Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH BLACK MESSIAH BOLT THROWER COMMUNIC CREMATORY DARK FORTRESS DARK FUNERAL DARK TRANQUILLITY ...
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German industrial metal band OOMPH! has been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH BLACK MESSIAH BOLT THROWER COMMUNIC CREMATORY DARK FORTRESS DARK FUNERAL DEADLOCK DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN ...
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According to VS-Webzine.com, KORN, MACHINE HEAD, WITHIN TEMPTATION, EMPEROR, NEUROSIS, CHILDREN OF BODOM, MOONSPELL, EPICA, LAMB OF GOD, CYNIC and UNEARTH are among the confirmed bands for Hellfest, set to take place June 22-24 in Clisson, France. More than 70 bands will perform on three stages. The festival billing is shaping up as ...
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AMON AMARTH frontman Johan Hegg will be the featured guest on this week's "Tinitus" radio show, airing tonight (Wednesday, February 14) between 20.00 CET (8:00 p.m.) and 22.00 CET (10:00 p.m.) on Norway's P3. The program can also be heard on the Internet: www.nrk.no/tinitus. AMON AMARTH recently uploaded photos from its "Cry of ...
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PAIN, the Swedish band led by HYPOCRISY mastermind Peter Tägtgren, has been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH BLACK MESSIAH BOLT THROWER COMMUNIC CREMATORY DARK FORTRESS ...
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SYMPHONY X, SKID ROW, QUIET RIOT, KORPIKLAANI and MCQUEEN been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER ALL ENDS AMON AMARTH ANNIHILATOR AXEL RUDI PELL BLACK OAK ARKANSAS BLIND GUARDIAN ...
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Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA have been confirmed for the Metalcamp 2007 festival, set to take place July 16-21, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands will perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH ARS MORIENDI BLIND ...
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U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD will travel to Leipzig, Germany next week to shoot a video for the song "Pilot in the Sky of Dreams", taken from their forthcoming album "Dead Reckoning". The song has been edited by producers/bandmembers Karl Groom and Richard West at Thin Ice Studios down from a length of 9:44 to just ...
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SUFFOCATION and RAGE have been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH BLACK MESSIAH BOLT THROWER COMMUNIC CREMATORY DARK FORTRESS DARK FUNERAL DEADLOCK DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER DISILLUSION ...
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NAGLFAR, UNEARTH, KNORKATOR and LAMB OF GOD have been confirmed for this year's With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMON AMARTH BAD MANNERS BARCODE BOLD BRUJERIA BY NIGHT CALIBAN ...
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KORN, DIMMU BORGIR, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and CHILDREN OF BODOM are among the confirmed bands for the Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 22-24 in Dessel, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, June 22: BLIND GUARDIAN THERION SABATON GRAVE DIGGER VADER 1349 PAIN OF SALVATION AMORPHIS Saturday, June 23: ...
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AMORPHIS, WOLF and ARCHER have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 22-23, 2007 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH AMOPRHIS ARCHER BRAINSTORM EDGUY EVERGREY FINNTROLL GIRLSCHOOL HEAVEN AND HELL MERCENARY MYSTIC PROPHECY NAZARETH POWERMAD ...
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Swedish metallers AMON AMARTH will embark on a headlining tour of the U.K. and Ireland for the first time. Also appearing on the bill is Finland's FINNTROLL. The dates are as follows: Apr. 14 - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City Apr. 15 - Dublin, IRE @ Temple Bar Apr. 16 - Cork, IRE @ An ...
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Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER ALL ENDS AMON AMARTH ANNIHILATOR AXEL RUDI PELL BLACK OAK ARKANSAS BLIND GUARDIAN CIRCUS ...
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KORN, EARTH CRISIS, MAYHEM and MAROON have been confirmed for this year's With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 – July 1 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMON AMARTH BAD MANNERS BARCODE BOLD BRUJERIA BY NIGHT CALIBAN CANNIBAL ...
