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FINNTROLL, FEAR MY THOUGHTS Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival
FINNTROLL and FEAR MY THOUGHTS are the latest confirmed bands for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 17-19, 2006 in the Ostalbkreis district in Germany. Also scheduled to appear are NEAERA, SCARVE and LUMSK. More bands will be announced soon. ...December 5, 2005
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NEVERMORE, FINNTROLL Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
NEVERMORE and FINNTROLL have been confirmed for next year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5, 2006 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): CELTIC FROST CHILDREN OF BODOM DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER EMPEROR FINNTROLL IN EXTRE...December 2, 2005
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TURISAS: More Details Revealed About Guitarist GEORG's Injuries
Guitarist Georg Laakso of the Finnish "pagan battle metal" act TURISAS was seriously injured in a car accident outside Hämeenlinna, Finland the night of October 27-28. The following update on his condition has been posted at the group's official web site: "The last two weeks have been an extremely h...November 10, 2005
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RUNIC Sign With MASSACRE RECORDS
Spanish death/pagan/viking/flok metallers RUNIC have inked a deal with Massacre Records. The six-piece band, whose sound is said to be similar to that of "FINNTROLL, MOONSORROW, ENSIFERUM or AMON AMARTH," will release their full-length debut, entitled "Liar Flags" on March 24, 2006. RUNIC's sole rel...November 4, 2005
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TURISAS Guitarist In Critical Condition Following Traffic Accident
Finnish "pagan battle metal" act TURISAS have posted the following message on their official web site: "To prevent any more rumours spreading, we need to make the following statement. "Early Friday morning Georg [Laakso, guitar] was injured severely in a motor accident outside Hämeenlinna. Due to th...October 31, 2005
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Minions Engage
If they'd never gotten past the demo stage, A GRUESOME FIND would have been remembered forevermore as the band who billed themselves as "True Ohioan Bleath Metal". You know — black meets death? Thankfully, as they unleash their international debut, someone has apparently taken them aside and gently...October 31, 2005
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FATES WARNING, EVERGREY, FINNTROLL Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL
FATES WARNING, EVERGREY, FINNTROLL, CRUCIFIED BARBARA and PRIMORDIAL are the latest confirmed bands for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place June 2-4, 2006 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Also scheduled to appear at the three-day event are BOLT THROWER, SOILWORK and BRAINSTORM...October 17, 2005
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SHADOW CUT Cancel Studio Sessions
SHADOW CUT, the Helsinki, Finland-based black/death metal band featuring drummer Repe F.W. Misanthrope (IMPALED NAZARENE) and bassist Mitja Harvilahti (MOONSORROW),have cancelled their studio recording session originally scheduled for March. "The reason is mainly their lack of time for practising a...October 13, 2005
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FINNTROLL Schedule Russian Dates
Finland's FINNTROLL will return to the Russian soil in December. Confirmed dates are as follows: Dec. 10 - Moscow, RUS @ CDK Mai Dec. 11 - St. Petersburg, US @ Port club As previously reported, FINNTROLL will be teaming up with long-running German thrashers SODOM for a U.S. tour beginning in early J...October 5, 2005
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WINTERSUN Announce Working Title For New Album
WINTERSUN, the band led by former ENSIFERUM singer Jari Mäenpää, have set "Time" as the working title of their new album, tentatively due late 2006 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to the group's self-titled debut album (released last September) will be recorded in May 2006 at Sonic Pump Stu...September 30, 2005
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SABATON Replace DREAM EVIL On 34,000 TONS OF METAL Cruise
Sweden's SABATON have replaced DREAM EVIL on the billing of the Sweden Rock magazine-sponsored "34,000 Tons of Metal" cruise (between Sweden and Finland),set to take place September 30-October 1. Also scheduled to appear are SODOM, FINNTROLL, UNLEASHED, LOUD 'N' NASTY and LAKE OF TEARS. For more in...September 20, 2005
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FINNTROLL To Invade North America
Finland's FINNTROLL will be teaming up with German thrashers SODOM for a short tour of the Northeast in January. Anticipating the band's American invasion, FINNTROLL guitarist Routa sent out the following message: "Hailz Metalheads, in January the notorious trollhorde FINNTROLL will finally land the...September 9, 2005
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FINNTROLL To Support KORN In Finland
FINNTROLL will support KORN on September 18 at Ishallen in Helsinki, Finland. As previously reported, FINNTROLL will be teaming up with long-running German thrashers SODOM for a U.S. tour beginning in early January. FINNTROLL are continuing to tour in support of their latest album, "Nattfödd", which...August 31, 2005
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SODOM, FINNTROLL: More North American Tour Dates Revealed
Long-running German thrashers SODOM will be teaming up with Finland's FINNTROLL for a North American tour beginning in early January. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Jan. 06 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx Jan. 07 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance Jan. 08 - New York, NY @ BB King´s Jan. 09 - Montreal,...August 1, 2005
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HYPOCRISY Drummer Hospitalized At Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST
According to a posting at SwedishMetal.net, HYPOCRISY drummer Horgh (ex-IMMORTAL) passed out Saturday morning (July 23) while partying with FINNTROLL at the Earthshaker Fest in Germany and had to be taken to the hospital. Rumors quickly began to spread that HYPOCRISY would be forced to cancel their...July 26, 2005