind guitarist Luca Turilli's solo work, Olaf Hayer, and ex-SINERGY drummer Ronny Milianowicz, have set November 11th as the release date for their debut album, Sign Of Truth, through AFM Records. The effort was recorded at Rhön...October 3, 2002
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AVANTASIA: Riding High On European Album Charts
AVANTASIA's The Metal Opera Part II, the follow-up to EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's critically-acclaimed The Metal Opera debut, is doing great business in Europe, where it's entered the official charts in several of the countries. The following are the first-week chart positions for the album, as r...September 30, 2002
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Korea's SOYOROCK 2002 Cancelled — Again
Korea's Soyorock 2002 (a.k.a. World Rock) festival, which was set to include appearances by HALFORD, DIO, GAMMA RAY and RAGE, has reportedly been cancelled for a second time, according to a Noise Records newsletter that was circulated yesterday, September 27th. No reason was given for the cancellati...September 28, 2002
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Ex-CRIMSON GLORY/SEVEN WITCHES Singer Records Guest Appearance For RICK RENSTROM Solo Album
Former CRIMSON GLORY/SEVEN WITCHES frontman Wade Black recently laid down lead vocals on a track called "Towers of Babylon" for the forthcoming solo album from ROB ROCK guitarist Rick Renstrom, tentatively titled Until The Bitter End. Also appearing on the CD are ICED EARTH/ex-DEATH drummer Richard...September 22, 2002
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RAUNCHY Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival
Denmark's RAUNCHY have been confirmed to appear at the Summer Breeze Open Air 2002 festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 22-24 in Abtsgmünd, Germany. RAUNCHY will be performing on the "Pain" stage on Saturday, August 24th beginning at 2:30 PM. The complete list of artists currently sc...August 15, 2002
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ELVENKING Confirmed For Hungary's PEPSI SZIGET 2002 Festival
Italian "pagan metal" act ELVENKING have been confirmed for the Metal Hammer stage at the Pepsi Sziget 2002 festival in Budapest, Hungary on August 1st. The seven-day, multi stage festival drew 400,000 people in 2001 and is expected to achieve similar numbers this year. Other artists scheduled to pe...July 26, 2002
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Ex-STEEL PROPHET Frontman To Focus Exclusively On TARAXACUM
Ex-STEEL PROPHET frontman Rick Mythiasin will concentrate completely on his German/American band TARAXACUM following his departure from the former group, according to an official statement issued by TARAXACUM founder and EDGUY bassist Tobias Exxel. "Rick's German bandmates [in] TARAXACUM—Tobias Exxe...July 18, 2002
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PROGPOWER USA III Officially Sold Out!
ProgPower USA III has officially SOLD OUT of all tickets in less than 6 days! The show, to be held in Atlanta Georgia on November 15th and 16th, will feature the following "all-star" line up: BLIND GUARDIAN GAMMA RAY ANGRA PAIN OF SALVATION READING ZERO THRESHOLD DEVIN TOWNSEND ZERO HOUR SILENT FORC...July 8, 2002
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PARADISE LOST Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE OPEN AIR Festival
PARADISE LOST have been confirmed to appear at the Summer Breeze Open Air 2002 festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 22-24 in Abtsgmünd, Germany. PARADISE LOST will be the headliners on Saturday, August 24th. The complete list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is a...June 25, 2002
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DRAGONLORD Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
San Francisco Bay Area's DRAGONLORD, featuring current and former members of TESTAMENT, are the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the...June 19, 2002
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AVANTASIA's "The Metal Opera Part II" Due In October
The long-awaited second part of EDGUY main man Tobias Sammet's all-star project, AVANTASIA, will be released in North America in October. "I am proud to say that in between touring and sleeping a bit I managed to finish the last chapter of my huge dream," Tobias recently said. "It was really excitin...June 18, 2002
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DESTRUCTION Outline Upcoming Touring Activities
Veteran German thrashers DESTRUCTION have confirmed the following dates during June/July: Jun. 15 – Rappenau/Stuttgart, GER @ Limbach Jul. 27 – Steenwijk, NETH @ Stonehenge Festival In other news, a UK tour featuring DESTRUCTION, KREATOR and EDGUY, is currently being planned for late October/early N...June 5, 2002
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EDGUY Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary With Special Gig
German melodic metallers EDGUY celebrated their 10-year anniversary by playing a very special show at Stadthalle in Offenbach, Germany on May 31st. Also appearing on the bill were German thrashers KREATOR. EDGUY's complete set list for the show was as follows: 01. Intro 02. Wake up the King 03. Tear...June 5, 2002
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