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TESTAMENT Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BORKNAGAR BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE CALLEJON CATHEDR...

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KINGDOM OF SORROW Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

KINGDOM OF SORROW — the band featuring Jamey Jasta (HATEBREED) and Kirk Windstein (DOWN, CROWBAR) — has been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BO...

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BORKNAGAR Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Norway's BORKNAGAR has been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BORKNAGAR BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE CALLEJON CATHEDRAL DRAGONFORCE EINHERJER EPICA GW...

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Vocalist MIKE DIMEO Confirms Split With MASTERPLAN

Vocalist Mike DiMeo (RIOT, THE LIZARDS) has confirmed that he has parted ways with MASTERPLAN, the melodic metal band led by former HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow. Mike writes on his MySpace page, "I have nothing but profound respect for them and continue to wish them nothing but success in the f...

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DORO: 'Fear No Evil' Video Teaser Available

"Herzblut", the latest single from German metal queen Doro Pesch, entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 72. "Herzblut" was released last month via AFM Records. It features four versions of the title track, each recorded in a different language. "Herzblut" track listing: 01. Herzblut...

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DORO PESCH Performs With HOLY MOSES In Germany; Video Available

German "metal queen" Doro Pesch joined HOLY MOSES on stage during the German thrashers' December 26, 2008 performance at Pitch Black in Niederkrüchten, Germany for two tracks ("Celebrate" and "All We Are") in celebration of HOLY MOSES frontwoman Sabina Classen's 45th birthday. Fan-filmed video foota...

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AXEL RUDI PELL: New Audio Interview Available

TheRightToRock.com has issued its latest podcast (episode #70),featuring German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell. The interview lasts approximately 12 minutes and is available for download at this location. "Tales Of The Crown", the eighteenth offering from AXEL RUDI PELL, has registered the following firs...

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DORO: 'Fear No Evil' Limited-Edition Digipack To Include Bonus Tracks

German metal queen Doro Pesch will release her new album, "Fear No Evil", on January 30, 2009 via AFM Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Night Of The Warlock 02. Running From The Devil 03. Celebrate 04. Caught In A Battle 05. Herzblut 06. On The Run 07. Walking With ...

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TESTAMENT Takes Top Honors In 2008 'Metal On Metal' Listener Poll

TESTAMENT's "The Formation Of Damnation" album took the No. 1 spot in WJCU's "Metal On Metal" annual listener Top 25 countdown show. The album beat out second-place finisher, METALLICA's "Death Magnetic", by a 36% margin on the recently broadcast program (see chart below). "The Top 25 countdown show...

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WACKEN OPEN AIR 2009 Sold Out!

ICS Festival Service GmbH, which organizes the Wacken Open Air festival, has announced that all 70,000 tickets have already been sold for next year's event, which will be held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. "Never before [has] a festival of this size [been] sold out two times within on...

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BURNING POINT To Tour With CRYONIC TEMPLE, TRAGEDIAN

Finnish metallers BURNING POINT will team up with Sweden's CRYONIC TEMPLE and Germany's TRAGEDIAN for a European tour in early 2009. Also in the works is the band's first-ever DVD release to coincide with BURNING POINT's 10th anniversary. BURNING POINT's fourth album, "Empyre", will be released in F...

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DORO In China: More Photos, Video Footage Available

German metal queen Doro Pesch played her first shows ever in China on November 15 and November 16 in Guangzhou and Beijing, respectively, in conjunction with a three-year exhibition/festival/culture exchange project initiated by the Chinese and German governments. According to a posting on Doro's we...

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WORMFOOD's New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By CARNIVORE Guitarist

Paul Bento (CARNIVORE, METAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION) has laid down sitar parts for the upcoming album from French decadent metallers WORMFOOD, entitled "Posthume". The CD was recorded at the Walnut Groove Studio with producer Axel Wursthorn (ex-CARNIVAL IN COAL),who last year joined WORMFOOD as the gro...

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The Making Of DORO PESCH's Heavy Metal Monster

Jörg Steegmüller, who has sculpted and produced "Star Wars" props for a number of years and is a well-known stop-motion moviemaker and collector in his home country of Germany, was recently hired to build an eight-meter high and five-hundred-kilogram heavy monster figure for Doro Pesch's 25-year ann...

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SPV To Celebrate 25th Anniversary

SPV will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2009. The label from Hanover, Germany was launched 25 years ago — on January 1, 1984 to be precise. What started with the sampler "Soundtrack zum Untergang" and bands such as TOXOPLASMA, SLIME, SODOM and DESTRUCTION soon threatened to burst the seams of the...