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AMON AMARTH, METAL INQUISITOR Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

AMON AMARTH and METAL INQUISITOR have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED AMON AMARTH ATHEIST BLOODTHORN BORN FROM PAIN CANNIBAL CORPSE CELTIC FROS...

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SOILWORK Rehearsing With 'Possible' New Guitarist

SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We're rehearsing right now. [We] started off yesterday with a possible replacement for Peter [Wichers, ex-guitarist]. He's doing a great job and we'll see how it goes on the festivals in Hungary,...

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Pitch.Black.Effects

While not as well known as some of its contemporaries, Dutch boys CALLENISH CIRCLE have built a reputation as a band that consistently makes quality, Swedish-style melodic thrash/death metal. Following 2003's "My Passion // Your Pain", new album "Pitch.Black.Effects" (the band's fifth) continues tha...

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GAMMA RAY, PRIMAL FEAR, ORPHANED LAND Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

GAMMA RAY, ORPHANED LAND, ABORTED, PRIMAL FEAR, WINTERSUN, EKTOMORF, ATHEIST and BLOODTHORN have been confirmed for next year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5, 2006 in Wacken, Germany. EKTOMORF will perform on the "True Metal Stage" on August 4. The festival billing is now sh...

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THREAT SIGNAL Announce New Drummer

Canadian metallers THREAT SIGNAL have announced the addition of drummer George Parfitt from Pennsylvania to the group's ranks. THREAT SIGNAL recorded their debut album, "Under Reprisal", this past fall with producer Christian Olde Wolbers of FEAR FACTORY. The CD is set to be released in Europe in th...

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NO RETURN: New Song Available For Download

A brand-new NO RETURN track, entitled "Utopia", has been made available for download at VS-Webzine.com. The song comes off the French thrashers' new, self-titled CD, due this month via Season of Mist. The album's cover artwork can be found at this location. "No Return" is the follow up to "Machinery...

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EKTOMORF Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Hungarian hardcore/thrash metallers EKTOMORF have been confirmed for next year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5, 2006 in Wacken, Germany. EKTOMORF will perform on the "True Metal Stage" on August 4. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BO...

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THERION To Begin Pre-Production For New Album Next Week

Sweden's THERION will be starting pre-production for the new album next week, according to a posting on the group's official web site. "The recordings will be interupted to do some festivals in March," the posting adds. "There will be some surprises on stage on the MetalMania festivals..." THERION a...

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MNEMIC Guitarist Launches New Web Site

MNEMIC guitarist and renowned artist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie's newest web site has been launched at www.cadaverman.com. "Cadaverman is meant to serve as my personal portfolio in regards to the artworks, album covers, photography and music I have worked on," Mircea said in a statement. "In the photogr...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary Nearing Completion

The makers of "Get Thrashed", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have issued the following update regarding the project's current status: "In the year since the last news update, we have made giant strides toward...

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RAUNCHY: 'Death Pop Romance' E-Card Available

A brand-new RAUNCHY e-card, featuring selections from the highly acclaimed Danish band's third full-length album, "Death Pop Romance", can be accessed at this location. Due in Europe on February 20, 2006 (February 17 in Germany) via Lifeforce Records, the CD was recorded last summer by Jacob Hansen...

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Former SOILWORK Guitarist To Produce SAMADHI Full-Length Debut

Former SOILWORK guitarist Peter Wichers will be producing the debut full-length effort from Baltimore, Maryland-based metal/thrash act SAMADHI. "We are honored to be working with him, and look forward to the experience," the band write in a statement. "We are scheduled to start work in early May, an...

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SOILWORK Frontman Joins Blues Band

SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "I've joined a blues band that I'm jamming with one or two times a week. I've always wanted to try out something like that — no side project; just a jam you can do when you have the time. ...

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ANGTORIA To Begin Recording Vocals Next Week

ANGTORIA, the new Swedish/British orchestral/metal band formed by female singer Sarah Jezebel Deva (CRADLE OF FILTH, THERION, MORTIIS),composer Chris Rehn (ABYSSOS) and Tommy Rehn (MOAHNI MOAHNA),are currently working on their debut album, "God Has A Plan For Us All", for a tentative April 24, 200...

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Organizers Of METALMANIA 2006 Festival Looking For Side-Stage Bands

The organizers of Poland's Metalmania 2006 festival are offering a chance to Polish and foreign bands to perform on the festival's side stage. To apply, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and [email protected]. The deadline for all applications is January 11, 2006 at n...