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DISBELIEF: New Album To Receive North American Release

Nuclear Blast Records USA has inked a licensing deal with Massacre Records for the release of the fifth album from German death metallers DISBELIEF, entitled "Spreading The Rage". The follow-up to 2002's "Shine", available in Europe since October, will be issued in North/South America and Australia...

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BEHEMOTH Set Working Title For New Album

Polish black/death metallers BEHEMOTH have set "Demigod" as the working title of their seventh full-length album, tentatively due in late 2004 through Regain Records (Europe),Century Media (USA and South America) and Mystic (Poland). The follow-up to 2002's "Zos Kia Cultus - Here And Beyond" (Avant...

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'Monsters Of Metal Vol. 1' DVD To Arrive Later This Month

Nuclear Blast Records USA will be releasing the "Monsters Of Metal Vol. 1" DVD on January 27. Described as the "ultimate metal DVD compilation," the two-disc set will contain the following track listing: DVD 1: 01. MANOWAR - "Warriors Of The World United" 02. HAMMERFALL - "Hearts On Fire" 03. HELLOW...

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FIREWIND Frontman Bows Out Of Japanese Tour, Ex-AVALON Singer Steps In

FIREWIND, the Greek/American melodic metal band led by DREAM EVIL guitarist Gus G., will be utilizing singer Chity Somapala (ex-AVALON, FARO) on their upcoming tour of Japan after regular vocalist Stephen Fredrick (ex-KENZINER) was forced to bow out of the trek due to "pressing personal reasons." "C...

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SODOM, VANDEN PLAS, POWERGOD Confirmed For Turkey's ROCK STATION FESTIVAL

SODOM, VANDEN PLAS, POWERGOD and DARK AGE are among the bands confirmed to appear at the 7th Annual Rock Station Festival, a three-day event set to take place March 19-21 in Ankara, Turkey. The complete list of acts currently scheduled to perform at the festival is as follows: SODOM (GER) VANDEN PLA...

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OPETH Offer End-Of-Year Update

Sweden's OPETH have posted the following update at their official web site: "OPETH are confirmed to play the annual Sweden Rock festival in Karlshamn/Sölvesborg in July 2004. The festival will be one of very few FESTIVAL appearances during 2004 as the band will be in resting/writing and eventually r...

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BARRY SPARKS Looks Back On 2003: The Best And The Worst

Bassist Barry Sparks (TED NUGENT, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, DOKKEN, MSG) has posted the following message on his official web site: "Hello and Happy New Year! I am on United Airlines flight 890, flying from Tokyo to Los Angeles. With nothing at all to do, so I guess this is a good time for me to reflect ...

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CRYOGENIC Change Name, Relocate To The U.S.

Australia's CRYOGENIC have changed their name to IN THE NAME OF… and have relocated to the USA permanently. According to an official press release, "the band have found a new sound and direction" since the recruitment of vocalist RD earlier this year, and "they felt that it was time to move on and s...

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EXTOL, HARMONY, ORATORIO Confirmed For Sweden's BOBFEST 2004

EXTOL (progressive thrash/death masters from Norway),HARMONY (melodic metal from Sweden),ORATORIO (melodic metal wonder from Finland),KEKAL (black metal from Indonesia) and SHADOWS OF PARAGON (fresh black metal from Sweden) are the first five bands confirmed for Bobfest 2004 (Europe's biggest Chr...

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SAMMY HAGAR: VAN HALEN Reunion Not On The Horizon

Former VAN HALEN frontman Sammy Hagar was featured in the "At Home" section of the Friday, December 26, 2003 edition of the USA Today national newspaper. Asked about a VAN HALEN reunion, Hagar said it's not on the horizon, but he reiterated a posting he made to his web site about a recent dinner in...

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Singapore's IMPIETY Joined By Former Members Of Mexico's RAVAGER

Singaporean metallers IMPIETY have posted the following message on their official web site: "A major line-up change has taken place in the IMPIETY kamp! Absurd as it sounds, [drummer] Fauzzt has lost his interest & dedication in IMPIETY and left to play in a punk band. There was never any offici...

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MOURNING BELOVETH, WHILE HEAVEN WEPT, PANTHEIST To Team Up For European Tour

Irish doom/death metal band MOURNING BELOVETH will be teaming up with WHILE HEAVEN WEPT (USA) and PANTHEIST (Belgium) for a European tour beginning in early April 2004. Tentative dates so far are as follows: April 2-3 - Doom Shall Rise Fest II - Goppingen, GER Apr. 4-8 – GER @ TBA Apr. 09 - Hengelo,...

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HYPOCRISY: New Album Remixed And Remastered

HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren has posted the following message to the band's official web site: "Hell-o everybody! "We wanna thank everybody that came to the shows in Europe and the USA and supported us. This resulted in CANNIBAL CORPSE wanting to take us out in the USA again in February/March 20...

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SIEGES EVEN Confirmed For Holland's HEADWAY FESTIVAL

Reunited German progressive metallers SIEGES EVEN have been confirmed as the second headliners of the Headway Festival 2004, which is scheduled to take place April 3-4 at P60 in Amstelveen, Holland. The complete lineup for the festival is as follows: WATCHTOWER (USA) SIEGES EVEN (GER) ICE AGE (USA)...

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VENI DOMINE Confirmed For Switzerland's ELEMENTS OF ROCK Festival

Sweden's VENI DOMINE have been confirmed for the Elements of Rock festival, which is scheduled to take place March 19-21 in Switzerland. Other bands scheduled to appear at the three-day event are JIM LAVERDE AND THE SANCTUARY WORSHIP TEAM (USA),IMMORTAL SOULS (FIN),SEVENTH AVENUE (GER),DROTTNAR (...