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ANATHEMA, WOLF Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

Atmospheric rock veterans ANATHEMA and Swedish heavy metallers WOLF have been confirmed for this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 14-16, 2009 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: ALTERNATIVE CARPARK AMON AMARTH ANATHEM...

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IRON MAIDEN, SLIPKNOT, SAXON, DEF LEPPARD Honored At 'Metal Hammer Golden Gods'

British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN were honored with the "Golden God" and "Best UK Band" awards at last night's Metal Hammer Golden Gods event, which was held at the IndigO2 venue in South London, England. SLIPKNOT also picked up two awards — "Best International Band" and "Best Live Band" — whi...

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ROCK GONE WILD Teams Up With VH1 CLASSIC's EDDIE TRUNK

Rock Gone Wild, America's newest and most diverse rock festival, has teamed up with one of rock radio's biggest names to host one of rock's biggest days. Eddie Trunk, the popular host of VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show", will be in Algona for the entire day on August 22 to bring on such classic rock...

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SAXON To Play Free Show In San Antonio?

According to the Nikita Productions web site, British heavy metal legends SAXON will return to San Antonio, Texas on August 22 to headline a free concert at the Sunken Gardens Ampitheatre as part of a tribute to the late San Antonio disc jockey "The Godfather" Joe Anthony. Special guest to be announ...

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SAXON: New Audio Interview With BIFF BYFORD Posted Online

The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview host Mark Strigl and special guest VH1 metal expert Eric Bohnenstiel conducted with Biff Byford of SAXON. The 45-minute podcast can be downloaded at this location. SAXON's latest album, "Into The Labyrinth", sold around 1,000 copies in the...

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SAXON: 'Metalhead' Reissued On Limited-Edition Silver Fold-Out Vinyl

Night Of The Vinyl Dead will reissue SAXON's 1999 album "Metalhead" on limited-edition silver fold-out vinyl, featuring an eight-page booklet. The album is hand-numbered, with only 333 copies having been made. The track listing is as follows: Side A: 01. Intro 02. Metalhead 03. Are We Travellers in...

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BILOCATE's 'Sudden Death Syndrome' Album 'Banned' In Lebanon

Jordanian dark oriental metallers BILOCATE have issued a press release claiming that their new album, "Sudden Death Syndrome", has been "banned" in Lebanon. Considering that the CD is being sold in many countries in the Middle East, such as Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, Kuwait, and all...

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SAXON, WARBRINGER Members On Tonight's 'Talking Metal Live'

Biff Byford (SAXON),John Kevill (WARBRINGER),ZO2 (stars of IFC's "ZRock"),and Opus (DEAD BY WEDNESDAY) will be the featured guests on tonight's (Tuesday, June 2) episode of "Talking Metal Live". Hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy will also discuss such topics as Ozzy Osbourne's lawsuit against...

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SAXON, ANGEL WITCH, JAG PANZER, SACRED REICH, FORBIDDEN: Photos From ROCK HARD Available

A number of high-quality photos from this year's Rock Hard festival, which was held May 29-31, 2009 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, have been posted online at Metal-Experience.com. Included are pictures of the following artists: Friday, May 29 (photos): WITCHBURNER ANGEL WITCH DESTRÖYER 666 PRONG JAG PAN...

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LORD Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

Australian metallers LORD have parted ways with longtime drummer Tim "T.Y." Yatras and have replaced him with Damian Costas. Commented mainman Lord Tim, "One of the things that we all agreed on when LORD was formed was that everyone does it for all the right reasons. If your heart is no longer in it...

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SAXON Frontman Interviewed In San Antonio; Video Available

Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com conducted an interview with vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON prior to the band's May 22 performance in San Antonio, Texas. Watch the 14-minute clip below. SAXON's latest album, "Into The Labyrinth", sold around 1,000 copies in the United St...

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SAXON: New Video Interview Available

Angel Of Metal conducted an interview with British heavy metal legends SAXON at the inaugural installment of the Hammerfest festival, which was held April 24-25 at at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, Wales, United Kingdom. Watch the chat below. SAXON's latest album, "Into The Labyrinth", sold around 1,000...

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German Metal Label SPV Declared Insolvent

Wolfgang Spahr of Billboard.biz reports: SPV Schallplatten Produktion und Vertrieb GmbH in Hanover has declared itself insolvent. The managing partner, Manfred Schütz, decided to submit an application to commence insolvency proceedings on May 25 — roughly equivalent to Chapter 11 bankruptcy protecti...

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SAXON Frontman Interviewed On 'Metalheadz'; Audio Available

An interview with frontman Biff Byford and guitarist Doug Scarratt of British heavy metal legends SAXON conducted at the inaugural installment of the Hammerfest festival (which was held April 24-25 at at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, Wales, United Kingdom) aired on last Tuesday's (May 19) edition of Wre...

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Committed AC/DC Fans Camp Out On Brisbane Street To Buy Tickets For Next Year's Concert

Scott Casey of Australia's BrisbaneTimes.com.au reports: Committed AC/DC fans spent an uncomfortable night camping out on Elizabeth Street to buy tickets for next year's Brisbane concert. First in line was Carol Ranger who, along with 22-year-old daughter Pagen, had camped out since 11:00 a.m. yeste...