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AMORPHIS, DRAGONFORCE, 10 YEARS Confirmed For Italy's GODS OF METAL Festival

AMORPHIS, DRAGONFORCE, HELLFUELED and 10 YEARS have been confirmed for the tenth edition of the Gods Of Metal festival, set to take place June 1-4 at Idroscalo in Milan, Italy. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: Thursday, June 1: VENOM DIMMU BORGIR OPETH DOWN TESTAMENT NEVERMORE SATY...
April 4, 2006
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STRATOVARIUS, EDGUY, RAGE Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

STRATOVARIUS, EDGUY and RAGE have been confirmed for the Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place July 14-15 at Catton Hall, South Derbyshire, U.K. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, July 14: EDGUY METAL CHURCH ATHEIST RAGE NOCTURNAL RITES PYRAMAZE EVILE HEADLESS CROSS PIT...
April 3, 2006
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HELLOWEEN, CELTIC FROST, DARK FUNERAL, ANNIHILATOR Confirmed For Spain's METALWAY FESTIVAL

HELLOWEEN, CELTIC FROST, DARK FUNERAL, ANNIHILATOR and MINISTRY are among the confirmed bands for the Metalway Festival, set to take place July 28-30 at the campo de fĂștbol Santa Lucia in Gernika (Bizkaia),Spain. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANNIHILATOR BARON ROJO CELTIC FROST DAR...
March 29, 2006
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RAVEN Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

Long-running metallers RAVEN have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ARMORED SAINT COUNT RAVEN DEATH ANGEL EXODUS FLOTSAM AND JETSAM FOREIGNER HELLFULED HELLOW...
March 28, 2006
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LULLACRY Perform Acoustic Version Of 'Fire Within': Live Video Available

A live video of LULLACRY performing an acoustic version of the track "Fire Within" on July 29, 2005 at the Semifinal club in Helsinki, Finland has been made available for download at the Finnish group's official web site (MPEG file, 25 MB). LULLACRY released their fourth studio album, "Vol. 4", in t...
March 23, 2006
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Former STRATOVARIUS Bassist Completes Work On New MESS Demo: Audio Available

MESS, the Finnish heavy metal band featuring bassist Jari Kainulainen (ex-STRATOVARIUS),drummer Atte Sarkima (AJATTARA, VERENPISARA),vocalist Tommi "Tuple" Salmela (TAROT, CARDIANT) and guitarist Elias Viljainen (E.VIL),have finished mixing their new four-song demo at Fantom Studio in Tampere, Fi...
March 17, 2006
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SOULFLY, SODOM Confirmed For Italy's GODS OF METAL Festival

SOULFLY and SODOM have been confirmed for the tenth edition of the Gods Of Metal festival, set to take place June 1-4 at Idroscalo in Milan, Italy. SODOM will play on June 1, while SOULFLY will be one of the performers on the final day of the event. The festival billing is now shaping up ...
March 16, 2006
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NOCTURNAL RITES: 'Still Alive' Video Available For Download

Sweden's NOCTURNAL RITES have uploaded the second video from their "Grand Illusion" album, "Still Alive", at their official web site. The clip was once again directed by the group's drummer, Owe Lingvall. Check it out at this location (.ZIP file, 46 MB). "Grand Illusion" was released in September 20...
March 14, 2006
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The Longest Night

I had a feeling PHARAOH's follow-up to its 2003 debut, "After the Fire", would be a true-blue, quality slab of traditional/power metal with contagious melodies, pounding rhythms, and killer guitar work, but "The Longest Night" far exceeded even those expectations. "The Longest Night" would more accu...
March 12, 2006
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DREAMTALE: New Audio Sample Posted Online

Finnish metallers DREAMTALE have uploaded a sample of a pre-production version of a new song, entitled "Yesterday's News", at this location. The track is expected to appear on the band's follow-up to their third album, "Difference", which was released in April 2005 via Spinefarm Records. DREAMTALE r...
March 12, 2006
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IN FLAMES Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

Sweden's IN FLAMES have been confirmed as the second headlining act (alongside WHITESNAKE) for this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (two more acts to be confirmed): ARMORED SAINT CO...
March 9, 2006
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HELLOWEEN, STRATOVARIUS Confirmed For Italy's GODS OF METAL Festival

HELLOWEEN and STRATOVARIUS have been confirmed for the tenth edition of the Gods Of Metal festival, set to take place June 1-4 at Idroscalo in Milan, Italy. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: Thursday, June 1: VENOM DIMMU BORGIR OPETH DOWN TESTAMENT NEVERMORE SATYRICON TBA TBA TBA Fr...
March 9, 2006
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STRATOVARIUS, HELLFULED Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

STRATOVARIUS and HELLFULED are the latest confirmed acts for this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24, 2006 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: ARMORED SAINT COUNT RAVEN DEATH ANGEL EXODUS FLOTSAM AND JETSAM FOREIGNE...
March 6, 2006
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NOCTURNAL RITES Confirmed For Sweden's KRAMFORS STADSFEST

Sweden's NOCTURNAL RITES have been confirmed for the Kramfors Stadsfest, set to take place June 16-17 in Kramfors, Sweden. Also scheduled to appear are DESTYNATION (formerly ETERNIA). As previously reported, NOCTURNAL RITES recently completed work on "Still Alive", the second video from their "Grand...
March 2, 2006
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HAMMERFALL To Release New Album In October

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "The Winter Olympics 2006 are over, and it ended on a high note for us: Sweden beat Finland 3-2 in the ice-hockey final, in a very exciting and nerve-racking game. Actually, the Finns were the most...
February 28, 2006