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NEVERMORE Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

Seattle power metallers NEVERMORE have been confirmed for the Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 16-18 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. NEVERMORE will play their ONLY U.K. festival at this year's Bloodstock on Friday, August 17. The festival billing is shaping up as follows...

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FINNTROLL, FIREWIND, HEAD ON Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

Finland's FINNTROLL, Greece's FIREWIND and U.K.'s HEAD ON have been confirmed for the Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 16-18 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ARCH ENEMY BENEDICTION BEYOND ALL REASON DARK TRANQUILITY DREAM EVI...

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FIREWIND To Be Joined By Original Singer At PROGPOWER USA

Guitarist Gus G. of the Greek metallers FIREWIND has issued the following update: "Those who have followed FIREWIND's career since the early days know that our first singer was Stephen Fredrick. I actually never met him during recording or writing sessions and we never did any live shows with him. Y...

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FIREWIND Guitarist Talks About 'Allegiance' Album, Upcoming U.S. Tour

Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with FIREWIND mainman and guitarist Gus G. A couple of excerpts follow: Metal Asylum: "Allegiance" is the fourth FIREWIND record and the lineup is on its third singer. Is changing vocalists something you would like to do? Gus: Well, we don't do it because...

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PROGPOWER USA Sold Out; Surprise Headline Set Announced

The organizers of the ProgPower USA festival have announced a surprise headline set for this year's sold-out edition of the internationally renowned festival. Saturday night (October 6) will now finish with an all-star cover set featuring vocalists from both the showcase and the festival. Each vocal...

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POWERWORLD To Begin Mixing Debut Album In May

POWERWORLD, the new German band formed by ex-FREEDOM CALL bassist Ilker Ersin, entered the studio last October to begin recording its debut album for a late 2007 release. According to a posting on the group's web site, "the recordings will be finished in the middle of April. In the biginning of May,...

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DEW-SCENTED: 'That's Why I Despise You' Video Posted Online

German thrashers DEW-SCENTED have posted their new video for the song "That's Why I Despise You" at YouTube. The clip was shot in Gothenburg, Sweden with acclaimed director Patric Ullaeus from the Revolver Film Company AB (IN FLAMES, DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL). "That's Why I Despise You" comes off D...

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FIREWIND Announces U.S. Tour

This fall, FIREWIND pledges their allegiance to their U.S. fans by scheduling their first ever trip stateside. This Greek metal powerhouse is set to kick things off on September 19 by performing alongside EPICA and VISIONS OF ATLANTIS, which will be immediately followed by a week-long headlining run...

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ROB ROCK: New Album Title Revealed

Powerhouse heavy metal vocalist ROB ROCK (ex-IMPELLITTERI, DRIVER, JOSHUA) has set "Garden of Chaos" as the title of his new album, due later this year via AFM Records (Europe) and JVC/Victor Entertainment (Asia). The CD, which is currently being mixed in Denmark with producer Jacob Hansen (RAUNCHY,...

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Incinerate

You can almost always count on the Germans to create high value thrash and DEW-SCENTED are about as reliable as it gets. You can argue that the band essentially creates the same album over and over again (an exaggeration, yet not totally inaccurate),but if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? "Inci...

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CIVILIZATION ONE Signs With METAL HEAVEN RECORDS

CIVILIZATION ONE, an international musical entity which features in its ranks vocalist Chity Somapala (ex-FIREWIND, AVALON),guitarist Aldo Lanobile (SECRET SPHERE),drummer Luca Cartasegna (ex-SECRET SPHERE),and bassist Pierre-Emmanuel Pélisson (MALADAPTIVE; ex-HEAVENLY),has signed a deal with Me...

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DEW-SCENTED Frontman To Guest On 'Sex To 9'

DEW-SCENTED vocalist Leif Jensen will be the special guest on the "Sex to 9" show on the London-based radio station TotalRock (web site) on Friday, March 23. The program goes out live Fridays between 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. CET. For more information, visit www.sexto9.com. DEW-SCENTED's new album, "...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Schedules Appearances At FRANKFURT MUSIK MESSE

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has scheduled a signing sessions at the Frankfurt Musik Messe in Germany, Europe's largest international trade fair for musical instruments, music software and computer hardware, sheet music and accessories. Amott comments: "It's going to be a blast coming down to...

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DEW-SCENTED: 'That's Why I Despise You' Available For Streaming

German high-energy thrashers DEW-SCENTED have uploaded a new song, entitled "That's Why I Despise You", to their MySpace page. The group just returned from Gothenburg, Sweden, where they shot a video for the track with acclaimed director Patric Ullaeus (LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES, DIMMU BORGIR). "That's...

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MYSTIC PROPHECY Cancels CHICAGO POWERFEST Appearance

MYSTIC PROPHECY, the melodic power metal band featuring VALLEY'S EVE vocalist Roberto Dimitri Liapakis, ex-STORMWITCH bassist Martin Albrecht and SACRED STEEL drummer Mathias Straub, has cancelled its previously announced appearance at the Chicago Powerfest 2007, set to take place on Friday, April 2...