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SWALLOW THE SUN and SKULL FIST are the latest acts confirmed for Metalfest 2012, the event that will hit the following countries next May and June: Austria, Germany, Poland, Croatia, Italy, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. Confirmed to play Metalfest 2012: ALESTORM BEHEMOTH BLIND GUARDIAN DARK TRANQUILLITY DEATH ANGEL ENSIFERUM FEUERSCHWANZ ...

Criss F. Tolkki of Metal From Finland conducted an interview with Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) on this years Tuska Festival held in Helsinki, Finland. Watch the interview below. ...

The 2010 winner of the "Finnish Metal Battle" BATTLE BEAST has been confirmed for this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6, 2011 in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ACCU&a...

CHILDREN OF BODOM and VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6, 2011 in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ACCU§ER APOCALYPTICA AVANTASIA ...