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EPICA Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL CALLEJON CATHEDRAL EINHERJER EPICA HAMM...

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AMBERIAN DAWN: Milan Video Footage, Photos Available

Italian news blog Musica Metal has uploaded video footage (see below) of Finnish symphonic metallers AMBERIAN DAWN performing the song "Evil Inside Me" on November 9, 2008 in Milan, Italy (as part of the band's European tour as the opening act for EPICA). Photos from the show are available at this l...

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EPICA: Milan Video Footage, Photos Available

Italian news blog Musica Metal has uploaded video footage (see below) of Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA performing the song "Solitary Ground" on November 9, 2008 concert in Milan, Italy. Photos from the show are available at this location. More pictures can be found at DelRock.it. The group's setli...

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W.A.S.P. Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARZ Open-Air Festival

W.A.S.P. has been confirmed for next year's Rock Harz open-air festival, set to take place July 9-11, 2009 in Ballenstedt (near Quedlinburg),Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ASP EPICA HEAVEN SHALL BURN J.B.O. SCHANDMAUL TANKARD UNHEILIG W.A.S.P. W.A.S.P. earlier in the year c...

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KAMELOT/SONS OF SEASONS Keyboardist Working On Instructional DVD

Keyboardist/guitarist Oliver Palotai (KAMELOT, DORO, BLAZE, SONS OF SEASONS) is currently working on his first instructional DVD for keyboards in Florida. More information will be made available soon. The third in a series of behind-the-scenes clips from SONS OF SEASONS — the new progressive/symphon...

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EPICA: Munich Footage Posted Online

Video footage of Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA performing the song "Solitary Ground" on November 2, 2008 at Backstage in Munich, Germany can be viewed below. According to Ynetnews.com, EPICA will return to Israel for a December 11 gig at Tel Aviv's Barby club. The band performed in...

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HEAVEN SHALL BURN Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARZ Festival

Germany's death metal and hardcore fusionists HEAVEN SHALL BURN have been confirmed for next year's Rock Harz open-air festival, set to take place July 9-11, 2009 in Ballenstedt (near Quedlinburg),Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ASP EPICA HEAVEN SHALL BURN J.B.O. SCHANDMAUL...

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ELLIOTT'S KEEP: 'In Medias Res' Track Listing, Artwork Revealed

Dallas, Texas-based band ELLIOTT'S KEEP will release its debut album through Brainticket Records on November 18, 2008. Entitled "In Medias Res" (from the Latin for "in the middle of things"),the CD is a journey through doomed territories and epic dreams. Recorded at Nomad Studios (SOLITUDE AETURNUS...

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IMPERIA Schedules One-Off Show In Norway

Dutch/Norwegian goth metal band IMPERIA — which is fronted by Norwegian singer Helena Iren Michaelsen (the original vocalist of the Holland-based band SAHARA DUST, which later changed its name to EPICA) — will play a one-off show at the Rock-In club in Oslo, Norway on Friday, November 7. IMPERIA's s...

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PRIMAL FEAR Guitarist Checks In From The Road

PRIMAL FEAR/STARBREAKER/ALLEN/LANDE guitarist Magnus Karlsson has issued the following update: "We have two more shows with PRIMAL FEAR next weekend before we start the recording of our new album, Monsters of Mora in Sweden and at Sounddock 14 in Switzerland. The tour with PRIMAL FEAR has been a bla...

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ELLIOTT'S KEEP: Debut Album Due Next Month

Seemingly out of nowhere comes the epic metal sorcery of ELLIOTT'S KEEP! This Dallas, Texas-based band will release its debut album through Brainticket Records on November 18, 2008. Entitled "In Medias Res" (from the Latin for "in the middle of things"),the album is a journey through doomed territo...

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EPICA At Belgium's METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST; Video Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA performing at the Metal Female Voices Fest on October 18, 2008 in Wieze, Belgium can be viewed below (clips uploaded by YouTube user "Filmpje114"). According to Ynetnews.com, EPICA will return to Israel for a December 11 gig...

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PRIMAL FEAR Preparing To Enter Studio

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have set "16.6" as the working title of the follow-up to last year's "New Religion" album. The CD will be recorded in November/December 2008 for a tentative early 2009 release via Frontiers Records. Commented the band: "The pre-production for the new PRIMAL FEAR re...

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SONS OF SEASONS: Third Behind-The-Scenes Video Posted Online

The third in a series of behind-the-scenes clips from SONS OF SEASONS — the new progressive/symphonic metal band led by keyboardist/guitarist Oliver Palotai (KAMELOT, DORO) — can be viewed below. This clip focuses on the vocal-recording sessions with singer Henning Basse (METALIUM, FIREWIND). As pre...

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EPICA: AMANDA SOMERVILLE Guest Appearances Cancelled

Vocalist Amanda Somerville has been forced to cancel her previously announced guest appearances with Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA "due to family matters." EPICA says in a statement, "We wish her all the best and we hope to share the stage with her soon again." The affected dates are as follows: O...