Browsing all posts from May, 2009.

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Kivenlahti Rock Festival, Nova Rock Festival, Z Rock

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH have been confirmed for the Kivenlahti Rock festival, set to take place June 6-7, 2009 in Kivenlahti, Espoo, Finland.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows:
AMORPHIS
APULANTA
BACKYARD BABIES
CLARK KENT
CRADLE OF FILTH
D-A-D
DIABLO
EGOTRIPPI
HAPPORADIO
JOENSUU 1685
JUKKAPOIKA JA TISKIPEKKA
KIUAS
KOTITEOLLISUUS
KUUKOIRAT
LAPKO
MAIJA VILKKUMAA
MAJ KARMA
MARITTA KUULA JA KARVANOPAT
PROFANE OMEN
REINO & THE RHINOS
SARA
STAM1NA
VON HERTZEN BROTHERS
For more information, visit www.kivenlahtirock.com.
FAITH NO [...]

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Machine Head, Motley Crue, Varg Vikernes

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD have been confirmed for the Optimus Alive! 09 festival, set to take place July 9-11, 2009 at Passeio Marítimo de Algés in Oeiras, Portugal.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows:
Thursday, July 9:
Stage Optimus:
METALLICA
SLIPKNOT
MACHINE HEAD
MASTODON
LAMB OF GOD
Stage Super Bock:
TV ON THE RADIO
KLAXONS
CRYSTAL CASTLES
EROL ALKAN
Friday, July 10:
Stage Optimus:
PLACEBO
Stage Super [...]

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Deep Purple, Velvet Revolver, Rock Gone Wild Festival

The tracklisting for DEEP PURPLE’s Archive Collection DVD – due in June 2009 in the UK – has been revealed. It is as follows:
DVD I
Mk 1 – ‘Help’, ‘Hush’, ‘Wring That Neck’
Mk 2 – ‘Hallelujah’, ‘Mandrake Root’, ‘Speed King’, ‘Black Night’, ‘Child In Time’, ‘Lazy’, ‘Strange Kind Of Woman’, ‘Fireball Writing’ Session’, ‘Fireball’, ‘Demon’s Eye’, [...]

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Rock City Open Air Festival, Rock On The Range, Kreator

British thrashers ONSLAUGHT have been confirmed for the Rock City Open Air 2009 festival, set to take place August 20-23 in Fetesti, Romania. Guitarist Nige Rockett comments: “This is gonna be an awesome and crazy event, if our last visit to Romania was anything to go by. We met some wonderful people and made some [...]

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Rockwave Festival, Sonisphere Festival, Tim Owens

MÖTLEY CRÜE, MONSTER MAGNET and W.A.S.P. are among the confirmed bands for the “metal day” of this year’s edition of the Rockwave festival, set to take place June 29 at Terravibe Park, Malakasa, Greece.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows:
Crüe Fest Stage (Terra Stage):
MÖTLEY CRÜE
MONSTER MAGNET
ARCH ENEMY
LAUREN HARRIS
Vibe Stage:
W.A.S.P.
VOIVOD
Pre-sale starts on March 17.
Ticket prices:
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Party.San Open Air Festival, Mario's Metal Meeting Festival, Dong Open Air Festival

PSYCROPTIC, SADUS, POSTMORTEM and DAATH have been confirmed for this year’s edition of the Party.San Open Air festival, set to take place August 6-8, 2009 in Bad Berka, Germany.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):
AZARATH (PL)
DAATH (USA)
DARK FUNERAL (SWE)
DEN SAAKALDTE (NOR)
DESTRÖYER 666 (NL)
EVOCATION (SWE)
EXMORTUS (USA)
HATE ETERNAL (USA)
HELLSAW (AUT)
INHUME (NL)
MARDUK (SWE)
MISERY INDEX [...]

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Hard Rock Cafe, Shadows Fall, Metallica

SEATTLE – Hard Rock International has announced it will open a Hard Rock Cafe in the heart of downtown Seattle this summer. The 14,0000-square-foot Hard Rock Cafe Seattle will open at 116 Pike Street in July.
“After searching for the perfect location for many years, we are proud to bring Hard Rock Cafe to Seattle,” said [...]

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Devo, Jackson Guitars, Optimus Alive Festival

De-evolution has finally arrived…and who better to guide us through the mess than DEVO.
What the iconic new wave, art punk pioneers cautioned us about almost 30 years ago is no longer a humorous theory. It’s pretty much fact–we now live in a devolved world that’s getting wackier each and every day.
The fall of 2009 will [...]

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Punk Goes Pop 2, Gollum, Susperia

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Fearless Records is excited to release the highly anticipated, eighth album in the Punk Goes compilation series, Punk Goes Pop 2. The album hits stores and all digital outlets today.
Fearless Records has also teamed up with social networking giants, Imeem, for a special feature which includes audio of artists from the compilation discussing their recordings. [...]

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Mob Rules, Big Noize, Saxon

German metallers MOB RULES have set “Radical Peace” as the title of their new album, due later in the year. The CD is currently being recorded at Bazement Studio with longtime engineer Markus Teske (VANDEN PLAS, SPOCK’S BEARD, OASIS). The band previously stated about the new material, “Beside the known MOB RULES qualities, the new [...]