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ENSIFERUM Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

Finnish folk-influenced melodic death metal band ENSIFERUM has been confirmed for the Metalcamp 2007 festival, set to take place July 16-22, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands will perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. The festival billing is shaping up as follo...

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Threshold

Six albums in, and a darker wind seems to be blowing through the HAMMERFALL camp, ruffling the frilliest of shirts and injecting a little minor-chord pomposity into the band's helium odes to how much rocking, well, rocks. Don't get me wrong, the band isn't reinventing their sound, or even trying any...

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POWER QUEST: More European Dates Announced

Anglo-Italian melodic power metal band POWER QUEST has announced the next confirmed dates for its European tour with ANGRA and FIREWIND. Spain venues will follow shortly. The details are as follows: Feb. 16 - Nancy / Pagney, FRA - Chez Paulette Feb. 17 - Strasbourg, FRA - La Laiterie Feb. 18 - Reims...

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IN FLAMES, THE HAUNTED, HAMMERFALL Nominated For 'Best Hard Rock' Award At Sweden's GRAMMIS

BACKYARD BABIES, EUROPE, HAMMERFALL, IN FLAMES and THE HAUNTED are competing for the "Best Hard Rock" honor at the Swedish "Grammis" awards, which are set to be held January 30, 2007 at Hovet in Stockholm. The bands have each been nominated for their most recent releases, all of which came out durin...

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HAMMERFALL Postpones Finnish Dates

Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL have been forced to postpone their Finnish headlining shows (originally scheduled for early January) in order to allow singer Joacim Cans enough time to recover from an operation which he is due to undergo in December. Commented Cans: "After a couple of months of...

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HAMMERFALL Members Help Launch Studio At Children's Hospital

Stefan Elmgren (lead guitar) and Magnus Rosén (bass) of HAMMERFALL participated this morning (Tuesday) in the launch of a new music studio at Queen Silvia's children's hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. More information (in Swedish),including a photo, can be found at Expressen.se. HAMMERFALL's new alb...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: Las Vegas Is 'Completely Off-The-Chart Bonkers, Cuckoo'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following two entries in his online blog: "Thursday, November 23: Las Vegas is bizarre. Completely off-the-chart bonkers, cuckoo. You drive hours of absolutely nothing, rocks, sand and tumble weed and then BAM! An abomination in defiance to the very...

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DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

German metal band DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER has been confirmed for the Metalcamp 2007 festival, set to take place July 16-22, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands will perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMART...

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EDENBRIDGE Announces Details Of Asian Tour

Austrian symphonic metal band EDENBRIDGE has announced the details of its upcoming Asian co-headlining tour with VISIONS OF ATLANTIS. The dates are as follows: Dec. 29 - Taiwan - Taipei - Armed Forces Cultural Center Dec. 31 - Hong Kong - Kowloon - HITEC Auditorium Jan. 02 - China - Guangzhou – (to...

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DISARRAY Completes Work On Fifth Album

Tennessee metallers DISARRAY have announced the track listing for their upcoming fifth album, "Edge Of My Demise", to be released on the band's own Inner V.O.I.D. label: 01. Destroy Me 02. Punishment For Being Born 03. Edge Of My Demise 04. Breaking Point 05. It's About Time 06. Severed Ties 07. Obs...

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DEFIANCE Guitarist DOUG HARRINGTON Passes Away

Reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE, best known for their seminal late '80s/early '90s Roadrunner releases "Void Terra Firma" and "Beyond Recognition", have issued the following statement: "It is with a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of our dear friend, bandmate, and Corpo...

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AMON AMARTH Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

Sweden's AMON AMARTH has been confirmed for the Metalcamp 2007 festival, set to take place July 16-22, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands will perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BLIND GUARDIAN IMMORTAL AMON AMART...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, IMMORTAL, DORO Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

BLIND GUARDIAN, IMMORTAL and DORO are among the first confirmed bands for the Metalcamp 2007 festival, set to take place July 16-22, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands will perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BLIN...

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THRESHOLD Fans Get Creative

Fans waiting for the new THRESHOLD album "Pilot in the Sky of Dreams" have been getting creative at forum.thresh.net. Following the announcement that the album's artwork is being designed by Thomas Ewerhard (KING'S X, VANDEN PLAS, ASIA),impetuous THRESHOLD fans have been designing their own highly...

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HAMMERFALL Invites Fans To Create Video For One Of Their Songs

Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL, in co-operation with the online platform MusiTag, are inviting fans to create a new video for one of their songs. The contest runs until November 25 and the creator of the best clip gets rewarded with 1,000 euros. Click here for more information and instructions...