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APOCALYPTICA Interviewed By ARTE CONCERT At WACKEN OPEN AIR (Video)

ARTE Concert conducted an interview with Finnish cello rockers APOCALYPTICA at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 - August 2 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. APOCALYPTICA is putting the finishing touches on its eighth full-length studio album, to be rel...

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AMON AMARTH Bassist: 'You Can Never Relax Just Because You Reached A Certain Level In Your Career'

ARTE Concert conducted an interview with Ted Lundström (bass) and Olavi Mikkonen (guitar) of Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 - August 2 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. On how difficult it was for the bandmember...

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CARCASS' JEFF WALKER: 'We're Still Stuck In The Mindset Of When We Were Teenagers'

ARTE Concert conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker of reactivated British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 - August 2 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about where CARCASS gets its lyrical and...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING Is 'Very Proud' Of The Material The Band Has Been Working On For Next Album

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King says that the thrash metal legends' forthcoming studio album will contain "everything" that the band's fans have come to expect from two-time Grammy-winning group. SLAYER is scheduled to enter the studio later in the year to begin recording its new CD, tentatively set for...

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MOTÖRHEAD's MIKKEY DEE: 'It's Very Strange To Have So Much Time Off'

ARTE Concert conducted an interview with MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 – August 2 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. Asked how he spent his time off from MOTÖRHEAD in the past year while the band's frontman, Lemmy Kilm...

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Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Sells Out In Record 12 Hours

The 25th-anniversary edition of Wacken Open Air just ended 36 hours ago and the promoters are already able to confirm that next year's installment of the annual metal festival has sold out. It is the 10th year in a row that all tickets to Wacken have been snapped up. Within 12 hours, 75,000 tickets...

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SAVATAGE To Reunite For Appearance At Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Classic American metal band SAVATAGE, which was active from 1978 until 2002, will reunite for an exclusive European appearance at next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2015 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to appear at the event is TRANS-SIBERIA...

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MESHUGGAH To Release 'The Ophidian Trek' DVD, Blu-Ray

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the recording of their first EP, Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH will release a concert DVD / 2CD set and Blu-ray, "The Ophidian Trek", this fall via Nuclear Blast. With visual footage shot in the U.S. and Europe during "The Ophidian Trek" tour...

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NIGHTWISH Working On New Album: Second Making-Of Clip Posted Online

Finnish / Dutch / British symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have released the second in a series of video clips featuring footage from the making of the band's new studio album, due in the spring of 2015 via Nuclear Blast. Check it out below. In the latest clip, NIGHTWISH offers a glimse at the demo rec...

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KING DIAMOND Responds To HAL PATINO's 'Extremely Insulting And Pathetic Lies'

Danish heavy metal singer King Diamond has slammed Hal Patino, the former bassist of King's namesake band, for "putting out extreme lies" about King and the circumstances regarding Hal's latest departure from the group. After King announced Hal's exit from KING DIAMOND, Patino released a statement o...

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CHTHONIC To Perform With Classical Oriental Orchestra At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR

Having performed twice at Wacken Open Air in Germany, Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC will have its third performance at the music festival — and for the very first time, it will perform on the main stage Blackstage on August 1. The works of CHTHONIC stand out in the ring of metal bands around the wor...

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Ex-KING DIAMOND Bassist HAL PATINO Says He Was Offered 'Ridiculous' Salary For This Summer's Shows

Former KING DIAMOND bassist Hal Patino has released the following statement regarding his departure from the band: "It's sad that it had to end this way after — 19 years. "I have always been 100% loyal to everyone in the band, and have always given my everything — onstage and offstage. "Since Day .....

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE's Performance Of SAVATAGE's 'The Wake Of Magellan' Captured On 'Live At Wacken (Official Bootleg)'

On August 22, earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of Edel Group, will release "Live At Wacken (Official Bootleg)", the first-ever live album from CIRCLE II CIRCLE, the band led by former SAVATAGE lead vocalist Zak Stevens. The CD is a recording of the band's A...

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NIGHTWISH Hard At Work On New Album: First Making-Of Clip Posted Online

Finnish / Dutch / British symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have released the first in a series of video clips featuring footage from the making of the band's new studio album, due in the spring of 2015 via Nuclear Blast. Check it out below. Settled right in the middle of the beautiful wintery landscape...

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ANNIHILATOR's JEFF WATERS Speaks To PROJECT ALPHA TV At HELLFEST (Video)

Project Alpha TV conducted an interview with ANNIHILATOR mainman Jeff Waters at this year's Hellfest, which was held June 20-22 in Clisson, France. You can now watch the chat below. ANNIHILATOR's latest album, "Feast", was re-released as a limited edition featuring re-recorded ANNIHILATOR classics o...