Hello everybody! Long time no see. I've been very busy, so didn't had the chance to come here and talk to you.
So, here are the lastest metal news. Enjoy.
FRETERNIA - Line--up complete!
Freternia's line-up is complete! Finally we've found the guitarist we've been looking for. His name is Niclas Karlsson whose amazing skills were last heard at Zonata's third album "Buried Alive".
Niclas will take part in the writing process from now on when we're pushing our sound to the next level.
//FRETERNIA
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BLIND GUARDIAN Announce setlist for their Festival
BLIND GUARDIAN have announced their set list for the inaugural installment of the Blind Guardian Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on June 13-14 at BGS Open Air Arena in Coburg/Bamberg, Germany.
As previously reported, BLIND GUARDIAN will headline the festival on both evenings with two different sets, which were chosen by the fans via the group's official web site.
BLIND GUARDIAN will play the following songs at the Blind Guardian Open Air festival (note: the first five songs on the list will be played both nights):
01. Mirror Mirror
02. And Then There Was Silence
03. The Bard's Song (In The Forest)
04. Valhalla
05. Imaginations From The Other Side
06. Battlefield
07. Punishment Divine
08. Nightfall
09. Into The Storm
10. And The Story Ends
11. I'm Alive
12. Bright Eyes
13. A Past & Future Secret
14. Somewhere Far Beyond
15. Theatre Of Pain
16. The Bard's Song (The Hobbit)
17. Welcome To Dying
18. Harvest Of Sorrow
19. Majesty
20. The Soulforged
21. Under The Ice
22. Time Stands Still
23. The Curse Of Feanor
24. Holy War
25. Mourning Hall
26. The Script For My Requiem
27. Lord Of The Rings
28. Time What Is Time
29. Journey Through The Dark
30. Last Candle
31. Lost In The Twilight Hall
32. Banish From Sanctuary
33. Run For The Night
The complete list of artists currently set to appear at the event is as follows:
Friday, June 13:
BLIND GUARDIAN
SUBWAY TO SALLY
GRAVE DIGGER
BRAINSTORM
IRON SAVIOR
A.O.K.
WHITE SKULL
BLACKENED
Saturday, June 14:
BLIND GUARDIAN
RAGE
PRIMAL FEAR
SOILWORK
NAPALM DEATH
FREEDOM CALL
TANKARD
MAGO DE OZ
STORMHAMMER
GALADRIEL
More info at: http://www.blind-guardian.com/index2.html
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THE HAUNTED, MASTODON, HATESPHERE to Tour Europe
THE HAUNTED, MASTODON and HATESPHERE will team up for a European tour in April.
Confirmed dates are as follows:
Apr. 01 – Odense - Rytmeposten, DEN
Apr. 02 - The Baroeg - Rotterdam, NETH
Apr. 03 - Vera - Groningen, NETH
Apr. 04 - Biebob - Vosselar, BEL
Apr. 05 - Afterclub - Nancy/Amnev, FRA
Apr. 06 - Koslow - Bordeaux, FRA
Apr. 07 - Locomotive - Paris, FRA
Apr. 08 - Azkena - Bilbao, ESP
Apr. 09 - Hard club - Oporto, POR
Apr. 10 - Paradise garage - Lisboa, POR
Apr. 11 - Ritmo y Compass - Madrid, ESP
Apr. 12 - KGB - Barcelona, ESP
Apr. 13 - Le Confluent - Lyon, FRA
Apr. 15 - TBA
Apr. 16 - Vidia - Cesena, ITA
Apr. 17 - Mecto - Vicenza, ITA
Apr. 18 - Remise - Wil, SWI
Apr. 19 - Case a chocs - Neuchatel/Neuenburg, SWI
Apr. 20 - Arena - Vienna, AUT
Apr. 21 - New Backstage - Munich, GER
Apr. 22 - Underground - Köln, GER
Apr. 23 - Zeche Carl - Essen, GER
Apr. 24 - Forum Club - Bielefeld, GER
Apr. 25 - Logo - Hamburg, GER
Apr. 26 – Willeheen - Arnhem, NETH
Apr. 27 - Metropol - Hengelo, NETH
Apr. 28 – KB - Malmö, SWE
THE HAUNTED are reportedly in talks with CONVERGE about teaming up for a co-headlining tour of the U.S. later in the year. Exact dates and venues will be announced soon.
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Judas Priest Tour Rumours for Summer are FALSE!
The management of JUDAS PRIEST asked us to send out the following official message:
DESPITE THE NUMEROUS RUMOURS DOING THE ROUNDS, JUDAS PRIEST ARE NOT HEADLINING ANY TOUR WITH IRON MAIDEN (OR ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER) IN THE U.S. - THEY HAVE NO PLANS AT ALL TO DO ANY DATES WITH OR WITHOUT ROB HALFORD THIS SUMMER!!
Jayne Andrews / Trinifold
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NIGHTWISH & RAGE - Headline ProgPower USA
ATLANTA – Finland’s Nightwish and Germany’s Rage have been confirmed to make their American debuts as headliners of ProgPower USA IV, which returns to Atlanta’s Earthlink Live on September 5 and 6.
“It is always exciting for us as a band to take on new areas and see how our stuff goes down there,” said Nightwish’s Marco Hietala. “This time it’s also quite flattering because we know that the USA and Great Britain are very hard places to win when you come from out of their native language areas, and to play as a headliner for our first time ever in the US... Wow, we’ll do our best!”
After two decades together, Rage will make their long overdue first appearance on U.S. soil. “It’s great that Rage will play the ProgPower festival this year,” said Peavy Wagner. “Finally, after all these years, we can rock the U.S. Metal heads. It’s gonna be fantastic.”
Joining Nightwish and Rage, which will both perform exclusively at ProgPower USA IV, are New Jersey’s Symphony X, Sweden’s Evergrey, Florida’s Circle II Circle, Germany’s Vanden Plas, Italy’s Secret Sphere, Denmark’s Mercenary, Norway’s Pagan’s Mind, and California’s Redemption, which now features vocalist Corey Brown, formerly of Magnitude Nine and Psycho Drama.
ProgPower IV will be the U.S. debuts for Vanden Plas, Secret Sphere, Mercenary, and Pagan’s Mind.
