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WATAIN Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish black metallers WATAIN have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXEL RUDI PELL AXXIS BEFORE THE D...

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Members Of LULLACRY, MALPRACTICE, GODSPLAGUE Team Up For New Year's Eve Gig

Sami Vauhkonen (LULLACRY),Euge Valovirta (GODSPLAGUE, SUBUBAN TRIBE),Toni Paananen (MALPRACTICE) and producer Anssi Kippo (CHILDREN OF BODOM, NORTHER) teamed up on New Year's Eve 2007 for a unique concert in Lappeenranta, Finland. Check out photos at www.shutterBLAST.net. LULLACRY's fourth studio...

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NIGHTWISH: Quality 'Nemo' Live Video From Salzburg Posted Online

Quality video footage (featuring sound from the mixing board) of NIGHTWISH performing the "Once" 2004 single "Nemo" at Salzburg Arena in Salzburg, Austria on December 28, 2007 can be viewed below. As previously reported, NIGHTWISH's latest album, "Dark Passsion Play", has been certified gold in Germ...

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TARJA TURUNEN: 'I Am Growing A Lot As An Artist And A Person'

James Young of UK's Live 4 Metal recently conducted an interview with former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Live 4 Metal: What kind of reception has the new album got? You're number one in Finland so it must be good! Tarja: Very good news! Also number ...

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Ex-NIGHTWISH Singer TARJA TURUNEN Performs At MTV3 Anniversary; Video Available

A video of former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen performing the song "The Music of the Night" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "The Phanton of the Opera" in May at the 50th anniversary of Finland's MTV3 can be viewed on YouTube (Note: The program aired on December 31). Fan-filmed footage of the so...

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NIGHTWISH Plays Sold-Out Concert In Helsinki; Video Available

Fan-filmed video footage of NIGHTWISH's sold-out January 1, 2008 concert at the Ice Hall in Helsinki, Finland can be viewed below (courtesy of "thesummerwine"). As previously reported, NIGHTWISH's latest album, "Dark Passsion Play", has been certified gold in Germany for sales in excess of 100,000 c...

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NIGHTWISH Guitarist's BROTHER FIRETRIBE To Release Sophomore Album In March

BROTHER FIRETRIBE, the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, will release its second studio album on March 17, 2008 via the newly-launched Spinefarm Records UK. Founded by five Finnish musicians with a deep regard for all-conquering U.S. heavyweights such as JOURNE...

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TARJA TURUNEN: Making Of 'My Winter Storm'; Video Available

A 10-minute documentary on the making of the new solo album from former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen, entitled "My Winter Storm", can be viewed below. "My Winter Storm" is scheduled for release in the U.S. on February 26, 2008. The CD will be made available in two exlusive U.S. versions via Fo...

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NIGHTWISH: 'Dark Passion Play' Certified Gold In Germany

NIGHTWISH's latest album, "Dark Passsion Play", has been certified gold in Germany for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. The award presentation took place on December 29, 2007 at the On A Dark Winter's Night Festival in Oberhausen, Germany, where NIGHTWISH played in front of 6,000 fans. "Dark Passi...

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NIGHTWISH Singer: 'All This Beautiful Music Is Lovely, But You Need To Be Naughty Sometimes'

NIGHTWISH's Anette Olzon is featured in the January 2008 issue of Metal Maniacs talking about her band's latest album, "Dark Passion Play". Excerpts follow: On being a woman in metal: "All this beautiful [music] is lovely, but you need to be naughty sometimes. I'm a nice girl, but I don't feel all t...

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NORTHERN KINGS: 'Reborn' Album Certified Gold In Finland

"Reborn", the covers album from NORTHERN KINGS, the new Finnish band consisting of four well-known metal musicians — J. Ahola (TERÄSBETONI),Marco Hietala (TAROT, NIGHTWISH),Tony Kakko (SONATA ARCTICA),J-P Leppäluoto (CHARON) — has been certified gold in Finland for sales in excess of 15,000 copie...

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EPICA: Rescheduled Colombian, Mexican Tour Dates Announced

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA have announced their rescheduled Mexican and Colombian tour dates. They are as follows: March 14 - Skyros - San Luis Potosi, Mexico March 15 - Country San Maunuel - Puebla, Mexico March 16 - Cafe Iguana - Monterrey, Mexico March 19 - Circo Volador - Mex...

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NIGHTWISH, MONSTER MAGNET, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Confirmed For Sweden's METALTOWN Festival

NIGHTWISH, MONSTER MAGNET and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE are among the confirmed bands for next year's Metaltown festival, set to take place June 27-28, 2008 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: NIGHTWISH MONSTER MAGNET BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE KILLSWITCH ENGAGE AMON AMARTH NI...

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Ex-NIGHTWISH Singer Says It's 'Unusual' To See 'Smiles And Laughter' At End Of Tour

Former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen has posted an update on her official blog. An excerpt follows: "I came back to Finland after magnificent tour just a couple of hours ago. It feels good to be back at home. The last concert in London gave us just amazing end for it. "Everything worked perfect...

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AMORPHIS Members Look Back On 2007; Video Available

Guitarist Esa Holopainen and vocalist Tomi Joutsen of the Finnish metal band AMORPHIS recently took part in sounds2move.de's 2007 Christmas special. They spoke about their most memorable moments of 2007 and discussed their plans for the future. Watch the 10-minute video clip below. AMORPHIS' new alb...