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THRESHOLD: New Album Title Revealed

U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD are currently tracking the follow-up to their 2004 album "Subsurface". Recording is taking place at Thin Ice Studios and Bray Studios in the south of England, produced by Karl Groom and Richard West. The new album has a working title of "Pilot In The Sky Of Dream...

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AFTER FOREVER: Mexican/South American Tour Photos Posted Online

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has posted a number of photos from tis current Mexican/South American tour. Check them out at this location. As previously reported, AFTER FOREVER has entered the studio to begin recording its new album, tentatively due next year via an as-ye...

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GODYVA: 'In Good And Evil' Video Posted Online

Italian gothic metal sensations GODYVA have uploaded their video for the song "In Good and Evil" at YouTube.com. The track is the title cut of the group's latest album, which was released earlier in the year via Razar Ice Records. GODYVA — who have been likened to EVANESCENCE, LACUNA COIL and NIGHTW...

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CHARON, SWALLOW THE SUN Confirmed For SPINEFEAST 2006

CHARON, SWALLOW THE SUN and BROTHER FIRETRIBE (the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen) are among the confirmed bands for the Spinefeast 2006, set to take place October 20-21 at Nosturi in Helsinki, Finland. The running order for the festival is as follows: Friday...

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TURISAS Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

Finnish pagan folk metal band TURISAS has been confirmed for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27, 2007 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order) AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BULLET DARK FUNERAL GRAVE DIGGER H...

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ENTWINE To Release 'Chameleon Halo' Single In November

Finnish gothic rock sensation ENTWINE will release the second single, "Chameleon Halo", from its fifth studio album, "Fatal Design", on November 1. In order to give people something special, an unreleased song called "In Delight", an outtake from the "Fatal Design" sessions, is included as a bonus t...

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AFTER FOREVER: New Video From Recording Studio Posted Online

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has entered the studio to begin recording its new album, tentatively due next year via an as-yet-undetermined label. A brand new video shot in the recording studio has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). AFTER FOREVER's last...

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The Open Door

The two biggest questions facing EVANESCENCE — and in particular, vocalist and co-founder Amy Lee — upon the release of its third album, "The Open Door", is whether the band could replicate the multi-platinum success of 2003's breakthrough "Fallen", and if Lee could still compose memorable songs wit...

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THY MAJESTIE Hard At Work On New Material

Italian "symphonic power epic" metal band THY MAJESTIE has confirmed that it has parted ways with American singer Matt Aub (TIMELORD) and rejoined forces with Dario Grillo. "Unfortunately the exeperience with a singer in the USA didn't work," the group writes in a statement. THY MAJESTIE is currentl...

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Vocalist DARIO GRILLO Rejoins THY MAJESTIE

After three long years, vocalist Dario Grillo and his previous band THY MAJESTIE have rejoined forces and are working on the group's new album. A 2007 release is expected. THY MAJESTIE parted ways with vocalist Giulio Di Gregorio (IRENCROS) earlier in the year due to "personal reasons." The band's l...

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NIGHTWISH Will Not Choose New Singer Before 2007

Finnish symphonic metal band NIGHTWISH, which recently entered the studio to begin recording its first album since the departure of singer Tarja Turunen, has posted the following message on its official web site: "There has been again false news about [the] NIGHTWISH vocalist [position] in some medi...

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FINNTROLL To Enter Studio Tomorrow

Finland's FINNTROLL will enter Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki on Monday (September 25) to begin recording the follow-up to 2004's "Nattfödd", tentatively due in early 2007. The as-yet-untitled fifth album will mark the band's first release with new singer Vreth, who replaced previous frontman Tapio...

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ENTWINE: 'Surrender' Video Available

Finnish gothic rock sensation ENTWINE has posted the video for its song "Surrender" at this location. The clip was shot with director Markus Nieminen of Routafilmi AB. "Surrender" comes off ENTWINE's fifth studio album, "Fatal Design", which was just released in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Ben...

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DELAIN: 'Frozen' Video Posted Online

DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — has posted its video for the song "Frozen" at YouTube.com. The track comes off the band's debut album, "Lucidity", which recently climbed from po...

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DELAIN: 'Lucidity' Reaches No. 43 On Dutch Album Chart

"Lucidity", the debut album from DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — has climbed from position No. 76 to No. 43 on the Dutch album chart. In addition to Martijn Westerholt and Charl...