“I’m very excited about performing at the ProgPower festival this year,” said former Savatage vocalist Zack Stevens, who currently fronts Circle II Circle. “It’s well known as one of the best metal festivals - even Ozzfest doesn’t showcase the ‘best metal bands’ from America and Europe!”
Tickets for ProgPower IV go on sale May 5 at 10 a.m. EST via all Ticketmaster outlets. Advance “Gold Badge” tickets are already sold out. Only 800 tickets will be made available to the public.
Last year’s festival - which featured Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray, Angra, Edguy, Threshold, Pain of Salvation, Devin Townsend, Silent Force, Zero Hour, and Reading Zero - sold out in just six days, four months in advance of the show. Tickets were sold to 36 States and 18 countries as far away as Japan.
ProgPower USA is an affiliate of the ProgPower Europe Festival.
Sponsorship and advertisement opportunities are available via the ProgPower USA website and official program. A free CD sampler will be distributed to attendees. Interested bands should contact ProgPower USA.
Visit www.progpowerusa.com for complete event information.
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BEHEMOTH invade North American shores
Poland’s metal kings invade North American shores
Video For “As Above So Below” added to MTV2’s Extreme Rock
Poland has a new flourishing export by the name of BEHEMOTH. Whatever you may think of the black/death metal genre as a whole, BEHEMOTH will soon command your full attention with its apocalyptic and monstrous sound. They are set to make their first U.S. appearance this spring at the March Metal Meltdown in Irvington, NJ on March 9th, leading straight into a full-scale U.S. tour with death metal titans Deicide and Amon Amarth. This package is about extreme as it gets, and none shall be safe from its wrath.
Known for their complex arrangements and sheer musical technicality, BEHEMOTH are a band that extreme metal fans will embrace with open arms. Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) presents trademark hyper-technical guitar shredding from the duo of Nergal and Havoc, along with the ear-splitting skin-bashing of Inferno. With bands such as Cradle Of Filth quickly becoming mainstream darlings, it looks as if BEHEMOTH are poised to hold of the underground crown that has since been abdicated. The world is slowly coming around to noticing this band, and once they make their mark on U.S. soil, all will be left chanting their name.
The press raves continue to pour in and for interviews, reviews, ticket requests or any other information regarding BEHEMOTH feel free to contact me anytime. Also, catch their new video for “As Above So Below” on MTV2’s Extreme Rock starting this month.
Behemoth’s new album, Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond), is a completely intense death metal affair, but with their unique blackened, atmospheric approach. Behemoth are poised to be the most talked about extreme band. -Metal Maniacs Feb. 2003
Though some passages are certainly technical, Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) isn't the type of recording beholden to numbing flourishes and dense, overlong histrionics. It's a visceral attack that's extraordinarily well-executed. -Orlando Weekly Feb. 2003
BEHEMOTH w/ Deicide, Amon Amarth, Vehemence, Revenge
3/13 Groundzero – Spartanburg, SC
3/16 Fitzgerald’s – Houston, TX
3/19 Bash On Ash – Phoenix, AZ
3/20 Showcase Theater – Corona, CA
3/21 House Of Blues - Los Angeles, CA
3/22 River City Sports Bar and Grill – Sacramento, Ca
3/23 The Pound – San Francisco, CA
3/25 Graceland – Seattle, WA
3/27 Ogden Theater – Denver, CO
3/29 Rockhouse USA – Aurora, IL
4/3 Agora Theater – Cleveland, OH
4/5 L’Amour – Brooklyn, NY
4/6 Met Café – Providence, RI * No Deicide w/ Dying Fetus
4/7 Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, QU * No Deicide
4/8 Opera House – Toronto, ON * No Deicide
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MONSTROSITY - Jason Avery is back!
MONSTROSITY have added former vocalist Jason Avery back in the line up. Current vocalist, Sam Molina, will not leave the band but will instead take over the second guitarist duties. The line up is rounded out with Tony Norman guitars, Mike Poggione bass, and Lee Harrison drums. The first show with this line up will be in Puerto Rico at "The Zone" in Rio Piedras on May 3, 2003. Shortly after, the band also plan to enter the studio to record their new album tentatively titled "Rise to Power". Songs set to appear on the album are: "Visions of Violence", "The Exordium", "Wave of Annihilation". "From Wrath to Ruin", and "Chemical Reaction", among others.
In other Monstrosity news, guitarist, Tony Norman, is filling in for the band "Lovers of Sin" on their current tour of Europe in support of Christian Death.
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JUDAS PRIEST - Live In London CD
HEAVY METAL PIONEERS JUDAS PRIEST TO ISSUE DOUBLE CD
'LIVE IN LONDON' ON SPV RECORDS ON APRIL 8, 2003
SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE BONUS TRACKS, DELUXE PACKAGING, DVD EXCERPTS AND MORE
The very name Judas Priest conjures immediate respect from heavy metal fans worldwide. True heavy metal evolved from the groundbreaking work of Judas Priest 30 years ago. The double CD 'Live in London' is testimony to the band's staggering legacy.
The 25-song 'Live in London' double CD will be released on SPV Records on April 8, 2003. It's a companion to the identically titled, best-selling DVD from last year, but the double CD has several special features.
Vocalist Ripper Owens, lead guitarist Glenn Tipton, lead guitarist K.K. Downing, bass guitarist Ian Hill and drummer Scott Travis recorded 'Live in London' at a special concert at Brixton Academy in London on December 19, 2001. The double CD contains additional songs, therefore offering a more complete account of the show. Judas Priest cranked out new songs and the classics at the Brixton Academy, but the band also performed many rarely played cuts, making 'Live in London' a career-spanning treat for fans.
'Live in London' is packaged in a deluxe slipcase, and excerpts from the DVD are included as a CD Extra track.
The complete track listing for the 'Live in London' double CD is as follows: "Metal Gods," "Heading Out to the Highway," "Grinder," "Touch of Evil," "Blood Stained," "Victim of Changes," "The Sentinel," "One on One," "Running Wild," "Ripper," "Diamonds & Rust," "Feed on Me," "Green Manalishi," "Beyond the Realms of Death," "Burn in Hell," "Hell is Home," "Breaking the Law," "Desert Plains," "You've Got Another Thing Coming," "Turbo Lover," "Painkiller," "Hellion/Electric Eye," "United," "Living After Midnight" and "Hell Bent for Leather."
