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LORDI Wins Big At Finland's EMMA GAALA Awards

Finnish metal monsters LORDI not only brought down the house with an explosive performance at tonight's (March 10) Emma Gaala (Finnish Grammy equivalent) but also won every category they were nominated for: * Band of the Year * Album of the Year ("The Arockalypse") * Song of the Year ("Hard Rock Hal...

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VITAL REMAINS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

VITAL REMAINS has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN BULL...

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LORDI: North American Tour Dates Announced

Finland's monster rock 'n' roll extravaganza and winner of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest LORDI has announced its first ever North American tour dates in support of the band's critically acclaimed album, "The Arockalypse". "The Arockalypse" will see a March 20 North American release via The End Re...

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SCORPIONS And LORDI To Perform At Concert To Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of European Union

According to Charter 97, SCORPIONS and LORDI will perform at a special concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of signing the Roman treaty, which became the basis for foundation of the European Union The three-hour concert will take place on March 24 in Brussels, Belgium to the Northeast of the He...

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LORDI: 'The Arockalypse' Certified Gold In Germany

LORDI's "The Arockalypse" album has been certified gold in Germany for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. The band performed on on "The Ultimate Chart Show" and picked up its gold record in Cologne last week. Since winning the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in May, LORDI's dream has grown to gargantua...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Massachusetts' ALL THAT REMAINS has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY B...

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THUNDERSTONE: 'Face In The Mirror' Video Posted Online

Finnish melodic power metallers THUNDERSTONE have uploaded the video for their new single, "Face in the Mirror", on their official web site: WMV (12 MB),MPG (31 MB). The track comes off the group's fourth studio album, "Evolution 4.0", due on March 14 (except in the U.S., where it will be ...

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U.D.O.: New Album Title Announced

U.D.O., the band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, has set "Mastercutor" as the title of its new album, due on May 18 via AFM Records. The group is currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on the CD before it is mastered in the beginning of March. U.D.O. supported LORDI o...

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LORDI To Perform At EUROVISION SONG CONTEST Final

ESCToday.com reports that Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI will perform in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 final, according to Ilta-Sanomat. The band met its fans yesterday at Helsinki's main post office where they signed autographs and picked up the triple platinum record for their "The Arockaly...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Confirmed For Austria's NOVA ROCK Festival

SMASHING PUMPKINS has been confirmed for the Nova Rock festival, set to take place June 15-17 on the Pannonia Fields in Burgenland, the easternmost federal state of Austria (near Nickelsdorf and the Hungarian and Slovak borders). The PUMPKINS will perform on June 15. Also scheduled to appear are SLA...

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MASTERPLAN And SWALLOW THE SUN: New Tracks Posted Online

Candlelight Records USA has made available the first tracks from upcoming new albums from German/American melodic metal act MASTERPLAN and Finnish metallers SWALLOW THE SUN. To listen, bring your browser to the label's official MySpace page. "Lost And Gone" is from MASTERPLAN's third album titled "M...

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SLAYER, LORDI, STONE SOUR, HELMET Confirmed For Austria's NOVA ROCK Festival

SLAYER, LORDI, STONE SOUR and HELMET are among the confirmed bands for the Nova Rock Festival 2007, set to take place June 15-17 on the Pannonia Fields in Burgenland, the easternmost federal state of Austria (near Nickelsdorf and the Hungarian and Slovak borders). The festival billing is shaping up...

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LORDI To Peform On Belgian TV

According to Belgovision.com, Finnish "monster metallers" LORDI are one of the scheduled performers at a huge musical television show that will be broadcast on Saturday, March 24 from the Esplanade of the Atomium in Belgium. The three-hour program, which will air on Belgium's Flemish and French chan...

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ICED EARTH Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

ICED EARTH has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE...

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DIR EN GREY, NARZISS, THE SORROW Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

DIR EN GREY, NARZISS and THE SORROW have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIA...