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EVOCATION Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish death metallers EVOCATION have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXEL RUDI PELL AXXIS CARCASS C...

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NIFELHEIM Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish cult metallers NIFELHEIM have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXEL RUDI PELL AXXIS CARCASS CH...

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DESTRUCTION Planning 25th Anniversary Documentary

Lucem Fero recently published an exclusive interview with DESTRUCTION/HEADHUNTER frontman Schmier, conducted by Welsh interviewer Anthony Morgan prior to DESTRUCTION's November UK tour. Topics of discussion included the reformation of HEADHUNTER, HEADHUNTER's upcoming album, the music style of HEADH...

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AXEL RUDI PELL To Release 'Live Over Europe' DVD In February

AXEL RUDI PELL will release a new double DVD, "Live Over Europe" (cover artwork),on February 25, 2008 via SPV. The set will contain a full show recorded at this year's Rock Hard Festival in Germany plus a bonus DVD containing "bootleg" footage from the Wacken Open Air and Bang Your Head!!! festival...

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SUIDAKRA: Instrumental Version Of 'Fall Of Tara' Posted Online

German melodic black/death metallers SUIDAKRA have issued the following update: "We have a little suprise for you. Maybe some of you know the song 'Fall of Tara' from our 'Auld Lang Syne' album. To reduce some waiting time to our DVD/'best of' release, we've add an instrumental version of this song...

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SUIDAKRA Hard At Work On DVD, 'Best Of' CD

German melodic black/death metallers SUIDAKRA have issued the following update: "The forthcoming DVD and 'best of' CD package has been keeping us busy and it's paid off — apart from the final layout, everything's finished. The content of the DVD has changed since it was first announced — it will now...

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THERION To Be Joined By Keyboardist FERDY DOERNBERG For European Tour

Christofer Johnsson of the Swedish metallers THERION has issued the following update: "Ferdy Doernberg (ULI JON ROTH, AXEL RUDI PELL, ROUGH SILK) will be joining the entire [European] tour to play keyboards. The songs will be re-arraged for keyboards especially for this tour." Johnsson previously an...

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THUNDERSTONE Checks In From The Road

Finnish melodic power metallers THUNDERSTONE have updated their "tour diary" with another entry from their current European trek with NOCTURNAL RITES. Bassist Titus Hjelm's latest posting reads as follows: "Another ’reunion' waited for us in Vienna. It was the first time there for us in four years....

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EVERGREY Frontman To Guest On New CROWN OF GLORY Album

Metal Heaven has announced the signing of the Swiss metal band CROWN OF GLORY. According to a press release "the splendid melodic metal sound of the four-piece shows influences from various genres from AOR to metal and should suit any fan of bands such as ROYAL HUNT, EDGUY, STRATOVARIUS and EUROPE....

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MAYHEM's HELLHAMMER Completes Drum Recordings For New ANDY WINTER Project

Legendary drummer Hellhammer (real name Jan Axel von Blomberg; MAYHEM, WINDS, ex-ARCTURUS, DIMMU BORGIR, THE KOVENANT) concluded a series of drum recording sessions at TopRoom Studios in Norway for a new, as-yet-unnamed project spearheaded by Andy Winter (keyboard player for WINDS, AGE OF SILENCE, S...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD: One-Hour Radio Special Available For Download

"Inside Avenged Sevenfold", a one-hour radio special that features host Axel getting the lowdown on AVENGED SEVENFOLD's new self-titled album, can be downloaded at this location. The new AVENGED SEVENFOLD disc was released as both a standard CD and an interactive MVI featuring a documentary, an anim...

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Black Metal Documentary 'Until The Light Takes Us' In Editing Stage; Clip Available

New York filmmakers Audrey Ewell and Aaron Aites are currently editing their forthcoming Norwegian black metal documentary "Until The Light Takes Us". A short clip from the documentary, featuring BURZUM mastermind Varg Vikernes sharing his thoughts on pharmaceuticals, can be viewed below. "Until the...

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AXEL RUDI PELL: 'Diamonds Unlocked' German, Swiss Chart Positions Revealed

German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell's "Diamonds Unlocked" — his first album consisting exclusively of compositions by other musicians — has entered the German chart at position No. 60 and the Swiss chart at No. 91. Commented Axel: "Not bad for a cover album, I expected lower positions, but this is reall...

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EMPIRE: New Song Posted Online

A new EMPIRE track, entitled "Mother Father Holy Ghost", has been posted on the group's MySpace page. The song comes off the band's new album, "Chasing Shadows", due on November 23 via Metal Heaven. This will be the fourth release from the band and the first to feature vocalist Doogie White (RAINBOW...

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PLEURISY Signs With SLEASZY RIDER RECORDS

Dutch death metal unit PLEURISY has inked a deal with Sleaszy Rider Records. The group's already completed new album, "Seizure", is tentatively scheduled for release in December. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. The Need for Speed 02. Maze of Deceit 03. Fear of God 04. Whisper Mis...