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CANDLEMASS Confirm Festival, Club Appearances
The reunited classic line-up of CANDLEMASS have been confirmed to appear at the following festivals this summer: Jun. 07-08 – Sölvesborg, SWE @ Sweden Rock Festival Jun. 28-29 – Balingen, GER @ Bang Your Head Jul. 05-06 – (near) Leipzig, GER @ With Full Force Aug. 02-03 – Wacken, GER @ Wacken Open A...January 22, 2002
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ANGEL WITCH Split????
NWOBHM legends ANGEL WITCH appear to have split up following guitarist/mainman Kevin Heybourne's decision to relocate to the US. Here is an official statement on the matter from bassist Richie Wicks and guitarist Keith Herzberg (as posted at www.angel-witch.com): It is with great sadness that we (Ke...January 22, 2002
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BLITZKRIEG To Unleash "Absolute Power"
Reunited NWOBHM legends BLITZKRIEG are finishing up the songwriting process for their new album, tentatively entitled Absolute Power, which is due to be issued during May/June. The group's current line-up consists of: Brian Ross - Vocals Tony J.Liddle - Guitar Paul Nesbitt - Guitar Andy Galloway - B...January 21, 2002
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CRIMINAL, DOMINE, EISREGEN, Others Get Confirmed For Wacken 2002
CRIMINAL, DOMINE, EISREGEN, FLESHCRAWL, REBELLION, RED AIM, SINERGY and VOMITORY are the latest bands to be confirmed for Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full line-up of acts that are presently scheduled to partake in the festivities n...January 18, 2002
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WACKEN 2002 Adds CANNIBAL CORPSE, ROTTWEILLER
CANNIBAL CORPSE and ROTTWEILLER are the latest bands to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full line-up of acts that are presently scheduled to partake in the festivities now looks like this: AMON AMARTH BLAZE B...January 13, 2002
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SINERGY To Rock At Wacken
Finland's SINERGY have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is set to take place in Wacken, Germany between August 1st and August 3rd. ...January 9, 2002
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DORO PESCH Hits The European Summer Festival Circuit!
German vocalist DORO PESCH has been confirmed to appear at several European metal festivals during the summer. The confirmed dates are as follows: Jun. 07 - Sölvesborg, SWE @ Sweden Rock Jun. 09 – Milan, ITA @ Gods of Metal Jul. 11 – Tuttlingen, GER @ Honberg Sommer Jul. 13 – NETH @ Bospop Aug. ...December 25, 2001
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GRAVE DIGGER Set To Release Live CD/DVD During March!
Germany's GRAVE DIGGER will issue their much-anticipated live CD/DVD, entitled Tunes Of Wacken (recorded at the group's 2001 Wacken Festival appearance),through G.U.N. Records at the end of March. The same label will also issue a Best Of compilation from the group at the end January, a release that...December 24, 2001
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CANDLEMASS Confirmed For Wacken, Other Acts Join In On The Action!
The reunited classic line-up of CANDLEMASS—vocalist Messiah Marcolin, bassist/founder Leif Edling, guitarist Mats Björkman, lead guitarist Lars Johansson and drummer Jan Lindh—have been officially confirmed for next year's Wacken Festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Ge...December 23, 2001
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CANDLEMASS Destroy Stockholm!
The reunited classic line-up of CANDLEMASS—vocalist Messiah Marcolin, bassist/founder Leif Edling, guitarist Mats Björkman, lead guitarist Lars Johansson and drummer Jan Lindh—performed a six-song set at the Christmas bash, dubbed Black Lucia, of Sweden's premiere metal magazine, Close-Up, at Wildsi...December 20, 2001
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Former IRON MAIDEN Vocalist Enters Tenth Dimension!
Britain's BLAZE, led by former IRON MAIDEN/WOLFSBANE vocalist Blaze Bayley, will release its sophomore album, entitled Tenth Dimension, in the UK on February 4th. Tenth Dimension will receive a continental European release on January 21st through SPV/Steamhammer Records. A two-CD digipack version of...December 20, 2001
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Archive News Dec 03, 2001
APOLLYON SUN, featuring former CELTIC FROST mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer, are currently composing and demoing new material for the group's upcoming sophomore full-length album at the band's own rehearsal studio facility (where the act have just upgraded the computer-based recording system) and at...December 3, 2001
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Archive News Nov 30, 2001
Here are some of the latest sales figures for various metal/hard rock releases in the US, as reported by Soundscan for the week ending November 25th, 2001 (number in parenthesis indicates the number of weeks the title has been on the sales chart): ... KID ROCK – Cocky: 223,062 (1) ...November 30, 2001
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Archive News Nov 27, 2001
Former CELTIC FROST guitarist/vocalist Tom G. Warrior (aka Thomas Gabriel Fischer) has contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to refute the reports of am imminent reunion of the band's classic line-up of Fischer, bassist Martin Eric Ain and drummer Reed St. Mark, the rumors of which gained fervor in the pas...November 27, 2001
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Archive News Nov 19, 2001 - update 1
The recently-reunited classic CANDLEMASS line-up—vocalist Messiah Marcolin, bassist/founder Leif Edling, guitarist Mats Björkman, lead guitarist Lars Johansson and drummer Jan Lindh—will perform a five-song set at the Christmas bash, dubbed Black Lucia, of Sweden's premiere metal magazine, Clos...November 19, 2001