'Live in London' simply offers further proof of the pulverizing power of the mighty Judas Priest.
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EDGUY - name Live album
German melodic metallers EDGUY have set "Burning Down The Opera" as the title for their upcoming double live album, due on May 26 through AFM Records. The band, whose last album, "Mandrake", was released in 2001, have begun the pre-production process for their new studio CD, tentatively due in early 2004.
The complete track listing for "Burning Down The Opera" is as follows:
Disc I:
01. Intro
02. Fallen Angels
03. Tears Of A Mandrake
04. Babylon
05. Land Of The Miracle
06. Painting On The Wall
07. Wings Of A Dream
08. The Headless Game
09. The Pharaoh
Disc II:
01. Vain Glory Opera
02. Drum Solo
03. Save Us Now
04. How Many Miles
05. Inside
06. Avantasia
07. Out Of Control
Tobi recently took the time to write down his thoughts and the latest news out of the weird world of Edguy; enjoy!
"Here I am to give you some updates on our beloved Metal machinery of Edguy / Avantasia. First of all, I really wanna thank you for having put my little baby Avantasia to the top of all sales lists again. I hope you're happy with the album as much as I am, I've been giving my best to record an intensive, anti-fast-food but still meat-and-potatoes-art-rock, bombastic metal or whatever you call it - honest album! It was great to remember all those business-office-seat-farters, "good advice" that it doesn't make sense to record, "another old fashioned concept opera album", whatever. To them: Fuck you! Seen that?! Here we go... Thanx brothers! And I remember the same people telling us that it is quite unfashionable to release a live album. I do not really know if I am right, but my understanding of rock and roll is to do whatever you feel has to be done. And as long as you really want to do something it shall be done.
So we wanted to record this double live album which has been finished now. It's mixed and mastered. And we are really proud of it. To make it something special and not just a little release in between two "real" albums, we've spent shitloads of money to record most of the European shows in high quality and mixed almost one month, three times longer than we've ever done for a studio album. Of course we have more than 100 minutes of material, e.g. a great 15 minute version of The Pharaoh and some really funny sing-a-long games (of course, again, I might be the only one thinking they're funny, but no matter how boring my bandmates thought they were, I fought them to get 'em on the album, or as Ozzy said: "I'm a Rock and roll rebel!" And along to the double live album, you will get a photo booklet featuring well over 100 pictures taken on the tour, backstage, onstage, sightseeing, and partying. It's gonna be a trip behind the scenes. And we hope you have as much fun studying the pictures as we had when remembering all those great moments on tour:
Playing to over 30.000 people in Wacken, feeding kangaroos in Australia, visiting ancient temples in Japan, letting our light engineer's furniture disappear from a Swedish hotel room, visiting the Red Square in Moscow or getting drunk in a few of those places. However, you made this all possible and we are looking forward to share those memories with you guys on this live album, coming out in May. It's really a great one in our opinion.
And besides that, be sure that we work on new material, but we won't tell you too much about that now. Only that we will have some huge surprises for you (it's gonna be 100% jazz, hahaha... just kidding). We'll let you know about it as soon as possible."
Have fun, and thank you all...
Cheeerzz, Tobias! "
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HATE ETERNAL in vehicle crash, tour Stopped !
Hate Eternal were involved in a van accident on Saturday night in Wisconsin en route to a show on their headlining tour with Dying Fetus, Kataklysm, and Into Eternity. Hate Eternal's van slid on a patch of black ice on the highway and hit a tree, causing their trailer to swing around and impact the van. No other vehicles were involved in the accident, though there were other accidents on the same stretch of road that night. The accident totalled Hate Eternal's van. Frontman Erik Rutan sustained injuries, including whiplash and a cracked vertebrae. The other members of the band and the tour manager walked away without injuries.
Rutan has been released from the hospital and will be returning home to Florida to recover. Rutan made this statement: "
All the shows on this tour were great. We apologize to the fans and the promoters and we will be back as soon as possible to make up for this."
Any messages for Erik and Hate Eternal can be emailed to
usapr@earache.com
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ANNIHILATOR - Double Live Annihilation
USA based The End Records is proud to announce the exclusive distribution of AFM Records (Germany) artists Canadian heavy metal band ANNIHILATOR and their latest 2 cd live release, titled "Double Live Annihilation" for the United States territory. Double Live Annihilation is to be released on 3/24/2003.
ANNIHILATOR's leader and musical mastermind Jeff Waters has assembled the ultimate metal double live cd, featuring approximately 100 minutes of heavy metal masterpieces spanning their complete musical career. The cd contains a multimedia package which includes two unreleased live videos, a screensaver and lots of pictures from all periods of the band's history. To top it off, the double cd will be sold for the price of a standard CD. The release will also be made available in a luxury digi-book version.
A video trailer promoting ANNIHILATOR's "Double Live Annihilation", has been posted online at this location: http://www.cmm-music-promotion.de/music-download/Trailer Annihilator DLA-March24.asf To purchase a copy of the cd, visit: THE END Records Official Website at: http://www.theendrecords.com
Visit the official ANNIHILATOR website at: http://www.annihilatormetal.com/
AFM Records Official Site http://www.afm-records.de/
The first release of their new record label will be the album "Double Live Annihilation", a double live CD wich shows all the rough- and the tightness of an Annihilator live show. This album includes all Annihilator classics as well as the latest material on two CDs. There will be a limited first edition in a Digi Book format with lots of bonus material and two video clips.
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HELLOWEEN - Rabbit Season
HELLOWEEN’s forthcoming album, Rabbit Don't Come Easy, is due on May 5 through Nuclear Blast. The album will be released in a jewel case and there will be a limited edition digipack available which will include the bonus track, ‘Far Away’. The first single off the album, ‘Just A Little Sign’, (written by Andi Deris; a fast, traditional Helloween track sources say) will be released on April 7 in Europe.
The tracklisting of the album is as follows: ‘Just A Little Sign’, ‘Open Your Life’, ‘Tune’, ‘Never Be A Star’, ‘Liar’, ‘Sun 4 The World’, ‘Don't Stop Being Crazy’, ‘Feels So Good’, ‘Hell Was Made In Heaven’, ‘Back Against The Wall’, ‘Listen To The Flies’, ‘Nothing To Say’.
