We are SO lookin forward to unveiling the Headless Cross Aniversary show. We were supposed to be coming off the back of a USA tour but that fell apart at the last minute. And So Brazil will be the first to hear the show.!!!!!!
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It's Sunday morning in Finland. Radio is on as it was in my childhood too. The red-leather Schaub-Lorenz radio followed us everywhere and I loved the magic of it. The voices were like a parallel world and it still fascinates me how words, voices and sounds can affect us.
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Recording a full length and well produced album is still the main goal for all artists who make music and all bands. Even though there is MP3, Itunes, websites like Myspace and many other technological options which allow us to be present anywhere virtually, the final product “CD” is still the biggest reward and the best register of our journey as musicians.
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Brazil and Portugal are linked through history and culture; we speak the same language and most of the Brazilians have Portuguese roots. In the rock scene it´s common to see Portugal welcoming what comes from Brazil, so why not promote the opposite with a more opened intention: show a little of the Portuguese metal to all those who wish to research and try to keep it as a boundless thing?
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Finnish Metal is undoubtedly worldwide respected and it´s surely not a fad. It didn´t happen out of the blue for no reason though, it is what it is for the extreme competence of the rock & metal bands that come from that tiny, isolated and cold country.
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Alex Voorhees is a very important singer to the underground metal scene of Rio de Janeiro having played in two of its most important bands, until now recognized by the audience not only in Brazil but also abroad: Dust from Misery and Imago Mortis.
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I want to start 2009 bringing new stuff to Hard Blast so I decided to write this article about some artists and bands that have called my attention during 2008. Searching for a good criteria while choosing bands, I decided to use myspace as a tool and during 4 days I listened to around 600 bands, all those who have added me to be more specific.
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WACKEN OPEN AIR (W.O.A.) is considered the biggest Heavy Metal festival of the world. A dream to all fans, musicians and professionals who might deal in the artistic area backed to rock.
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First day of W.O.A and, of course, all kinds of excitement feelings. After a little peregrination from Elmshorn to Itzehoe (city where you can take buses to the Festival), and then to Wacken, I found out that the place to get out of the bus was exactly on the other side of the town where I had to pick up my access badge.
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On May 14th, 2008, Brazilian music lost one of its most important musicians; the guitarist from São Paulo Wander Taffo, an icon to the Brazilian Rock scene, recognized unanimously by all Brazilian good musicians as a real guitar hero.
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