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No DYNAMO OPEN AIR Festival This Year
According to Gerco Zwiers of the Blackfuel metal/hardcore e-zine, Holland's Dynamo Open Air festival, which was supposed to take place in Hellendoorn this year, has been cancelled. The reason for this cancellation is that the festival organizers are not allowed to put a temporary campsite on the fes...February 11, 2006
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EVERGREY, BLINDSIDE, CULT OF LUNA Confirmed For Sweden's CLOSE-UP Festival
To celebrate 15 years as Sweden's leading magazine for metal, hardcore and punk, Close-Up magazine will stage a two-day festival in Stockholm. The grandiose event will take place April 15-16 at Münchenbryggeriet. Confirmed bands so far are OPETH, BOLT THROWER, AMON AMARTH, EVERGREY, BLINDSIDE, CULT...February 10, 2006
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SHADOWS FALL Frontman Reveals Track Listing For Upcoming Album
SHADOWS FALL frontman Brian Fair has issued the following update: "First off, I would like to apologize for my extended absence from my weekly updates. I have been spending all of my time at Planet Z lately finishing up the vocals for our upcoming release on Century Media called 'Fallout From the Wa...February 8, 2006
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CANDLEMASS Win Swedish 'GRAMMY' Award For 'Best Hard Rock' Album
CANDLEMASS won a Swedish "Grammy" award in the "Best Hard Rock" category, beating out the likes of HAMMERFALL, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, MESHUGGAH and OPETH. The Swedish doom legends were honored for their self-titled 2005 opus, which is available on Nuclear Blast Records. EVERGREY were nominated in the "...February 8, 2006
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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. DOWNING: 'We'll Play A Whole New Set' On Next Tour
Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector.com recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rockdetector.com: Tony Iommi told me he has hundreds of tapes of riffs that haven't been used yet. Are you the same? K.K. Downing: "There are gr...February 7, 2006
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Origo
So do you think these Swedes have been hyped enough or is another round of the-band-that-saved-the-world quotes necessary? Just kidding. BURST deserves the accolades. On "Origo", they've taken what can loosely be termed post-hardcore (or whatever the fuck is en vogue now) and made it into a vibrant...February 6, 2006
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Aeolian
Without knowing any backstory on this German collective, "Aeolian" would (perhaps more accurately) be seen as just a decent, somewhat redundant heavy album with a lot of long songs and huge riffs. But THE OCEAN are actually a loose group of musicians who live and work in the catacombs of an abandone...February 6, 2006
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Report: TOMMY LEE Mistakenly Woos Man
Starpulse.com is reporting that MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee was left red-faced when he discovered the stunning girl he was flirting with was a transsexual. The rocker had reportedly asked sexy Nina Arsenault to sit on his knee while he was partying at Toronto's swanky Ultra Supper Club. According...February 5, 2006
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IN FLAMES Guitarist Says U.S. Music Scene is More 'Media-Controlled' Compared To Europe
Tapio Ahola of Imhotep webzine recently conducted an interview with IN FLAMES guitarist Björn Gelotte. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Imhotep: Was the song writing process for this album ["Come Clarity"] somehow different from what it has been before? Björn Gelotte: "The basics are alway...February 5, 2006
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WITH HONOR Part Ways With Singer, Announce Temporary Replacement
Connecticut hardcore heavyweights WITH HONOR have parted ways with vocalist Todd Mackey. However, "despite the recent departure of our singer, we will still be appearing on all upcoming tours and shows, including the East Coast run with STRIKE ANYWHERE and a European tour this summer with IGNITE," t...February 3, 2006
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7TH PLAGUE To Sign With METAL BLADE RECORDS
Cleveland's 7TH PLAGUE have accepted an offer from Metal Blade Records for a four-album recording contract. The band will be signing the record deal on Wednesday, February 8 during a dinner at Westlake, Ohio's Dave and Busters and are extending an invitation to all interested press to come to the si...February 3, 2006
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HAMMERFALL Guitarist Hopes More Video Channels Will Play 'Hearts On Fire' Clip
HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "February has come, and with that two big things for us: the annual Swedish Grammy Awards next week, and the Olympics beginning on the 10th. As I already have [mentioned], we recorded a video for 'He...February 3, 2006
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BLACK SABBATH Drummer Offers Update On His Radio Show
BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward has issued the following update on his monthly "Rock 50" radio show, which airs on WPMD, a college radio station at Cerritos College in California: "I wanted to check in with some info about the February 11th radio show. In January, we played excerpts from the new IN...February 3, 2006
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EKTOMORF To Enter Studio In July
Hungarian hardcore/thrash metallers EKTOMORF will enter Antfarm Studios in Aarhus, Denmark on July 10 with producer Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, MNEMIC, WITCHERY, RAUNCHY, HIMSA) to begin recording their new album, entitled "Outcast". EKTOMORF have just released a live DVD, entitled "Live and Raw...You...February 3, 2006
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KORN Bassist Working On 'Heavy' Solo Project
KORN bassist Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu has told MTV News that he is currently working on a new solo project. "It's heavy, man," he said. "It's gonna be totally the flipside of FIELDY'S DREAMS [Fieldy's 2002's solo rap album FIELDY'S DREAMS' 'Rock N Roll Gangster']." The project, which won't be called...February 2, 2006
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