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AVATAR To Resume Recording Second Album

Up-and-coming Swedish metal band AVATAR recently entered the studio to record its second album, due later in the year through Gain Records. "We're finally sober enough to do the final recording sessions for the album," the group writes on its web site. "The first date is set to be May 21. The album...

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Guitar Signed By Entire SAVATAGE Band In 1998 Being Auctioned

A Jackson Charvel guitar signed by all members of SAVATAGE in Springfield, VA in September of 1998 on the "Wake of Megellan Tour" is being auctioned on eBay. The group's lineup at the time consisted of Zak Stevens, Jon Oliva, Chris Caffery, Al Pitrelli, Johnny Lee Middleton and Jeff Plate. The aucti...

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KING DIAMOND To Headline Sweden's LINKÖPING METAL MASSACRE Festival

KING DIAMOND has been confirmed as the headliner of the Linköping Metal Massacre festival, set to take palce November 2 in Linköping, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: KING DIAMOND NINE AVATAR LOS SIN NOMBRE HELLSONGS GLANZIG VOLBEAT At least 15 other bands will be booked during...

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SAVATAGE: 1993 Video Footage From Italy Posted Online

Video footage of SAVATAGE performing the song "Degrees of Sanity" on the "Edge of Thorns" tour in Milan, Italy on June 8, 1993 with guitarist founding guitarist Criss Oliva has been posted online at YouTube. Professionally shot video footage of SAVATAGE performing the song "Dead Winter Dead" at the...

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CHIMAIRA Confirmed For Sweden's HULTSFRED Festival

Cleveland's CHIMAIRA has been confirmed for this year's Hultsfred festival, which is scheduled to take place June 14-16 in Hultsfred, Sweden (CHIMAIRA will perform on June 14). The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 50 CENT [US] AIDEN [US] AMY WINEHOUSE [UK] ANNA TERN...

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METAL BLADE RECORDS' 25th Anniversary Celebration Detailed

In 1982, Metal Blade Records began operating in a young Heavy Metal fan's mom's garage in suburban Los Angeles. The result of that metal fan's enthusiasm was the first Metal Blade Records release, "Metal Massacre", a local band compilation that included METALLICA's first recorded release, BLACK N BL...

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AVATAR To Support IN FLAMES In Norway, Sweden

Up-and-coming Swedish metal band AVATAR will support IN FLAMES on their upcoming tour of Sweden and Norway. The dates are as follows: Mar. 16 - Trondheim (NO),Samfundet Mar. 17 - Haugesund (NO),Byscenen Mar. 18 - Bergen (NO),Verftet Mar. 19 - Stavanger (NO),Folken Mar. 22 - Karlskrona (SE),Kino...

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KORN, LAMB OF GOD, UNEARTH, AVATAR Confirmed For Sweden's HULTSFRED Festival

KORN, LAMB OF GOD, UNEARTH and AVATAR are among the confirmed artists for this year's Hultsfred festival, which is scheduled to take place June 14-16 in Hultsfred, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: OZZY OSBOURNE [UK] KORN [US] TIMBUKTU & DAMN [S] THE ARK [S] WOLFMOTHER [AUS]...

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AVATAR Back In The Studio

The young, up-and-coming Swedish metal band AVATAR has entered the studio to record its second album. The first single will be released at the end of May through Gain Records, to be followed by the full-length CD in September. "So far everything is going as planned," drummer John Alfredsson writes i...

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DREAM THEATER Signs With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Roadrunner Records has announced the signing of progressive metal pioneers DREAM THEATER. A new studio album, "Systematic Chaos", is due in June. DREAM THEATER will hit the road in support of the album for a world tour, including major festival appearances in Europe. Since their first studio release...

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DREAM THEATER Fans Needed To Lay Down 'Chants' On New CD

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has issued the following update: "Do you live near New York City? Do you want to have your voice on the new Dream Theater CD? "If so, I'm looking for a group of about 30 or 40 people to do some 'chants' for a section of one of the new ...

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SAVATAGE: 1996 Video Footage From DYNAMO OPEN AIR Festival Available

Professionally shot video footage of SAVATAGE performing the song "Dead Winter Dead" at the Dynamo Open Air festival in Eindhoven, Holland in 1996 has been posted online at YouTube.com. The clip originally aired on the German music video channel VIVA TV on the metal show "Metalla". As previously rep...

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SAVATAGE: Ultra-Rare Video Of VAN HALEN Cover Posted Online

An ultra-rare video clip of SAVATAGE (under the band's original moniker AVATAR) performing VAN HALEN's "Eruption" and "You Really Got Me" during an outdoor concert held in a strip mall parking lot in Clearwater, Florida sometime around 1981-1982 has been posted online at YouTube.com. Also available...

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SAVATAGE: Earliest Known Live Footage Posted Online

An ultra-rare video clip of SAVATAGE performing the song "Holocaust" under teh band's original moniker AVATAR at an outdoor concert sponsored by a Tampa radio station — held in a strip mall parking lot in Clearwater, Florida sometime around 1982 — has been posted online at YouTube.com. This is the e...

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EVERGREY To Embark On First-Ever Eastern European Tour

Swedish metallers EVERGREY will embark on their first Eastern European tour in January. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 11 - Nitra, SK - Stara Pekaren Jan. 12 - Budapest, HUN - Kultiplex Jan. 14 - Larissa, GRE - Live Music House Jan. 15 - Plovdiv, BUL - Geo Milev Hall Jan. 17 - Sofia, ...