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EPICA Guitarist Issues Studio Report

EPICA guitarist Ad Sluijter has posted a lengthy update on the recording sessions for the band's new album. An excerpt from his report follows: "As I mentioned in the previous report already, with the guitar recordings we've changed quite some things in comparison to the guitar recordings with the p...

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DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, TAAKE, KOLDBRANN To Perform At Germany's TOMAHAWK FESTIVAL

DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, TAAKE, KOLDBRANN and EPICA are among the confirmed bands for the Tomahawk Festival, set to take place March 31 at N8 in Osnabrück, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: PAIN DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER TAAKE KOLDBRANN KORPIKLAANI EPICA URGEHAL ENSIFERUM F...

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EPICA Confirmed For Greece's METAL DAY FESTIVAL

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA has been confirmed for the Metal Day Festival, set to take place April 4 at the Fencing Olympic Complex in Athens, Greece. Also scheduled to appear are MANOWAR, RHAPSODY OF FIRE and TIAMAT. EPICA will embark on a North American headlining tour in Septem...

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THEATRE OF TRAGEDY Pulls Out Of Belgium's METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST V

According to Markus Rutten of www.sounds2move.de, Norway's THEATRE OF TRAGEDY has cancelled its appearance at the upcoming Metal Female Voices Fest V, set to take place Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. Replacing them on the bill will be the Dutch "dark metal" outfit AUT...

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EPICA, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: More North American Tour Dates Announced

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA will embark on a North American headlining tour in September. Support at the shows will come from the Austrian/American "epic metal" band VISIONS OF ATLANTIS. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Sep. 05 - West Springfield, VA, Jaxx Sep. 06 – Hartford...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS To Support EPICA On North American Tour?

According to a posting on the web site of Seattle's Studio Seven venue, Austrian/American "epic metal" band VISIONS OF ATLANTIS will support Dutch symphonic metal act EPICA on their upcoming North American tour, which is scheduled to kick off in early September. Tentative dates so far are as follows...

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EPICA: U.S. Headlining Dates Announced

According to The Vault, Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band EPICA has lined up the following North American dates in the fall: Sep. 06 - Webster Theater - Hartford, CT Sep. 07 - The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY Sep. 09 - HighLine Ballroom - New York City, NY Sep. 18 - Pearl Room - ...

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LEAVES' EYES To Headline Belgium's METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST V

LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY (who are fronted by Liv's husband Alexander Krull) — has been confirmed as the headliner of the Metal Female Voices Fest V, set to take place Saturday, October 20, 2007...

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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...