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REPVBLIKA Confirmed For Mexico City's HEAVY METAL CIRCUS FEST

REPVBLIKA, one of the most promising extreme metal bands to emerge from Mexico, will perform at the Heavy Metal Circus Fest on Saturday, August 18 in Mexico City, Mexico. Also scheduled to appear are SINISTER, INCANTATION, GRAVE and DISMEMBER. Aside from live performances, the two-day festival (Augu...

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ZAKK WYLDE Comments On 'Free' OZZFEST; Video Available

Australia's Undercover News recently caught up with OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Zakk Wylde to ask him about this year's Ozzfest, which is being staged as a free show. On the topic of this year's event being free, Zakk said, "You never question your mother [referring to Ozzy's wife and Ozzfest founder Sh...

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ADAGIO: More Dates Announced

French progressive metallers ADAGIO have scheduled the following dates: Aug. 10 - Rades - Amphitheater (Rock in Rades Festival) - Tunisia Sep. 07 - Estombar-Lagoa - Portugal Sep. 12 - Tokyo - Club Quattro - Japan (w/ KORPIKLAANI) Sep. 13 - Nagoya - Club Quattro - Japan (w/ KORPIKLAANI) Sep. 14 - Osa...

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DARK EMPIRE: New Song Posted Online

DARK EMPIRE, the American/Swedish band featuring vocalist Jens Carlsson of PERSUADER/SAVAGE CIRCUS and bassist Noah Martin of ARSIS, has posted the single edit for its new track "Possessed (We are One)" on the group's MySpace page. The song comes off the band's upcoming second album, "Humanity Dethr...

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ORPHANED LAND Replaces HEAVEN'S CRY At PROGPOWER EUROPE Festival

Israel's ORPHANED LAND has replaced Canada's HEAVEN'S CRY on the billing of this year's ProgPower Europe 2007 festival, set to take place October 5-7 in Baarlo, Netherlands. ORPHANED LAND will perform an 80-minute set as part of what will be one of the band's only concerts in Northwestern Europe thi...

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OCTOBER FILE: 'Friendly Fire' Remix Posted Online

U.K. hardcore act OCTOBER FILE has posted the Martin Atkins remix of the song "Friendly Fire" on its MySpace page. OCTOBER FILE recently announced the addition of drummer John Watt to the group's ranks. The band is currently working on material for its new album, entitled "Holy Armour from the Jaws...

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MACHINE MEN Confirmed For Holland's ETERNAL ROCKFEST

MACHINE MEN and MYTHOLIC have been confirmed for the Eternal Rockfest, set to take place October 13 in Geelen, Netherlands. Also schedule to appear is SILENT FORCE. For more information, visit www.eternalrock.nl. Video footage of MACHINE MEN performing at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland on March 24, 2...

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SAMMY HAGAR Having Fun With His Fans

John Black of BostonNOW reports: Whether he's on stage making music or behind the bar making margaritas, there's one thing for certain about Sammy Hagar: He's having a blast. "If I have a genius for anything," Hagar says in a theatrically self-important voice that has him — and the interviewer — lau...

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WOLVERINE Confirmed For PROGPOWER UK Festival

Swedish metallers WOLVERINE have been confirmed for the ProgPower UK festival, set to take place on March 28-29, 2008 in Bristol, England. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANDROMEDA CIRCUS MAXIMUS DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA POWER QUEST SERENITY THY MAJESTIE VANDEN PLAS WOLVERINE Commented...

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Discusses New U.D.O. Album 'Mastercutor'

Mark Carras of RockMyMonkey.com recently conducted an interview with former ACCEPT vocalist Udo Dirkschneider. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: You have a video for the song "Wrong Side of Midnight". Who thought of the concept for that? Udo Dirkschneider: There was a young...

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OZZFEST 2007: More Than 428,000 Tickets Given Away So Far

When Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne and the world's largest live music company, Live Nation, announced in February their plans to stage the 2007 Ozzfest as a free show, some industry people said it would never work. Today Ozzfest yet again has made history, as the fans clearly have spoken. Over the past f...

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SAVAGE CIRCUS To Release New Album In October

SAVAGE CIRCUS, the German/Swedish band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch and PERSUADER members Jens Karlsson (vocals, guitar) and Emil Norberg (lead guitar),has commenced the songwriting process for its second album, tentatively due in October via Dockyard 1. SAVAGE CIRCUS annou...

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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed

Raleigh, North Carolina-based progressive metalcore quintet BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME has issued the following update: "Well, we are done tracking our new record, 'Colors', and we couldn't be happier. It was an amazing experience, as always, working with the mighty Jamie King, and we couldn't thank...

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ADAGIO To Team Up With KORPIKLAANI For Japanese Tour

French progressive metallers ADAGIO will team up with Finland's KORPIKLAANI for a short tour of Japan in September. Confirmed dates are as follows: Sep. 12 - Tokyo, JPN - Club Quattro Sep. 13 - Nagoya, JPN - Club Quattro Sep. 14 - Osaka, JPN - Club Quattro ADAGIO has also confirmed several headlinin...

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DAVE NAVARRO Says 'Rock Star' Reality TV Show Didn't Cause JANE'S ADDICTION Split

Former JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro has responded to singer Perry Farrell's claim that JANE'S ADDICTION began falling apart while Navarro started hosting the "Rock Star" reality series. "My band broke up basically over reality TV, and I just couldn't believe it," Farrell recently told Lau...