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NIGHTWISH: The Roof Is On Fire

Tonight's (December 14) NIGHTWISH's concert at the Paviljonik Arena in Jyväskylä, Finland was interrupted by a fire. According to Finnish media reports, 6,000 people were evacuated when the concert hall started to fill up with smoke. The situation was quickly brought under control and no injuries we...

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EVOCATION Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish death metallers EVOCATION have been confirmed for next 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 CARCASS C...

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NIGHTWISH: 'Dark Passion Play' Sells More Than 100,000 Copies In Finland

NIGHTWISH's new album, "Dark Passion Play", has sold more than 100,000 copies in Finland since its late September release. In addition, the CD was recently certified platinum in Switzerland for sales in excess of 30,000 copies. NIGHTWISH's new Finland-only single, "Erämaan Viimeinen" (Last of the Wi...

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NIFELHEIM Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish cult metallers NIFELHEIM have been confirmed for next 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 CARCASS CH...

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NIGHTWISH: 'Erämaan Viimeinen' Single Tops Finnish Chart

NIGHTWISH's new Finland-only single, "Erämaan Viimeinen" (Last of the Wilds),has entered the Finnish chart at position No. 1. "Erämaan Viimeinen" is the instrumental "Last of the Wilds" off "Dark Passion Play", but with Finnish lyrics, courtesy of Jonsu from the all-girl pop/rock band INDICA, who i...

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LORDI Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish metal monsters LORDI have been confirmed for next 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 AXXIS CARCASS CHILDREN OF BODOM COR...

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NIGHTWISH: New Finnish TV Report Available

An eight-minute report from Finland's MTV3 featuring interview and performance footage of NIGHTWISH filmed on November 28, 2007 in Copenhagen, Denmark can be viewed below (Note: Most of the interview footage is in Finnish). NIGHTWISH is planning to undetake a third U.S. tour in support of its new al...

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PAIN Mainman: Russian Tour Was 'One Of The Highlights In My Music Career'

PAIN mainman Peter Tägtgren (also of HYPOCRISY) has issued the following quick update: "We had a looooong tour/party (October 11th-December 5th) and it's been a lot of fun (hick!). Met a lot of people, drank alot of drinks and we wanna thank you all for coming to the gigs. We were also one of the .....

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CORVUS CORAX Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German folk metallers CORVUS CORAX have been confirmed for next 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 AXXIS CARCASS CHILDREN OF BOD...

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ENEMY OF THE SUN, WARBRINGER Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

ENEMY OF THE SUN and WARBRINGER have been been confirmed for next 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 AXXIS CARCASS CHILDREN OF B...

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NIGHTWISH Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have been been confirmed for next 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 AXXIS CARCASS...

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TARJA TURUNEN Performs At Finnish Independence Celebration; Video Available

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen performed last night (Thursday, December 6) at a special event to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Finland's independence. The concert took place at Tapiola LänsiAuto Areena with Tapiola Sinfonietta, conducted by Tuomas Hannikainen. The show was broadcast live...

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METALLICA, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, MOTÖRHEAD Confirmed For ROCK AM RING/ROCK IM PARK Festival

METALLICA, MOTÖRHEAD, NIGHTWISH and RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE are among the confirmed bands for this year's Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals, set to take place June 6-7 in the German towns of Nürburgring and Nürnberg, respectively. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabet...

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HANOI ROCKS Wins RADIO ROCK FINLANDIA Award

Legendary Finnish rockers HANOI ROCKS beat out HIM, NIGHTWISH, APOCALYPTICA, SONATA ARCTICA and AMORPHIS to win the first-ever Radio Rock Finlandia award. The band was presented with the award at a special ceremony Wednesday night (December 5) at the Ice Hall in Helsinki. The Radio Rock Finlandia aw...

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TARJA TURUNEN To Perform At Finnish Independence Anniversary Concert

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen will perform at a special event to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Finland's independence. The concert will take place on December 6, 2007 at Tapiola LänsiAuto Areena with Tapiola Sinfonietta, conducted by Tuomas Hannikainen. Tarja will perform a program consi...