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STRATOVARIUS Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA Festival

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS have been confirmed for the Tuska open-air festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Kaisaniemi in Helsinki, Finland. STRATOVARIUS will top the bill on Sunday, July 1. A total of 32 bands on three stages will perform over the course of three days. In addi...

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NON-DIVINE Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

Dutch metal band NON-DIVINE has issued the following update: "Ruben Viets, drummer of NON-DIVINE since NON-DIVINE's start at 1999, found out that he lost his ambition for playing music and decided to leave the band. NON-DIVINE shows their deepest respect for his decision that was a difficult one for...

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MOONSPELL Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA Festival

Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL have been confirmed for the Tuska open-air festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Kaisaniemi in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 32 bands on three stages will perform over the course of three days. In addition to this, a couple of dozen bands will be appearing at...

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STEELHEART Cancels BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Appearance; LETHAL Steps In

STEELHEART has cancelled its appearance at this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 22-23, 2007 in Balingen, Germany. Replacing them at the event is LETHAL. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH AMORPHIS ARCHER BRA...

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MORDRED: Video Footage From Last Month's Reunion Concert Available

A video clip of the late '80s/early '90s San Francisco Bay Area funk-metallers MORDRED performing a one-off reunion concert on April 12, 2007 at the Bottom Of The Hill in San Francisco has been posted at YouTube. The show, which also included reunion appearances by ANVIL CHORUS and MERCENARY, was a...

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SIRENIA Confirmed For Denmark's GODZZFEST

According to a posting on SIRENIA's web site, the Norwegian/Danish gothic metal band has been confirmed for this year's edition of Godzzfest, set to take place September 28-29 at Godset in Kolding, Denmark. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: AS WE FIGHT MERCENARY MNEMIC NAPALM DEATH...

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LUPARA: Director's Cut Of 'No Pity On The Ants' Video Available

The "director's cut" of LUPARA's video for the song "No Pity on the Ants" — featuring an appearance by SLIPKNOT guitarist Mick Thomson — has been posted online at Dovetail.tv. LUPARA filmed the "No Pity on the Ants" clip on November 18-19, 2006 in the band's hometown of Chicago with director/produce...

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VICIOUS RUMORS: Setlist For BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival Revealed

San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans VICIOUS RUMORS have revealed the setlist for their upcoming appearance at the Bang Your Head!!! festival, which will be held June 22-23 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. The setlist was chosen by fans via an Internet poll and it features "songs we haven't pl...

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ZAKK WYLDE And BLASKO Audio Interviews Posted Online

In the latest episode of "Talking Metal", their coverage of the 2007 edition of "VH1 Rock Honors" continues with interviews hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Zakk Wylde of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and Ozzy Osbourne and Blasko of OZZY OSBOURNE. Topics include Ozzy, Randy Rhoads, Jake E....

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FIREWIND To Co-Headline PROGPOWER SCANDINAVIA Festival

Greece's FIREWIND has been confirmed as the co-headliner of the ProgPower Scandinavia festival, set to take place November 9-10, 2007 at The Rock in Copenhagen, Denmark. Commented FIREWIND guitarist Gus G.: "We"re very excited to be a part of this great festival and also about returning to Scandinav...

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NON-DIVINE: 'One Man, One Soul' Video Posted Online

Dutch metal band NON-DIVINE has posted its video for the song "One Man, One Soul" at YouTube. The track comes off the group's debut album, "Asylum 45", available now on Rusty Cage Records. The CD was recorded at Hansen studios in Ribe, Denmark under the supervision of Danish producer Jacob Hansen (R...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, AFTER FOREVER, MERCENARY Members Involved With NEOSHINE Project

Members of BLIND GUARDIAN, AFTER FOREVER and MERCENARY have contributed to the latest recordings from NEOSHINE, the German power metal project led by 24-year-old guitarist Flo Krause. The group's musical approach is described in a press release as a "blistering combination of speed, melodic and aggr...

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SOIL Guitarist's DIRGE Project: New Song Posted Online

DIRGE, the new extreme metal project featuring SOIL guitarist Shaun Glass, THE DOOMSDAY SOCIAL drummer James Knight (ex-THE BLANK THEORY, CHACOPA) and A TEXAS FUNERAL vocalist Jermz, has made another song available for download via its MySpace page. Like the tracks "Ties That Bind" and "The Complace...

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FASTWAY, STATIC-X, EPICA, JOE SATRIANI Confirmed For Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING

FASTWAY, STATIC-X, EPICA, JOE SATRIANI, SPIRALARMS, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, ROSE HILL DRIVE, SCARVE, MERCENARY, AS I LAY DYING, EL GUAPO STUNTTEAM, OCEANS OF SADNESS and STORMRIDER are the final confirmed bands for the Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 22-24 in Dessel, Belgium. The final b...

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RAUNCHY: New Songtitles Revealed

Vocalist Kasper Thomsen of the criminally underrated Danish metallers RAUNCHY has issued the following update: "Since we've been getting loads of mails lately regarding the next album, on how it is progressing, who's gonna produce or mix it etc. we think it's time for us to give you an update. "Firs...