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DIMENSION ZERO Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

DIMENSION ZERO — the Swedish band featuring IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper Strömblad (on bass),ex-MARDUK vocalist Joakim "Jocke" Göthberg, LUCIFERION/DIABOLIQUE drummer Hasse Nilsson, and PATHOS guitarist Daniel Antonsson — has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival,...

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SCORPIONS Frontman On Upcoming CD: 'This Whole Album Is A Unit, A Statement'

SCORPIONS' official French fan club Crazyscorps recently conducted an interview with SCORPIONS frontman Klaus Meine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Crazyscorps: "Unbreakable", your previous album, was released three years ago. Which opinion do you have of that album today, and what balan...

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SCORPIONS Guitarist Discusses Upcoming Album

Baconmusic's James Allman recently conducted an interview with legendary SCORPIONS lead guitarist Matthias Jabs. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Baconmusic: Can you start by talking me through the writing and recording process for the brand new album "Humanity Hour 1"? Matthias: "Yes, we have r...

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NAPALM DEATH: More Tour Dates Announced

British grindcore legends NAPALM DEATH have lined up the following dates during the coming months: May 04 - Arlon, Belgium - Les Nuits De L'entrepot May 05 - Wuustwezel, Belgium - Puntpop May 06 - Lausanne, Switzerland - Le Romandie May 07 - Montpellie, France- Rockstore May 08 - Durango, Spain - Pl...

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ATHEIST Announces Romanian Concert

After completing four successful shows in the last three weeks — including a co-headlining concert with OBITUARY at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles and a headlining appearance at Chicago Powerfest, plus two club shows in Tampa and Miami (which saw a "who's who" of metal legends in attendance, su...

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ATHEIST Frontman 'Letting Go' Of Collection Of Original Paintings

ATHEIST frontman Kelly Shaefer has issued the following update: "My very good friend in Los Angeles, Benjie Gordon, who has been a big supporter of my art, and music, suggested to me that I start 'letting go' of some of my collection of paintings that I have done in the last few years, and was ...

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CELTIC FROST On 'Monotheist', HELLHAMMER And State Of Music Industry

Dennis Jernberg of the Swedish webzine Critical Mass recently conducted an interview with CELTIC FROST founders Tom Fischer and Martin Ain. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Critical Mass: Now that "Monotheist" has been out for almost a year, it's pretty safe to say that the album is a success —...

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METAL CHURCH Singer Finalizes Lineup For Solo Project

METAL CHURCH singer Ronny Munroe has finalized the lineup for his solo project. He has recruited his former ROTTWEILLER bandmates Rick Van Zandt on guitar, Izzy Rehaume on bass and Doug Marapodi on drums along with Q-5/TKO/NIGHTSHADE guitarist Rick Pierce. Ronny is currently working on demo songs fo...

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METAL CHURCH Singer To Perform With JON OLIVA'S PAIN At BAY AREA ROCK FEST

METAL CHURCH lead singer Ronny Munroe will join festival co-headliners JON OLIVA'S PAIN on stage to close out the night's festivities at the Bay Area Rock Fest next weekend, May 4-5. Commented JON OLIVA'S PAIN in a statement: "Having shared the stage with METAL CHURCH last year, including an unsched...

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SACRED REICH Frontman Says First Rehearsal In 10 Years Went 'Surprisingly Well'

The original lineup of SACRED REICH — Phil Rind (bass, vocals),Wiley Arnett (lead guitar),Jason Rainey (rhythm guitar) and Greg Hall (drums) — will reunite for several shows in Europe this summer, including an appearance at the Wacken Open Air festival on August 4. The band has also lined up two "...

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ICED EARTH: North American Tour To Kick Off In January

2007 will see the arrival of ICED EARTH's eighth full-length studio release, "Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part 1)", which expands the "Something Wicked" storyline first introduced in the trilogy of the same name appearing on the 1998 release, "Something Wicked This way Comes". "Framing Arma...

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VADER: Summer Bloody Summer

Polish death metal veterans VADER have issued the following update: "For the first time in VADER's history, we will appear on so many summer festivals and single shows. It wasn't planned, at least to play over 30 gigs in the summer time, almost like a regular tour! But appearing on some big festival...

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BLITZKRIEG Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG have have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS AN...

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ATHEIST To Perform Last U.S. Shows Ever

Technical metal pioneers ATHEIST have announced their last-ever U.S. performances. This weekend the band will hit the stage for the last time in their native Florida with headlining shows in Tampa and Miami (at Brass Mug and Club Flower respectively). ATHEIST will then perform at a handful of Europe...

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SODOM: 'Code Red' Released On Blood Red Vinyl

SODOM's classic album "Code Red" has been released on blood red vinyl by Night of the Vinyl Dead. "Code Red" was previously issued by Drakkar in 1999 on CD only. Track listing: Side A: 01. Code Red 02. What Hell Can Create 03. Tombstone 04. Warlike Conspiracy 05. Spiritual Demise 06. Liquidation Sid...