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METALMANIA 2003
METALMANIA 2003: 17th EDITION OF THE BIGGEST METAL FESTIVAL IN CENTRAL-EASTERN EUROPE!!!
GIG OF THE YEAR IN POLAND!!!
The 17th edition of the biggest Central-Eastern Europe's metal festival will take place on 5 April 2003 in Katowice, Poland. The full Metalmania line-up will consist of 23 bands, and the metal marathon will last over 12 hours. Metalmania's greatest guests this year are: SAMAEL, SAXON, OPETH, MAYHEM, VADER, ANATHEMA, THE EXPLOITED and SWEET NOISE. Also, Marduk, Immolation, Malevolent Creation, Enter Chaos, Delight and Lost Soul will play on the main stage. The second stage will host: Demise, Never, Parricide, Azarath, Misteria, Anal Stench, Dominium, Crionics, Elysium.
The ticket price (25 EURO in pre-sale) includes a CD, festival poster and a sticker - to be collected at "Spodek" entrance. There will also be a possibility to meet the musicians face-to-face and to win a DVD player and many interesting DVDs. You can order the tickets online at www.metalopolis.pl and www.pasaz.onet.pl. If you have any questions concerning the ticket sale, please call +48 32 205 25 00 ext. 101, or send an e-mail to: koncerty@metalopolis.com.pl
!!! Time schedule !!!
9.45 a.m. Doors open
Main stage:
11.30 a.m. - 11.55 a.m. – Lost Soul
12.05 a.m. - 12.30 a.m. – Delight
12.40 a.m. - 1.05 p.m. – Enter Chaos
1.20 p.m. - 1.45 p.m. – Malevolent Creation
1.55 p.m. - 2.20 p.m. – Immolation
2.35 p.m. - 3.15 p.m. – Marduk
3.35 p.m. - 4.15 p.m. – The Exploited
4.30 p.m. - 5.10 p.m. – Mayhem
5.25 p.m. - 6.10 p.m. – Sweet Noise
6.25 p.m. - 7.05 p.m. – Anathema
7.20 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. – Vader
8.15 p.m. - 8.55 p.m. – Opeth
9.15 p.m. - 10.00 p.m. – Saxon
10.15 p.m. - 11.05 p.m. – Samael
Second stage:
10.15 a.m. - 10.40 a.m. - Demise
10.50 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. – Never
12.00 – 12.25 p.m. – Parricide
1.10 p.m. – 1.35 p.m. – Azarath
3.20 p.m. – 3.45 p.m. – Misteria
4.00 p.m. – 4.25 p.m. – Anal Stench
5.15 p.m. – 5.40 p.m. – Dominium
5.55 p.m. – 6.20 p.m. – Crionics
6.35 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. – Elysium
Signing sessions:
2.00 p.m. – Lost Soul
2.30 p.m. – Delight
5.00 p.m. – Malevolent Creation
3.30 p.m. – Immolation
4.00 p.m – Marduk
4.30 p.m. – Anathema
5.00 p.m. – Sweet Noise
5.30 p.m. – Enter Chaos
6.00 p.m. – Mayhem
6.30 p.m. – Opeth
7.00 p.m. – Exploited
7.30 p.m. – Saxon
8.00 p.m. – Samael
8.30 p.m. – Vader
Metalmania 2003 media partners are: Metal Hammer, VIVA TV, Onet, Codzienna Gazeta Muzyczna, Rock Radio Slask, Mazowsze and Wielkopolska, Rockmetal, Metalopolis.
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Moroccan heavy metal fans jailed!
Can you believe this bullshit?:
More than a dozen heavy metal musicians and fans have been jailed in Casablanca for moral and religious crimes, local media reported.
The 14 men, all between the ages of 22 and 35, were convicted of "acts capable of undermining the faith of a Muslim" and "possessing objects which infringe morals".
Their sentences of between one month and one year followed newspaper pieces which dubbed them "Satanists" involved in international devil-worship.
Nine of the convicted men were in three Moroccan heavy metal groups Nekros, Infected Brain and Reborn.
The case has highlighted concerns that the country's authorities are totally out of touch with young people.
French-language weekly magazine TelQuel particularly rounded on the judge for saying "normal people go to concerts in a suit and tie", not a black T-shirt with heavy-metal symbols that the court saw.
The judge was also pilloried for being suspicious that one of those convicted preferred to write English song lyrics.
Driss Ksikes, chief editor at TelQuel magazine, said: "Morocco's young people will not feel at home in their own country. Our judicial system needs psychologists if they don't understand that young people are by essence subversive and like to shock."
The sentences were also condemned by friends, families and teachers, who said older establishment figures were unable to understand this particular area of youth culture.
Soumayah Kortbi, whose 31-year-old brother Ayoub Kortbi was sentenced to three months, said: "I am disappointed with justice in my country. It is as though the court did not take the trouble to find out the facts."
The harsh sentences will also raise concerns among many in Morocco at a time when there are also fears that Islamist politicians are becoming stronger.
Journalist's anger Morocco's legal system allows a maximum sentence of three years for trying to convert a Muslim to another faith.
The investigation into the men is said to have been sparked by an interview with a 21-year-old female heavy metal fan printed in the weekly As-Sahifa last July.
Journalist Nourredine Ben Malik said he opposed the sentences utterly.
"There was no solid argument behind them, and I've signed a petition saying as much.
"These are just young people who like a certain kind of music. If there is a problem with their thinking it is not a matter for the courts but for their families, political parties and society."
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RHAPSODY signs with SPV
"After the signing of Sepultura, The Who, Life Of Agony and Iced Earth SPV is proud to announce the signing of the symphonic metal group RHAPSODY.
In the past SPV have been the distribution company for all of the RHAPSODY albums but now RHAPSODY will appear on SPV's own label "Steamhammer" through a special arrangement with 'Magic Cirlce Music'.
In a recent quote from Manfred Schütz, SPV's Managing Director "RHAPSODY have made a great name of themselves all over the world. We intend to continue in the SPV tradition of world wide support for our groups, and to bring RHAPSODY's sound into the hearts and homes of all metal fans. We are also looking forward to working with RHAPSODY's new Management team who also represent MANOWAR."
