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Chicago, IL, April 2008. Washburn Guitars and Eden Electronics have recently signed a strategic partnership with Metal Battle that will take place worldwide. The Metal Battle started in 2005 and is a talent contest for unsigned heavy metal and rock bands. This year a total of 17 countries will participate and includes Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Finland, Brazil, ex-Yugoslavia, Poland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Austria, Italy, Israel, Greece, Lithuania and China. There will be at least one live heat in each country with 57 live heats in 2008 altogether. The competition will culminate at the international finale which will take place at the Wacken Open Air Festival from July 31st to August 2nd, 2008. As in previous years, the 2008 Metal Battle promises to be one of the premier music competitions specifically geared towards heavy metal bands around the globe. “Metal Battle is an amazing platform for upcoming metal bands aiming at international attention and coverage,” says Greg Heritier Director of European Sales from U.S. Music Corp. - Details
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It´s time again! The new JON OLIVA`S PAIN album “Global Warning” was released on March 22nd; and now the brand new songs will have its live premiere in Hamburg on April 23rd, when JON OLIVA`S PAIN kick off their European tour! But of course Jon Oliva and his band will also present a lot of Savatage classics. In any case: don´t miss it!!!
Here are the tourdates:
23.04.2008 | Hamburg (D), Headbangers Ballroom |
25.04.2008 | Haugesund (NO), Karmøygeddon Metal Festival |
26.04.2008 | Copenhagen (DK), The Rock |
28.04.2008 | Aschaffenburg (DE), Colos-Saal |
29.04.2008 | Wien (AT), Planet Music |
01.05.2008 | Pratteln (CH), Z7 |
02.05.2008 | Piacenza (IT), Fillmore |
03.05.2008 | Florence (IT), Viper Club |
06.05.2008 | Vitoria (ES), Azkena |
07.05.2008 | Madrid (ES), Caracol |
08.05.2008 | Barcelona (ES), Salamandra 1 |
10.05.2008 | Athens (GR), Gagarin |
11.05.2008 | Thessaloniki (GR), venue tba |
13.05.2008 | Essen (DE), Turock |
14.05.2008 | Tilburg (NL), 013 |
Source: Press Release
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Slipknot
Uncompromising, intense, chaotic, unforgiving, cathartic, destructive, dominant. Thos often used adjectives still don’t get to the core of things when trying to describe the platin rewarded Grammy winners and hard rockers of SLIPKNOT. Sure is: This isn’t a band, this is a way of life. This visionary band from the wastelands around Des Moines in Iowa has sold over 10 million albums worldwide. The last CD of these masked metal heads is already some days old and the community of the Maggots is impatiently waiting for the new material, which they will hopefully bring to their exclusive festival performance in Germany 2008. (Planned release is 11th August).
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Osterode / Förste, Germany
Thursday, 17th July to Saturday, 19th July
RockHarz Open Air
What do people think when they think of the German range, the Harz? Probably something about rock climbing, old people looking at the mountains and stuff like that. But this year in July, something else will happen around there. Bands like AMON AMARTH, TURISAS and WITHIN TEMPTATION will rock the ground. Don’t miss this great weekend of good music and a lot of fun!
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds release an exclusive “Live Session” EP through iTunes, recorded at the legendary Air studios on 2nd March as part of iTunes’ “Live From London” series. The session was a rare opportunity for a few lucky winners to see the band up close and personal, and the EP captures the event with five tracks from their new album DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!!, including the title track, ‘Moonland’, ‘Midnight Man’, ‘Lie Down Here (& Be My Girl)’ and ‘More News From Nowhere’. Click the link to buy your copy.On Friday 18th April, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will perform their new single ‘More News From Nowhere’ on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross. The single is out on 12th May and includes a new non-LP track ‘Fleeting Love’.
- Sara Noxx feat. Project Pitchfork - "Earth Song": The German independent generation stand up!
- MAGIC CIRCLE FESTIVAL 2008 - Third Night of Music Confirmed
- NOCTURNAL CULTURE NIGHT 3 - Sara Noxx and Friends as Headliner at the NCN3 on Friday
- TRUSTGAME - signed with Limited Access Records
- THE MYSTERY - confirmed for the DRAGONSLAYER festival
- DAVIDIAN - celebrates the release of "Hear Their Cries" on May 16th!
- PITCHBLACK - minus 1!
- SADMAN - "Cold in the State of Me"
- STRAY - "Abuse by Proxy"
- NEBULA-H - "rH"
