Newswire June 4, 2007
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Monday, June 4, 2007 @ 5:54 AM
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Megadeth's new album United Abominations has achieved the following chart positions:
Finland - #2, Japan - International Sales #2, Japan - Album Sales #3
Canada - #5, US - #8, Austria - #17, Norway - #21, Italy - #24, Switzerland - #38, Netherlands - #49.
Korn have revealed that the follow up to 2005's Take a Look in the Mirror will be called Untitled and it will be released on July 30 and it will feature the new single 'Evolution' (Evolution and I Will Protect You from the album can be heard here). The unconfirmed track list for the new album is: 'Starting Over', 'Do What They Say', 'Ever Be', 'Evolution', 'Hushaby', 'I Will Protect You', 'Kiss', 'Love & Luxury', 'My Arm Hurts' and 'Trained Response'.
Nevermore, Destruction, Annihilator and Nuclear Assault are confirmed for the Thrash Domination 07 festival, which will take place in September in Tokyo, Japan. The dates are September 22 and 23 at Club Citta in Tokyo.
The founding members of Winger will perform on select show dates. Winger members Kip Winger (bass/vocals), Reb Beach (guitar), Rod Morgenstein (drums), John Roth (guitars/vocals) a Winger member since 1993’s Pull album and new comer Cenk Eroglu (keyboards/vocals) will be seen across the U.S. Initial scheduled dates are as follows: 6/28 at Mainline Bar & Grill in Downer, MN, 6/29 at Station 4 in St. Paul, MN, and 6/30 at Water Works Park in Des Moines, IA. Winger is also playing the Rocklahoma Festival.
Norwegian black metallers Emperor kicked off their run of US dates on Wednesday night, May 30th, in Chicago, IL at The Metro. The band's setlist included the following: 'Into The Infinity'/'Burning Shadows Of Silence', 'Cosmic Keys To My Creations & Times', 'Thus Spake The Nightspirit', 'An Elegy Of Icaros', 'Curse You All Men!', 'With Strength I Burn', 'Towards The Pantheon', 'The Majesty Of The Nightsky', 'The Loss And Curse Of Reverence', 'In The Wordless Chamber', 'Inno A Satana', 'Opus A Satana Part 1'. Encore: 'I Am The Black Wizards', 'Ye Entrancemperium', 'Opus A Satana Part 2'.
Upcoming Emperor dates include: June 1 at BB King Blues Club in New York City, June 3 at the Key Club in Hollywood, June 24 at Hellfest in Clisson, France, and June 30 at Tuska Open Air in Helsinki, Finland.
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