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Sweden's GATES OF METAL Festival Cancelled

Olof Wikström, organizer for Sweden's Gates Of Metal festival, has issued the following statement regarding the cancellation of this year's event which was scheduled for August 3-4: "With grief in my heart I hereby announce that there unfortunately will be no Gates of Metal 2007. "Even though last y...

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INNERWISH, HYADES Confirmed For Holland's TILBURG HEADBANGERS FEST

INNERWISH and HYADES are among the confirmed bands for the Tilburg Headbangers Fest, set to take place September 29 at Cafe Extase in Tilburg, The Netherlands. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: INNERWISH (Greece) HYADES (Italy) NOCTURNAL (Germany GUN BARREL (Germany) HELLISH CROSSFIRE (...

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SKID ROW, QUIET RIOT, SYMPHONY X, KORPIKLAANI Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

SYMPHONY X, SKID ROW, QUIET RIOT, KORPIKLAANI and MCQUEEN been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER ALL ENDS AMON AMARTH ANNIHILATOR AXEL RUDI...

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BLOOD TSUNAMI: Album Track Posted Online

BLOOD TSUNAMI, the Oslo, Norway-based thrash metal band featuring drummer Bård G. Eithun (a.k.a. Faust; SCUM, ABORYM, ex-EMPEROR),has posted a new song, entitled "Evil Unleashed", at this location. The track comes off the group's upcoming debut album, "Thrash Metal", due on March 19 via Nocturnal A...

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AFTER FOREVER Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER ALL ENDS AMON AMARTH ANNIHILATOR AXEL...

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ICED EARTH, TIAMAT, AMON AMARTH, VOMITORY Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

ICED EARTH, TIAMAT, AMON AMARTH, VOMITORY, NOCTURNAL RITES, TRAIL OF TEARS, NOVEMBER and ALL ENDS have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALL ENDS AM...

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NOCTURNAL RITES To Begin Mixing New Album Tomorrow

Bassist Nils Eriksson of the Swedish melodic metallers NOCTURNAL RITES has issued the following update: "We will start mixing our as-yet-untitled album on Monday! "Honestly, this album feels really different, fresh and new. Still it sounds like us, in some weird way. Guess we can't escape the NOCTUR...

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MEYVN Vocalist: 'We're Prog With A Kick'

In a brand new podcast interview posted by The Metal Observer, vocalist Rick Clark of the Austin, Texas-based heavy prog/power act MEYVN discusses the band upcoming performance at this year's ProgPower Europe festival. "We are not your Dad's prog," Clark explains. "We like to come out and kick peopl...

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SATHANAS To Release 'Flesh For The Devil' Mini-Album Next Month

The long running U.S. underground legends SATHANAS will release their new mini-album, "Flesh for the Devil", on February 24 via Pagan Records. The track listing is as follows: 01. Invocation 02. Possessed by Blasphemy 03. Flesh for the Beast 04. Reign of the Antichrist 05. Nocturnal Hell 06. Unholy...

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IN BATTLE: In Recording Mode

Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE are currently recording their fourth album, "Kingdom of Fear", due later in the year via Nocturnal Art Productions. The follow-up to 2004's "Welcome to the Battlefield" will honor the memory of the group's former drummer, Otto Wiklund, who passed awa...

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BLOOD TSUNAMI Featuring Former EMPEROR Drummer: Debut CD Due In March

Nocturnal Art Productions has set a March 19 release date for the debut album from BLOOD TSUNAMI, the Oslo, Norway-based thrash metal band featuring drummer Bård G. Eithun (a.k.a. Faust; SCUM, ABORYM, ex-EMPEROR). The CD, aptly titled "Thrash Metal", was recorded at Lion Heart Studios in Oslo with e...

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Guitarist RAF JANSEN Quits ANCIENT RITES To Focus On Solo Project

After two years and one album ("Rubicon") with the band, guitarist Raf Jansen has left Belgian metallers ANCIENT RITES. Commented Raf: "I've enjoyed playing with ANCIENT RITES, but I had to make a decision. As things are these days, something had to go, and after a long deliberation, I chose to leav...

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MESSIAH'S KISS: 'Dragonheart' To Receive North American Release In March

SPV has set a March 13 North American release date for the third album from MESSIAH'S KISS, the German/American/British metal act featuring current RIOT touring singer Mike Tirelli (HOLY MOTHER, BURNING STARR). Entitled "Dragonheart", the CD will arrive on the following dates: Germany: February 23 R...

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SHE SAID DESTROY: 'Focused On Songwriting'

Guitarist Anders "Ugmod" Bakke of the Norwegian extreme metallers SHE SAID DESTROY has issued the following update: "We did the last gig of 2006 in November with ENSLAVED and NOXAGT — had a blast. Since then we're focused on songwriting, piecing ideas together and sweating over our guitars to come u...

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NOCTURNAL BREED: More New Songs Posted Online

Norwegian metallers NOCTURNAL BREED have posted three more tracks from their upcoming album, "Fields of Rot", on their MySpace page. Check out the songs "Iron Bitch", "Invasion of the Bodythrashers" and "Wicked, Vicious and Violent" at this location. NOCTURNAL BREED recently parted ways with Painkil...