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OVERKILL, VARG, UNDERTOW Confirmed For Germany's ROCKHARZ OPEN AIR

OVERKILL, VARG, UNDERTOW, EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS, BLACK MESSIAH and VAN CANTO have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Rockharz Open Air festival, set to take place July 8-10 at Flugplatz in Ballenstedt/Harz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BLACK MESSIAH BURNING...

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TROUBLE, AMON AMARTH, SODOM Confirmed For 70000 TONS OF METAL Cruise

TROUBLE, AMON AMARTH and SODOM are among the confirmed bands for the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which is set to sail from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico on January 24, 2011 and return four days later. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH SODOM SONATA ARCTICA STRATOVARIUS TR...

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WINTERBORN, TUKKANUOTTA Added To FINNISH METAL EXPO

The lineup for the sixth annual Finnish Metal Expo at the Cable Factory in Helsinki has been finalized. The last bands added to the bill are melodic metallers WINTERBORN, who just returned from an extensive European tour supporting SONATA ARCTICA, as well as Helsinki-based death/thrash outfit TUKKAN...

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STRATOVARIUS Singer, Ex-SONATA ARCTICA Guitarist Perform Acoustic Versions Of Rock Classics

Video footage of Finnish heavy metal singer Timo Kotipelto (STRATOVARIUS, CAIN'S OFFERING, KOTIPELTO) and guitarist Jani Liimatainen (CAIN'S OFFERING, ex-SONATA ARCTICA) performing acoustic versions of several hard rock classics last night (Thursday, December 31, 2009) in Raahe, Finland can be viewe...

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CELESTY Vocalist Quits

Vocalist Antti Railio has left Finnish symphonic power metallers CELESTY. He explains in a statement, "I have already for a long time felt my place in CELESTY to be merely an exit station in a long-overdue relationship that I just didn't know how to let go. "I have not felt in a long time the ...

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DELAIN To Tour U.K. In April

DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock/metal project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — will embark on a tour of the U.K. in April. The band's schedule is shaping up as follows: March 21 - UK - London - Garage March 22 - UK - N...

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EX DEO Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

EX DEO, the Ancient Roman-themed arsenal led by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono, has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 5-11, 2010 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABSTINENZ ACELDAMA ASHES YOU LEAVE BEHEM...

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VANISHING POINT: New Video Interview With CHRIS PORCIANKO Posted Online

Just Say Rock — the organizers of Screamfest, a two-day heavy metal festival set to take place at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, Australia on New Year's Eve 2009 and New Year's Day 2010 — recently conducted an interview with guitarist Chris Porcianko of the Australian progressive metal band VANISHING...

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SONATA ARCTICA Guitarist Interviewed At U.K.'s HARD ROCK HELL Festival

Barry Anderson of Metal Storm conducted an interview with guitarist Elias Viljanen of Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA at this year's Hard Rock Hell festival, which was held December 4-5, 2009 at Pontins in Prestatyn Sands. North Wales, United Kingdom. Watch the chat in two parts below. SONA...

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Getting To Know DELAIN Singer CHARLOTTE WESSELS

The U.K. branch of Roadrunner Records recently conducted a short interview with singer Charlotte Wessels of Dutch symphonic metallers DELAIN as part of its "Getting To Know You" series. The quesion-and-answer session follows in its entirety below. Q: What were you doing when I interrupted you to do...

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Classic PANTERA Interview Featured On New ROCK GUERILLA.tv DVD

Issue #272 of Germany's Rock Hard magazine includes the Rock Guerilla.tv DVD Vol. 14 featuring a classic 1992 interview with PANTERA's Dimebag Darrell and Phil Anselmo, as well as exclusive studio reports with DARK TRANQUILLITY and RAGE, an ANTHRAX discography retrospection with Scott Ian, a progres...

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TRAIL OF TEARS Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

Norway's TRAIL OF TEARS has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 5-11, 2010 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABSTINENZ ACELDAMA ASHES YOU LEAVE BEHEMOTH CANNIBAL CORPSE DEMONICAL DORNENREICH ENOCHIAN THEORY EN...

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TURMION KÄTILÖT, DOOM UNIT Confirmed For FINNISH METAL EXPO

TURMION KÄTILÖT and DOOM UNIT have been confirmed to perform at the sixth annual Finnish Metal Expo, which will be held February 19-20, 2010 in Helsinki. Finnish Metal Expo, the main event of Helsinki Metal Meeting, is taking over the Cable Factory for the sixth time next year. This is where more th...

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ROTTING CHRIST Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

Greek extreme metal veterans ROTTING CHRIST have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 5-11, 2010 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABSTINENZ ACELDAMA ASHES YOU LEAVE BEHEMOTH CANNIBAL CORPSE DEMONICAL DORNENREI...

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SONATA ARCTICA, DELAIN: Amsterdam Photos, Video Footage Available

High-quality photos of SONATA ARCTICA and DELAIN's December 10, 2009 performances at Paradiso in Amsterdam, Holland can be found at Metal-Experience.com. SONATA ARCTICA's setlist was as follows: 01. Everything Fades To Gray (intro) 02. Flag In The Ground 03. Paid In Full 04. Caleb 05. The Last Amazi...