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DRIVER, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

DRIVER and HARDCORE SUPERSTAR are among the confirmed bands for next year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 26-27, 2009 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALESTORM BLIND GUARDIAN DRIVER HARDCORE SUPERSTAR LAAZ ROCKIT U.D.O. Y&am...

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DARK FORTRESS, GERNOTSHAGEN Confirmed For Germany's RAGNARÖK VI FESTIVAL

DARK FORTRESS and GERNOTSHAGEN have been confirmed for the Ragnarök VI Festival, set to take place April 17-18, 2009 in Lichtenfels, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): Acts on the bill now include: ADORNED BROOD ALESTORM ALKONOST ARKONA COR SCORPII DARK F...

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GRAVE DIGGER: 'Ballads Of A Hangman' Track Listing, Cover Artwork Revealed

German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER will release their new album, "Ballads Of A Hangman", on January 9, 2009 via Austria's Napalm Records. The "Pray" single will precede the album on November 28. The group's frontman Chris Boltendahl states, "We are very happy with the result. I think it is one of t...

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GRAVE DIGGER: New Song Sample Available

German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER have posted a sample of a new song entitled "Ballad Of A Hangman" on their MySpace page. The track comes off the group's forthcoming album, "Ballads Of A Hangman", which is scheduled for a January 9, 2009 release via Austria's Napalm Records. The "Pray" single wil...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, U.D.O., Y&T, LAAZ ROCKIT Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

BLIND GUARDIAN and U.D.O. are among the confirmed bands for next year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 26-27, 2009 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BLIND GUARDIAN U.D.O. Y&T LAAZ ROCKIT ALESTORM For more information, visi...

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TÝR, ALESTORM, SUIDAKRA To Team Up For 'Pagan Knights' Tour

Napalm Records has announced the first batch of confirmed dates/venues for the forthcoming Pagan Knights tour, featuring Faroese Viking metallers TÝR and Scottish pirate metallers ALESTORM. Since the 2006 Napalm re-release of the band's "Eric the Red" album, TÝR has continued to amaze an ever-growin...

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ÁSMEGIN To Release 'Arv' In November

Norwegian folk/viking metal band ÁSMEGIN will release its long-awaited new album, "Arv" (Heritage) at the end of November via Napalm Records. Acording to a press release, "Arv" "offers an extraordinary mix of sweeping metal riffs and melancholic folk melodies. Fragile violin arrangements collide wit...

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DORNENREICH, COR SCORPII, SARKOM Confirmed For Germany's RAGNARÖK VI FESTIVAL

DORNENREICH, COR SCORPII and SARKOM have been confirmed for the Ragnarök VI Festival, set to take place April 17-18, 2009 in Lichtenfels, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ADORNED BROOD ALESTORM ALKONOST ARKONA COR SCORPII DORNENREICH EINHERJER FALCHION...

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THYRFING, FALCHION Confirmed For Germany's RAGNARÖK VI FESTIVAL

Sweden's THYRFING and Finland's FALCHION have been confirmed for the Ragnarök VI Festival, set to take place April 17-18, 2009 in Lichtenfels, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ADORNED BROOD (D) ALESTORM (UK) ALKONOST (RUS) ARKONA (RUS) EINHERJER (NOR) F...

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HALCYON WAY Signs With NIGHTMARE RECORDS

Atlanta's progressive power/thrash band HALCYON WAY has inked a deal with U.S. label Nightmare Records. The group's debut CD, "A Manifesto For Domination", will be released worldwide on November 11, 2008. "A Manifesto For Domination" was produced by guitarist Jon Bodan, mixed by Lasse Lammert (ALEST...

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GRAVE DIGGER: 'Pray' Video Posted Online

"Pray", the new video from German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER, can be viewed below. The song comes off the group's forthcoming album, "Ballads Of A Hangman", which is scheduled for a January 9, 2009 release via Austria's Napalm Records. The "Pray" single will precede the album on November 28. The g...

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ALESTORM Announces New Guitarist

Scottish folk/power metal band ALESTORM has announced the addition of guitarist Tim Shaw to the group's ranks. The band states, "The more eagle-eyed watchers of the underground amongst you may know him as the mastermind behind the epic black metal project FYRDSMAN, and as the guitarist of the now-de...

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ALESTORM Guitarist Quits

Guitarist Gavin Harper has announced his departure from the Scottish folk/power metal band ALESTORM. He commented: "In my time in this band, from doing the first ever recording to not appearing on the latest one, I have always strived to make ALESTORM my priority and put it ahead of many other thing...

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ALESTORM Rejoined By Drummer IAN WILSON

Scottish folk/power metal band ALESTORM has issued the following update: "After deciding that plumbing isn't all it's cracked up to be, Mr. Ian Wilson has decided to return to the ALESTORM crew to play the drums. We're totally happy to have him back, 'cos he's a badass guy. Dos! "Also, we've just fi...

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EINHERJER To Reunite For Germany's RAGNARÖK VI FESTIVAL

Norwegian "Viking metal" pioneers EINHERJER will reunite for an appearance at the Ragnarök VI Festival, set to take place April 17-18, 2009 in Lichtenfels, Germany. Also newly confirmed for the event are FEJD from Sweden and ALKONOST from Russia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alp...