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ONSLAUGHT Confirmed For Czech Republic's BRUTAL ASSAULT Festival

Reformed classic British thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT have been confirmed for the Brutal Assault festival, set to take place August 10­-12 at Svojsice U Prelouce (100 km east of Prague) in the Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BIRDFLESH CARNIV...

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SOUNDSCAN Report: CANNIBAL CORPSE, MEGADETH, EDGUY, AMORPHIS

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending March 26, 2006, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all figures are rounded to the nearest thousand, except numbers under 1,000, which are rounded to the nearest hundred; The Billboard 200 chart position included, wh...

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SODOM, ANATHEMA, BURST, DEATHSTARS Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA OPEN AIR Festival

SODOM, ANATHEMA, BURST, DEATHSTARS, KALMAH, THE SCOURGER and VERJNUARMU have been confirmed for the ninth annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, set to take place June 30 – July 2 at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 32 bands will perform on three stages over the course of three days....

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SHELTER Confirmed For Germany's WITH FULL FORCE Festival

SHELTER have been confirmed for this year's installment of the With Full Force festival, set to take place June 30 – July 2 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): A.O.K. AGNOSTIC FRONT AMORPHIS ARCH ENEMY BLEED THE SKY BL...

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LUMSK, DO OR DIE Confirmed For Germany's WITH FULL FORCE Festival

LUMSK and DO OR DIE have been confirmed for this year's installment of the With Full Force festival, set to take place June 30 – July 2 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): A.O.K. AGNOSTIC FRONT AMORPHIS ARCH ENEMY BLEE...

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H.I.M., AMORPHIS, SILENTIUM Confirmed For Romania's ARTMANIA FESTIVAL

H.I.M., AMORPHIS, SILENTIUM and CARMEN GRAY have been confirmed for the Artmania Festival, a three-day event focusing only on Finnish bands set to be held July 14-16 in Transylvania, Sibiu, Romania. In addition to live performances, Artmania Festival will feature other interesting events such as vis...

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SCAR SYMMETRY To Release Sophomore Album In May

SCAR SYMMETRY, the Swedish melodic death metal band featuring members of THEORY IN PRACTICE, INCAPACITY, and CENTINEX, will release their second album, "Pitch Black Progress", in North America on May 2 via Nuclear Blast Records. The final track listing is as follows: 01. The Illusionist 02. Slaves t...

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HAMMERFALL, NARNIA, MACHINE MEN, RED HARVEST Confirmed For Sweden's GATES OF METAL Festival

HAMMERFALL, NARNIA, MACHINE MEN and RED HARVEST have been confirmed for the Gates of Metal festival, set to take place August 4-5 at at Folkets Park in Hultsfred, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMORPHIS HAMMERFALL HELLOWEEN LUMSK MACHINE MEN MINISTRY NARNIA RED HARVEST SAVAGE...

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EPHEL DUATH Confirmed For Czech Republic's BRUTAL ASSAULT Festival

EPHEL DUATH have been confirmed for the Brutal Assault 2006 festival, set to take place August 10­12 at Svojsice U Prelouce (100 km east of Prague) in the Czech Republic. Other bands scheduled to appear include DIMMU BORGIR, AMORPHIS, GOJIRA, ORPHANED LAND, ROTTEN SOUND and CARNIVAL IN COAL. EPHEL D...

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SONATA ARCTICA Confirmed For Finland's RUISROCK Festival

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have been confirmed for the Ruisrock festival, set to take place July 7-9 in Turku, Finland. Also scheduled to appear are TOOL, BACKYARD BABIES, THE RASMUS, APOCALYPTICA, DANKO JONES, SAXON, OPETH, SOILWORK, THE GATHERING, HANOI ROCKS, THE 69 EYES, NEGATIVE a...

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AGNOSTIC FRONT, OBITUARY, SOILWORK, THE HAUNTED Confirmed For Germany's WITH FULL FORCE

AGNOSTIC FRONT, OBITUARY, SOILWORK and THE HAUNTED have been confirmed for this year's installment of the With Full Force festival, set to take place June 30 – July 2 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): A.O.K. AGNOSTIC...

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AMORPHIS: More 'Eclipse' Chart Positions Revealed

AMORPHIS's latest album, "Eclipse", has entered the German national chart at position No. 56, Austrian chart at No. 69 and Hungarian chart at No. 29. The CD, which debuted at the top of the Finnish chart, has since moved down to position No. 3. The follow-up to last year's "Far from the Sun", "Eclip...

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SINISTHRA Featuring AMORPHIS Frontman: Demo Completed; Band Seek New Label Home

SINISTHRA (formerly NEVERGREEN),the Finnish band featuring current AMORPHIS frontman Tomi Joutsen, have issued the following update via their official web site: "Isn't it just bloody irritating when bands can't be bothered to update their webpages? Our excuse for not updating is.. err.. well, there...

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DEICIDE, HYPOCRISY, MARDUK Confirmed For Finland's NUMMIROCK Festival

DEICIDE, HYPOCRISY and MARDUK have been confirmed for the 20th edition of the Nummirock festival, set to take place June 23-24 in Nummijärvi, Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS DEICIDE DIABLO HYPOCRISY MARDUK MOKOMA THE DUSKFALL TIMO RAUTIANEN VE...

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Eclipse

One of the few times in recorded metal history when a vocalist change didn't provoke a nerd riot among a band's followers, the ascension of Tomi Joutsen to the singer position in AMORPHIS has signaled instead a renaissance for these enigmatic Finns. Yes, the death growls are back, in limited quantit...