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WATAIN To Play Special BATHORY Set At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Swedish black metallers WATAIN have been confirmed for next year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. WATAIN is one of the most influential and successful black metal bands in the world, and when they make their Sweden Rock Festival debut, it wi...

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ANDRÉ MATOS To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album

Brazilian singer André Matos (ex-ANGRA, SHAAMAN, VIPER) has joined the list of guest musicians who will appear on the forthcoming release from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Tobias met André in 1999 when EDGUY supported ANGRA on a French tour, and he immediately invited his Brazil...

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NAZARETH Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

NAZARETH has been confirmed for next year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALDO NOVA (CAN) ANVIL (CAN) BACHMAN & TURNER (CAN) BIGELF (US) D-A-D (DK) DANZIG (US) JORN (N) MAGNUM (UK) MOTHER'S...

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DANZIG Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

DANZIG has been confirmed for next year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALDO NOVA (CAN) ANVIL (CAN) BACHMAN & TURNER (CAN) BIGELF (US) D-A-D (DK) DANZIG (US) JORN (N) MAGNUM (UK) MOTHER'S F...

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MAGNUM Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

British rockers MAGNUM have been confirmed for next year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALDO NOVA (CAN) ANVIL (CAN) BACHMAN & TURNER (CAN) BIGELF (US) D-A-D (DK) JORN (N) MAGNUM (UK) MOTHE...

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STRATOVARIUS' JENS JOHANSSON To Guest On AVANTASIA Album

Keyboardist Jens Johansson (STRATOVARIUS, DIO, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) has joined the list of guest musicians who will appear on the forthcoming release from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Commented Tobias: "I've known Jens for years now; there has always been a friendship between EDGUY...

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AVANTASIA: New Album Titles Announced

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project will celebrate its comeback next year with a new epic masterpiece, to be released as two separate albums entitled "The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babylon". So far Tobias has confirmed the following musicians to be part of the forthcoming AVANTASIA...

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SYMPHONY X Frontman To Guest On AVANTASIA Album

Vocalist Russell Allen of U.S. progressive metallers SYMPHONY X has joined the list of guest musicians who will appear on the forthcoming release from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. So far Tobias has confirmed the following musicians to be part of the forthcoming AVANTASIA opus: *...

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SLIPKNOT Frontman Confirms He Tried Out For VELVET REVOLVER

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor has confirmed that he was being considered for the singer slot in VELVET REVOLVER following the departure of Scott Weiland. Speaking to Altitude TV (see video below),Taylor said, "I had a meeting with those guys, we did some demos together, and it just didn't work — f...

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BROWN JENKINS To Release 'Epic' Final Album

Austin, Texas' black/doom metal act BROWN JENKINS will release its final work and third CD for Moribund Records on November 24. Moving much farther beyond the death-drone, apocalyptic atmospheres of "Angel Eyes", the new record, entitled "Death Obsession", is a monstrous, epic journey into grave wor...

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'SPV- 25 & Alive' Compilation Due This Month

SPV Records has set an October 30 German reelase date (November 2 in the rest of Europe) for "SPV- 25 & Alive", a special sampler for a special year. In 1984, SPV and Steamhammer were founded. Steamhammer immediately signed two influential bands — SODOM and DESTRUCTION — and SPV finalized distri...

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AVANTASIA's Next Chapter Will Be Spread Over Two Albums

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has decided that the forthcoming chapter from his AVANTASIA project will be spread over two albums. He explained: "I have always given my very best, but this new chapter in AVANTASIA's history is too much and too ambitious to be just a regular album. I have worked on it...

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MEDICATED Parts Ways With Guitarist

MEDICATED, the Finnish metal band featuring former IMPERANON vocalist Aleksi Sihvonen, has parted ways with guitarist Jesse Soiletsalo. The group says in a statement, "For a while, [Jesse] has been thinking what it is that he wants to do. This has led him to realize that MEDICATED isn't quite the ba...

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JORN LANDE: Solo Dates Announced

Norwegian powerhouse hard rock singer Jorn Lande has scheduled the following solo dates: Nov. 26 - Logo - Hamburg, Deutchland Nov. 28 - Masters of Rock Novesta - Zlin, Czech Republic Nov. 29 - Zoe Club- Milan, Italy Nov. 30 - Z7 - Pratteln, Switzerland Dec. 01 - Splendid - Lille France Dec. 03 - ...

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CONVERGE: Another New Song Posted Online

In preparation for the release of their magnum opus, "Axe To Fall", on October 20, Massachusetts-based hardcore/metal band CONVERGE has debuted the title track from its forthcoming release on SPIN.com. In August, CONVERGE released the first track from "Axe To Fall", "Dark Horse", which Stereogum pra...