Puerto Rico's DANTESCO have been confirmed as the opener of the Keep It True VI warm-up show, dubbed "Metal Knights", set to take place on April 7, 2006 at Sporthalle in Dittigheim, Germany. Also scheduled to perform at the warm-up concert are HIRAX and DRIFTER. The Keep It True VI festival, which is scheduled to ...
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VOIVOD frontman Denis "Snake" Belanger will join reactivated Canadian thrashers AGGRESSION for a rendition of the VOIVOD classic "Warriors of Ice" during their appearance at the Montreal Metal Massacre Fest on Saturday, December 10 at the Spectrum in Montrea, Quebec, Canada. Also scheduled to appear on the bill are RAZOR, EXCITER, ANVIL, PILEDRIVER and DBC. ...
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Live recordings of JUDAS PRIEST performing the tracks "Devil's Child" and "Exciter" in 2002 with Tim "Ripper" Owens (currently in ICED EARTH/BEYOND FEAR) on lead vocals have been posted online at Owens' official Brazilian web site. Download them in MP3 format at this location. As previously reported, Owens has been confirmed as one ...
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Long-running German metallers PARADOX will play their first show in five years at the Keep It True VI festival, set to take place April 8, 2006 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. Also scheduled to appear at the event are RIOT, EXCITER, ROSS THE BOSS (performing a set of early MANOWAR material) and SOLITUDE AETURNUS, among ...
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Canadian metal legends EXCITER have been confirmed as the co-headlienrs of the Keep It True VI festival, set to take place April 8, 2006 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: RIOT (USA) EXCITER (Canada) ROSS THE BOSS (USA) (a night of early MANOWAR) SOLITUDE AETURNUS (USA) PARADOX ...
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Dr. Abner Mality of the Wormwood Chronicles webzine recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill. Several excerpts from the chat follow: Wormwood Chronicles: I recently tried to list all the bands who got their names from a JUDAS PRIEST song... EXCITER, STEELER, SINNER, BEFORE THE DAWN, GRINDER, HELLION, etc., etc. ...
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ANNIHILATOR mainman Jeff Waters hosted a two-hour metal marathon on Ottawa, Canada's "Meltdown" on CKCU radio Monday night (November 7). During the show, Waters took calls from Wolf Hoffman (ACCEPT), Chris Jericho (FOZZY) and Dan Beehler (EXCITER). Download an audio file containing the entire broadcast at this location. ANNIHILATOR's eleventh studio album, "Schizo ...
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ROB ZOMBIE's 1998 macabre masterpiece "Hellbilly Deluxe: 13 Tales Of Cadaverous Cavorting Inside The Spookshow International" debuted in the Top 5 and was a certified triple platinum smash. A realization of his vision of the darkside — a mix of classic horror films and sleazy pop culture, creativity and extremity — "Hellbilly Deluxe" was a ...
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Heavy metal icons JUDAS PRIEST will release the new live DVD, "Rising in the East" (view cover here), on November 15, 2005, via Rhino Home Video. Vocalist Rob Halford, lead guitarists Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing, bass guitarist Ian Hill and drummer Scott Travis filmed "Rising in the East" in May 2005 at ...
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A representative at the Warner/Rhino video department has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that the new JUDAS PRIEST live DVD, "Rising in the East", will be released in North America on November 15. In addition, the DVD's artwork has also been confirmed to the image currently being displayed by most online retailers, including Amazon.com. "Rising ...
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According to unconfirmed Internet reports, the release date of the new JUDAS PRIEST live DVD, "Rising in the East", has been pushed back to January 2006. Meanwhile, most online retailers are still listing a November 15 North American release date for the set, which was recorded at the band's May 18-19, 2005 shows at the ...
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BEEHLER, the Ottawa-based project featuring original EXCITER members Dan Beehler (drums/vocals) and Allan Johnson (bass), along with guitarists Sean Brophy and Scott Walsh, has officially disbanded. In an e-mail to Mario's Metal Mania last week, Beehler said, "The last thing I was involved with was [putting together] the EXCITER re-releases with Jeff Waters ...
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Reunited classic Canadian metallers PILEDRIVER will be replacing EXCITER on the billing of the Gates of Hell 2005 festival, set to take place Saturday, September 17 at the Reverb/Kathedral club (651 Queen St.) in Toronto, Ontario. The complete lineup for the festival is as follows: NUCLEAR ASSAULT ANVIL RAZOR DREAMS OF DAMNATION PILEDRIVER ESCHATUS ECLIPSE ...
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DREAMS OF DAMNATION (featuring former DARK ANGEL guitarist Jim Durkin), ECLIPSE ETERNAL, ESCHATUS and DEAD OF WINTER have been confirmed for the Gates of Hell 2005 festival, set to take place Saturday, September 17 at the Reverb/Kathedral club (651 Queen St.) in Toronto, Ontario. The complete lineup for the festival is as follows: NUCLEAR ASSAULT ...
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Reunited New York thrash metal veterans NUCLEAR ASSAULT have been confirmed for the Gates of Hell 2005 festival, set to take place Saturday, September 17 at the Reverb/Kathedral club (651 Queen St.) in Toronto, Ontario. Also scheduled to appear at the event are ANVIL, RAZOR and EXCITER. More information is available at Toronto ...
