Mnemic Talk About Opening For Metallica

"We are beyond stoked, beyond surprised, and MORE than happy to be a part of the METALLICA gig in Aarhus, Denmark!! It's definitely a dream come true for all of us," writes in MNEMIC guitarist Mircea. "It simply CAN NOT get any bigger for us to say the words, 'Yeah, we've opened up for Metallica!' It's definitely a nice tap on the shoulder for all the hard work and hard moments MNEMIC have gone through. We would especially like to thank Lars and the mighty Metallica for choosing MNEMIC for this fine day of pure Danish Metal. We will of course make this day extra special, extra heavy, and extra metal!"

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich issued an Easter greeting in Danish (translated text follows) announcing that Metallica had "decided to make our Aarhus day to be of a Danish enterprise... drumroll please... We have actually asked the awesome Danish bands Volbeat and MNEMIC to be a part of the event on the 13th of July, and they both freakin' said, 'Yes please!' so, game on and all the good stuff! It's going to be a pure Danish enterprise. Well, yeah, fuck it, 'tallica is only one-fourth Danish, but let us celebrate our Danish-ness, where and whenever we can, especially when we aren't home that much. With other words, here is the short version: I am happy to be able to announce that Volbeat and MNEMIC will make the Metallica show in Aarhus the 13th of July as Danish as possible."

MNEMIC recently completed a European tour with the Deftones in support of their latest album, Passenger, which was praised by Outburn Magazine for its "energetic execution, dazzling chops, polyrhythmic pummeling, and soaring melodic anthems."

Produced by Fear Factory's Christian Olde Wolbers at Track Record Studios (Kiss, Megadeth, Aerosmith) in Los Angeles, Passenger features artwork by Asterik Studios (Anthrax, Unearth) plus guest vocal appearances by Jeff Walker (Carcass, Brujeria) and Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Brujeria). MNEMIC also completed a video for "Meaningless" with Revolver Film director Patric Ullaeus, which has aired on MTV2's Headbangers Ball and can be viewed here.

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Metallica Announce Opening Acts for Upcoming Tour

METALLICA have issued the following update:

"Easter greetings from Metallica HQ! In our ongoing quest to keep you informed about every little thing we have planned for our upcoming jaunt through Europe this summer, we finally have an almost complete list of bands who will be joining us as we take a little break from recording to come hang with some of you in a few of the coolest cities on the planet. As you know, some of the shows are festival dates, so things could change a little here and there, and we may have one or two more surprises for you along the way, but as of April 8, here's what we've got for you so far. And for those of you in Denmark lucky enough to score tickets after we got done with Lars' guest list, we're spreading the Danish love with... just read Lars' extra special Easter greeting...in Danish!

We're super psyched to be sharing the stage with great musicians from all over the world . . . see you out there!" More...

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Wacken Open Air 2007 Confirm Lordi and Mendeed

LORDI and MENDEED are the latest acts confirmed for the Wacken Open Air 2007 (www.wacken.com) is scheduled for August 2nd - 4th in Wacken, Germany.

Acts on the bill now include: 1349, AMORPHIS, BELPHEGOR, BENEDICTUM, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, BLACK MAJESTY, BLIND GUARDIAN, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, CHTHONIC, COMMUNIC, DESTRUCTION, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, DIMMU BORGIR, DISILLUSION, ENSLAVED, FALCONER, GRAVE DIGGER, HAGGARD, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, IMMORTAL, IN FLAMES, J.B.O., KAMPFAR, LACUNA COIL, LETZTE INSTANZ, LORDI, MENDEED, MOONSORROW, MOONSPELL, MUNICIPAL WASTE, NAPALM DEATH, NEAERA, NORTHER, RAGE & LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTER, SACRED REICH, SAMAEL, SAXON, SCHANDMAUL, SODOM, SONIC SYNDICATE, STORMWARRIOR (featuring GAMMA RAY's Kai Hansen), STRATOVARIUS, SWALLOW THE SUN, THE VISION BLEAK, THERION, TYR, UNHEILIG, VADER and VOLBEAT.

More details as they become available.

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Volbeat Announces New Album Title

Danish metallers VOLBEAT have set "Rock The Rebel / Metal The Devil" as the title of their sophomore album, due in late February/early March via Mascot Records. The follow-up to last year's "The Strength, The Sound, The Songs" is being recorded at Hansen studios in Ribe, Denmark. Songtitles set to appear on the CD are as follows (in no paticular order):

01. The Human Instrument
02. Mr & Ms Ness
03. You or Them
04. Sad Man's Tongue
05. Boa
06. A Moment Forever
07. Soulweeper #2
08. The Gardens Tale
09. River Queen
10. Radio Girl
11. Devil or the Blue Cat's Song More...

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Opeth Confirmed For Roskilde Festival

Opeth will appear at the Roskilde festival, which takes place in Roskilde, Denmark from June 29 to July 2. The festival also features Tool, Volbeat and more.

Opeth will also be headlining a show in Stockholm, Sweden sometime in April. More news TBA.

The band will soon embark on a North American tour, beginning mid-February, with Dark Tranquillity.

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Raunchy To Enter Studio Next Summer

Danish Modern Thrash metallers Raunchy will enter the studio next summer to record their third album. Raunchy also updated their homepage www.raunchy.dk – you can find some pictures of their gig at the PopKomm in Berlin, Germany, there now as well as a funny Berlin diary of rummer Morten.

Upcoming gigs of Raunchy:

Oct. 16 Badeanstalten, Slagelse DK (support: Mevadio)
Oct. 23 Fermaten, Herning DK (support: Mevadio)
Nov. 11 Månen, Haderslav DK (with: Mercenary & Blindfault)
Nov. 13 Pitstop, Kolding DK (with: Mercenary & Blindfault)
Dec. 18 Pumpehuset, Copenhagen DK (with: Volbeat + more)
Jan. 22 The Rock, Copenhagen DK (support: Volbeat & Urkraft)

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