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DIO, KREATOR, HAMMERFALL Confirmed For Spain's METAL MANIA FESTIVAL
DIO, KREATOR, HAMMERFALL, and STRATOVARIUS are the latest acts confirmed to perform at Metal Mania Festival, a three-day event set to take place July 11-13 at Auditorio Municipal de Villarobledo in Albacete, Spain. The acts currently scheduled to appear at the festival are as follows: Friday, July 1...May 15, 2003
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LITHIUM Confirmed For Germany's M'ERA LUNA Festival
Sweden's LITHIUM, who feature in their ranks former TIAMAT bassist Johnny Hagel on keyboards, have been confirmed to appear at the M'era Luna festival in Hildersheim, Germany on Sunday, August 10. Also set to perform at the event are NIGHTWISH, WITHIN TEMPTATION, APOCALYPTICA, KILLING JOKE, and LACU...May 14, 2003
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IRON MAIDEN, MOTÖRHEAD, SEPULTURA Confirmed For Spain's METAL MANIA Festival
IRON MAIDEN, MOTÖRHEAD, SEPULTURA and BLIND GUARDIAN are among the artists tentatively confirmed to perform at Metal Mania Festival, a three-day event set to take place July 11-13 at Auditorio Municipal de Villarobledo in Albacete, Spain. The acts currently scheduled to appear at the festival are as...April 26, 2003
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APOCALYPTICA To Release New Single
Finnish string combo APOCALYPTICA will release a new single, "Far Away Vol. 2", on May 19. The title track to the single will feature guest lead vocals courtesy of LAMBRETTA singer Linda Sundblad. The full track listing for the single is as follows: 01. Far Away Vol. 2 02. Far Away Vol.2 (extended v...April 6, 2003
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Metal Is Alive And Well In Finland
"True" heavy metal may rarely reach the top of the charts in America, but in Finland, it seems to be alive and thriving, if the country's latest Pop Album chart is anything to go by. The following are the metal albums currently residing in Finland's top 40 Pop Album chart, as published over the week...March 17, 2003
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SLAYER's LOMBARDO & APOCALYPTICA: MP3 Available For Download!!
Finnish string combo APOCALYPTICA have posted a new track, "No Education", for free download at www.musicline.de. The song, which comes off the group's forthcoming "Reflections" CD, features a guest appearance by SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo. Lombardo guests on a total of five tracks on the all-inst...January 7, 2003
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SNAKEGOD Bassist Launches VIIVAKOODI
SNAKEGOD's Petri "Pete" Repo has teamed up with TWO WITCHES' Mikko Koskinen, 313's Petri Lampinen and Jussi Tervo in a special "bass project" called VIIVAKOODI. According to SNAKEGOD's official web site, the idea behind the project "is similar to [that of] APOCALYPTICA," except that bass guitars wil...December 24, 2002
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APOCALYPTICA To Partake In Online Chat
Finnish string combo APOCALYPTICA will partake in an online chat via their official web site tomorrow (Nov. 5) at 7:00 p.m. CET (8:00 p.m. Finnish time, or 1:00 p.m. in New York). In other news, the band will travel to the US at the end of November to shoot the video for their ...November 4, 2002
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DAVE LOMBARDO: I Will Play On The Next SLAYER Album
Drummer Dave Lombardo has confirmed that he will appear on the next SLAYER studio album, and if he has it his way, the record will see the light of day sooner rather than later. "There is going to be a [SLAYER] record," Lombardo told Canada's Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. "There will be a recor...October 3, 2002
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IN FLAMES, NEVERMORE, PRIMAL FEAR Among Artists Confirmed For METALLICA Tribute CD
IN FLAMES, NEVERMORE, PRIMAL FEAR, SINNER and DARK TRANQUILLITY are among the artists set to appear on A Tribute To The Four Horsemen, a METALLICA tribute CD currently being compiled by Nuclear Blast Records for a December 2nd worldwide release, BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal. The following...August 29, 2002
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APOCALYPTICA's EICCA TOPPINEN: New CD Will Be More Melodic Than Before
Finnish string combo APOCALYPTICA have commenced the recording sessions for their as-yet-untitled fourth CD, tentatively due for release in late January. "I think the next album is not going to be so dark," main composer Eicca Toppinen told Germany's Walls Of Fire. "The songs are more melodic, with...August 27, 2002
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APOCALYPTICA: Music For All Occasions
Finland's APOCALYPTICA have struck a deal with Fox Sports Net in the United States for usage of the band's rendition of Hall Of The Mountain King for upcoming NASCAR promotional television spots. The spots will be running from February 17th through July 6th of this year. This recent deal follows on...February 8, 2002
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APOCALYPTICA Chat Session Scheduled
Finnish string combo APOCALYPTICA will hold a chat session with their fans on Wednesday, January 23rd at 7:30 PM MET via the group's official web site at www.apocalyptica.com. ...January 22, 2002
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APOCALYPTICA Part Ways With Max Lilja
Finnish string quartet APOCALYPTICA have parted ways with one of the group's four cellists, Max Lilja. Here is the band's official statement on the matter: After the artistically satisfying, but very exhausting two-and-half-year project with the Cult album, we have finally started to raise our sight...January 9, 2002
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On their second album with lead singer Derrick Green (who replaced founding vocalist/guitarist Max Cavalera after six previous studio efforts),the pioneering Brazilian metal quartet SEPULTURA sound more like a band than on Green's debut, 1998's Against. This time around, his vocal stylings and melo...December 17, 2001
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