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ICED EARTH, TIAMAT, AMON AMARTH, VOMITORY, NOCTURNAL RITES, TRAIL OF TEARS, NOVEMBER and ALL ENDS have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALL ENDS AMON AMARTH ANNIHILATOR AXEL RUDI PELL ...
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SQUEALER A.D., BLACK MESSIAH, PRESIDENT EVIL and ABSOLUTE will perform at the Summer Breeze festival in Dinkelsbühl, Germany as part of the AFM Records label night. The groups will take the stage on Friday, August 17 starting at 1:00 a.m. after the regular festival set is finished. The tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, ...
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A CANOROUS QUINTET was one of those names you saw everywhere in the 1990's, even if their albums (in the USA, anyway) remained scarce imports and they never made the impact of contemporaries like DARK TRANQUILLITY or IN FLAMES. After disbanding in 1998, with various members appearing in AMON AMARTH, GUIDANCE OF SIN and NIDEN ...
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AFTER FOREVER and KARKADAN have been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER BOLT THROWER COMMUNIC CREMATORY DARK FORTRESS DARK FUNERAL DEADLOCK DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN ...
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German black metal outfit DARK FORTRESS will enter the studio in February to begin recording for its fifth album, "Scum". Nine songs will be recorded for the effort, including "Cold", "Eudaimony Reversed", "A Sickening World's Protagonist", "Abhorrence Vs. Scum", "Soul Flagellation", "The Anti-Life Doctrine", "Scumshot Orgasm" and "Antiversum". An August/September release via Century Media Records ...
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Swedish metallers AMON AMARTH have uploaded photos from their "Cry of the Black Birds" video shoot at this location. The clip was directed earlier in the week by William C. Schacht. According to the band, "It took 20 hours of blood, sweat and pain, in minus 14 degrees celcius, to get the video ...
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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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Swedish metallers AMON AMARTH have issued the following update: "Yesterday we completed the filming of the new video for 'Cry of the Black Birds', directed by William C. Schacht. It took 20 hours of blood, sweat and pain, in minus 14 degrees celcius, to get the video done. All that remains now is the editing ...
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HATEBREED, UNLEASHED, and FULL BLOWN CHAOS have been confirmed for the Metalcamp 2007 festival, set to take place July 16-21, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands will perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH ...
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NIGHTRAGE, DEADLOCK, FALL OF SERENITY and WAR FROM A HARLOT'S MOUTH will perform at this year's Summer Breeze festival in Dinkelsbühl, Germany as part of the Lifeforce Records label night. This special event will take place on Thursday, August 16 at the party tent beginning at 1:00 a.m. The tenth-anniversary edition of Summer Breeze festival ...
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KREATOR, MAYHEM, EDGUY, PAIN OF SALVATION and ATHEIST are among the latest confirmed acts for this year's Hellfest festival, which is scheduled to place June 22-24 in Clisson, France. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: IMMORTAL KREATOR BLIND GUARDIAN THERION MAYHEM EDGUY HATEBREED CANNIBAL CORPSE NAPALM DEATH PAIN OF SALVATION CONVERGE BRUJERIA AMON ...
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Belgian progressive metallers OCEANS OF SADNESS have inked a deal with Italy's Scarlet Records. The group's fourth album, "Mirror Palace", was produced by Jens Bogren (OPETH, KATATONIA, AMON AMARTH) at Fascination Street Studio in Örebro, Sweden and features 10 tracks, including a cover version of ALICE IN CHAINS' "Them Bones". Audio clips of the songs ...
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FEAR MY THOUGHTS and THE CREETINS have been confirmed for this year's With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 – July 1 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMON AMARTH BAD MANNERS BARCODE BOLD BRUJERIA BY NIGHT CALIBAN CANNIBAL ...
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THE EXPLOITED and CONVERGE have been confirmed for the Metalcamp 2007 festival, set to take place July 16-21, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands will perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH ANIMOSITY ARS ...
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According to Markus Rutten of www.sounds2move.de, Los Angeles thrashers SLAYER will headline this year's With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 – July 1 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The official confirmation of SLAYER's participation is expected tomorrow via the event's web site. The festival billing is now shaping ...
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