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INNERWISH Signs With ULTERIUM RECORDS

Ulterium Records has announced the signing of the Greek melodic power metal band INNERWISH. The group's new album, "No Turning Back", will be released on May 28. The CD was mixed by Fredrik Nordström (IN FLAMES, HAMMERFALL, DIMMU BORGIR) at Studio Fredman in Västra Frölunda, Sweden, and was mastered...

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SHADOWSIDE: ROCK FEMININO Festival Performance To Be Webcast

SHADOWSIDE's headlining appearance this Saturday (March 20) at the Rock Feminino Festival in Rio Claro, Brazil will be broadcast live via the Cidade Livre TV web site starting at 9 p.m. local time (GMT -3). The seventh edition of the Rock Feminino Festival celebrates International Women's Day (March...

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TAROT's New Album Lands On Finnish Chart

"Gravity Of Light", the ninth studio album from TAROT — the Finnish group led by NIGHTWISH/ex-SINERGY bassist Marco Hietala — has entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 2. This is the highest-ever chart position for TAROT in Finland. In other news, the band has just fi...

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PAIN: 'Cynic Paradise' To Receive North American Release With Bonus Live Disc, Alternate Cover

PAIN, the Swedish band featuring HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren, will make its latest album, "Cynic Paradise", available in North America on June 8 via Nuclear Blast Records. The North American version of the LP will feature an alternate cover (see below) and a bonus live CD recorded on March 23-2...

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EVEMASTER Signs With SUPERNOVA RECORDS

EVEMASTER — the Finnish "dark metal" band which features in its ranks BATTLELORE's Tomi Mykkänen — has inked a deal with Supernova Records, a division of Bonnier Amigo. The group's new album, "III", will be released later in the year. A single release will precede the full-length effort. "III" track...

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TAROT: 'Gravity Of Light' Track Listing Revealed

TAROT — the Finnish group led by NIGHTWISH/ex-SINERGY bassist Marco Hietala — will release its ninth studio album, "Gravity Of Light", on April 23 via Nuclear Blast Records (excluding Finland). The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Satan Is Dead 02. Hell Knows 03. Rise! 04. The Pilot Of Al...

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DELAIN Announces New Bassist

DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock/metal project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — has announced the addition of bassist Otto "The Baron" Schimmelpenninck van der Oije (DETONATION) to the group's ranks. He will make his li...

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TAROT: Finnish Dates Announced

TAROT — the Finnish group led by NIGHTWISH/ex-SINERGY bassist Marco Hietala — has scheduled the following dates in the band's home country: Mar. 31 - Klubi - Tampere, FIN Apr. 01 - Bar Kino - Pori, FIN Apr. 02 - Klubi - Turku, FIN Apr. 03 - Rytmikorjaamo - Seinäjoki, FIN Apr. 04 - Teatria ...

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TARJA TURUNEN 'Getting Orchestra Arrangements Ready' For New Solo Album

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen is currently collaborating with James "Jim" Dooley and Slamm Andrews at Remote Control Productions in Santa Monica, California on "getting the orchestra arrangements ready" for her new solo album, "What Lies Beneath". She writes on her blog, "We are starting to...

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TIMO TOLKKI On His Book: 'I Do Not Want To Generate Negativity And Hatred'

Former STRATOVARIUS and current REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE mainman Timo Tolkki has issued the following update: "After a lot of thinking, feeling and getting some distance to my [recently completed] book, I have come to a conclusion that much of the book was written in anger and doesn't represent accura...

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NIGHTWISH Manager Says Singer's Surprise Pregnancy Won't Affect Band's Recording Plans

NIGHTWISH manager Ewo Pohjola of King Foo Entertainment Ltd tells Finland's MTV3 that singer Anette Olzon's surprise revelation that she is expecting her second child will not affect the band's plan to begin recording its new studio album this fall. "Anette's pregnancy doesn't alter our plans in any...

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NIGHTWISH Singer Pregnant

NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon has issued the following update via her official blog: "I have held a little secret for you all for some time now, but today I feel I want to share it with you all. "As you all know, I am very private and don't want to share to much ...

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STORMLORD Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

Italian extreme epic metal act STORMLORD has parted ways with guitarist Pierangelo Giglioni and has replaced him with Andrea Angelini (STICK IT OUT, WITHATE). The group states, "We know [Andrea] since a long time, we like his bands and we already had a sort of collaboration back in 2002, on Francesc...

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Former THY MAJESTIE Singer Completes Work On VIOLET SUN Debut

PLATENS/ex-THY MAJESTIE vocalist Dario Grillo has completed work on the debut album from his new band VIOLET SUN. Entitled "Loneliness In Supremacy", the CD will be released later in the year via an as-yet-undisclosed label. "Loneliness In Supremacy" recording lineup: * Alessandra Amata: Lead Vocals...

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TARJA TURUNEN's Upcoming Solo Album To Feature Her First-Ever Piano Recordings

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen recently entered Petrax Studios in Hollola, Finland to begin recording her new solo album, "What Lies Beneath", for a late 2010 release. She writes on her blog, "I recorded my first-ever piano tracks! "The grand piano in the studio is Bechstein, which sound I tr...