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DORO To Headline METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST V Pre-Festival Concert

According to Markus Rutten of www.sounds2move.de, DORO will headline the Metal Female Voices Fest V pre-festival show on Friday, October 19 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. Also scheduled to appear at the pre-festival concert are HOLY MOSES, DARZAMAT and DYLATH-LEEN. Metal Female Voices Fest V is...

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FOUNTAIN OF TEARS Featuring BELIEVER Drummer: New Single Available For Download

FOUNTAIN OF TEARS, the melodic female-fronted metal act featuring Joey Daub, drummer for former Roadrunner recording artists BELIEVER, has posted a new single, "What Lies Ahead", for free download on its web site. The song is from the group's first full-length album, "Fate", which is scheduled to be...

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DRACONIAN Added To Belgium's METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST V

According to Markus Rutten of www.sounds2move.de, Swedish gothic doom metal band DRACONIAN has been confirmed for the Metal Female Voices Fest V, set to take place Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. The official announcement is expected next week. The festival billing is...

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THE GATHERING Confirmed For Belgium's METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST V

Holland's THE GATHERING has been confirmed for the Metal Female Voices Fest V, set to take place Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER BATTLELORE DISTORTED ELIS EPICA IMPERIA INTERRIA SERAPH...

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EPICA Working On Its 'Heaviest' Album To Date

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band EPICA has issued the following update regarding the recording sessions for its as-yet-untitled new album: "We've just finished the drum recordings and we can only say that [session drummer] Ariën [van Weesenbeek; GOD DETHRONED] is one of the most talented dr...

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Vocalist AMANDA SOMERVILLE Comments On Collaboration With AFTER FOREVER Guitarist

Amanda Somerville, the American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who is better known for her collaborations with various European metal bands (including EPICA, AFTER FOREVER and EDGUY),has issued the following update: "As you may have read on his page already, I will be writing the lyrics for [AFT...

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AFTER FOREVER Guitarist Recruits Outside Lyricist For HDK Project

Vocalist Amanda Somerville, who has appeared on the AINA rock opera "Days of Rising Doom" in 2003 and who has worked with EPICA and AFTER FOREVER as a backing vocalist and vocal coach, is collaborating with AFTER FOREVER guitarist/songwriter Sander Gommans on the lyrics for Sanders' HDK project. Com...

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ELIS Confirmed For Belgium's METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST V

Liechtenstein-based gothic metal group ELIS — whose lead singer, Sabine Dünser, who suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on July 7, 2006 during rehearsal and passed away the following day in hospital — will make its live debut with Dünser's replacement, Sandra Schleret (DREAMS OF SANITY, SIEGFRIED),at th...

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'ProgPower USA VIII' DVD: Complete Details Revealed

The "ProgPower USA VIII" DVD is now available for pre-orders with a confirmed shipping date of January 29, 2007. The DVD will be released as region-free NTSC in Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound with a running time in excess of three hours. It will also be available as two-CD set. The track listing is as fol...

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EPICA Singer Offering Private Lessons

Singer Simone Simons (photo) of the Dutch symphonic metal act EPICA has issued the following update: "From the beginning of February on I will be giving private lessons to those who are interested in learning more about vocal techniques, breathing techniques and stage performance. It will vary from...

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EPICA Confirmed For Belgium's METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST V

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA have been confirmed for the Metal Female Voices Fest V, set to take place Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER BATTLELORE DISTORTED EPICA HOLY...

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EPICA Taps GOD DETHRONED Drummer For Upcoming CD

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA have issued the following update: "We are very happy to announce that Ariën van Weesenbeek will be the drummer on the next EPICA album. For those who aren't familiar with him yet, Ariën is the drummer of the Dutch death metal band GOD DETHRONED (who, by...

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MOTÖRHEAD, HAMMERFALL, RAGE Confirmed For Czech Republic's MASTERS OF ROCK Festival

MOTÖRHEAD, HAMMERFALL and RAGE are among the confirmed bands for the Masters Of Rock festival, set to take place July 13-15, 2007 in Vizovice, Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: MOTÖRHEAD HAMMERFALL RAGE + LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA STRATOVARIUS DIE HAPPY PINK CREAM 69 AFTER...

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BLACK MAJESTY Confirmed For Czech Republic's MASTERS OF ROCK Festival

Australian melodic power metal band BLACK MAJESTY has been added to next year's installment of the Masters of Rock festival, set to take place July 13-15, 2007 in the Czech Republic. Other confirmed bands include MOTÖRHEAD, RAGE, STRATOVARIUS, DIE HAPPY, PINK CREAM 69, AFTER FOREVER, EPICA, THE TOMM...

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EPICA Shoots Down Rumors Singer SIMONE Will Leave Band For NIGHTWISH

Dutch symphonic metal act EPICA has rejected as false a report published in the Finnish weekly celebrity gossip magazine Katso that NIGHTWISH leader Tuomas Holopainen and the group's manager Ewo Rytkönen have been in contact with EPICA singer Simone Simons about her possibly taking over the frontwom...