From now until the 20th July, we are giving you the opportunity to win festival passes to two great festivals in Canada. Heavy T.O. in Toronto and Heavy MTL in Montreal will be headlined by Slipknot and System Of A Down, and feature a whole host of other great bands from Lamb Of God to Origin.

We have two passes for each festival to give away - so for your chance to win a spot at the one closest to you, head over to the contest page and answer the question correctly.

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Heavy MTL Festival

For the month of June as we head into festival season, we are giving you the opportunity to win one of two free tickets for the Brutal Assault festival in the Czech Republic!

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Brutal Assault 2012

Over the last month we were giving you the chance to win one of four passes for the Motocultor Festival in France by answering the question posed. We asked for the name of the band who had won a slot playing at the festival through a competition. The name of that band is Warmachine - so now let's find out which people have won the festival passes:

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Motocultor Festival 2012

Ensiferum's fifth studio album will have the title Unsung Heroes and will be released via Spinefarm on the 27th August 2012.

Produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, Sentenced, Apocalyptica, etc.) and also containing a 16 minute-plus epic "Passion Proof Power", the band comment:

"We've tried to push the different aspects of what we do as far as we can..." "...the sonic scope is wider than ever. The folk elements go further down that path and the metallic parts will absolutely rip your face off!"

Once again, album art has been supplied by Kristian Wahlin, with featured special guests including members of Die Apokalyptischen Reiter plus legendary Finnish singer & actor, Vesa-Matti Loiri.

Album Tracklist:

01. Symbols
02. In My Sword I Trust
03. Unsung Heroes
04. Burning Leaves
05. Celestial Bond
06. Retribution Shall Be Mine
07. Star Queen (Celestial Bond part II)
08. Pohjola
09. Last Breath
10. Passion Proof Power

A video is currently being planned for lead track, "In My Sword I Trust".

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Ensiferum

As festival season approaches, we have four weekend tickets to give away for the Motocultor Festival in France. All you have to do is head over the contest page and answer the question for your chance to win.

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Source:	metalstorm.net
Event:	Motocultor Festival 2012

Over the last month we gave you the chance to win one of two Hellfest weekend tickets by answering three questions. The contest is now closed, so here are the answers and the winners!

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Hellfest Open Air 2012

Hellfest is fast approaching once again, and this year we have two weekend tickets to give away to lucky winners. With a new festival site and another fantastic line-up, you'd be crazy to miss out on your opportunity to win yourself a free weekend ticket.

All you have to do is head over to the contest page and answer the three questions correctly for your name to be entered into the draw.

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Hellfest Open Air 2012

Although there has been no official announcement yet, various sources, including the official Queen website, claim that the Sonisphere Festival in the UK has been cancelled. Further supporting this claim, tickets are no longer available for purchase from the Sonisphere website.

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Source:	bbc.co.uk
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Up until last week, we gave you the chance to win one of five glow-in-the-dark 7" vinyls of Hosoi Bros' EP Wine Witch. We asked you to tell us which are the 2 most prominent genre sounds in their music, according to an episode of Clandestine Cuts. The answer was Punk and Stoner, so here are the lucky winners:

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Last month we gave you the opportunity to win a free entry to the show of your choosing on the upcoming Onslaught North American tour. We asked you which song on Power From Hell shares the same name with a well-known sub-genre of metal. The answer was of course "Death metal"!

Here are the winners who have won a spot on the guestlist for the show they selected:

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Band profile:	Onslaught
Event:	Onslaught: Scream For Violence North America Tour

Black Sabbath have posted another update on their Facebook page. Black Sabbath will not perform at any of the planned European shows, EXCEPT for the Download Festival. Black Sabbath's cancelled dates will be replaced by an "Ozzy & Friends" show, consisting of Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Zakk Wylde, and Slash at selective shows.

Tony is apparently making excellent progress, and work on the album is continuing.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Black Sabbath

British thrash veterans Onslaught are about to kick off their first ever North American tour next month in March.

We are giving away one free entry for each date on this tour. So for your chance to win free entry to the show closest you, head over to the contest page here.

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Band profile:	Onslaught
Event:	Onslaught: Scream For Violence North America Tour

Bill Ward posted a lengthy message onto his Facebook yesterday stating that he is unable to continue with the Black Sabbath album and reunion tour, until a "signable" contract is drawn up that "reflects some dignity and respect toward me as an original member of the band".

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Black Sabbath

Over the last week we gave you the opportunity to win a 12" vinyl of the new split release from Apathia Records between Genital Grinder and Como Muertos.

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Over the last week we gave you the opportunity to win a Mhorgl prize pack containing a CD and a t-shirt.

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