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KONKHRA, BLIND GUARDIAN, ROTTING CHRIST Confirmed For Turkish Metal Festival

Denmark's KONKHRA have been confirmed for a Turkish metal festival that is scheduled to take place on June 29th in Istanbul. Also set to appear at the event are BLIND GUARDIAN, ROTTING CHRIST, and AUTUMN BLAZE, among others. More bands will be added soon. ...
April 5, 2002
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ICED EARTH's JON SCHAFFER: No New Music Until Spring/Summer 2003

ICED EARTH guitarist Jon Schaffer has completed work on the music for four songs for the next DEMONS & WIZARDS album—Schaffer's hugely-acclaimed collaboration with BLIND GUARDIAN vocalist Hansi Kursch—but has yet to share the material with Kursch, who is presently busy promoting the recently-rel...
April 5, 2002
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HAMMERFALL Complete Work On "The Templar Renegade Crusades" DVD

HAMMERFALL's long-awaited second DVD/VHS release, entitled The Templar Renegade Crusades (not The Second Crusade as Nuclear Blast Records erroneously reported earlier this month),will run two and a half hours, and will include highlights from the last three years on it: the presentation of the band...
March 29, 2002
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SAVATAGE Confirmed For WACKEN OPEN AIR

SAVATAGE are the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY AMON AMARTH BLAZE BLIND GUARDIAN BLI...
March 28, 2002
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GODS OF METAL: Italy's Premier Metal Festival Announces Official Line-Up

Italy's Gods Of Metal festival, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 8th and Sunday, June 9th at Stadio Brianteo in Monza (Milan),Italy will include appearances by the following acts: Saturday, June 8th SLAYER RAMMSTEIN HALFORD MY DYING BRIDE KREATOR SODOM ILL NINO SOIL ANTI-PRODUCT N...
March 27, 2002
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"Blind"-Era C.O.C. Members Reunite For Benefit Show, Ex-C.O.C. Drummer Explores Hardcore Roots

Three-fifths of the classic Blind-era line-up of C.O.C. (CORROSION OF CONFORMITY)—drummer Reed Mullin, bassist Phil Swisher and vocalist Karl Agell—will reunite under the name C.O.C. (BLIND) for a benefit show at the Lincoln Theater in Raleigh, North Carolina on Sunday, April 21st in memory of late...
March 23, 2002
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EDGUY Cancel METAL MELTDOWN IV Appearance!

German melodic metallers EDGUY have cancelled their appearance at the Metal Meltdown IV festival, which is scheduled to take place on April 5th and 6th at the Convention Hall in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Here is an official statement on the matter by EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet: “Hey friends in the...
March 23, 2002
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BLITZKRIEG Confirmed For WACKEN OPEN AIR

NWOBHM legends BLITZKRIEG are the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY AMON AMARTH BLAZE B...
March 23, 2002
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DEVIN TOWNSEND, SILENT FORCE Added To PROGPOWER USA III

DEVIN TOWNSEND (i.e. STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, OCEAN MACHINE) and SILENT FORCE (featuring vocalist DC Cooper, ex-ROYAL HUNT) are the latest confirmed additions to this year's ProgPower USA festival. ProgPower is a two-day metal event scheduled to take place in Atlanta on Friday and Saturday, November 15t...
March 20, 2002
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BLIND GUARDIAN Achieve New Heights On European Charts

Here are the European chart positions for BLIND GUARDIAN's A Night At The Opera CD during its first week of release: Germany: #5 Austria: #17 Greece: #1 Spain: #8 Italy: #11 Sweden: #10 Norway: #97 France: #67 Switzerland: #34 (German part),#44 (French part) It has also been confirmed that the albu...
March 20, 2002
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BORKNAGAR, NOCTURNAL RITES Confirmed For WACKEN OPEN AIR

BORKNAGAR and NOCTURNAL RITES are the latest acts to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY AMON AMARTH BL...
March 19, 2002
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A Night At The Opera

One of the most revered and respected power metal acts around, Germany's BLIND GUARDIAN have consistently produced albums that were as distinctive sounding as they were musically ambitious, and they have received nothing but praise from the metal community for their efforts—and justifiably so. A ban...
March 17, 2002
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BAL-SAGOTH Commence Work On Sixth CD, Announce European Festival Appearances

Britain's BAL-SAGOTH have commenced work on the group's sixth full-length album, which is tentatively due to be recorded in late summer/early fall for an early 2003 release. The follow-up to 2001's Atlantis Ascendant will reportedly be far darker and more intense than anything that has come before,...
March 15, 2002
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BLIND GUARDIAN Enters Austrian Charts At #17

Germany's BLIND GUARDIAN have entered the Austrian charts at position #17 with their brand new studio album, entitled A Night at the Opera. ...
March 14, 2002
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SAINT VITUS, TROUBLE Collaboration Confirmed For WACKEN OPEN A

DEBRIS INC., the new group featuring SAINT VITUS mainman Dave Chandler and TROUBLE bassist Ron Holzner, are the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled...
March 14, 2002