The next opus from RHAPSODY will be self produced by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli and is planned for release by the end of this year. "
So, here are the lastest metal news. Enjoy.
FRETERNIA - Line--up complete!
Freternia's line-up is complete! Finally we've found the guitarist we've been looking for. His name is Niclas Karlsson whose amazing skills were last heard at Zonata's third album "Buried Alive".
Niclas will take part in the writing process from now on when we're pushing our sound to the next level.
//FRETERNIA
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BLIND GUARDIAN Announce setlist for their Festival
BLIND GUARDIAN have announced their set list for the inaugural installment of the Blind Guardian Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on June 13-14 at BGS Open Air Arena in Coburg/Bamberg, Germany.
As previously reported, BLIND GUARDIAN will headline the festival on both evenings with two different sets, which were chosen by the fans via the group's official web site.
BLIND GUARDIAN will play the following songs at the Blind Guardian Open Air festival (note: the first five songs on the list will be played both nights):
01. Mirror Mirror
02. And Then There Was Silence
03. The Bard's Song (In The Forest)
04. Valhalla
05. Imaginations From The Other Side
06. Battlefield
07. Punishment Divine
08. Nightfall
09. Into The Storm
10. And The Story Ends
11. I'm Alive
12. Bright Eyes
13. A Past & Future Secret
14. Somewhere Far Beyond
15. Theatre Of Pain
16. The Bard's Song (The Hobbit)
17. Welcome To Dying
18. Harvest Of Sorrow
19. Majesty
20. The Soulforged
21. Under The Ice
22. Time Stands Still
23. The Curse Of Feanor
24. Holy War
25. Mourning Hall
26. The Script For My Requiem
27. Lord Of The Rings
28. Time What Is Time
29. Journey Through The Dark
30. Last Candle
31. Lost In The Twilight Hall
32. Banish From Sanctuary
33. Run For The Night
The complete list of artists currently set to appear at the event is as follows:
Friday, June 13:
BLIND GUARDIAN
SUBWAY TO SALLY
GRAVE DIGGER
BRAINSTORM
IRON SAVIOR
A.O.K.
WHITE SKULL
BLACKENED
Saturday, June 14:
BLIND GUARDIAN
RAGE
PRIMAL FEAR
SOILWORK
NAPALM DEATH
FREEDOM CALL
TANKARD
MAGO DE OZ
STORMHAMMER
GALADRIEL
More info at: http://www.blind-guardian.com/index2.html
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THE HAUNTED, MASTODON, HATESPHERE to Tour Europe
THE HAUNTED, MASTODON and HATESPHERE will team up for a European tour in April.
Confirmed dates are as follows:
Apr. 01 – Odense - Rytmeposten, DEN
Apr. 02 - The Baroeg - Rotterdam, NETH
Apr. 03 - Vera - Groningen, NETH
Apr. 04 - Biebob - Vosselar, BEL
Apr. 05 - Afterclub - Nancy/Amnev, FRA
Apr. 06 - Koslow - Bordeaux, FRA
Apr. 07 - Locomotive - Paris, FRA
Apr. 08 - Azkena - Bilbao, ESP
Apr. 09 - Hard club - Oporto, POR
Apr. 10 - Paradise garage - Lisboa, POR
Apr. 11 - Ritmo y Compass - Madrid, ESP
Apr. 12 - KGB - Barcelona, ESP
Apr. 13 - Le Confluent - Lyon, FRA
Apr. 15 - TBA
Apr. 16 - Vidia - Cesena, ITA
Apr. 17 - Mecto - Vicenza, ITA
Apr. 18 - Remise - Wil, SWI
Apr. 19 - Case a chocs - Neuchatel/Neuenburg, SWI
Apr. 20 - Arena - Vienna, AUT
Apr. 21 - New Backstage - Munich, GER
Apr. 22 - Underground - Köln, GER
Apr. 23 - Zeche Carl - Essen, GER
Apr. 24 - Forum Club - Bielefeld, GER
Apr. 25 - Logo - Hamburg, GER
Apr. 26 – Willeheen - Arnhem, NETH
Apr. 27 - Metropol - Hengelo, NETH
Apr. 28 – KB - Malmö, SWE
THE HAUNTED are reportedly in talks with CONVERGE about teaming up for a co-headlining tour of the U.S. later in the year. Exact dates and venues will be announced soon.
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Judas Priest Tour Rumours for Summer are FALSE!
The management of JUDAS PRIEST asked us to send out the following official message:
DESPITE THE NUMEROUS RUMOURS DOING THE ROUNDS, JUDAS PRIEST ARE NOT HEADLINING ANY TOUR WITH IRON MAIDEN (OR ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER) IN THE U.S. - THEY HAVE NO PLANS AT ALL TO DO ANY DATES WITH OR WITHOUT ROB HALFORD THIS SUMMER!!
Jayne Andrews / Trinifold
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NIGHTWISH & RAGE - Headline ProgPower USA
ATLANTA – Finland’s Nightwish and Germany’s Rage have been confirmed to make their American debuts as headliners of ProgPower USA IV, which returns to Atlanta’s Earthlink Live on September 5 and 6.
“It is always exciting for us as a band to take on new areas and see how our stuff goes down there,” said Nightwish’s Marco Hietala. “This time it’s also quite flattering because we know that the USA and Great Britain are very hard places to win when you come from out of their native language areas, and to play as a headliner for our first time ever in the US... Wow, we’ll do our best!”
After two decades together, Rage will make their long overdue first appearance on U.S. soil. “It’s great that Rage will play the ProgPower festival this year,” said Peavy Wagner. “Finally, after all these years, we can rock the U.S. Metal heads. It’s gonna be fantastic.”
Joining Nightwish and Rage, which will both perform exclusively at ProgPower USA IV, are New Jersey’s Symphony X, Sweden’s Evergrey, Florida’s Circle II Circle, Germany’s Vanden Plas, Italy’s Secret Sphere, Denmark’s Mercenary, Norway’s Pagan’s Mind, and California’s Redemption, which now features vocalist Corey Brown, formerly of Magnitude Nine and Psycho Drama.
ProgPower IV will be the U.S. debuts for Vanden Plas, Secret Sphere, Mercenary, and Pagan’s Mind.