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Canadian metal legends ANVIL, RAZOR and EXCITER will be teaming up again for the Gates Of Hell 2005 festival, set to take place Saturday, September 17 at the Reverb/Kathedral club (651 Queen St.) in Toronto, Ontario. The full lineup and details will be announced next week. More information is available at Toronto Undead. ...
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Hungary's HardRock.hu webzine has uploaded a hundred photos taken at last month's Bang Your Head festival, which took place in Balingen, Germany. The festival included performances from such artists as MORGANA LEFAY, EXCITER, KAMELOT, KROKUS, DESTRUCTION, AMON AMARTH, DORO, U.D.O., GAMMA RAY, and SAXON, among others. Check out the pictures at this location. ...
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Germany's POWERGOD will be releasing their new '80s metal tribute album, "Long Live The Loud – That's Metal Lesson II", in July via Massacre Records. The complete track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Fall Out / Long Live The Loud (originally performed by EXCITER) 02. Screams from the Grave (originally performed by ...
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American/Norwegian power metal act KAMELOT have replaced VIRGIN STEELE on the billing of this year's Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 24-25 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. Bang Your Head!!! 2005 will mark the festival's 10th anniversary and the theme of this year's event will be "The Best of Ten Years". To ...
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Malcolm X Abram of the Akron Beacon Journal has penned a review of JUDAS PRIEST's U.S. tour kick-off Monday night (May 30) at the Blossom Music Center in Cleveland, Ohio. An excerpt from the review follows: "The less-than-full venue was populated with middle-aged metalheads who looked as if they could have been in ...
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JUDAS PRIEST kicked off the North American leg of their world tour on Monday (May 30) at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Hellion/Electric Eye 02. Metal Gods 03. Riding on the Wind 04. Touch of Evil 05. Judas Rising 06. Revolution 07. Breaking the Law ...
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JUDAS PRIEST reportedly filmed their May 18 show at the Budokan in Tokyo, Japan for an upcoming full-length concert DVD. The band used three cameras and two large screens during the sold-out show, which was attended by 10,000 people. The group's setlist for the concert was as follows: 01. The Hellion 02. Electric Eye 03. ...
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DIO, DOMINE and ONKEL TOM have been confirmed for the Tradate Iron Fest, a five-day event set to take place June 1-5 at Campo Sportivo in Tradate (VA), Italy. The billing for the festival is shaping up as follows: Wednesday, June 1: MERQURY BAND (QUEEN tribute) EUROSMITH (AEROSMITH tribute) Thursday, June 2: DOMINE NECRODEATH (20th ...
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SENTENCED and JON OLIVA'S PAIN have been confirmed for the Tradate Iron Fest, a five-day event set to take place June 1-5 at Campo Sportivo in Tradate (VA), Italy. The billing for the festival is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ANVIL AXEL RUDI PELL BRAINSTORM CANDLEMASS DESTRUCTION DISSECTION EUROSMITH EXCITER GOTTHARD JON OLIVA'S ...
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Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER will have three of their classic albums — "Heavy Metal Maniac" (1983), "Long Live the Loud" (1985) and "Unveiling the Wicked" (1986) — re-released on March 15 via Megaforce Records. All three releases were remastered by Jeff Waters (ANNIHILATOR) and include bonus tracks. The Ottawa band was formed in 1979 ...
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Classic heavy metal band IVORY KNIGHT have been confirmed as the support act for Finnish power metallers SONATA ARCTICA on April 15 at Barrymore’s Music Hall in Ottawa, Canada. IVORY KNIGHT's second full-length album, titled "Unconscience", was released in mid-January. The CD was mixed and mastered by the Jeff Waters of ANNIHILATOR, and features artwork ...
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A bunch of high-quality photos of JUDAS PRIEST performing at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland on Thursday (March 3) have been posted online at Sonera Plaza (all photos by Timo Isoaho). PRIEST reportedly performed in front of 7,000 people at the 12,000-capacity venue, with IN FLAMES as the opening act. The group's ...
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AXEL RUDI PELL and DISSECTION have been confirmed for the Tradate Iron Fest, a five-day event set to take place June 1-5 at Campo Sportivo in Tradate (VA), Italy. The billing for the festival is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ANVIL AXEL RUDI PELL BRAINSTORM CANDLEMASS DESTRUCTION DISSECTION EUROSMITH EXCITER GOTTHARD NECRODEATH PINK ...
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Several photos from JUDAS PRIEST's world-tour kick-off performance last Wednesday night (Feb. 23) at the Valbyhallen in Copenhagen, Denmark have been posted online at this location. JUDAS PRIEST played at the Stockholm Globe Arena in Sweden on Saturday (Feb. 26). The group's setlist for the concert was as follows: 01. The Hellion 02. ...
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Tradate Iron Fest's organizers have announced the Italian acts that will play the 2005 edition of the festival. Tradate Iron Fest is a five-day event set to take place June 1-5 at Campo Sportivo in Tradate (VA), Italy. The Italian bands that will participate in the festival are as follows: ARKENEMY BATTLE RAM ELVENKING FIRE ...
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