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CYNIC, MERCENARY Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

CYNIC and MERCENARY have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXEL RUDI PELL AXXIS BEFOR...

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X JAPAN's Reunion Shows Sold Out On Pre-Sale Alone

The upcoming reunion shows by the reactivated Japanese rockers X JAPAN — March 28 (Destruction Night) and March 30 (Creation Night) at Tokyo Dome — have reportedly already been sold out through Yoshiki Mobile before going officially on sale. According to the ticket agency eplus, which is in charge o...

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DIMEBAG's Girlfriend Says DAMAGEPLAN Singer 'Turned Out Not To Be The Person We Thought He Was'

UK's Metal Hammer magazine conducted an interview with late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott's girlfriend of 20 years, Rita Haney, for its January 2008 issue, which celebrates Dimebag's life and musical accomplishments. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Hammer: Ho...

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VINNIE PAUL: 'I Don't Believe Anything PHILIP ANSELMO Says'

UK's Metal Hammer magazine conducted an interview with drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott (HELLYEAH, PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) for its January 2008 issue, which celebrates the life of Vinnie's brother, late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Ha...

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REVEREND Bassist Enlists In The United States Air Force

Texas-based metallers REVEREND have issued the following update: "REVEREND/BYFIST bassist Brendon Kyle has enlisted in the United States Air Force and to say the least we are very proud of him. Brendon has been sworn in and will become active duty in mid-February 2008. As much as we will miss him, w...

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X JAPAN: English-Language Video Interview With YOSHIKI Available

A 16-minute interview (in English) with X JAPAN founder Yoshiki about the reactivated band's future plans can be viewed below. According to a posting on the Jrock Revolution web site, X JAPAN has just released its new song, "I.V.", via iTunes in 23 countries, including Japan, Korea, America, Canada,...

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CRADLE OF FILTH: PAUL ALLENDER Custom Mix Of 'Under Huntress Moon' Available

CRADLE OF FILTH's forthcoming "Thornography - Harder Darker Faster" special-edition MVI (Music Video Interactive) comes as a high-quality DVD Audio with tons of extra tracks, videos, mobile content, MP3s and loads of interactive bonus content. It also features two tracks that come in U Myx format wh...

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'True Norwegian Black Metal' Hardcover Photo Book Due In May

Photographer Peter Beste has issued the following update: "In the last two decades a bizarre and violent musical subculture called black metal has emerged in Norway. Its roots stem from a heady blend of horror films, extreme heavy metal music, Satanism, pagan mythology, and adolescent angst. In the...

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3 INCHES OF BLOOD Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based metallers 3 INCHES OF BLOOD have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD AS I LAY DYING AT THE...

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TRUTH CORRODED To Release 'Upon The Warlords Crawl' In March

Adelaide, South Australia-based thrashers TRUTH CORRODED will release their new album, "Upon The Warlords Crawl", in March via Truth Inc. Records. The CD was recorded in Adelaide and mixed and mastered at Black Lounge Studios in Sweden by Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY, CARNAL FORGE, THE ABSENCE). "...

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WYKKED WYTCH Films 'Sweet Dreams' Video; Photos Available

Florida's WYKKED WYTCH has finished shooting a video for its cover of EURYTHMICS' "Sweet Dreams". "We shot the video in New York City two weeks ago," the band writes on its MySpace page. "The video is directed by Kevin Custer (MADBALL, UNEARTH) and produced by Dale 'Rage' Resteghini (MUDVAYNE, TRIVI...

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HOUSE OF LORDS Confirmed For UK's Z ROCK 08 Festival

HOUSE OF LORDS has been confirmed for the UK's Z Rock 08 festival, set to take place May 16-17 at The Asylum in Birmingham. Z Rock 08 festival billing: May 16: HOUSE OF LORDS SHY ROCKSTAR [further acts to be announced] May 17: BLACK 'N BLUE BONFIRE BRITNY FOX VON GROOVE SNOW STORMZONE REDLINE Ticket...

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BLEED THE SKY: New Album Is 'Crushing'

Oklahoma City's BLEED THE SKY has issued the following update: "We want to start things off with the biggest apologies for not keeping our [MySpace] page updated. We've been swamped with work to do on our new record. Along with that, we've also been going through major changes within the band. "Just...

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CRADLE OF FILTH: New Song 'Devil To The Metal' Available For Download

The new CRADLE OF FILTH song "Devil To The Metal", taken from the forthcoming "Thornography - Harder Darker Faster" special-edition MVI (Music Video Interactive),is available for download at this location. Due in the U.S. on February 5 (one day earlier internationally),the album comes as a high-qu...

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3 INCHES OF BLOOD: New Video Interview Available

Woozyfly.com conducted an interview with guitarist Shane Clark and bassist Nick Cates of the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based metallers 3 INCHES OF BLOOD last week in New York City prior to the band's show at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill. They discussed such topics as their forthcoming...