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CHILDREN OF BODOM: 'In Your Face' DVD-Single Track Listing Revealed

According to a posting on the CHILDREN OF BODOM fan site Scythes-Of-Bodom.com, the track listing of the upcoming CHILDREN OF BODOM "In Your Face" DVD-single is as follows: 01. In Your Face video 2.0 02. In Your Face video 5.1 03. All Night Long (Shit-faced Bastards Of Bodom) 04. Sixpounder (Live at...

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EMPEROR: Tickets For New York City Show Now On Sale

According to a Candlelight Records press release, tickets have officailly gone on sale for EMPEROR's recently announced July 14, 2006 New York City show at B.B. King's Blues Club, located at 237 West 42nd Street. To purchase tickets visit www.ticketmaster.com or call B.B. King's at 212-997-4144. EMP...

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EMPEROR: New York, Los Angeles Dates Announced

Reunited Norwegian black metal legends EMPEROR have announced the following U.S. dates in July 2006: Jul. 14 - BB Kings Blues Club - New York, NY Jul. 16 - Key Club - Los Angeles, CA As previously reported, EMPEROR reunited after four years to play a surprise three-song set at Scream's 15-year anniv...

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Inventor Of Evil

Fourth post-reunion album from these German thrash heroes, and all eyes are on the "We Are the World"-esque "The Alliance of Hellhoundz" — the track (yet another paean to how much metal rocks) boasts a slew of guest vocalists. Doro Pesch, Paul Di'Anno, "Speed" Strid" of SOILWORK, Peter Tägtgren, Bif...

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EQUILIBRIUM: Tour Dates Announced

After a busy year, which included the release of their debut album, "Turis Fratyr" (Black Attakk),and a lot of live performances at festivals like Wacken Open Air, German "Viking metal" band EQUILIBRIUM will play their last shows 2005 at the Hell-O-Ween Tortour at the end of October. Immediately fo...

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MICHAEL KISKE: Reunion With HELLOWEEN 'Will Never Happen'

Ex-HELLOWEEN frontman Michael Kiske has once again shot down the possibility of a reunion with his former bandmates. Despite the fact that the singer stated in a recent interview that he would consider playing a one-off show with HELLOWEEN at Germany's Wacken Open Air festival, a full-fledged reunio...

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Armageddon Over Wacken 2004

Like the festival from which it is spawned, "Armageddon Over Wacken" is a mammoth undertaking, not for the faint of heart or elitist in spirit. A died-and-gone-to-metal-heaven bacchanal where DIO and MOTÖRHEAD slot next to BAL-SAGOTH, MAYHEM and CANNIBAL CORPSE — and they all end up sharing a stage...

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TRISTANIA To Record New Album In February

Norwegian symphonic metal band TRISTANIA have posted the following message on their official web site: "First of all we would like thank the ones that showed up and supported us on Wave Gotik Treffen, Summer Breeze and Wacken Open Air. We had a great time. "As most of you know by now; we're currentl...

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ZYKLON To Record New Album In November; Live DVD Due In Early 2006

ZYKLON, the Norwegian band featuring EMPEROR members Samoth (guitar) and Trym (drums),are scheduled to start recording their third album, tentatively titled "Disintegrate", at Akkerhaugen Lydstudio in Norway in November. The mixing will take place at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden early next...

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MICHAEL KISKE: I Would Join HELLOWEEN For One-Off Appearance At WACKEN

In a recent interview with Lords of Metal, former HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske talked about his artistic departure from metal, his latest project PLACE VENDOME and a possible one-off reunion with his former HELLOWEEN bandmates at Germany's Wacken Open Air festival. A couple of excerpts from the in...

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EMPEROR: Brand-New Live Photos Posted Online!

Several photos of EMPEROR's surprise performance at Scream's 15-year anniversary party at Oslo, Norway's Rockefeller Friday night (Sept. 30) have been posted online at this location (all photos were taken by EMPEROR guitarist Samoth's wife Erin). As previously reported, EMPEROR reunited after four y...

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METAL CHURCH Singer: New Album To Recapture Roots Of Band

Australia's Inside_Out666 recently conducted an in-depth interview with METAL CHURCH frontman Ronny Munroe (ex-ROTTWEILER). Several excerpts follow: Inside_Out666: In 2004 you became the new vocalist for METAL CHURCH and released "The Weight of the World", which will be known as one of the greatest...

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Legendary Black Metallers EMPEROR Talk About Decision To Reunite

Black metal legends EMPEROR reunited after four years to play a surprise three-song set for Norwegian metal magazine Scream's 15-year anniversary which took place at Oslo's Rockefeller Friday night (Sept. 30). Norwegian metal radio show "Tinitus" was at the venue to witness the historical moment. In...

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Update: EMPEROR To Headline Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

In addition to headlining the 2006 edition of Norway's Inferno Festival, influential Norwegian extreme metal outfit EMPEROR will perform at next year's Wacken Open Air, set to take place August 3-5, 2006 in Wacken, Germany. Other bands confirmed for the three-day event include CHILDREN OF BODOM, SOI...

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DORO: 'Classic Diamonds' CD/DVD Receives U.S. Release

German metal goddess Doro Pesch (ex-WARLOCK) has just released her "Classic Diamonds" collection in the U.S. in CD/DVD formats via Locomotive Music. The CD features nine revamped Doro classics newly recorded by Doro with the help of THE METAL CLASSIC NIGHT ORCHESTRA, including such favorites as "I R...