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NAILDOWN Working On New Songs

Finnish melodic death/power metal band NAILDOWN has issued the following update: "We have started working on new songs for our third release. This obviously means that for the first part of 2008 we won't be as active in the live section as last year, since we really want to put an effort into creati...

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Guitarist JOE STUMP Checks In

REIGN OF TERROR/HOLYHELL guitarist Joe Stump has issued the following update: "It's looking like this year should be very busy. I just came back from Bulgaria where HOLYHELL played a New Year's Eve show opening for SAXON (three-band bill, we were in the middle). Believe it or not, it was an outdoor...

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AVIAN Confirmed For Florida's NIGHTMARE METAL FEST

AVIAN, the melodic metal band featuring singer Lance King and guitarist Yan Leviathan, has been confirmed for the Nightmare Metal Fest, a brand new festival set to take place March 21-22 at Bourbon Street in New Port Richey, Florida. Also scheduled to appear are WARMACHINE, CAGE, DISASTERPEACE (the...

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X-THIRTIEN, ORDER OF NINE, SACRED DAWN Confirmed For Florida's NIGHTMARE METAL FEST

X-THIRTIEN, ORDER OF NINE, SACRED DAWN, POWND and SIX MINUTE CENTURY have been confirmed for the Nightmare Metal Fest, a brand new festival set to take place March 21-22 at Bourbon Street in New Port Richey, Florida. Also scheduled to appear are WARMACHINE, CAGE, DISASTERPEACE (the new band featurin...

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ANCIENT RITES: Spanish Dates Cancelled

Vocalist Gunther Theys of Belium's ANCIENT RITES has issued the following update: "To our supporters in the Iberian lands: We received the news that our tour, which was supposed to start next week in your lands, is cancelled. The tour organisers informed us that clubs that booked ANCIENT RITES recei...

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KALIBAS, JENA BERLIN, STRENGTH FOR A REASON To Perform At Syracuse's 315 IN RUINS FESTIVAL

KALIBAS, JENA BERLIN, FOR THE LOVE OF... and STRENGTH FOR A REASON are among the confirmed bands for the 315 In Ruins Festival, set to take place April 19-20 at Klub Polski in Syracuse, New York. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (not in order of appearance): Saturday, April 19: KALIBAS...

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PITIFUL REIGN Debut To Be Co-Produced By STEVE DIGIORGIO

Punishment 18 Records' latest signing, UK thrashers PITIFUL REIGN, are about to go into the studio to record their debut album. Scheduled for release in the early part of this year, "Visual Violence" will feature artwork created by Ed Repka (MEGADETH, DEATH, MUNICIPAL WASTE) and will be engineered a...

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WARMACHINE Confirmed For Florida's NIGHTMARE METAL FEST

Toronto-based metallers WARMACHINE have been confirmed for the Nightmare Metal Fest, a brand new festival set to take place March 21-22 at Bourbon Street in New Port Richey, Florida. Also scheduled to appear are CAGE, DISASTERPEACE (the new band featuring singer Wade Black [CRIMSON GLORY, SEVEN WITC...

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DISASTERPEACE Confirmed For Florida's NIGHTMARE FEST

DISASTERPEACE, the new band featuring singer Wade Black (CRIMSON GLORY, SEVEN WITCHES, LEASH LAW, BLACK REIGN, LEATHERWOLF),former KING DIAMOND guitarist master Pete Blakk, renowned drummer Jesse Martillo (CRIMSON GLORY) and bassist Chris Baylor, has been confirmed for the Nightmare Fest, a brand n...

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EXTREMA: Italian Dates Announced

Legendary Italian metal band EXTREMA has scheduled the following dates: Jan. 10 - IT - Salerno, Iroko Club - Info Jan. 11 - IT - Roma, Classico - Info Jan. 12 - IT - Scordia (Ct),Krossower - Info Jan. 13 - IT - Rende (Cs),B-Side - Info Jan. 26 - IT - Cagliari, ...

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FIRST REIGN Completes Work On New Album

Vancouver-based metallers FIRST REIGN have completed work on their new album, entitled "As the Dead Lead the Dead". The CD was recorded with producer Jason Martin (who has recorded other notable Vancouver acts such as MUSPELLHEIM and CIVIL RUIN) and is tentatively scheduled for release in February....

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RUNNING WILD Mainman's TOXIC TASTE: Audio Samples Available

TOXIC TASTE, the side project of RUNNING WILD mainman Rolf "Rock'n'Rolf" Kasparek (who goes by the name T.T. Poison in the new group),has posted several audio samples on its official web site. T.T. Poison's official bio describes him as "a man of composed character, who has a sense of very subtle h...

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MAJESTY Parts Ways With Drummer

German metallers MAJESTY have parted ways with drummer Michael Gräter and have replaced him with Jan Raddatz. MAJESTY performed a special concert on December 29 at the Community Hall in Unterbalbach, Germany. In addition to material from MAJESTY's three studio albums, the band played songs from sing...

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BLACK SABBATH, SLAYER, DIAMOND HEAD, IRON MAIDEN Among Top Albums For Riffs

Leading Japanese rock magazine Burrn! has published an article titled "Think About The Riffs" in which it cites DIAMOND HEAD's "Lightning To The Nations" album as the third greatest album for riffs following BLACK SABBATH's "Master Of Reality" and SLAYER's "Reign In Blood". The article goes on to sa...

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DIAMOND HEAD Schedules First-Ever Japanese Concert

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends DIAMOND HEAD have issued the following update: "Following a successful UK tour with THIN LIZZY, DIAMOND HEAD are thrilled to be playing in Japan in 2008. This will be the first time that the band have played Japan and look forward to playing for their...