DEATH ANGEL, THIN LIZZY, CRUCIFIED BARBARA and NAGLFAR have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH ARMORED SAINT AXEL RUDI PELL BULLET CATARACT CRUCIFIED BARBARA DARK FUNERAL DEATH ANGEL ...
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HOLYHELL, the stunning female-fronted newcomer band from Magic Circle Music, is preparing to take the world by storm with their debut single "Apocalypse". The single will be available in stores in Germany, Austria, Switzerland on March 23 and will also be sold at the venues during the band's guest appearance on the current "Demons, Dragons ...
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"The Classic Metal Show", which airs Saturday nights between 9:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. via www.theclassicmetalshow.com, has issued the following update on the program's March 24 episode: "This week on 'The Classic Metal Show' the guys will be in full interview mode as they will get the chance to talk with two of ...
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Luxembourg-based electronic metallers LE GRAND GUIGNOL (formerly VINDSVAL) have posted their video for the song "Madness and Her Thousand Young" at this location. "Madness and Her Thousand Young" comes off LE GRAND GUIGNOL's new album, "The Great Maddening", due this spring via Maddening Media. The CD was recorded at TidalWave Studios by Patrick ...
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David Iozzia of Dave's On Tour recently conducted an interview with MANOWAR frontman Eric Adams. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Dave's On Tour: "Gods of War" is a concept album and its theme honors Odin, the Norse god of war. MANOWAR has always used warrior imagery to musically visit themes ...
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NeoRevma — the promoters of the March Metal Day festival, set to take place April 4 at the Fencing Olympic Complex at Hellinicon in Athens, Greece — have announced that MANOWAR will perform one of its songs in Greek for the audience at this year's event. The fans have the chance to vote for the ...
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Frontman Zak Tell of the Swedish rap/metal combo CLAWFINGER has issued the following update: "I've been going through my lyrics these last few days, correcting spelling mistakes and changing words and lines I'm not satisfied with as it's soon time to do the final recordings for the new album! Paedophilia, addiction, death, suicide bombers, self-esteem ...
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MANOWAR's tenth full-length album, "Gods of War", has registered the following first-week chart positions in Europe: Germany: #2 Greece: #2 Austria: #9 Finland: #12 Sweden: #17 Norway: #36 "Gods of War" will be issued on April 3 in the USA/Canada. An e-card for "Gods of War" has been made available at this location. ...
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Newly formed record label Maddening Media has announced its first signing: LE GRAND GUIGNOL (formerly VINDSVAL). LE GRAND GUIGNOL's new album, "The Great Maddening", was recorded at TidalWave Studios by Patrick Damiani (FALKENBACH, SECRETS OF THE MOON) and was mastered by two-time Grammy-Award winner Darcy Proper at Galaxy Studios (MANOWAR, RAMMSTEIN). The CD clocks in ...
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FOGALORD is the name of the new Italian "all-star" project led by SYNTHPHONIA SUPREMA and TRAGEDIAN session keyboardist Dany All. According to a press release, "this musical journey blends the influences of MANOWAR, RHAPSODY, BLIND GUARDIAN, and GRAVE DIGGER. Special guests include Gabriele Palermo (TRAGEDIAN), Terence Holler (ELDRITCH) on vocals and Frank Andiver (ex-LABYRINTH, WONDERLAND, ...
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MANOWAR has confirmed a live date in Moscow, Russia on Saturday, April 7, at DS Luzhniki. For a list of upcoming MANOWAR tour dates, click here. Each track from MANOWAR's new album, "Gods of War", is available for purchase ($1.25 per song) at this location here. You can download the CD ...
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REIGN OF TERROR/HOLYHELL guitarist Joe Stump has issued the following update: "Right now, I'm just getting ready for the upcoming MANOWAR/ RHAPSODY OF FIRE/ HOLYHELL tour. Rehearsals start up soon and I'm really looking forward to getting back out there and doing some serious damage when the tour starts up in March. "As far as ...
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Veteran Polish death metallers VADER have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH ARMORED SAINT AXEL RUDI PELL BULLET CATARACT DARK FUNERAL GRAVE DIGGER HAMMERFALL HARDCORE SUPERSTAR HEAVEN SHALL ...
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MANOWAR will shoot parts of its newest video for the song "Die for Metal" on Saturday, February 24 in Bochum, Germany, during the release party for the band's new album, "Gods of War". All fans are welcome to be part of this video. The group wants to have "an insane true metal crowd," so put ...
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Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Meanwhile, Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM have pulled out of the event. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH ARMORED SAINT AXEL RUDI PELL BULLET ...
