Ozzfest's official web site has inadvertently released (screenshot) what is believed to be the official lineup for this year's festival. It is as follows:

Main Stage:

OZZY OSBOURNE
JUDAS PRIEST
SLAYER
DIMMU BORGIR
SUPERJOINT RITUAL
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY

Second Stage:

SLIPKNOT
HATEBREED
LAMB OF GOD

Rotating:

ATREYU
BLEEDING THROUGH
LACUNA COIL
EVERY TIME I DIE
UNEARTH
GOD FORBID

The press conference to announce the exact lineup for this year's Ozzfest will take place on Friday, February 20 at 11:00 a.m. PST at Avalon (1735 N. Vine Street) in Hollywood, California.

Norway's EINHERJER have officially called it a day. The following is the group's statement on the matter: "After 11 years, 4 albums and 2 mini-albums, we've decided to split up EINHERJER. We feel that we've made the album we wanted with 'Blot' and therefore a journey of 11 years has come to an end. We would like to thank everybody who has supported us through the years. "For us, it is time to move on. We are definitively not retiring as musicians, so you haven't heard the last from us yet… "Regards, Frode, Aksel & Gerhard"

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Former DOKKEN guitarist George Lynch and his solo band have been officially confirmed as the support act for YNGWIE MALMSTEEN on his upcoming U.S. tour. Joining Lynch in his group will be singer Kelly Keeling (BATON ROUGE, BLUE MURDER, MSG, GUITAR ZEUS, JOHN NORUM) and drummer Jeff Martin (RACER X vocalist).

GEORGE LYNCH supporting YNGWIE MALMSTEEN:

Mar. 05 - Houston, TX @ Club V at the Verizon Wireless Theater
Mar. 07 - Dallas, TX @ Trees
Mar. 10 - Scottsdale, AZ @ The Venue
Mar. 11 - Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theater
Mar. 14 - West Hollywood, CA @ Key Club
Mar. 22 - ...

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As promised, RUSH have revealed the first details of their 30th Anniversary Tour via their official web site, Rush.com. Around 40 North American dates have been scheduled so far, beginning on May 28 in Charlotte, NC and concluding on August 22 in the band's hometown of Toronto, Canada. Also available are the details of the U.K. portion of the group's European tour — the band's first trip to the continent since 1992.

RUSH "30th Anniversary Tour" confirmed tour dates:

May 28 – Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
May 29 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
May 31 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Post Gazette Pavilion
Jun. 02 – Columbus, OH @ Ger ...

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Reunited New Jersey metallers ATTACKER have posted a video for the track "The End" at this location (file size: 9.2 MB). The clip was shot last December at the band's return performance at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey.

"The End" comes off ATTACKER's new album, "Soul Taker", which was released last month through Iron Glory Records. Two songs from the CD, "Sleepy Hollow" and "Tortured Existence", can be downloaded from the band's web site at this location.

ATTACKER's next gig will take place on Saturday, March 20 at Connections (503 Van Houten Ave.) in Passaic, New Jersey.

Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM have decided to postpone their South African, Russian and Baltic states tour, originally scheduled for May to a later time this year. Instead, the band will be touring North America throughout the spring & summer, beginning April 30 at the New England Metal And Hardcore Festival.

The tour, dubbed "No More Serenity", will be presented by Metal Maniacs magazine and the line up will be KATAKLYSM, MISERY INDEX, CANNAE and THROUGH THE DISCIPLINE. More North American touring is getting sorted out for this June, details to be announced shortly. The band have also confirmed the Saturday headlining spot at the Up the Ground! open-air festival in Germany on Au ...

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Swedish metallers WOLF have posted two MP3 samples from their third full-length album, "Evil Star", at their official web site: "Evil Star" (mp3), "Black Wing Rider" (mp3).

"Evil Star" will be released in Scandinavia on February 25 through MNW/No Fashion Records. A U.S. release through Prosthetic Records is expected at a later date.

The follow-up to 2002's "Black Wings" was produced by Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN) at Abyss studios in Sweden and features artwork by Thomas Holm.

WOLF recently filmed a video for the track "Wolf's Blood". The theme of the clip, according to a posting on the band's web site, is "THIN LIZZY at 'Top of the Pops' '77 meets JUDAS PRIEST at Budokan in '81."

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Finland's SENTENCED have announced plans to play a few European festivals during the summer, including Summer Breeze, which is set to take place August 19-12, 2004 in Abtsgmünd, Germany.

"We will throw in some brand-new stuff during our show this summer, because we don't want to play a 'best of SENTENCED' kind of set this time around. That would be too boring," drummer Vesa Ranta said.

The band are currently writing and rehearsing the new material.

"We haven't worked on too many new songs yet as a band, but I know that Miika [Tenkula, guitarist], Sami [Lopakka, guitarist] and Ville [Laihiala, singer] hav ...

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Dave Mustaine is scheduled to begin mixing the new MEGADETH album "somewhere around the middle of March/beginning of April," the guitarist/vocalist revealed in an online posting. "The time factor is based on [producer/mixer] Jeff Balding [JEWEL, TRISHA YEARWOOD, LONESTAR, SHANIA TWAIN] squeezing this session into his previously booked schedule. This worked out great for me because I always wanted to get some perspective in-between and away from the sessions but never had the opportunity." A late summer release through Sanctuary Records is expected.

In other news, Mustaine recently addressed the reasons for MEGADETH' ...

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Sweden's DARK TRANQUILLITY have posted the following message on their official web site:

"Next week, we'll embark to the familiar quarters of Studio Fredman to begin the recording of our seventh, as-yet-untitled, full length album. We're been working extremely hard with the material and feel that the result will be a diverse and exciting offering that will leave most of our current fans more than satisfied. Of course, this is what all bands say, so you'll have to wait a couple of months until you're able to hear for yourselves. No release date is set yet, but it's realistic to assume that the CD will be out either shortly before or shortly after the summer.

"As mentioned, no album title has been decided yet, but some tentative song titles are 'One Thought' (previewed on our recent Italian tour), 'Lost To Apathy' and 'Mind Matters'."

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