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DEVILDRIVER To Be Filmed For 'Headbanger's Ball' Episode
DEVILDRIVER, the new band fronted by former COAL CHAMBER singer Dez Fafara, will be filmed on February 27 in New York City for an upcoming episode of MTV2's "Headbangers Ball". They will also be playing Irving Plaza in NYC later that night with OPETH. The exact air date for the episode will be annou...January 22, 2004
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AYREON Sign With INSIDE OUT RECORDS
AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist Arjen Lucassen (ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE),have inked a new deal with Inside Out Records. Lucassen's first release for Inside Out under the AYREON banner will be the band's much-anticipated new CD, "The Human Equation", tentatively due in May. In other news, URI...January 21, 2004
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OPETH Cancel Edmonton Date, Reschedule For Two Days Later
Sweden's OPETH were forced to cancel their date in in Edmonton (Canada) on Tuesday, January 20 due to one of their members falling ill. However, they have rescheduled a new date for Thursday, January 22 at Red's. OPETH are in the middle of a North American tour with MOONSPELL and DEVILDRIVER. The gr...January 21, 2004
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Reunited Hard Rockers EUROPE Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL
Reunited hard rockers EUROPE have been confirmed as one of the headliners this year's installment of Sweden Rock festival, set to be held June 10-12 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. EUROPE will top the bill on Saturday, June 12, while JUDAS PRIEST will close the day's festivities on Thursday, June 10. The com...January 18, 2004
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STORMLORD Complete Work On New CD
Italian "extreme epic metal" act STORMLORD have completed work on their third album, "The Gorgon Cult", at The Outer Sound Studios in Rome with engineer Giuseppe Orlando (NOVEMBRE, NECRODEATH, DGM, THY MAJESTIE). The follow-up to 2001's "At The Gates Of Utopia" was recorded and mixed over a two-mont...January 14, 2004
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD To Film First-Ever DVD
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD will film their first-ever DVD on Friday, January 16 at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, British Columbia. The as-yet-untitled disc, due later in the year through Century Media Records, will contain lots of outtake footage recorded over the past decade and is a precursor to t...January 6, 2004
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PAT TRAVERS BAND Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL
PAT TRAVERS BAND are the latest act confirmed for next year's installment of Sweden Rock festival, set to be held June 10-12, 2004 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows (in alphabetical order): ABRAMIS BRAMA APRIL WINE BRAINSTOR...January 4, 2004
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OPETH Offer End-Of-Year Update
Sweden's OPETH have posted the following update at their official web site: "OPETH are confirmed to play the annual Sweden Rock festival in Karlshamn/Sölvesborg in July 2004. The festival will be one of very few FESTIVAL appearances during 2004 as the band will be in resting/writing and eventually r...January 4, 2004
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LOST HORIZON, CARNAL FORGE Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK Festival
LOST HORIZON, HEART, DR. FEELGOOD, CARNAL FORGE and SUN CAGED are the latest artists confirmed for next year's installment of Sweden Rock festival, set to be held June 10-12, 2004 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows (in alphab...December 23, 2003
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AYREON: More Guest Musicians Announced
AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist Arjen Lucassen (ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE),have invited the following guest instrumentalists to contribute to the group's new album, "The Human Equation", due in May 2004 through an as-yet-undetermined label: Oliver Wakeman on keyboards: "Arjen has played guitar...December 22, 2003
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DEVILDRIVER Singer Takes The High Road In KATAKLYSM Dispute
DEVILDRIVER singer Dez Fafara (ex-COAL CHAMBER) has responded to KATAKLYSM vocalist Maurizio Iacono's accusation that DEVILDRIVER are "trying to make themselves look real [metal] by getting on real metal tours." In a press statement issued earlier today, Iacono voiced his frustration over the fact t...December 19, 2003
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KATAKLYSM: 'DEVILDRIVER Are Trying To Make Themselves Look Real By Getting On Metal Tours'
Maurizio Iacono, vocalist for the Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM, has issued the following comment on the reports that they have lost one of the support slots on the upcoming OPETH tour to DEVILDRIVER, the new band fronted by ex-COAL CHAMBER singer Dez Fafara: "Hey everyone... First I'd like to...December 19, 2003
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DEVILDRIVER Offered OPETH North American Tour
DEVILDRIVER, the new band fronted by ex-COAL CHAMBER singer Dez Fafara, have been offered a rotating support slot with Portugal's MOONSPELL on the upcoming OPETH North American tour, a spokesperson for OPETH's management (the U.K.-based Northern Music) has told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. If DEVILDRIVER turn...December 19, 2003
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CANDLELIGHT RECORDS Inks North American Licensing Deal With KARMAGEDDON MEDIA
Candlelight Records has secured the North American licensing rights to all Karmageddon Media recordings. The new partnership will see the U.S. and Canadian release of all new and reissued catalog titles from the newly formed Dutch record label through Candlelight's stateside operation. Starting in e...December 17, 2003
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BEHEMOTH Extend Contract With OLYMPIC RECORDINGS
Polish black/death metallers BEHEMOTH have extended their contract with Olympic Recordings. The group have already commenced the songwriting process for their highly anticipated new album and will enter the studio in early spring with hopes for a late 2004 release. This has been a breakthrough year...December 8, 2003
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