“I’m very excited about performing at the ProgPower festival this year,” said former Savatage vocalist Zack Stevens, who currently fronts Circle II Circle. “It’s well known as one of the best metal festivals - even Ozzfest doesn’t showcase the ‘best metal bands’ from America and Europe!”
Tickets for ProgPower IV go on sale May 5 at 10 a.m. EST via all Ticketmaster outlets. Advance “Gold Badge” tickets are already sold out. Only 800 tickets will be made available to the public.
Last year’s festival - which featured Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray, Angra, Edguy, Threshold, Pain of Salvation, Devin Townsend, Silent Force, Zero Hour, and Reading Zero - sold out in just six days, four months in advance of the show. Tickets were sold to 36 States and 18 countries as far away as Japan.
ProgPower USA is an affiliate of the ProgPower Europe Festival.
Sponsorship and advertisement opportunities are available via the ProgPower USA website and official program. A free CD sampler will be distributed to attendees. Interested bands should contact ProgPower USA.
Visit www.progpowerusa.com for complete event information.
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BEHEMOTH invade North American shores
Poland’s metal kings invade North American shores
Video For “As Above So Below” added to MTV2’s Extreme Rock
Poland has a new flourishing export by the name of BEHEMOTH. Whatever you may think of the black/death metal genre as a whole, BEHEMOTH will soon command your full attention with its apocalyptic and monstrous sound. They are set to make their first U.S. appearance this spring at the March Metal Meltdown in Irvington, NJ on March 9th, leading straight into a full-scale U.S. tour with death metal titans Deicide and Amon Amarth. This package is about extreme as it gets, and none shall be safe from its wrath.
Known for their complex arrangements and sheer musical technicality, BEHEMOTH are a band that extreme metal fans will embrace with open arms. Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) presents trademark hyper-technical guitar shredding from the duo of Nergal and Havoc, along with the ear-splitting skin-bashing of Inferno. With bands such as Cradle Of Filth quickly becoming mainstream darlings, it looks as if BEHEMOTH are poised to hold of the underground crown that has since been abdicated. The world is slowly coming around to noticing this band, and once they make their mark on U.S. soil, all will be left chanting their name.
The press raves continue to pour in and for interviews, reviews, ticket requests or any other information regarding BEHEMOTH feel free to contact me anytime. Also, catch their new video for “As Above So Below” on MTV2’s Extreme Rock starting this month.
Behemoth’s new album, Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond), is a completely intense death metal affair, but with their unique blackened, atmospheric approach. Behemoth are poised to be the most talked about extreme band. -Metal Maniacs Feb. 2003
Though some passages are certainly technical, Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) isn't the type of recording beholden to numbing flourishes and dense, overlong histrionics. It's a visceral attack that's extraordinarily well-executed. -Orlando Weekly Feb. 2003
BEHEMOTH w/ Deicide, Amon Amarth, Vehemence, Revenge
3/13 Groundzero – Spartanburg, SC
3/16 Fitzgerald’s – Houston, TX
3/19 Bash On Ash – Phoenix, AZ
3/20 Showcase Theater – Corona, CA
3/21 House Of Blues - Los Angeles, CA
3/22 River City Sports Bar and Grill – Sacramento, Ca
3/23 The Pound – San Francisco, CA
3/25 Graceland – Seattle, WA
3/27 Ogden Theater – Denver, CO
3/29 Rockhouse USA – Aurora, IL
4/3 Agora Theater – Cleveland, OH
4/5 L’Amour – Brooklyn, NY
4/6 Met Café – Providence, RI * No Deicide w/ Dying Fetus
4/7 Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, QU * No Deicide
4/8 Opera House – Toronto, ON * No Deicide
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MONSTROSITY - Jason Avery is back!
MONSTROSITY have added former vocalist Jason Avery back in the line up. Current vocalist, Sam Molina, will not leave the band but will instead take over the second guitarist duties. The line up is rounded out with Tony Norman guitars, Mike Poggione bass, and Lee Harrison drums. The first show with this line up will be in Puerto Rico at "The Zone" in Rio Piedras on May 3, 2003. Shortly after, the band also plan to enter the studio to record their new album tentatively titled "Rise to Power". Songs set to appear on the album are: "Visions of Violence", "The Exordium", "Wave of Annihilation". "From Wrath to Ruin", and "Chemical Reaction", among others.
In other Monstrosity news, guitarist, Tony Norman, is filling in for the band "Lovers of Sin" on their current tour of Europe in support of Christian Death.
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JUDAS PRIEST - Live In London CD
HEAVY METAL PIONEERS JUDAS PRIEST TO ISSUE DOUBLE CD
'LIVE IN LONDON' ON SPV RECORDS ON APRIL 8, 2003
SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE BONUS TRACKS, DELUXE PACKAGING, DVD EXCERPTS AND MORE
The very name Judas Priest conjures immediate respect from heavy metal fans worldwide. True heavy metal evolved from the groundbreaking work of Judas Priest 30 years ago. The double CD 'Live in London' is testimony to the band's staggering legacy.
The 25-song 'Live in London' double CD will be released on SPV Records on April 8, 2003. It's a companion to the identically titled, best-selling DVD from last year, but the double CD has several special features.
Vocalist Ripper Owens, lead guitarist Glenn Tipton, lead guitarist K.K. Downing, bass guitarist Ian Hill and drummer Scott Travis recorded 'Live in London' at a special concert at Brixton Academy in London on December 19, 2001. The double CD contains additional songs, therefore offering a more complete account of the show. Judas Priest cranked out new songs and the classics at the Brixton Academy, but the band also performed many rarely played cuts, making 'Live in London' a career-spanning treat for fans.
'Live in London' is packaged in a deluxe slipcase, and excerpts from the DVD are included as a CD Extra track.
The complete track listing for the 'Live in London' double CD is as follows: "Metal Gods," "Heading Out to the Highway," "Grinder," "Touch of Evil," "Blood Stained," "Victim of Changes," "The Sentinel," "One on One," "Running Wild," "Ripper," "Diamonds & Rust," "Feed on Me," "Green Manalishi," "Beyond the Realms of Death," "Burn in Hell," "Hell is Home," "Breaking the Law," "Desert Plains," "You've Got Another Thing Coming," "Turbo Lover," "Painkiller," "Hellion/Electric Eye," "United," "Living After Midnight" and "Hell Bent for Leather."
