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TARJA TURUNEN: Touring Band Revealed

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's band for her upcoming tour will consist of the following musicians Tarja Turunen - Vocals Mike Terrana (MASTERPLAN, SAVAGE CIRCUS, ex-RAGE, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) - Drums Maria Ilmoniemi - Keyboards Oliver Holzwarth (BLIND GUARDIAN, ex-SIEGES EVEN) - Bass Alex S...

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NIGHTWISH: 'Made In Hong Kong (And In Various Other Places)' Lands On German Chart

"Made In Hong Kong (And In Various Other Places)", the new CD/DVD from Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH, has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 15. It also opened at No. 2 in Finland and has dropped down to No. 5 in its second week of release. Released on March 13 vi...

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DOWN, SATYRICON, AMON AMARTH Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

DOWN, SATYRICON and AMON AMARTH have been confirmed for the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 2-8, 2009 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABORTED ALESTORM AMON AMARTH BLIND GUARDIAN DEATH ANGEL DEATHSTARS DESTRUCTION DIE APOKALYPTSCHEN REITER DIMMU BORGIR D...

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NIGHTWISH, SHINEDOWN, STAIND Confirmed For Switzerland's GREENFIELD FESTIVAL

NIGHTWISH, SHINEDOWN and STAIND have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Greenfield Festival, set to take place June 12-14 in Interlaken, Switzerland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SLIPKNOT FAITH NO MORE NIGHTWISH KORN DISTURBED SOCIAL DISTORTION MONSTER MAGNET FLOGGING MO...

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PAIN: New Video Interview With PETER TÄGTGREN Available

Holland's FaceCulture recently conducted an interview with PAIN/HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren. Watch the chat in five parts below. PAIN, who kicked off a European tour with NIGHTWISH and INDICA on March 11 in London, are filming a video for the song "Monkey Business" on March 23 and March 24 at t...

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CHICKENFOOT, UFO, CANDLEMASS, STATIC-X Confirmed For Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING

CHICKENFOOT, UFO, FLY LEAVE, THE RECKONING, CANDLEMASS, KARMA TO BURN, LAUREN HARRIS, STATIC-X and MANIC MOVEMENT are among the newly confirmed bands for the 14th edition of the Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 26-28, 2009 on the festival grounds of the Boeretang in Dessel, Belgium. The...

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DELAIN: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

"April Rain", the new album from DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock/metal project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — is available for streaming in its entirety at RoadrunnerRecords.de. "April Rain", which was released in Be...

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NIGHTWISH, SAHG, SIRENIA Confirmed For NORWAY ROCK FESTIVAL

NIGHTWISH, SAHG, SIRENIA, THUNDERBOLT, MUSTASCH, K[NINE] and ZEROZONIC have been confirmed for the Norway Rock Festival, set to take place July 9-12, 2009 in Kvinesdal, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: MANOWAR NIGHTWISH IN FLAMES SATYRICON TESTAMENT W.A.S.P ARCH ENEMY U.D.O SON...

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DORO PESCH To Guest On KNAC.COM's 'Uncle Scotty's Hot Tub' Tomorrow

German "metal queen" Doro Pesch will guest on KNAC.COM's "Uncle Scotty's Hot Tub" show tomorrow (Friday, March 20) at noon PST (3 p.m. EST). To listen to the program live via the Internet, visit www.knac.com. Doro Pesch will perform a special 25th-anniversary show (including a WARLOCK performance) a...

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PAIN To Film 'Monkey Business' Video

Swedish metallers PAIN, who kicked off a European tour with NIGHTWISH and INDICA on March 11 in London, will film a video for the song "Monkey Business" on March 23 and March 24 at the Zenith in Paris, France. The band says, "Get your asses to the front row, bring your PAIN t-shirts and flags ...

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MESHUGGAH Guitarist Claims He Was Misquoted In Controversial Interview

Guitarist Mårten Hagström of Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH has issued a statement correcting some of the quotes that were attributed to him in an interview conducted by MetalSucks.net in New York City on February 19. He says: "All right… I never thought I'd do this, but the way th...

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NIGHTWISH Singer: 'At The Moment, We Don't Have Any Problems'

Finnish web site Karjalainen.fi has uploaded two short video clips (see below) of NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon talking about the recent media frenzy surrounding her rumored "problems" with the band and what she did during NIGHTWISH's recent three-month break from touring. Regarding the alleged issu...

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VOLBEAT Confirmed For Denmark's ROSKILDE Festival

Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT have been confirmed for this year's Roskilde Festival, set to take place July 2-5, 2009 in Roskilde, Denmark. There are also warm-up events which run from Saturday, June 28 until the start of the festival. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMADOU &a...

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DELAIN: 'April Rain' Video Available

"April Rain", the new video from DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock/metal project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — can be viewed below. The band says, "We recorded the video in Serbia and used a green screen. It turned ou...

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AMORPHIS: New Single Announced

Finnish dark metallers AMORPHIS will release a new single, "Silver Bride", in Finland on April 22. The track comes off the band's new album, "Skyforger", which is scheduled for release on May 29 via Nuclear Blast Records (May 27 in Finland). The follow-up to the "Eclipse" and "Silent Waters" LPs, bo...