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EPICA: 'The Divine Conspiracy' Enters Dutch Chart At No. 9

EPICA's latest album, "The Divine Conspiracy", has entered the Dutch chart at position No. 9 — the band's highest chart showing so far. Nuclear Blast Records released a limited deluxe CD edition in Europe of "The Divine Conspiracy", featuring the bonus tracks "Higher High" and "Replica" (FEAR FACTOR...

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GOTTHARD Singer To Guest On New AYREON CD

AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen, has posted an audio sample of the next guest singer who will appear on the band's upcoming album, tentatively due late 2007/early 2008: GOTTHARD frontman Steve Lee. Other vocalists scheduled to appear on the CD include Bob Catley (MA...

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EPICA: New Video Interview Available

Holland's FaceCulture recently spoke to Simone Simons (vocals) and Mark Jansen (guitar) from the Dutch symphonic metal band EPICA. Watch the interview at this location. EPICA's new video, "Never Enough", can be viewed on YouTube. The song comes off the Dutch symphonic metal band's new album, "The Di...

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OPERATIKA: Hard At Work On Debut Album

New Jersey-based symphonic/operatic metallers OPERATIKA have issued the following update: "We have been working hard on our ablum in the recording studio. [Guest bassist] Michael LePond [of SYMPHONY X] has finished bass parts before leaving for another tour with SYMPHONY X. Vocals are almost complet...

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AFTER FOREVER Singer To Guest On New AYREON CD; Audio Available

AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen, has posted audio samples (sample#1, sample#2) of the next two guest singers who will appear on the band's upcoming album, tentatively due late 2007/early 2008: Phideaux Xavier and AFTER FOREVER frontwoman Floor Jansen. Other vocalist...

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PRIMAL FEAR: 'Fighting The Darkness' Video Posted Online

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have released their video for the song "Fighting The Darkness". Watch it below. The track comes off the group's new album, "New Religion", which is due in Europe on September 21 via Frontiers Records. A U.S. release date has not yet been announced. Guest musicians...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: Audio Interview With MELISSA FERLAAK Available

All Metal Music conducted an interview on September 6, 2007 with the Minnesota-based vocalist Melissa Ferlaak, who has been a member of the Austrian symphonic metal band VISIONS OF ATLANTIS for the past few years. Listen to the six-minute chat at this location. As previously reported, VISIONS OF ATL...

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AVIAN Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

AVIAN, the melodic metal band featuring singer Lance King (BALANCE OF POWER, PYRAMAZE) and guitarist Yan Leviathan, has set "Ashes and Madness" as the title of its new CD, tentatively due in early 2008. According to the group, "Mattias Norén [EPICA, EVERGREY, INTO ETERNITY] has once again handled al...

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MAGNUM Singer To Guest On New AYREON CD; Audio Available

AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen, has posted an audio sample of the next guest singer who will appear on the band's upcoming album, tentatively due late 2007/early 2008: MAGNUM vocalist Bob Catley. Other vocalists scheduled to appear on the CD include Anneke van Gier...

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ATREYU, SCORPIONS, HEAVEN AND HELL, QUEENSRŸCHE, OBITUARY First-Week Sales Revealed

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending September 2, 2007, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest hundred [except numbers over 20,000, which are rounded to the nearest thousand]; The Billboard 200 chart position inclu...

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EPICA: Video Interview With MARK JANSEN Available

A 10-minute video interview with EPICA guitarist Mark Jansen conducted by France's Spirit of Metal webzine can be viewed below. EPICA's new video, "Never Enough", can be viewed on YouTube. The song comes off the Dutch symphonic metal band's new album, "The Divine Conspiracy", due in North America on...

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Former THE GATHERING Singer To Guest On New AYREON CD; Audio Available

AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen, has posted an audio sample of the next guest singer who will appear on the the band's upcoming album, tentatively due late 2007/early 2008: former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen, who now fronts her newly formed band AGUA...

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KATATONIA Frontman To Guest On New AYREON CD; Audio Available

AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen, has posted an audio sample of the next guest singer who will appear on the the band's upcoming album, tentatively due late 2007/early 2008: KATATONIA frontman Jonas P. Renske. Other vocalists scheduled to appear on the CD include Jor...

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NIGHTWISH Singer: 'Dark Passion Play' Is Heaviest Album Band Has Ever Done

Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Tangra Mega Rock: Well, it's good to have you live with us today, so let's start. Even before you joined NIGHTWISH, it was an extremely succes...

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PRIMAL FEAR Slams Illegal Downloading

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have issued the following update: "A newly released study by the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) from Texas estimates that global music piracy is costing the U.S. economic output 12.5 billion dollars and 71,060 jobs every year! It came as a shock to us to rea...