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AMBERIAN DAWN Singer Collaborating With Corset Boutique

Corset boutique Belle Modeste and singer Heidi Parviainen from the Finnish symphonic metal band AMBERIAN DAWN have joined forces and started a collaboration on a series of costumes that will be designed and manufactured exclusively for Heidi's stage appearances. The first costume is based on two of...

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HALCYON WAY Parts Ways With Singer, Announces Replacement

Atlanta, Georgia-based progressive metal band HALCYON WAY has parted ways with singer Sean Shields due to creative differences. Taking over on vocals for the Nightmare Records recording artist is Steve Braun, known for his work with Italian progressive metallers ASHENT, who have released two records...

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FUTURES END Replaces VOUGAN On TRITON POWER CRUISE

FUTURES END has replaced VOUGAN on the billing of the first-ever progressive/power metal cruise dubbed Triton Power Cruise. The cruise will set sail on the Carnival Imagination on Friday, April 30, 2010 and return to Miami the following Monday (May 3). Triton Power Cruise billing is as follows: CRIM...

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EPICA Singer To Perform With SONS OF SEASONS In Holland Tonight

EPICA singer Simone Simons will join SONS OF SEASONS on stage tonight (Thursday, September 3) at Nieuwe Nor in Heerlen, Holland to perform the song "Wintersmith". SONS OF SEASONS is the new progressive/symphonic metal band led by keyboardist/guitarist Oliver Palotai (KAMELOT, DORO). The group's debu...

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ICARUS WITCH Guitarist Quits, Goes Back To School To Become Funeral Director

Guitarist Quinn Lukas will play his final show with Pittsburgh traditional metallers ICARUS WITCH on Thursday, September 17 at Club DV8 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Also scheduled to appear are CAULDRON, ENFORCER and MANTIC RITUAL. Commented ICARUS WITCH: "When Quinn joined the band in 2006, he put...

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OPERA DIABOLICUS: New Song Posted Online

OPERA DIABOLICUS, the Swedish doom rock-opera project featuring appearances by Snowy Shaw (THERION, NOTRE DAME, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI),Mats Levén (KRUX, THERION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and Niklas Isfeldt (DREAM EVIL),has uploaded the complete song "Blood Countess Bathory" from the b...

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AMBERIAN DAWN To Support EPICA In Europe

Finnish female-fronted symphonic metallers AMBERIAN DAWN have been confirmed as the "main" support act for EPICA's upcoming European tour. Also scheduled to appear is SONS OF SEASONS, the new progressive/symphonic metal band led by keyboardist/guitarist Oliver Palotai (KAMELOT, DORO). For a list of...

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KAMELOT Drummer To Be Interviewed On 'Texas Beth' Radio Show

KAMELOT drummer Casey Grillo will be interviewed on tonight's edition of the "Texas Beth" radio show at www.infernalrockradio.com at 10:00 p.m. EST. He will discuss KAMELOT and the upcoming Triton Power Cruise where Grillo will conduct a drum clinic with Beatnik Rhythm Analyzers. Listeners can log i...

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Former HELLOWEEN Singer Collaborating With AMANDA SOMERVILLE, PRIMAL FEAR Members

Former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske is collaborating with American singer Amanda Somerville on a brand new melodic hard rock/metal project for Frontiers Records. Mat Sinner (PRIMAL FEAR, SINNER) and Magnus Karlsson (PLACE VENDOME, PRIMAL FEAR) are handling most of the songwriting for the CD, whi...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Parts Ways With Singer, Announces Replacement

Austrian symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have issued the following update: "It's [true], Joanna Nieniewska [vocals] was forced to leave the band a few weeks ago! The reason is a health problem which should not be specified more detailed, but makes it impossible for her to complete a whole sh...

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RHAPSODY OF FIRE Drummer Schedules German Clinic

RHAPSODY OF FIRE drummer Alex Holzwarth has scheduled a drum clinic on October 16 at Musikhaus Marstein in eastern Germany. Alex will talk about his double-bass technique and will offer tips to aspiring drummers on how to get themselves to the next level. Alex is renowned for his work with such band...

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KAMELOT: New Video Interview With CASEY GRILLO Available

Holland's FaceCulture recently conducted an interview with drummer Casey Grillo of the American/Norwegian melodic metal band KAMELOT. Watch the chat in six parts below. KAMELOT is currently in recording mode at various studios — including the Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany — under the watchful ey...

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CRIMSON GLORY, JON OLIVA'S PAIN Confirmed For TRITON POWER CRUISE

CRIMSON GLORY and JON OLIVA'S PAIN have been confirmed for the first-ever progressive/power metal cruise dubbed Triton Power Cruise. The cruise will set sail on the Carnival Imagination on Friday, April 30, 2010 and return to Miami the following Monday (May 3). Triton Power Cruise billing is as foll...

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KAMELOT Frontman Addresses Band's Label Situation

American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT have commented on their label situation following recent reports that the band's former record company, SPV (Schallplatten Produktion und Vertrieb GmbH) submitted an application on May 25 to commence insolvency proceedings— roughly equivalent to Chapter 1...

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KAMELOT Guitarist: 'The New Songs Are Really Inspiring'

American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT are currently in recording mode at various studios — including the Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany — under the watchful eye of Sascha Paeth and Miro as producers. A spring 2010 release is being planned for the band's highly anticipated follow-up to thei...