Johnny Winter

Texas blues guitar legend JOHNNY WINTER has been confirmed for this year’s Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesborg, Sweden.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows:
HEAVEN AND HELL (UK)
IN FLAMES (S)
DREAM THEATER (US)
EUROPE (S)
FOREIGNER (US)
HAMMERFALL (S)
MOTÖRHEAD (UK)
JOHNNY WINTER BAND (US)
LITA FORD (US)
URIAH HEEP (UK)
MARILLION (UK)
AMON AMARTH (S)
RIOT (US)
BLACKFOOT (US)
SOILWORK [...]

Guns N' Roses

GUNS N’ ROSES’ new album, “Chinese Democracy”, dropped out of the U.K. Top 10 earlier today (Sunday, December 6), having landed at No. 11 in its second full week of release. The CD debuted at No. 2 in the U.K. after failing to outsell “Day & Age”, the latest album from Las Vegas rock group [...]

Jalometalli Metal Music Festival

German power metallers PARADOX have been confirmed for this year’s Jalometalli metal music festival, set to take place August 14-15, 2009 at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows:
ARTILLERY (DEN)
ASPHYX (NETH)
BURNING POINT (FIN)
DEATHCHAIN (FIN)
ELECTRIC WIZARD (GBR)
NIFELHEIM (SWE)
PARADOX (GER)
STORMWARRIOR (GER)
VOIVOD (CAN)Murder in Three Acts hd XXx: State of the Union film [...]

Summer Breeze Festival

ENTOMBED and MISERY INDEX have been confirmed for next year’s installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2009 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows:
AMON AMARTH
AMORPHIS
BRAINSTORM
CALLEJON
CATARACT
CORVUS CORAX
ENTOMBED
EPICA
EVOCATION
HATE ETERNAL
J.B.O.
KATATONIA
KATRA
LEGION OF THE DAMNED
MISERY INDEX
SCHANDMAUL
THE HAUNTED
UNHEILIG
VOLBEAT
WINTERSUN

Murder in Three Acts movie

XXx: State of the Union movie

Motorhead

MOTÖRHEAD has been confirmed for this year’s Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 – August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany.
ICS Festival Service GmbH, which organizes the Wacken Open Air festival, has announced that 50,000 tickets have already been sold for next year’s event. The remaining tickets are expected to be snapped [...]

Megadeth

MEGADETH is in the early stages of the songwriting process for the band’s new album, which is tentatively expected sometime next year via Roadrunner Records. The CD is once again being helmed by acclaimed British producer Andy “Undie” Sneap, who produced MEGADETH’s last album, “United Abominations” (May 2007, Roadrunner Records).
MEGADETH’s forthcoming LP will be the [...]

Led Zeppelin

A new book celebrates the most cherished hard rock band of all time, allowing its members to tell its own miraculous and compelling story. “Dancing Days: The Led Zeppelin Reader” – the latest title from Rock Reader Books – traces the history and evolution of one of the biggest selling and influential rock bands of [...]

Suidakra

German melodic folk/death metallers SUIDAKRA will release their their new album, titled “Crógacht”, through Wacken Records/SPV on the following dates:
Germany: February 20, 2009
Rest of Europe: February 23, 2009
U.S.: March 2, 2009
The CD was recorded at Gernhart Studios and features cover artwork 9see below) by Kris Verwimp. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include “Conlaoch”, [...]

Amorphis

Finland’s AMORPHIS has been confirmed for next year’s installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2009 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows:
AMON AMARTH
AMORPHIS
BRAINSTORM
CALLEJON
CATARACT
CORVUS CORAX
EPICA
EVOCATION
HATE ETERNAL
J.B.O.
KATATONIA
KATRA
LEGION OF THE DAMNED
SCHANDMAUL
THE HAUNTED
UNHEILIG
VOLBEAT
WINTERSUN

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Graspop Metal Meeting

According to Ashladan.be, MÖTLEY CRÜE and LEGION OF THE DAMNED are among the artists that will perform at the 14th edition of the Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 26-28, 2009 on the festival grounds of the Boeretang in Dessel, Belgium. Other rumored acts for the event include ALICE COOPER, OZZY OSBOURNE, CRADLE [...]