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OPETH, CANDLEMASS, APOCALYPTICA Confirmed For Spain's METALWAY Festival

OPETH, CANDLEMASS, APOCALYPTICA and PRETTY MAIDS have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Metalway Festival, set to take place over two weekends — June 20-21 and June 26-27 — in Zaragoza, Spain. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH APOCALYPTICA...

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Classic BARON ROJO Lineup To Reunite For Spain's METALWAY Festival

The classic lineup of the legendary Spanish heavy metal band BARON ROJO will reunite for an appearance at this year's edition of the Metalway Festival, set to take place over two weekends — June 20-21 and June 26-27 — in Zaragoza, Spain. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical...

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STRATOVARIUS To Release 'Polaris' In May

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS will release their brand new studio album, "Polaris", on May 21. The CD — the group's first since the departure of guitar player and main composer Timo Tolkki — will be made available via the band's new label partner Edel under the new imprint earMUSIC outside...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Keyboardist's WARMEN To Cover JANET JACKSON On Upcoming CD

CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman is currently working on the fourth album from his WARMEN project, tentatively due later in the year. One of the new cover songs the band is working on is JANET JACKSON's "Black Cat", featuring a guest appearance by the Finnish pop/rock queen Jonna Kosonen....

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MÖTLEY CRÜE, NIGHTWISH Confirmed For Finland's SAUNA OPEN AIR Festival

MÖTLEY CRÜE and NIGHTWISH are among the confirmed bands for this year's edition of the Sauna Open Air festival, set to take place June 5-7 at Eteläpuisto in Tampere, Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS APOCALYPTICA BULLET DEUTERONOMIUM FINNTROLL H...

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EVERGREY, NOVEMBRE: European Tour Dates Announced

Swedish metallers EVERGREY will team up with special guests, Italy's NOVEMBRE, for a tour of Europe in April. Confirmed dates are as follows: April 03 - Bochum, Germany - Matrix April 04 - Vosselaar, Belgium - Biebob April 05 - Zoetermeer, Netherlands - Boerderij April 07 - London, UK - Underworld A...

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ENSLAVED, STRATOVARIUS Confirmed For Holland's ZWARTE CROSS Festival

Norwegian masters of progressive/experimental metal ENSLAVED, Finnish melodic power metal legends STRATOVARIUS and COMEBACK KID have been confirmed for the Aardschok stage (powered by Jägermeister) at this year's Zwarte Cross (Black Cross) festival, set to take place July 24-26 in Lichtenvoorde, Hol...

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TIMO TOLKKI's REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE: Title Track Of New Album Available For Free Download

REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE, the new band led by former STRATOVARIUS mastermind Timo Tolkki, has made the title track from its forthcoming album, "Age Of Aquarius", available for free download at this location (MP3, 9.3 MB). Recorded over three months in Finland, "Age Of Aquarius" is scheduled for releas...

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CRYSTALLION Prepares To Enter Studio

German "noble power metal" hopefuls CRYSTALLION will enter the studio in March/April to begin recording their third album for a late 2009 release. More information will be made available soon. "Under Siege", the new video from CRYSTALLION, can be viewed below. The track comes off the group's second...

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STRATOVARIUS To Tour North America In The Fall

Finnish melodic power metal legends STRATOVARIUS will return to North America for a short tour this fall. Tickets for all shows are on sale via EnterTheVault.com exclusively until March 20 at which point they will become available through all normal ticketing outlets. STRATOVARIUS will also take par...

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AMORPHIS: New Album Title, Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Finnish dark metallers AMORPHIS have set "Skyforger" as the title of their new album, due on May 29 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to the "Eclipse" and "Silent Waters" LPs, both of which were certified gold in the band's native Finland, was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki. The t...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Keyboardist Continuing Work On New WARMEN Album

According to a posting on the CHILDREN OF BODOM fan site Scythes Of Bodom, the band's keyboardist Janne Wirman is currently working on a fourth WARMEN album, tentatively due later in the year. Interviewed in January, WARMEN guitarist and Janne's brother Antti Wirman revealed that the album would be...

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NIGHTWISH, APOCALYPTICA, EVERGREY Members To Guest On SONATA ARCTICA Guitarist's Solo CD

Vocalists Marco Hietala (NIGHTWISH, TAROT) and Tony Kakko (SONATA ARCTICA),keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg (SONATA ARCTICA),bassist Jari Kainulainen (EVERGREY, ex-STRATOVARIUS) and drummer Mikko Sirén (APOCALYPTICA) are among the guest musicians who appear on the third solo album from SONATA ARCTIC...

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HEAVEN AND HELL, MOTÖRHEAD, MANOWAR Confirmed For Spain's METALWAY FESTIVAL

HEAVEN AND HELL, MOTÖRHEAD, MANOWAR and IMMORTAL are among the confirmed bands for this year's edition of the Metalway Festival, set to take place over two weekends — June 20-21 and June 26-27 — in Zaragoza, Spain. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH BL...

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FIREWIND To Tour U.K. With STRATOVARIUS

Guitarist Gus G. of Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND has issued the following update: "Even though we toured the U.K. hard in 2008 and are still planning to kick some serious ass at the Hellfire Festival next month, when the opportunity came to do this tour with STRATOVARIUS, we just couldn't say no...