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TURISAS: 'The Varangian Way' Special Edition Due Next Week

To coincide with the band's upcoming support slot for metal titans ICED EARTH and ANNIHILATOR, Century Media Records will release a very special version of TURISAS' "The Varangian Way" in the following formats with a slightly altered artwork: * CD: "Director's Cut" including the hit single "Rasputin...

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TURISAS To Tour Europe With ICED EARTH, ANNIHILATOR

Finnish folk metal warriors TURISAS have been added to ICED EARTH's forthcoming European tour. Also scheduled to appear are Canadian thrashers ANNIHILATOR. The dates are as follows: Oct. 08 - Köln, Germany - Live Music Hall Oct. 09 - München, Germany - Backstage Werk Oct. 10 - Milan, Italy - Alcatra...

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TURISAS: Video Of BONEY M Disco Classic 'Rasputin' Available

Finnish folk metal warriors TURISAS are ready to unleash their video for "Rasputin", a cover version of the old BONEY M disco classic every fan should already recognize from the band's live shows. Band mastermind Warlord comments: "This video is pretty far from what you'd expect from a TURISAS video...

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SABBAT Confirmed For U.K.'s HARD ROCK HELL Festival

Reactivated British thrashers SABBAT have been confirmed for the Hard Rock Hell festival, set to take place November 9-11 at Butlins in Minehead, U.K. (Somerset). The festival billing is as follows: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD AMENTI AVENGER BEYOND THE GRAVE CHTHONIC CRADLE OF FILTH CRUCIFIED BARBARA DIAMOND...

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ALESTORM Signs With NAPALM RECORDS

Napalm Records has announced the signing of Scotland's ALESTORM. According to a press release, the quartet "plays Scottish 'pirate metal,' by their own definition, and musically resembles the great battle metal bands such as KORPIKLAANI or TURISAS, albeit with a unique touch and Scottish instrumenta...

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TURISAS Records BONEY M Cover

Finland's battle metallers TURISAS will be swapping their blood soaked furs and axes for the glitter and glitz of the '70s disco era with the release of their debut single, "Rasputin" (a cover of the classic disco hit originally recorded by BONEY M),on September 24. Commented TURISAS' Warlord Nygar...

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TURISAS To Perform At Virgin Megastore In London

Finnish folk metallers TURISAS have issued the following update: "We are very pleased to announce that everyone's favourite battle metallers TURISAS will be playing at Kerrang! magazine's Day Of Rock on 8th August in the Virgin Megastore on Oxford Street in London. "To be a part of this very exclusi...

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SABBAT Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Reunited British thrashers SABBAT have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The lineup is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS ANIMAL ALPHA BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND...

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TURISAS Confirmed For Finland's RUISROCK Festival

Finnish folk metallers TURISAS have been confirmed for the Ruisrock festival, set to take place July 6-8 in Turku, Finland. For more information, go to this location. Professionally filmed video footage of TURISAS performing at the Download festival on June 9 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, Engla...

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BOLD, BURY YOUR DEAD, MAYHEM Pull Out Of Germany's WITH FULL FORCE Festival

BOLD, BURY YOUR DEAD and MAYHEM have cancelled their participation in the 2007 edition of With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. Newly added to the bill is Belgium's THE SET UP. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in...

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LEAVES' EYES Singers Comment On METAL HAMMER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS

LEAVES' EYES vocalists Liv Kristine (ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY) and Alex Krull (ATROCITY) have commented on their recent appearances at the Viruta Rock festival in Spain and Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards in the U.K. Said Liv: "We never thought we would ever play in a bullfight arena; we are all vegeta...

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SHADOWS FALL, DRAGONFORCE, DEVILDRIVER, AS I LAY DYING Video Interviews Available

4QRadio.com has uploaded brand new video interviews with JOB FOR A COWBOY, NAPALM DEATH, DRAGONFORCE, SHADOWS FALL, TURISAS, DEVILDRIVER and AS I LAY DYING conducted at last weekend's Download festival at Donington Park, Leicestershire, England. Watch the footage at this location. The Download festi...

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TURISAS Announces U.K. Headlining Tour

Finnish folk metallers TURISAS have announced a U.K. headlining tour in support of their new album, "The Varangian Way". Commented TURISAS leader Warlord Nygard: "It's been well over a year since the last TURISAS headlining show in the U.K. It seems we have only been over for short one-off support a...

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STRATOVARIUS Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA Festival

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS have been confirmed for the Tuska open-air festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Kaisaniemi in Helsinki, Finland. STRATOVARIUS will top the bill on Sunday, July 1. A total of 32 bands on three stages will perform over the course of three days. In addi...

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FINAL PRAYER, BACKFIRE, CRUSHING CASPARS Confirmed For Germany's WITH FULL FORCE

ONE FINE DAY and BAD MANNERS have canceled their participation in the 2007 edition of With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. Newly added to the bill are FINAL PRAYER, BACKFIRE and CRUSHING CASPARS. The festival billing is now shapi...