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SLIPKNOT, CARCASS, DRAGONFORCE Confirmed For Japan's LOUD PARK 08 Festival

SLIPKNOT, CARCASS and DRAGONFORCE are among the confirmed bands for the Loud Park 08 festival, set to take place October 18-19 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SLIPKNOT CARCASS SONATA ARCTICA DRAGONFORCE APOCALYPTICA OBITUARY MESHUGGAH...

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TERSBETONI Frontman Says EUROVISION Was 'Once-In-A-Lifetime Experience'

Vocalist/bassist Jarkko Ahola of Finnish metal group TERSBETONI which represented Finland in this year's Eurovision Song Contest (and placed 22nd [out of a total of 25 contestants] in the event's finals) has issued the following update: "TERSBETONI got back home from Serbia just few days ago. The wh...

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LACUNA COIL Performs Acoustically On Italy's ROCK FM: Audio Available

Italian goth-rockers LACUNA COIL are among over one hundred bands that are paying their last tributes this week to Radio Rock Fm, a Milan-based rock station which is set to close on Saturday, May 31. The LACUNA COIL bandmembers, who are longtime friends of DJ Claudia, took part in a friendly on-air...

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MARDUK Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

Swedish black metallers MARDUK have been confirmed for the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 3-9, 2008 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, July 4: Main Stage: IN FLAMES IN EXTREMO CARCASS SIX FEET UNDER WINTERSUN OCTOBER FILE PENITENZIAGITE STAUB UND...

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LACUNA COIL: Australian Tour Cancelled

LACUNA COIL's previously announced Australian tour, which was scheduled to take place in June, has been cancelled "due to matters completely beyond our control," according to a statement released by the band. "However, we are thrilled to announce that we will be coming back to Australia this coming...

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TERSBETONI Places 22nd In EUROVISION Finals

Finnish metal group TERSBETONI which represented Finland in this year's Eurovision song contest placed 22nd (out of a total of 25 contestants) in the event's finals, which was held last night (Saturday, May 24) in Belgrade, Serbia. Watch video footage of the band's performance on last night's broadc...

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SCARS ON BROADWAY Confirmed For France's ROCK EN SEINE Festival

SCARS ON BROADWAY, the new band from SYSTEM OF A DOWN guitarist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan, has been confirmed for the Rock En Seine festival, set to take place August 20 and August 28-29 at Domaine Nationale de Saint-Cloud in Paris, France. Also scheduled to appear are RAGE AGAINST TH...

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LACUNA COIL Working On First-Ever DVD

Italian goth-metal icons LACUNA COIL have started work on a DVD project which is tentatively scheduled to be released later this year. The DVD will be a retrospective of all things from the band's "Karmacode" album cycle. It will include promotional videos, spectacularly remixed professionally shot...

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TERSBETONI: Video Interview With English Subtitles Available

An interview with TERSBETONI vocalist Jarkko Ahola conducted by Get In The Pit TV's Toni Trrnen on April 26, 2008 in Tampere, Finland can be viewed below (interview in Finnish with English subtitles by Night Elves). The chat took place in the backstage shower room of an event called Hot Rod & Ro...

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APOCALYPTICA: 'I'm Not Jesus' Stripped Down And Acoustic In L.A.; Video Available

Altitude has posted video footage of the Finnish cello quartet APOCALYPTICA performing a stripped down, acoustic version of the band's hit "I'm Not Jesus" with vocalist Johnny Andrews. The clip, which was filmed in early April at the Gibson Showroom in Los Angeles, can be viewed below. APOCALYPTICA...

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APOCALYPTICA: 'I Don't Care' Video Posted Online

"I Don't Care", the new video from the Finnish cello quartet APOCALYPTICA, can be viewed below. The song features vocals by THREE DAYS GRACE frontman Adam Gontier, who also appears in the clip. APOCALYPTICA enlisted FUEL frontman Toryn Green to handle lead vocals on the quartet's recent North Americ...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: 'We're Psyched About Our First OZZFEST Experience'

Following months of rumors, Ozzfest organizers confirmed earlier this month through a post at the official web site that the festival, a touring event for more than a decade, will transform into a "destination festival" this summer. OZZY OSBOURNE and METALLICA will headline a one-day show on August...

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APOCALYPTICA On ALTITUDE's 'Gibson Green Room'; Video Available

Finnish cello quartet APOCALYPTICA took part in an interview and performance last month on the "Gibson Green Room" show on Altitude (TV for your cell phone). The band discusses its roots, getting SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR's Corey Taylor to sing on its hit "I'm Not Jesus" and the difference between touring...

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SCARS ON BROADWAY Confirmed For Germany's AREA4 FESTIVAL

SCARS ON BROADWAY, the new band from SYSTEM OF A DOWN guitarist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan, has been confirmed for the Area4 Festival, set to take place August 29-31 in Ldinghausen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: APOCALYPTICA BETA SATAN BLOODLIGHTS DIE RZTE DRE...

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Worlds Collide

While they'll most likely always be known to many as that band that plays METALLICA songs on cellos, APOCALYPTICA has been making great strides over the past decade or so to shake the novelty of being a cover band. By bringing a full-time drummer into the fold and utilizing effects such as distortio...