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SWALLOW THE SUN Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish melodic death/doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJE...

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FINNTROLL: New Album To Arrive In March

Spinefarm Records has set a March 28 Finnish release date for the fifth album from FINNTROLL, entitled "Ur Jordens Djup" ("From the Depths of the Earth"). The CD, which was recorded by Nino Laurenne at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki, will be the group's first release with new vocalist Mathias Lillmå...

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IRON MAIDEN: XTA Makes Sound Sense In Matters Of Life And Death

Watching the six members of IRON MAIDEN on stage, it's hard to believe that are all are swiftly approaching their 50th birthdays (except one, who's already passed the landmark). But appearances bely the facts as one of the world's most successful heavy metal bands continues to record and perform wit...

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1349, CHTHONIC Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Norwegian black metallers 1349 and Taiwanese black-metal band CHTHONIC have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BEN...

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FALCONER Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish epic/power metallers FALCONER have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN B...

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AMORPHIS: Finnish Dates Announced

AMORPHIS will play four shows in Finland in April. The dates are as follows: Apr. 07 - Tavastia, Helsinki (FI) Apr. 19 - Klubi, Turku (FI) Apr. 20 - Osmantupa, Eura (FI) Apr. 21 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä (FI) AMORPHIS will enter Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki, Finland later this month to begin recording...

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ABSCESS To Release Long-Awaited New Album In March

ABSCESS, the California-based band consisting of Chris Reifert (drums/vocals; ex-DEATH/AUTOPSY),Clint Bower (guitar/vocals; ex-HEXX),Danny Coralles (guitar; ex-AUTOPSY),and Joe Allen (bass; ex-VON),will release its long-awaited seventh full-length album, "Horrorhammer", in March via Tyrant Syndi...

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Emissaries

"What the heck is Mesopotamian Metal or Sumerian Thrashing Black Metal", you ask? The kind of metal that MELECHESH plays on "Emissaries", an album that you should purchase as soon as it is released in North America on January 23. The follow-up to 2003's phenomenal "Sphynx" is in no way a let-down an...

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Season in Hell

Hopped up on high-octane coffee, high on the herb, drunk on Wild Turkey, shuffling on Thorazine, you can take your pick as each will provide a state of mind at some point during the 28 tracks of grindcore and musical lunacy on 7000 DYING RATS' "Season in Hell". After a relatively long wait, the Detr...

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SONIC SYNDICATE: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed

Swedish metal band SONIC SYNDICATE has set "Only Inhuman" as the title of its second album, due on April 20 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Black Lounge Studios in Avesta, Sweden with producer Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY guitarist). Songtitles set to appear on the album include...

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UNHEILIG Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German electrogoth/"neue Deutsche härte" band UNHEILIG has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY...

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AMORPHIS: 'The Smoke' Video To Premiere On Finnish TV

AMORPHIS' brand new video for the song "The Smoke" will be shown for the first time on the Finnish TV program "Rautaryhmä" (Sub TV) on Monday, January 8 at 23:50. The group's bassist, Niclas Etelävuori, will also be a guest on the show. AMORPHIS will enter Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki, Finland lat...

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OBLITERATION Begins Recording Debut Album

Norwegian death metallers OBLITERATION have entered the studio to begin recording their debut album, due later in the year via Tyrant Syndicate Productions, the label headed up by DARKTHRONE guitarist/vocalist Nocturno Culto. Hailing from Kolbotn (just outside Oslo),OBLITERATION consists of the fol...

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EVIL MASQUERADE: 'Black Ravens Cry' Video Posted Online

Danish symphonic metallers EVIL MASQUERADE have posted their video for the song "Black Ravens Cry" at YouTube.com. The track comes off the group's third album, "Third Act", which was released last May in Japan and Southeast Asia via Marqee/Avalon. The CD was recorded at Stonelab (Copenhagen, Denmark...

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KOTIPELTO, JON OLIVA'S PAIN, CHRIS CAFFERY Confirmed For Belgium's PESTPOP Festival

KOTIPELTO (the solo band of STRATOVARIUS frontman Timo Kotipelto),JON OLIVA'S PAIN (featuring SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva) and CHRIS CAFFERY (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist) are among the confirmed bands for the Pestpop festival, set to take place April 20-21 at the Oktoberhallen in...