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TAROT Confirmed For Romania's ARTMANIA FESTIVAL

TAROT, the Finnish group led by NIGHTWISH/ex-SINERGY bassist Marco Hietala, has been confirmed for the Artmania Festival, set to take place June 15-17 in Sibiu, Romania. Also schuduled to appear are ANATHEMA, MY DYING BRIDE, HAGGARD and THE GATHERING. More bands will be announced soon. Sibiu was sel...

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JOHN MACALUSO, RANDY COVEN, MARCO SFOGLI Featured On 'Heroes Temporis' Rock Opera

"Heroes Temporis" is the name of a a new rock opera with a progressive origin. The encounter of different worlds and atmospheres fascinated Giancarlo Trotta and Luca Contegiacomo (the former a classical musician, a prog musician the latter),both from Battipaglia (Salerno); thus the idea of a rock o...

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THE DUSKFALL Confirms New Album Title

Swedish metallers THE DUSKFALL have set "The Dying Wonders of the World" as the title of their fourth album, due later in the year via Nuclear Blast Records. The band will enter the studio on April 1 to begin recording the follow-up to "Lifetime Supply of Guilt". As previously reported, THE DUSKFALL...

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AMORPHIS Finishes Recording New CD

AMORPHIS guitarist Esa Holopainen guitarist has issued the following update: "It's national celebration day. AMORPHIS has finished new album recordings and also today is the day of Kalevala. With the help of old and wise Väinämöinen, skilled smith Ilmarinen, adventurer-warrior Lemminkäinen, Louhi; t...

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FACE DOWN: New Song Posted Online

FACE DOWN, the reunited Swedish outfit featuring former THE HAUNTED singer Marco Aro, has posted the following update on its official web site: "We've uploaded a brand new song, entitled 'Irreversible', off our pre-production demo which we finished late 2006. The song is the first studio recording t...

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DELAIN Confirmed For Belgium's METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST V

DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — has been confirmed for the Metal Female Voices Fest V, set to take place Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. The festi...

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AMORPHIS Confirmed For Finland's PELLAVAROCK Festival

Finnish metallers AMORPHIS have been confirmed for the Pellavarock festival, set to take place August 11 in Lammi, Finland. More bands will be announced soon. AMORPHIS entered Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki, Finland last month to begin recording its new album for a late spring/early summer release....

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Named 'Band Of The Year' At FINNISH METAL AWARDS

CHILDREN OF BODOM was honored with the "Band of the Year" award at the Finnish Metal Awards, which were held Friday night (February 16) during the Finnish Metal Expo at the Cable Factory in Helsinki, Finland. Members of the Finnish metal media pre-selected the candidates and the people cast their vo...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, Ex-NIGHTWISH Singers Added To 20th Anniversary NUCLEAR BLAST Compilation

RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski is working on a compilation CD to celebrate Nuclear Blast Records' 20th anniversary, entitled "Into the Light". Smolski composed, recorded and produced about 10 songs for various metal artists that are part of the Nuclear Blast history, including a track that is being r...

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ALTARIA: 'Divine Invitation' Compilation to Include New Material

Finnish melodic metallers ALTARIA have issued the following update: "ALTARIA has been busy both [rehearsing] for the upcoming live shows and composing new material for the follow-up of 'The Fallen Empire', to be released tentatively in the autumn. ALTARIA will play few shows during the spring plus m...

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THE DUSKFALL Featured In Independent Horror Movie

Swedish metallers THE DUSKFALL will enter the studio on April 1 to begin recording their as-yet-untitled fourth album. In other news, THE DUSKFALL is featured in a new independent horror movie called "Five across the Eyes". "They even liked the chorus for our song 'Case Closed' so much so they used...

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THIN LIZZY Confirms U.K. Dates With DEEP PURPLE, STYX

THIN LIZZY has confirmed the following U.K. dates with DEEP PURPLE and STYX: Apr. 21 - Telewest Newcastle Arena - Newcastle Apr. 22 - NYNEX Arena - Manchester Apr. 24 - Nottingham Arena National Ice Centre Bolero Square - Nottingham Apr. 25 - Cardiff International Arena - Cardiff Apr. 27 - Bournemou...

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AFTER FOREVER: New Album Release Date Announced

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER will release its new, self-titled album on April 20 via Nuclear Blast Records. According to an article on the Dutch web site Metalfan.nl, the song "Discord" will feature the Prague Symphonic Orchestra, while vocalist Doro Pesch can be heard d...

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AXXIS Announces New Guitarist

German metallers AXXIS have announced the addition of guitarist Marco Wriedt to the group's ranks. Commented keyboardist Harry Oellers: "As Marco arrived in the studio, I thought Walter (original AXXIS guitar player) is back! We sent him all of our actual songs and he played everything perfectly!" A...

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AMORPHIS: Helsinki Gig To Be Webcast

The December 30, 2006 AMORPHIS gig at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland will be shown several times on Welho Dina cable TV (available in Southern Finland) as well as via webstream from the Dina homepage. You will find two streaming links for Windows Media Player in the top right corner of that page (cli...