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According to Metal Zone, INNERWISH, INACTIVE MESSIAH and EMERALD SUN are among the confirmed bands for the March Metal Day festival, set to take place April 4 at the Fencing Olympic Complex at Hellinicon in Athens, Greece. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Warriors Stage: MANOWAR RHAPSODY OF FIRE HOLYHELL BATTLEROAR ...
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With the upcoming Demons, Dragons and Warriors Tour, MANOWAR is ready to bring true metal to your town and take you to Valhalla — the place of immortal warriors! Mobilized with seven trucks and six buses, MANOWAR's 100-strong army of warriors and crew will invade Europe with a storm of energy, devotion and power. With ...
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A virtual release party for MANOWAR's new full-length album, "Gods of War" will start at this location on Thursday, February 22 at 23:59 (CET) and will last until 2:00 (CET). You can listen to music from the brand new album, continously streamed in a loop. Directly after the Virtual Release Party, all songs ...
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On Friday, February 16 at 20:15h, for the first time ever in their history, German TV station PRO7 will transmit a live boxing event called "Fight Night" hosted by famous German presenter Stefan Raab, assisted by charming German boxing world champion Regina Halmich. There's no better act than MANOWAR to participate in this warrior event ...
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German death metallers DEBAUCHERY will release their debut album, "Back in Blood", on March 23 via AFM Records. The CD was recorded at House of Music studios in Winterach, Germany with producer Dennis Ward and will be released as a double digipack, featuring a bonus CD containing seven cover versions of songs from RAMMSTEIN, MANOWAR ...
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MANOWAR's official web site has been updated with the following message: "The Royal Artist Club has invited MANOWAR to join them on www.royalartistclub.com. Armed with four cool, new Nokia phones, the band members will now constantly be taking pictures and uploading them directly (without the use of a computer) to their own ...
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Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA has been confirmed for the Metal Day Festival, set to take place April 4 at the Fencing Olympic Complex in Athens, Greece. Also scheduled to appear are MANOWAR, RHAPSODY OF FIRE and TIAMAT. EPICA will embark on a North American headlining tour in September. Support at the shows will come ...
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MANOWAR bassist Joey DeMaio recently spoke to MTV.com about the band's fans who have followed the group through 25 years of music trends, label and lineup shifts and an increasing emphasis on the European music market. "I have fans in the U.S. come up to me all the time saying, 'OK, next time, ...
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MANOWAR has revealed the complete track listing for its tenth full-length album, "Gods of War", which is scheduled for release on February 23 in Germany (February 26 for the rest of Europe and April 3 for the USA/Canada). It is as follows: 01. Overture To The Hymn Of The Immortal Warriors 02. The Ascension 03. ...
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Long-running Frankfurt, Germany-based thrash metallers TANKARD will enter Stage One studios in Borgentreich, Germany in late March with producer Andy Classen (DEW-SCENTED, CALLENISH CIRCLE, TANKARD, OCCULT) to record new versions of their biggest "hits" — from "(Empty) Tankard" and "Chemical Invasion" to "The Morning After" and "Space Beer". The resulting collection, "Best Case Scenario: 25 ...
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ARMORED SAINT has been confirmed for this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH ARMORED SAINT AXEL RUDI PELL BULLET CATARACT DARK FUNERAL GRAVE DIGGER HARDCORE SUPERSTAR HEAVEN SHALL BURN KATAKLYSM KORPIKLAANI MAROON ...
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An e-card for MANOWAR's tenth full-length album, "Gods of War", has been made available at this location. The e-card contains the new album cover art, background information, new band pictures, dates for fan release parties, news about the "Virtual Release Party," an announcement for the participation in the "Royal Artist Club," and cool ...
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SEVEN WITCHES/BRONX CASKET CO. guitarist Jack Frost has set up the following schedule for the NAMM convention January 18-21, 2007 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. Thursday, January 18: 12-12:30 p.m. - Moser booth 1-1:45 p.m. - EV booth 2-2:30 p.m. - Fuchs booth 3-3:30 p.m. - Moser booth 5-6 p.m. - Fuchs ...
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MEGADETH/EIDOLON guitarist Glen Drover has recorded a guest solo on the new album from Swedish melodic metal band LION'S SHARE. Also scheduled to appear on the CD are drummer Richard Evensand (CHIMAIRA, SOILWORK), guitarist Bruce Kulick (KISS), and singer Mats Levén (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, THERION, AT VANCE, KRUX), who is responsible for the backing vocals on ...
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German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR are about to start the recordings for their new studio album. The final pre-production is scheduled for next week and then the band will finally enter the recording studio in the beginning of February. Commented PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner: "We decided to record again at the House of Music ...
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