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PARAGON: New Album Update

German power metallers PARAGON have resumed recording their new album for an early 2007 release. "Most of the vocals are done by now except for our half-ballad 'Agony' and a cover of 'Two Faced', which we recorded for a TANKARD tribute album which will be included in their next release," bassist Jan...

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TANKARD, LEGION OF THE DAMNED Confirmed For Germany's WINTERBREATH Festival

TANKARD, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, DESASTER and DRYROT are among the confirmed bands for the Winterbreath festival, set to take place January 5-6, 2007 at Hauptsmoorhalle in Strullendorf (near Bamberg),Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALASKA FIRE DEBAUCHER...

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FACE DOWN HERO Signs With YONAH RECORDS

German thrash outfit FACE DOWN HERO has signed a deal with Yonah-Records to release its debut CD, "Opinion Converter", in February 2007. Influenced by classic Bay Area-thrash as well as more recent bands, FACE DOWN HERO's album was produced by Kostja Rohe (TANKARD, SQUEALER, EDGUY) and was mastered...

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DESTRUCTOR's New Full-Length Album Due Next Spring

DESTRUCTOR's headlining appearance at the opening night of the Keep It True VIII festival in Germany on April 13, 2007 is officially sold out. The legendary Cleveland, Ohio power/thrash band will be delivering an extended headlining set that will feature classics from past releases "Maximum Destruct...

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DEW-SCENTED Finishes Recording New Album

German thrashers DEW-SCENTED have issued the following update: "We just returned from Jörg Uken's Soundlodge studio [GOD DETHRONED, OBSCENITY, MANDRAKE] [in Northern Germany] where we finished recording 12 new tracks and some bonus material for our next album. It's sounding killer already in its rou...

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TANKARD Reissues To Include Bonus Tracks

AFM Records has announced plans to re-release remastered versions of the TANKARD albums "Disco Destroyer" and "Kings of Beer". Each album will contain a bonus track — a cover version of a very well-known metal act. More information will be made available soon. TANKARD is among the confirmed bands fo...

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Finished With the Dogs

If you ever salivated over Noise Records catalogs in the 1980s, or agonized over whether to spend the last of your beer money on a DETENTE LP, chances are you're already familiar with German thrashers HOLY MOSES. Inexplicably never afforded the worldwide distribution and notoriety of their peers, th...

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DIAMOND HEAD, SABBAT, ARTILLERY Confirmed For Germany's KEEP IT TRUE VIII Festival

DIAMOND HEAD, LAAZ ROCKIT and the reunited U.K. thrashers SABBAT are among the confirmed bands for the Keep It True VIII festival, set to take place April 14 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Keep It True VIII – "City's Gonna Burn" –...

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GENERAL SURGERY Confirmed For Holland's ARNHEM METAL MEETING

Legendary Swedish grindcore merchants GENERAL SURGERY have been confirmed for the Arnhem Metal Meeting, set to take place Saturday, December 9 at Musis Sacrum in Arnhem, Holland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AETERNUS ANCIENT RITES ANTAEUS ARCH ENEMY GENERAL...

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SPOCK'S BEARD Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

SPOCK'S BEARD has been confirmed for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27, 2007 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BULLET CATARACT DARK FUNERAL GRAVE DIGGER HARDCORE SUPERS...

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CATARACT Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

Swiss metalcore band CATARACT has been confirmed for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27, 2007 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BULLET CATARACT DARK FUNERAL GRAVE DIGGER...

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HARDCORE SUPERSTAR Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

Swedish sleaze rockers HARDCORE SUPERSTAR have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27, 2007 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BULLET DARK FUNERAL GRAVE DI...

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TURISAS Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

Finnish pagan folk metal band TURISAS has been confirmed for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27, 2007 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order) AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BULLET DARK FUNERAL GRAVE DIGGER H...

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MELECHESH: 'Emissaries' Tentative U.S. Release Date Announced

Osmose/The End Records has tentatively set a January 23, 2007 release date for new album from Mesopotamian metallers MELECHESH, entitled "Emissaries". The CD will arrive in Europe on October 30. "Emissaries", the fourth album from MELECHESH, is the much-anticipated follow-up to 2003's brilliant opus...

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AXEL RUDI PELL Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

German guitarist AXEL RUDI PELL has been confirmed for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27, 2007 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order) AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BULLET DARK FUNERAL GRAVE DIGGER HEAVEN...