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NIGHTWISH: New 30-Minute Audio Interview With TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN

The official web site of the NIGHTWISH keyboardist and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen has uploaded a 30-minute audio interview with Holopainen as the first installment of the site's "Campfire Sessions". You can now listen to the chat at this location. It is also available for streaming below. NIG...

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EPICA Announces Special Album-Release Show

Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA will return to the stage on April 30, 2014 for an album-release show at 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands. After taking a break from the road due the pregnancy of lead singer Simone Simons, the release of a new concert DVD, "Retrospect", as well as the writing and recor...

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CROSSFAITH: 'Apocalyze' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Apocalyze", the new album from the Japanese quintet CROSSFAITH — featuring Kenta Koie (vocals),Terufumi Tamano (programming),Kazuki Takemura (guitar),Hiroki Ikegawa (bass) and Tatsuya Amano (drums) — sold around 1,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD, which was re...

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REVAMP Featuring NIGHTWISH's FLOOR JANSEN: Video Footage Of Utrecht CD-Release Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of REVAMP's September 7 "Wild Card" CD-release concert at Tivoli De Helling in Utrecht, The Netherlands can be seen below. REVAMP is led by former AFTER FOREVER frontwoman and current NIGHTWISH touring singer Floor Jansen. REVAMP's second album, "Wild Card", was released in...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Guitarist Sells California Home For $1.45 Million

According to Zillow Blog, ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell sold his home in Studio City, California for about $1.45 million. He had listed it in June 2013 for about $1.49 million after purchasing the 2,151-square-foot home in 2005 for $1.245 million. The single-family residence that sits on...

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NIGHTWISH/REVAMP Singer FLOOR JANSEN: 'For A Year And A Half, I Was Completely Sick'

SonicCathedral.com recently conducted an interview with former AFTER FOREVER frontwoman and current NIGHTWISH touring singer Floor Jansen about her REVAMP project. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow bleow. SonicCathedral.com: How does [the] new [REVAMP] album ["Wild Card"] differ from your la...

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EPICA: 'Retrospect' Big-Screen Premieres Announced

Dutch symphonic metal band EPICA has announced the first two movie theater premieres for "Retrospect". During these premieres a number of band members will join their fans with the first exclusive viewing of the film. The first premiere will be held on Wednesday, November 6 at the Mathäser Multiplex...

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NIGHTWISH/REVAMP Singer FLOOR JANSEN To Guest On New MAYAN Album

MAYAN — the band featuring EPICA guitarist/songwriter Mark Jansen alongside Jack Driessen (ex-AFTER FOREVER) and Frank Schiphorst — recently entered the studio to begin recording 11 new songs for its sophomore album, tentatively due in January 2014 via Nuclear Blast Records. The concept for the CD i...

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FLOOR JANSEN Talks To TEAMROCK RADIO About REVAMP, NIGHTWISH (Audio)

Pete Bailey of TeamRock Radio recently conducted an interview with former AFTER FOREVER frontwoman and current NIGHTWISH touring singer Floor Jansen about her REVAMP project. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. REVAMP's second album, "Wild Card", was released in Europe...

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SOUNDGARDEN: 'Halfway There' Video Released

"Halfway There", the new video from reunited grunge legends SOUNDGARDEN, can be seen below. The song comes off "King Animal", the first collection of all-new material in 16 years from SOUNDGARDEN, and first since the group reunited in 2010. The CD sold 83,000 copies in the United States in its first...

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SOUNDGARDEN: 'Halfway There' Video To Debut Tomorrow

"Halfway There", the new video from reunited grunge legends SOUNDGARDEN, will make its online debut tomorrow (Wednesday, September 4). The song comes off "King Animal", the first collection of all-new material in 16 years from SOUNDGARDEN, and first since the group reunited in 2010. The CD sold 83,0...

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Apocalyze

"Electronicore" is the latest hipster tag to emerge in the metal world and one of its face bands is Osaka's CROSSFAITH. Essentially what you're getting with this digi-bang tribe is a rave-minded interpretation of BLEEDING THROUGH and AUGUST BURNS RED. Formed as a protest against a pop-saturated Japa...

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FLOOR JANSEN Talks To PLANET MOSH About REVAMP, NIGHTWISH (Audio)

Ant May of Planet Mosh recently conducted an interview with former AFTER FOREVER frontwoman and current NIGHTWISH touring singer Floor Jansen about her REVAMP project. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. REVAMP's second album, "Wild Card", was released in Europe on August 23...

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Ex-NIGHTWISH Singer ANETTE OLZON Praises TARJA TURUNEN's New Solo Album

Former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon has praised the new solo effort from her NIGHTWISH predecessor, Tarja Turunen, calling it "[Tarja's] best album so far." In an August 24 posting on her official blog, Anette wrote: "I am sitting listening to a great album together with my morning coffee and the a...

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EPICA To Release 'Retrospect' In November

Dutch symphonic metal band EPICA celebrated its 10th anniversary with a one-night-only event, dubbed "Retrospect", on March 23 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The band was accompanied by the seventy-piece Reményi Ede Chamber Orchestra and the Miskolc National Theatre Choir, playing an unforgettable t...