'Live in London' simply offers further proof of the pulverizing power of the mighty Judas Priest.
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EDGUY - name Live album
German melodic metallers EDGUY have set "Burning Down The Opera" as the title for their upcoming double live album, due on May 26 through AFM Records. The band, whose last album, "Mandrake", was released in 2001, have begun the pre-production process for their new studio CD, tentatively due in early 2004.
The complete track listing for "Burning Down The Opera" is as follows:
Disc I:
01. Intro
02. Fallen Angels
03. Tears Of A Mandrake
04. Babylon
05. Land Of The Miracle
06. Painting On The Wall
07. Wings Of A Dream
08. The Headless Game
09. The Pharaoh
Disc II:
01. Vain Glory Opera
02. Drum Solo
03. Save Us Now
04. How Many Miles
05. Inside
06. Avantasia
07. Out Of Control
Tobi recently took the time to write down his thoughts and the latest news out of the weird world of Edguy; enjoy!
"Here I am to give you some updates on our beloved Metal machinery of Edguy / Avantasia. First of all, I really wanna thank you for having put my little baby Avantasia to the top of all sales lists again. I hope you're happy with the album as much as I am, I've been giving my best to record an intensive, anti-fast-food but still meat-and-potatoes-art-rock, bombastic metal or whatever you call it - honest album! It was great to remember all those business-office-seat-farters, "good advice" that it doesn't make sense to record, "another old fashioned concept opera album", whatever. To them: Fuck you! Seen that?! Here we go... Thanx brothers! And I remember the same people telling us that it is quite unfashionable to release a live album. I do not really know if I am right, but my understanding of rock and roll is to do whatever you feel has to be done. And as long as you really want to do something it shall be done.
So we wanted to record this double live album which has been finished now. It's mixed and mastered. And we are really proud of it. To make it something special and not just a little release in between two "real" albums, we've spent shitloads of money to record most of the European shows in high quality and mixed almost one month, three times longer than we've ever done for a studio album. Of course we have more than 100 minutes of material, e.g. a great 15 minute version of The Pharaoh and some really funny sing-a-long games (of course, again, I might be the only one thinking they're funny, but no matter how boring my bandmates thought they were, I fought them to get 'em on the album, or as Ozzy said: "I'm a Rock and roll rebel!" And along to the double live album, you will get a photo booklet featuring well over 100 pictures taken on the tour, backstage, onstage, sightseeing, and partying. It's gonna be a trip behind the scenes. And we hope you have as much fun studying the pictures as we had when remembering all those great moments on tour:
Playing to over 30.000 people in Wacken, feeding kangaroos in Australia, visiting ancient temples in Japan, letting our light engineer's furniture disappear from a Swedish hotel room, visiting the Red Square in Moscow or getting drunk in a few of those places. However, you made this all possible and we are looking forward to share those memories with you guys on this live album, coming out in May. It's really a great one in our opinion.
And besides that, be sure that we work on new material, but we won't tell you too much about that now. Only that we will have some huge surprises for you (it's gonna be 100% jazz, hahaha... just kidding). We'll let you know about it as soon as possible."
Have fun, and thank you all...
Cheeerzz, Tobias! "
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HATE ETERNAL in vehicle crash, tour Stopped !
Hate Eternal were involved in a van accident on Saturday night in Wisconsin en route to a show on their headlining tour with Dying Fetus, Kataklysm, and Into Eternity. Hate Eternal's van slid on a patch of black ice on the highway and hit a tree, causing their trailer to swing around and impact the van. No other vehicles were involved in the accident, though there were other accidents on the same stretch of road that night. The accident totalled Hate Eternal's van. Frontman Erik Rutan sustained injuries, including whiplash and a cracked vertebrae. The other members of the band and the tour manager walked away without injuries.
Rutan has been released from the hospital and will be returning home to Florida to recover. Rutan made this statement: "
All the shows on this tour were great. We apologize to the fans and the promoters and we will be back as soon as possible to make up for this."
Any messages for Erik and Hate Eternal can be emailed to
usapr@earache.com
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ANNIHILATOR - Double Live Annihilation
USA based The End Records is proud to announce the exclusive distribution of AFM Records (Germany) artists Canadian heavy metal band ANNIHILATOR and their latest 2 cd live release, titled "Double Live Annihilation" for the United States territory. Double Live Annihilation is to be released on 3/24/2003.
ANNIHILATOR's leader and musical mastermind Jeff Waters has assembled the ultimate metal double live cd, featuring approximately 100 minutes of heavy metal masterpieces spanning their complete musical career. The cd contains a multimedia package which includes two unreleased live videos, a screensaver and lots of pictures from all periods of the band's history. To top it off, the double cd will be sold for the price of a standard CD. The release will also be made available in a luxury digi-book version.
A video trailer promoting ANNIHILATOR's "Double Live Annihilation", has been posted online at this location: http://www.cmm-music-promotion.de/music-download/Trailer Annihilator DLA-March24.asf To purchase a copy of the cd, visit: THE END Records Official Website at: http://www.theendrecords.com
Visit the official ANNIHILATOR website at: http://www.annihilatormetal.com/
AFM Records Official Site http://www.afm-records.de/
The first release of their new record label will be the album "Double Live Annihilation", a double live CD wich shows all the rough- and the tightness of an Annihilator live show. This album includes all Annihilator classics as well as the latest material on two CDs. There will be a limited first edition in a Digi Book format with lots of bonus material and two video clips.
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HELLOWEEN - Rabbit Season
HELLOWEEN’s forthcoming album, Rabbit Don't Come Easy, is due on May 5 through Nuclear Blast. The album will be released in a jewel case and there will be a limited edition digipack available which will include the bonus track, ‘Far Away’. The first single off the album, ‘Just A Little Sign’, (written by Andi Deris; a fast, traditional Helloween track sources say) will be released on April 7 in Europe.
The tracklisting of the album is as follows: ‘Just A Little Sign’, ‘Open Your Life’, ‘Tune’, ‘Never Be A Star’, ‘Liar’, ‘Sun 4 The World’, ‘Don't Stop Being Crazy’, ‘Feels So Good’, ‘Hell Was Made In Heaven’, ‘Back Against The Wall’, ‘Listen To The Flies’, ‘Nothing To Say’.
