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AMANDA SOMERVILLE: Footage From SIRENS OF METAL II Festival Available

August 19, 2010

Fan-filmed video footage of Amanda Somerville's August 13, 2010 headlining performance at the Sirens Of Metal II festival at Blondies in Detroit, Michigan can be viewed below.

Somerville's backing band for the concert consisted of the following musicians:

* Sander Gommans (AFTER FOREVER, HDK) - Guitar
* Paulo (MILES BEYOND) - Guitar
* David Teggerdine - Guitar
* Mark Burnash (CROP CIRCLE) - Bass
* Scott Fisher (CROP CIRCLE) - Drums
* Ashley Peacock (THE TIMES) - Vocals

Somerville is the American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who was tapped to replace EPICA vocalist Simone Simons on the band's North American tour with SYMPHONY X due to Simons' health issues.

Amanda was featured on KAMELOT's latest release, "Ghost Opera", and toured with AVANTASIA. She released her solo album, "Windows", in 2008.

A Michigan native, Amanda has resided and worked mainly in Germany and the Netherlands since 1999. She has collaborated with several other bands in the metal scene along with producers Sascha Paeth and Miro, and co-wrote the rock opera "Aina". Her own music is of the pop-rock genre.

KISKE/SOMERVILLE — the new project featuring former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske and Amanda Somerville — will release its self-titled debut album in Europe on September 24 and in the U.S. on October 12 via Frontiers Records. The "Silence" single will precede the full-length CD on August 20.

KISKE/SOMERVILLE filmed two videos — "Silence" and "If I Had A Wish" — on March 28 and March 29 in Nuremberg, Germany. Joining Kiske and Somerville for the shoot were Sinner, Gommans, drummer Rami Ali and keyboardist Jimmy Kresic (VOODOO CIRCLE). The clips were directed by Martin Mueller of RCN TV who previously helmed U.D.O.'s "Black and White" and "Mean Streets" and GOTTHARD's "The Call" videos.

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