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LION'S SHARE: Footage From 'Magic Circle Festival 2007' DVD Posted Online

Video footage of Swedish melodic metal masters LION'S SHARE performing the song "Soultaker" at MANOWAR's Magic Circle Festival in Bad Arolsen, Germany on July 7, 2007 can be viewed below. The clip comes off the "Magic Circle Festival 2007" double-DVD set, which came out at the end of last year. LION...

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ANNIHILATOR Mainman Comments On ICED EARTH's Split With TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS

About.com's Chad Bower recently conducted an interview with ANNIHILATOR mainman Jeff Waters. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: About.com: "Metal" has been out for nearly a year in Europe. What was the delay in getting a North American release? Jeff Waters: I've been away from the states sin...

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CARCASS, PRIMORDIAL Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

CARCASS and PRIMORDIAL have been confirmed for the Hole In The Sky festival, set to take place August 27-30 in Bergen, Norway. For more information, visit www.holeinthesky.no. In an exclusive interview with BLABBERMOUTH.NET conducted this past October, CARCASS bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker stated abo...

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SCORPIONS: TV Documentary Posted Online

A three-part 2007 documentary on the veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS — celebrating the the band's 35th anniversary greatest-hits album, "Deadliest Stings – Greatest Hits" (released only in Southeast Asia) — can be viewed below. "Live At Wacken Open Air 2006: A Night To Remember - A Journey Thr...

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ANTHELION, BHELLIOM To Team Up For Asian Tour

Two of Asia fastest-rising metal bands, ANTHELION (Taiwan) and BHELLIOM (Singapore),will join forces for an Asian promotional tour. The trek will kick off in Singapore on January 26 at the Waking Up the Dead 2008 festival, which the two groups will co-headline, followed by a three-city Taiwanese ru...

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Legendary Drummer NICK BARKER Joins ATROCITY And LEAVES' EYES

The new drummer of ATROCITY and LEAVES' EYES is Nick Barker, who has previously played with CRADLE OF FILTH, DIMMU BORGIR and TESTAMENT. Says ATROCITY/LEAVES' EYES vocalist/producer Alex Krull, "It's with great pleasure that we can announce Nick Barker is joining the ATROCITY and LEAVES' EYES family...

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ZONARIA Checks In From The Road

Umeå, Sweden-based melodic death metal quartet ZONARIA is currently on the road as part of the Vanitas Balkans 2008 tour alongside MARDUK, IN BATTLE and ARTISIAN. The group has checked in with the following update: "We are now in Eskisehir, Turkey give you all an update on the tour! Tonight we playe...

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LION'S SHARE Working On New Concept Album

Vocalist Patrik Johansson of the Swedish melodic metallers LION'S SHARE has issued the following update: "Me, Lars [Chriss, guitar] and Sampo [Axelsson, bass] are currently working our asses off, writing new songs for the upcoming LION'S SHARE album. Almost all the songs are written now and hopefull...

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F5 Members Schedule NAMM Appearances

Several members of F5 — the Phoenix-based band featuring former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, ex-SICK SPEED vocalist Dale Steele, guitarists Steve Conley and John Davis, and ex-MEGADETH drummer Jimmy DeGrasso — will participate in various events, autograph signings and press conferences at this y...

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LION'S SHARE: Footage From SWEDEN ROCK Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of Swedish melodic metal masters LION'S SHARE performing the song "Clones of Fate" at this year's Sweden Rock Festival, which took place in June 2007 in Sölvesborg, Sweden, can be viewed below. LION'S SHARE will release its new album, "Emotional Coma", in the U.S. on January...

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ULI JON ROTH: New Album, Tour Details Revealed

Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) is currently working on a new full-length studio album, which will be released before the summer. Entitled "Under A Dark Sky", this is going to be the first official release in the long-awaited series of Symphonic Legends, which is a cycle of music wri...

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BLOODBOUND: First 2008 Festival Dates Announced

BLOODBOUND — the Swedish/German metal band featuring Fredrik Bergh (STREET TALK; bass, keyboards and backing vocals) and Tomas Olsson (lead and rhythm guitars) — has scheduled the following festival appearances during 2008: Jun. 20 - Hellter Skelter Festival - Peine (Hannover),Germany Jul. 13 - Mas...

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POISON's BRET MICHAELS Talks About 'Guitar Hero III'; Video Available

Exclaim! caught up with POISON frontman Bret Michaels as the rocker recorded his scenes for the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock. Bret talked about why he signed on for the project, his experience being in a motion capture suit, his skills on the game, and getting humiliated in the game b...

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SCORPIONS Frontman: 'Music Has Been An Integral Part Of Our Communication With The Youth'

According to India's Moneycontrol.com, German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS will perform in Mumbai and Bangalore this month as part of the band's Humanity World Tour 2007-08. SCORPIONS will play in Mumbai on December 14 and in Bangalore on December 16. Humanity World Tour 2007/2008 takes the group ri...

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Reunited CARCASS Confirmed For Italy's GODS OF METAL Festival

According to a posting on the Italian rock/metal webzine Groovebox.it, reunited British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS have been confirmed for the Gods of Metal festival, set to take place June 27-29, 2008 in Bologna, Italy. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: IRON MAIDEN (June 27 hea...