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ANATHEMA, WOLF Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

Atmospheric rock veterans ANATHEMA and Swedish heavy metallers WOLF have been confirmed for this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 14-16, 2009 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: ALTERNATIVE CARPARK AMON AMARTH ANATHEM...

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'Brütal Legend' Creator Explains Why RONNIE JAMES DIO Is No Longer Involved With Game

Double Fine studio head and Brütal Legend game creator Tim Schafer has confirmed that the legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO) has been cut out of the game's voice cast and has been replaced with Tim Curry, a movie actor best known for his...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO No Longer Part Of 'Brütal Legend' Game

The management for legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO) has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that the producers of the upcoming Brütal Legend game have decided to cut Dio's contributions out of the game, and have replaced him with Tim Curry, a...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman Discusses His Involvement In 'Brütal Legend' Game; Video Available

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford was interviewed by G4tv.com at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3),one of the biggest events in the annual gaming calendar, which was held June 2-4, 2009 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Halford spoke about his involvement in the upcoming Brütal Leg...

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ENSLAVED Comments On Norwegian Embassy Visit

Norwegian progressive metallers ENSLAVED visited the country's embassy in Washington D.C. on May 27, the day of the last show on their North American tour with OPETH in support of the "Vertebrae" album. Commented ENSLAVED guitarist/songwriter Ivar Bjørnson: "We were very excited about visiting the N...

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OPETH Frontman Living A 'Double Life'

OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has checked in with the following update: "A few days ago, I was standing by the swings in the park with my two daughters. They're in the swings, crying with laughter and I'm pushing them higher and higher. Apart from the noise they're making, it's dead quiet. No one'...

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Norwegian Embassy Staffers Attend ENSLAVED Show In D.C.

Kiki Ryan and Jeff Dufour of WashingtonExaminer.com report: You can't say the Norwegian Embassy doesn't take seriously its commitment to supporting the country's art. Even when that art happens to be death metal. On Wednesday night, the Norwegian progressive metal band ENSLAVED played the 9:30 Club,...

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New 'Brütal Legend' Trailer Featuring OZZY OSBOURNE Posted Online

A new trailer for the upcoming Brütal Legend game, featuring the voice and likeness of BLACK SABBATH vocalist Ozzy Osbourne as The Guardian Of Metal, can be viewed below. At EA's E3 press conference, Double Fine studio head and Brütal Legend creator Tim Schafer announced (see video below) that Osbou...

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OZZY OSBOURNE To Appear In 'Brütal Legend'

According to The Escapist, the upcoming Brütal Legend game will feature the voice and likeness of BLACK SABBATH vocalist Ozzy Osbourne as The Guardian Of Metal. At EA's E3 press conference, Double Fine studio head and Brütal Legend creator Tim Schafer announced (see video below) that Osbourne would...

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ENSLAVED's BJORNSON Says Writing For New Album Is 'In The Preliminary Stage'

Christopher Porter of Washington Post Express recently conducted an interiew with Ivar Bjornson of Norwegian masters of progressive/experimental metal ENSLAVED. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Washington Post Express: You guys still use Nordic mythology as inspiration for your lyric...

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AETERNUS Working On New Material

Norwegian "dark metallers" AETERNUS have issued the following update: "AETERNUS has started to compose material for their seventh album. We don't have a title just yet and so far we got more or less one new song. So, busy months ahead and lots to do." AETERNUS' latest album, "HeXaeon", was released...

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ENSLAVED: Columbus Footage Posted Online

MetalFanzine.net has uploaded video footage of Norwegian masters of progressive/experimental metal ENSLAVED performing on May 23, 2009 at Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio. Watch the clip below. ENSLAVED is currently on the road in North America as the support act for Swedish progressive metaller...

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Austria's HELLSAW really like black metal. They're obviously well-versed in the stuff, in its many manifestations, because their own style is all over the map without straining too hard to be overly clever or unique. There are moments of atavistic thrash-polka and downpicking guitar frenzy, more atm...

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HEAVEN SHALL BURN Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Germany's death metal and hardcore fusionists HEAVEN SHALL BURN 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: 5TH AVENUE AIRBOURNE AMON AMARTH ANTHRAX ASP AXEL RUDI PELL BAI...

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GRAND MAGUS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Sweden's GRAND MAGUS 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: 5TH AVENUE AIRBOURNE AMON AMARTH ANTHRAX ASP AXEL RUDI PELL BAI BANG BLOODWORK BON SCOTT BORKNAGAR BRING ME...