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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, AS I LAY DYING Pull Out Of WACKEN OPEN AIR, TYPE O NEGATIVE Steps In

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE has cancelled its previously announced appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival because one of the bandmembers is scheduled to undergo an operation in August. Meanwhile, AS I LAY DYING have pulled out of the event due to scheduling conflicts related to their appeara...

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HATESPHERE, FASTWAY, SECRETS OF THE MOON Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR

HATESPHERE, MAMBO KURT, W:O:A FIREFIGHTERS, FASTWAY, DRONE, SECRETS OF THE MOON, GUTBUCKET, MENNEN, PHARAOH and FAIR TO MIDLAND have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as fol...

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NUCLEAR BLAST Anniversary CD 'Into The Light'; First Audio Sample Available

A track called "Dirty Wings" (featuring EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet),taken from the upcoming compilation CD to celebrate Nuclear Blast Records' 20th anniversary, entitled "Into the Light", has been posted online at this location. "Into the Light" features 10 songs composed, recorded and produced b...

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AMORPHIS Discusses Upcoming Album

Before the AMORPHIS concert on May 5 at A38 in Budapest, Hungary, Metalhead.ro had the opportunity to go in backstage and talk to Tomi Koivusaari (guitar) and Esa Holopainen (guitar) about the group's upcoming album. A few excerpts follow: Metalhead.ro: I would like to know some things about your ne...

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NUCLEAR BLAST Anniversary CD 'Into The Light': Details Revealed

RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski recently completed work on a compilation CD to celebrate Nuclear Blast Records' 20th anniversary, entitled "Into the Light". Smolski composed, recorded and produced 10 songs for various metal artists that are part of the Nuclear Blast history, including a track that is...

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Rent Your Own Toilet At WACKEN OPEN AIR

The organizers of the world-famous Wacken Open Air festival have come up with a new way to satisfy their customers and in the process put a few extra bucks in their pockets to offset the costs of running the annual event. Check out this unique offer, available now via the festival's official web ...

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NORTHER To Play Russia In November

Finnish metallers NORTHER will play two shows in Russia in November. Special guests will be DARZAMAT from Poland and ILLNATH from Denmark. The details are as follows: Nov. 23 - RUS - Moscow - Tochka Nov. 24 - RUS – St. Petersburg - Club Port NORTHER will embark on a European headlining tour in Octob...

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KOTITEOLLISUUS Confirmed For Finland's ANKKAROCK Festival

Finnish metallers KOTITEOLLISUUS have been confirmed for the Ankkarock festival, set to take place August 4-5 at Merikotkanpolku 2 in Vantaa, Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS APULANTA DAMN SEAGULLS DIR EN GREY (JPN) DISCO ENSEMBLE HANOI ROCKS J...

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DIMENSION ZERO Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

DIMENSION ZERO — the Swedish band featuring IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper Strömblad (on bass),ex-MARDUK vocalist Joakim "Jocke" Göthberg, LUCIFERION/DIABOLIQUE drummer Hasse Nilsson, and PATHOS guitarist Daniel Antonsson — has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival,...

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AMORPHIS: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

Finnish metallers AMORPHIS have set "Silent Waters" as the title of their upcoming album. Prior to its release, the title track will be issued as a CD single in Finland and as a download single worldwide. Like its predecessor "Eclipse", the new CD will be thematically based on an episode from Finlan...

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AMORPHIS: TV Interview With ESA HOLOPAINEN To Air This Weekend

The final instalment of the three-part "Eurovision Countdown" will focus on the Finnish metal scene and feature an interview with AMORPHIS' Esa Holopainen. The show will be aired on Finland's Yle TV2 on Sunday, May 6 at 18:20 (rerun: May 10, 15:35). "Eurovision Countdown" is a collaboration between...

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NOVEMBRE To Complete New Album In May

Italy's NOVEMBRE has issued the following update: "The recording sessions for the next studio album proceed 24/7. Twelve songs are almost done and [at the] end [of] May, NOVEMBRE will be at Finnvox Studios (Helsinki) again to record the rhythm guitars and do the mix. Legendary producer and sound eng...

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FASTWAY, STATIC-X, EPICA, JOE SATRIANI Confirmed For Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING

FASTWAY, STATIC-X, EPICA, JOE SATRIANI, SPIRALARMS, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, ROSE HILL DRIVE, SCARVE, MERCENARY, AS I LAY DYING, EL GUAPO STUNTTEAM, OCEANS OF SADNESS and STORMRIDER are the final confirmed bands for the Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 22-24 in Dessel, Belgium. The final b...

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BLITZKRIEG Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG have have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS AN...

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ANIMAL ALPHA Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Norwegian punk rockers ANIMAL ALPHA have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS ANIMAL ALPHA AS I LAY DYING BEL...