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METALLICA To Perform Entire ‘Black’ Album At Australia’s SOUNDWAVE Festival?

According to Australia’s KillYourStereo.com, Soundwave festival promoter AJ Maddah has confirmed that METALLICA will play a two-hour set at this year’s event, complete with the “Snakepit” rig, all but confirming that the band’s setlist will include the entirety of METALLICA‘s

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MORGION Pulls Out Of MARYLAND DEATHFEST

Cult death/doom outfit MORGION has canceled its appearance at this year’s edition of the Maryland Deathfest, set to take place May 23-26 at Former Sonar Compound in Baltimore. Commented the festival organizers: “We attempted to book [MORGION] again after they

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METALLICA To Perform At Japan’s SUMMER SONIC Festival

METALLICA will perform at this year’s Summer Sonic festival in Japan. The band will headline the event on Saturday, August 10 in Tokyo at the QVC Marine Field and will close the proceedings on Sunday, August 11 in Osaka at

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ANTHRAX, HATEBREED, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Confirmed For NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL

MassConcerts proudly presents the first details for New England Metal Hardcore Festival 2013, today confirming the dates and preliminary list of bands for this year’s occurrence of the long-running annual event. For the 2013 installment, the New England Metal Hardcore

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BEHEMOTH To Take Part In This Summer’s ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, Says Bassist

D.T. Metal of Metal Storm conducted an interview with bassist Orion (real name: Tomasz Wróblewski) of Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH aboard Barge To Hell — the world’s most extreme metal cruise — which sailed on December 3, 2012 from Miami,

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Detroit’s Belle Isle Approved As Location Of METALLICA’s ‘Orion Music + More’ Festival

According to the Detroit Free Press, Belle Isle has been approved as the location of next year’s edition of METALLICA‘s Orion Music + More festival. The agenda for the Detroit City Council’s January 8 meeting includes a line item for

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METALLICA’s ‘Orion Music + More’ Festival To Be Held At Detroit’s Belle Isle?

According to Crain’s Detroit Business, the organizers of METALLICA‘s Orion Music + More festival are seriously considering Belle Isle as a destination for next year’s edition of the two-day concert. Belle Isle is a 982-acre (1.534 square miles) island park

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METALLICA’s ‘Orion Music + More’ Festival To Take Place In Detroit Next Year

METALLICA‘s Orion Music + More festival, a two-day event featuring more than 20 bands which took place in June in Atlantic City, New Jersey, will be back in 2013 and it will be moving to a new location: Detroit, Michigan.

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DELAIN And HEIDEVOLK Announced For 70000 TONS OF METAL 2013

The Trip Of A Lifetime Begins In 6 Weeks! After almost getting lost in the rough waters of the North Sea, 70000 TONS OF METAL, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, was drawn to The Netherlands by some symphonic sounds…

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MOONSPELL To Play Special ‘Vintage’ Set At Norway’s INFERNO Festival

Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL will play a special vintage set consisting of songs from their classic albums “Wolfheart” and “Irreligious” (released in 1995 and 1996, respectively) during their appearance at next year’s Inferno festival, set to take place March 27-30, 2013

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