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ETERNAL LEGACY Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Cleveland, Ohio-based metallers ETERNAL LEGACY have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 ALICE COOPER ARCH ENEMY AMORPHIS ATROCITY BROILERS CALIBAN CANDLEMASS...
January 19, 2010
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GOJIRA Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

French progressive metallers GOJIRA have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 ALICE COOPER ARCH ENEMY AMORPHIS ATROCITY BROILERS CALIBAN CANDLEMASS CANNIBAL C...
January 18, 2010
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STRATOVARIUS: Toulouse Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of STRATOVARIUS' January 13, 2010 performance in Toulouse, France can be viewed below. STRATOVARIUS' latest album, "Polaris", landed at position No. 57 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, define...
January 18, 2010
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JON OLIVA To Guest On AVANTASIA Album

Jon Oliva (JON OLIVA'S PAIN, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SAVATAGE) has joined the list of guest musicians who will appear on the forthcoming release from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Commented Sammet: "Jon will appear on a theatrical song called 'Death Is Just A Feeling'. "We just...
January 18, 2010
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AVANTASIA: 'The Wicked Symphony', 'Angel Of Babylon' Cover Artwork Unveiled

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project will celebrate its comeback this spring with a new epic masterpiece, to be released on April 3, 2010 as two separate albums and in a limited deluxe edition (in one box set) entitled "The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babylon". The cover artwork for t...
January 15, 2010
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METSATÖLL Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Estonian metallers METSATÖLL have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 ALICE COOPER ARCH ENEMY AMORPHIS ATROCITY BROILERS CALIBAN CANDLEMASS CANNIBAL CORPSE C...
January 15, 2010
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AMORPHIS: New Video Interview With ESA HOLOPAINEN Posted Online

Metalpaths conducted an interview with guitarist Esa Holopainen of Finnish metallers AMORPHIS when the band played Greece last fall. Watch the chat at this location. AMORPHIS will release its first-ever live DVD in the spring of 2010, in time for the band's 20th anniversary. The filming took place o...
January 14, 2010
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OPETH Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH have been confirmed for this year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALDO NOVA (CAN) ALESTORM (UK) ANVIL (CAN) BACHMAN & TURNER (CAN) BEHEMOTH (PL) BIGELF (...
January 14, 2010
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STRATOVARIUS: Amsterdam Photos, Video Footage Available

A number of high-quality photos of STRATOVARIUS' January 9, 2010 concert at the Melkweg in Amsterdam in the Netherlands can be found at Metal-Experience.com. Also available are pictures of support acts MYSTIC PROPHECY and TRACEDAWN. STRATOVARIUS' setlist was as follows: 01. Destiny 02. Hunting High...
January 13, 2010
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TROUBLE, AMON AMARTH, SODOM Confirmed For 70000 TONS OF METAL Cruise

TROUBLE, AMON AMARTH and SODOM are among the confirmed bands for the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which is set to sail from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico on January 24, 2011 and return four days later. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH SODOM SONATA ARCTICA STRATOVARIUS TR...
January 12, 2010
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BEHEMOTH Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH have been confirmed for this year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALDO NOVA (CAN) ALESTORM (UK) ANVIL (CAN) BACHMAN & TURNER (CAN) BEHEMOTH (PL) BIGELF (US...
January 11, 2010
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Female Singer Confirmed For AVANTASIA Project

Germany-based singer Cloudy Yang (pictured below) has joined the list of guest musicians who will appear on the forthcoming release from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Commented Tobias: "I know people have speculated and thrown in a lot of names [about which female vocalist will a...
January 10, 2010
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WARMEN To Be Joined By CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman, STRATOVARIUS Singer At Helsinki Gig

WARMEN, the brainchild of CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman, will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with a concert during the Helsinki Metal Meeting weekend on February 18 at Dante's Highlight in Helsinki Finland. As if WARMEN's third live performance ever wouldn't be enough to make this a...
January 9, 2010
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THROES OF DAWN: New Album Details Revealed

Long-running Finnish "dark metal" band THROES OF DAWN will release its fifth album, "The Great Fleet of Echoes", via Firebox Records during the Finnish Metal Expo on February 19. The CD will be made available as both a digiback CD and a limited double LP with 24-bit mastering. The double LP will inc...
January 9, 2010
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STRATOVARIUS Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS have been confirmed for this year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALDO NOVA (CAN) ALESTORM (UK) ANVIL (CAN) BACHMAN & TURNER (CAN) BIGELF (US) D-A-D (...
January 8, 2010