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ICED EARTH, DEVILDRIVER, SKINDRED Confirmed For U.K.'s HAMMERFEST II

ICED EARTH, DEVILDRIVER, SKINDRED, ATTICA RAGE and PANIC CELL have been confirmed for next year's Hammerfest II festival, set to take place March 11-13, 2010 at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, United Kingdom. The original Hammerfest brought together some of the biggest names in metal for a tr...

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DRAGONLAND: New Demo Track Posted Online

A high quality pre-production version of a new DRAGONLAND song, "The Shadow of the Mithril Mountains", has been posted on the band's MySpace page. The song is expected to appear on the Swedish metal group's forthcoming album, tentatively due in early 2010. Commented guitarist Olof Mörck: "It has bee...

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SUICIDAL ANGELS, STEELWING Sign With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

Greek old-school thrashers SUICIDAL ANGELS and Swedish metallers STEELWING (formerly SCAVENGER) have been awarded record deals with Boomer Entertainment and Nuclear Blast Records as part of a band contest launched by the Austrian management and booking company Rock The Nation. This unique competitio...

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EYES OF NOCTUM Live In New York; Video Available

Fan-filmed video footage of EYES OF NOCTUM's September 14, 2009 performance at Club Europa in Brooklyn, New York can be viewed at this location. A couple of the clips are available below (courtesy of "loginkill"). EYES OF NOCTUM is the California-based black metal band fronted by Weston "Arcane" Cop...

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Ex-RAINBOW/YNGWIE Singer DOOGIE WHITE Putting Finishing Touches On Solo Album

U.K.-based singer Doogie White (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, RAINBOW, CORNERSTONE, TANK) is putting the finishing touches on his solo album. He states, "Tony Carey (ex-RAINBOW) and Derek Sherinian (ex-DREAM THEATER) have played some [keyboards] on it now and when Pontus Norgren (guitarist for HAMMERFALL, THE P...

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THE POODLES: 'Like No Tomorrow' Video Released

"Like No Tomorrow", the new video from Swedish hard rockers THE POODLES, can be viewed at Expressen.tv. The song comes off the band's third album, "Clash Of The Elements", which was released in Europe on August 28 via Blistering Records. "Clash Of The Elements" recently entered the official chart in...

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KAMELOT, HAMMERFALL To Headline Next Year's PROGPOWER USA XI Festival

KAMELOT and HAMMERFALL have been confirmed as the headliners of next year's ProgPower USA XI festival, set to take place September 8-11 in Atlanta, Georgia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, September 10: KAMELOT NOCTURNAL RITES TYR SEVENTH WONDER STORMWARRIOR ILLUSION SUITE Sat...

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DOOGIE WHITE: New Video Interview Available

Vicky Bradley (a.k.a. Vix the Angel Of Metal) conducted an interview with U.K.-based singer Doogie White (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, RAINBOW, CORNERSTONE, TANK) on August 8, 2009 at the Dean Owners of America U.K. faction party at the Albany Theatre in London, England. Watch the six-minute chat below. White...

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EYES OF NOCTUM: Another Song Posted Online

EYES OF NOCTUM — the California-based black metallers fronted by Weston "Arcane" Coppola Cage (18-year-old son of actor Nicolas Cage) — have posted the song "Eyes Of Noctum" on their MySpace page. EYES OF NOCTUM's debut album, "Inceptum" (see cover below),is due later in the year through Morbid Ros...

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Ex-YNGWIE/RAINBOW Singer DOOGIE WHITE Laying Down Final Vocals For Solo Album

U.K.-based singer Doogie White (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, RAINBOW, CORNERSTONE, TANK) is currently laying down the final vocals for his solo album with producer Pontus Norgren (guitarist for HAMMERFALL, THE POODLES, TALISMAN, GREAT KING RAT) at Pontus' Damage Done Studio in Stockholm, Sweden. Doogie previou...

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER, HAMMERFALL Guitarist Perform ACCEPT Classics In Stockholm

Former ACCEPT and current U.D.O. frontman Udo Dirkschneider performed two ACCEPT classics ("Breaker" and "Balls To The Wall") at the release party for U.D.O.'s new album, "Dominator", on August 19, 2009 at Pub Anchor in Stockholm, Sweden. He was backed by four Swedish musicians, including guitarist...

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ASPERA To Support TARJA TURUNEN In Spain, Switzerland

Norwegian progressive metallers ASPERA will support former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen on the following dates: Sep. 26 - Salamandra 1 - Barcelona, Spain Sep. 27 - La Riviera - Madrid, Spain Sep. 29 - Z7 - Pratteln, Switzerland ASPERA will also perform at the 10th anniversary of rock festival 1001...

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STORMWARRIOR: Video Interview Posted Online

An interview with German metallers STORMWARRIOR conducted at this year's Jalometalli metal music festival — which was held August 14-15, 2009 at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland — can be viewed below. Locomotive Records released the third studio album from STORMWARRIOR, entitled "Heading Northe", in No...

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THE POODLES: European Tour Dates Announced

Swedish hard rockers THE POODLES have scheduled the following European tour dates: Oct. 31 - Metropolis Music Hall - München, Germany Nov. 02 - Capitol - Mannheim, Germany Nov. 03 - Circus Maximus - Koblenz, Germany Nov. 04 - Rockfabrik - Ludwigsburg, Germany Nov. 06 - Sala Totem - Navvara/Bilbao, S...

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RAGE: New Video Interview Posted Online

A video interview with German metal veterans RAGE conducted at this year's Jalometalli metal music festival — which was held August 14-15, 2009 at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland — can be viewed below. RAGE will enter Twilight Hall Studios (where the band's "Unity" CD was previously tracked) in Grefra...