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ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN...

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EDGUY Frontman On AVANTASIA Project: 'There's No Limits To Our Creativity'

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet is currently working on the third installment of his solo project AVANTASIA. The album is being produced by Sascha Paeth, who also played the rhythm guitar on the CD. The drums were laid down by KISS/ALICE COOPER drummer Eric Singer and the bass is being handled by Tobia...

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D.C. COOPER Confirmed For BAY AREA ROCK FESTIVAL

Bay Area Rock Promotions has announce that D.C. Cooper has been confirmed as a special guest of the Bay Area Rock Festival. The current SILENT FORCE lead singer and former ROYAL HUNT frontman will make a guest appearance onstage with one of the bands on the first night of the festival. Additionally,...

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VITAL REMAINS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

VITAL REMAINS has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN BULL...

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AMORPHIS Confirmed For Germany's WAVE GOTIK TREFFEN Festival

Finland's AMORPHIS has been confirmed for the Wave Gotik Treffen festival, set to take place May 25-28 in Leipzig, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are MOONSPELL, CRUACHAN, SUIDAKRA, PRIMORDIAL, EISBRECHER and REFLEXION, among many others. AMORPHIS recently finished recording its new CD at Sonic Pu...

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IN FLAMES, HELLOWEEN, ARMORED SAINT Featured On 'Bang Your Head!!! 2006' DVD

IN FLAMES, DEATH ANGEL, RAVEN, HELLOWEEN, JON OLIVA'S PAIN and ARMORED SAINT are among the bands featured on the "Bang Your Head!!! 2006" DVD, due in Europe on March 12. In addition to 34 songs that were filmed during last year's Bang Your Head!!! festival (which took place June 23-24, 2006 in Balin...

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STRATOVARIUS: First Installment Of New Album Video Blog Available

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS have posted the first installment of their 2007 new album video blog at YouTube.com. STRATOVARIUS mainman/guitarist Timo Tolkki and drummer Jörg Michael recently completed the basic demos in Germany for the band's new album (whose title consists of two separate...

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AMORPHIS Finishes Recording New CD

AMORPHIS guitarist Esa Holopainen guitarist has issued the following update: "It's national celebration day. AMORPHIS has finished new album recordings and also today is the day of Kalevala. With the help of old and wise Väinämöinen, skilled smith Ilmarinen, adventurer-warrior Lemminkäinen, Louhi; t...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Massachusetts' ALL THAT REMAINS has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY B...

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STRATOVARIUS Guitarist Finishes Producing New INFERNOISE CD

STRATOVARIUS guitarist Timo Tolkki has issued the following update: "INFERNOISE [Madrid, Spain-based metal band whose new CD Tolkki produced] is mixed and it succeeded very well. It was nice to produce different kind of music for a change. It was pure aggression. "I flew to Venice to produce VISION...

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STRATOVARIUS To Begin Recording New Album This Weekend

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS have issued the following update: "In two days we are entering Sonic Pump Studios [in Helsinki] to record our 12th album. Jörg [Michael, drums] is flying in tomorrow [Saturday, Feb. 24]. We are keeping you updated with blogs and podcasts and we try to set up th...

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NOCTURNAL RITES Finishes Mastering New CD

Swedish melodic metallers NOCTURNAL RITES have finished mastering their new album, due later in the year via Century Media Records. According to bassist Nils Eriksson, the CD "sounds killer, of course." He previously stated, "this album feels really different, fresh and new. Still it sounds like us,...

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AMORPHIS Confirmed For Finland's PELLAVAROCK Festival

Finnish metallers AMORPHIS have been confirmed for the Pellavarock festival, set to take place August 11 in Lammi, Finland. More bands will be announced soon. AMORPHIS entered Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki, Finland last month to begin recording its new album for a late spring/early summer release....

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THUNDERSTONE: 'Face In The Mirror' Video Posted Online

Finnish melodic power metallers THUNDERSTONE have uploaded the video for their new single, "Face in the Mirror", on their official web site: WMV (12 MB),MPG (31 MB). The track comes off the group's fourth studio album, "Evolution 4.0", due on March 14 (except in the U.S., where it will be ...

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KOTIPELTO Signs With AFM RECORDS

KOTIPELTO, the band led by STRATOVARIUS singer Timo Kotipelto, has inked a deal with AFM Records. The group's third album, "Serenity", is due in April. The CD was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland and was mixed by Mikko Karmila. The album's first single, "Sleep Well", entered the F...