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METALMANIA 2003
METALMANIA 2003: 17th EDITION OF THE BIGGEST METAL FESTIVAL IN CENTRAL-EASTERN EUROPE!!!
GIG OF THE YEAR IN POLAND!!!
The 17th edition of the biggest Central-Eastern Europe's metal festival will take place on 5 April 2003 in Katowice, Poland. The full Metalmania line-up will consist of 23 bands, and the metal marathon will last over 12 hours. Metalmania's greatest guests this year are: SAMAEL, SAXON, OPETH, MAYHEM, VADER, ANATHEMA, THE EXPLOITED and SWEET NOISE. Also, Marduk, Immolation, Malevolent Creation, Enter Chaos, Delight and Lost Soul will play on the main stage. The second stage will host: Demise, Never, Parricide, Azarath, Misteria, Anal Stench, Dominium, Crionics, Elysium.
The ticket price (25 EURO in pre-sale) includes a CD, festival poster and a sticker - to be collected at "Spodek" entrance. There will also be a possibility to meet the musicians face-to-face and to win a DVD player and many interesting DVDs. You can order the tickets online at www.metalopolis.pl and www.pasaz.onet.pl. If you have any questions concerning the ticket sale, please call +48 32 205 25 00 ext. 101, or send an e-mail to: koncerty@metalopolis.com.pl
!!! Time schedule !!!
9.45 a.m. Doors open
Main stage:
11.30 a.m. - 11.55 a.m. – Lost Soul
12.05 a.m. - 12.30 a.m. – Delight
12.40 a.m. - 1.05 p.m. – Enter Chaos
1.20 p.m. - 1.45 p.m. – Malevolent Creation
1.55 p.m. - 2.20 p.m. – Immolation
2.35 p.m. - 3.15 p.m. – Marduk
3.35 p.m. - 4.15 p.m. – The Exploited
4.30 p.m. - 5.10 p.m. – Mayhem
5.25 p.m. - 6.10 p.m. – Sweet Noise
6.25 p.m. - 7.05 p.m. – Anathema
7.20 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. – Vader
8.15 p.m. - 8.55 p.m. – Opeth
9.15 p.m. - 10.00 p.m. – Saxon
10.15 p.m. - 11.05 p.m. – Samael
Second stage:
10.15 a.m. - 10.40 a.m. - Demise
10.50 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. – Never
12.00 – 12.25 p.m. – Parricide
1.10 p.m. – 1.35 p.m. – Azarath
3.20 p.m. – 3.45 p.m. – Misteria
4.00 p.m. – 4.25 p.m. – Anal Stench
5.15 p.m. – 5.40 p.m. – Dominium
5.55 p.m. – 6.20 p.m. – Crionics
6.35 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. – Elysium
Signing sessions:
2.00 p.m. – Lost Soul
2.30 p.m. – Delight
5.00 p.m. – Malevolent Creation
3.30 p.m. – Immolation
4.00 p.m – Marduk
4.30 p.m. – Anathema
5.00 p.m. – Sweet Noise
5.30 p.m. – Enter Chaos
6.00 p.m. – Mayhem
6.30 p.m. – Opeth
7.00 p.m. – Exploited
7.30 p.m. – Saxon
8.00 p.m. – Samael
8.30 p.m. – Vader
Metalmania 2003 media partners are: Metal Hammer, VIVA TV, Onet, Codzienna Gazeta Muzyczna, Rock Radio Slask, Mazowsze and Wielkopolska, Rockmetal, Metalopolis.
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Moroccan heavy metal fans jailed!
Can you believe this bullshit?:
More than a dozen heavy metal musicians and fans have been jailed in Casablanca for moral and religious crimes, local media reported.
The 14 men, all between the ages of 22 and 35, were convicted of "acts capable of undermining the faith of a Muslim" and "possessing objects which infringe morals".
Their sentences of between one month and one year followed newspaper pieces which dubbed them "Satanists" involved in international devil-worship.
Nine of the convicted men were in three Moroccan heavy metal groups Nekros, Infected Brain and Reborn.
The case has highlighted concerns that the country's authorities are totally out of touch with young people.
French-language weekly magazine TelQuel particularly rounded on the judge for saying "normal people go to concerts in a suit and tie", not a black T-shirt with heavy-metal symbols that the court saw.
The judge was also pilloried for being suspicious that one of those convicted preferred to write English song lyrics.
Driss Ksikes, chief editor at TelQuel magazine, said: "Morocco's young people will not feel at home in their own country. Our judicial system needs psychologists if they don't understand that young people are by essence subversive and like to shock."
The sentences were also condemned by friends, families and teachers, who said older establishment figures were unable to understand this particular area of youth culture.
Soumayah Kortbi, whose 31-year-old brother Ayoub Kortbi was sentenced to three months, said: "I am disappointed with justice in my country. It is as though the court did not take the trouble to find out the facts."
The harsh sentences will also raise concerns among many in Morocco at a time when there are also fears that Islamist politicians are becoming stronger.
Journalist's anger Morocco's legal system allows a maximum sentence of three years for trying to convert a Muslim to another faith.
The investigation into the men is said to have been sparked by an interview with a 21-year-old female heavy metal fan printed in the weekly As-Sahifa last July.
Journalist Nourredine Ben Malik said he opposed the sentences utterly.
"There was no solid argument behind them, and I've signed a petition saying as much.
"These are just young people who like a certain kind of music. If there is a problem with their thinking it is not a matter for the courts but for their families, political parties and society."
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RHAPSODY signs with SPV
"After the signing of Sepultura, The Who, Life Of Agony and Iced Earth SPV is proud to announce the signing of the symphonic metal group RHAPSODY.
In the past SPV have been the distribution company for all of the RHAPSODY albums but now RHAPSODY will appear on SPV's own label "Steamhammer" through a special arrangement with 'Magic Cirlce Music'.
In a recent quote from Manfred Schütz, SPV's Managing Director "RHAPSODY have made a great name of themselves all over the world. We intend to continue in the SPV tradition of world wide support for our groups, and to bring RHAPSODY's sound into the hearts and homes of all metal fans. We are also looking forward to working with RHAPSODY's new Management team who also represent MANOWAR."
The next opus from RHAPSODY will be self produced by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli and is planned for release by the end of this year. "
