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EPICA Keyboardist To Sit Out North American Tour

Keyboardist Coen Janssen will be forced to sit out EPICA's upcomiing North American headlining tour because of "personal reasons." He will be replaced by Oliver Palotai (KAMELOT, SONS OF SEASONS, DORO). Commented Coen: "Having been in [EPICA] from the start and never having missed a single show made...

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LACRIMOSA, RHEMORHA Confirmed For Czech Republic's MASTERS OF ROCK

LACRIMOSA and RHEMORHA have been confirmed for this year's Masters Of Rock feastival, set to take place July 15-18, 2010 in Vizovice, Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: MANOWAR (USA) TARJA (FI) ACCEPT (D) UNISONIC (D) SABATON (S) LORDI (FI) DORO (D) ANNIHILATOR (CAN) QUEE...

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MEGADETH Takes Top Honors In 'Metal On Metal' Listener Poll

MEGADETH's "Endgame" album took the No. 1 spot in WJCU's "Metal On Metal" annual listener Top 25 countdown show. SLAYER's "World Painted Blood" and HEAVEN & HELL's "The Devil You Know" were close runner-ups for the second and third positions, respectively. This was the 26th year of the poll, whi...

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MEMOIRA Parts Ways With Singer, Seeks Replacement

Finnish metal band MEMOIRA has parted ways with vocalist Jemina Pitkälä and is currently seeking a male or female replacement. Interested parties can send a vocal sample in mp3/wav format to memoiraband(at)gmail.com and a letter containing more information. MEMOIRA's self-titled debut album was rele...

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EPICA, THREAT SIGNAL, BLACKGUARD: Milwaukee Concert To Be Streamed Online

The February 5 concert at The Rave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin featuring EPICA, THREAT SIGNAL and BLACKGUARD will be streamed live via TheRaveLive.com beginning at 9:00 p.m. EST. To access the free live concert stream: 1) Click on this link 2) Click on the "Free Signup" button at the upper right of the...

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EPICA: Audio Interview With MARK JANSEN Available

Guitarist Mark Jansen of Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA was interviewed last fall by Greece's E-Rock.gr. The chat is available for streaming in three parts below. EPICA's latest album, "Design Your Universe", landed at position No. 12 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart,...

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RHAPSODY OF FIRE Singer To Perform DEEP PURPLE, WHITESNAKE Covers This Weekend

RHAPSODY OF FIRE singer Fabio Lione's side project PURPLESNAKE, a DEEP PURPLE and WHITESNAKE tribute band, will be joined on stage by Italian rocker Pino Scotto (FIRE TRAILS, VANADIUM) and by guitar hero Andrea Braido (VASCO ROSSI, TWIN DRAGONS, FRANK GAMBALE) on January 8 at Teatro Govi in Genova B...

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LACUNA COIL, U.D.O., EPICA, MASTERPLAN Members Perform At 'Christmas Metal Symphony'

LACUNA COIL, U.D.O., EPICA, MASTERPLAN and SABATON members participated in the second "Christmas Metal Symphony" show, which was held this past Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 013, Tilburg, Holland. As was the case with last year's event, the singers were backed by a six-piece band and a 30-piece class...

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EX DEO Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

EX DEO, the Ancient Roman-themed arsenal led by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono, has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 5-11, 2010 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABSTINENZ ACELDAMA ASHES YOU LEAVE BEHEM...

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EPICA Guitarist Interviewed On 'Ragnarok Radio'; Audio Available

Guitarist Mark Jansen of Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA was interviewed for episode 45 of the "Ragnarok Radio" podcast (web site). The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. EPICA's latest album, "Design Your Universe", landed at position No. 12 on the Top...

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BÖRN AGAIN: 'Neverending Fire' Video Available

"Neverending Fire", the first official video from BÖRN AGAIN, the brand new female-fronted multi-national power metal band featuring current/former members of CRYSTAL VIPER, STORMWITCH and MAJESTY, can be viewed below. The song is the title cut of the group's debut single, whcih was produced by Bart...

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Classic PANTERA Interview Featured On New ROCK GUERILLA.tv DVD

Issue #272 of Germany's Rock Hard magazine includes the Rock Guerilla.tv DVD Vol. 14 featuring a classic 1992 interview with PANTERA's Dimebag Darrell and Phil Anselmo, as well as exclusive studio reports with DARK TRANQUILLITY and RAGE, an ANTHRAX discography retrospection with Scott Ian, a progres...

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TRAIL OF TEARS Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

Norway's TRAIL OF TEARS has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 5-11, 2010 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABSTINENZ ACELDAMA ASHES YOU LEAVE BEHEMOTH CANNIBAL CORPSE DEMONICAL DORNENREICH ENOCHIAN THEORY EN...

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ROTTING CHRIST Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

Greek extreme metal veterans ROTTING CHRIST have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 5-11, 2010 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABSTINENZ ACELDAMA ASHES YOU LEAVE BEHEMOTH CANNIBAL CORPSE DEMONICAL DORNENREI...

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Former/Current Members Of STORMWITCH, MYSTIC PROPHECY, MAJESTY Join Forces In BÖRN AGAIN

BÖRN AGAIN, the brand new female-fronted multi-national power metal band featuring current/former members of CRYSTAL VIPER, STORMWITCH and MAJESTY, has just recorded its debut single titled "Neverending Fire". Due in early 2010, the effort was produced by Bart Gabriel (CRYSTAL VIPER, LONEWOLF),and...