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AMORPHIS: European Festival Appearances Announced

Finland's AMORPHIS have lined up several festival appearances following their Neckbreaker's Ball European tour (also featuring HYPOCRISY, SOILWORK, ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET and SCAR SYMMETRY),which is scheduled to take place in April. The details are as follows: Jun. 30 - Jul. 2 - Tuska...

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STRATOVARIUS To Record New Album Later In The Year

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS have posted the following message on their official web site: "We are getting some rest after the tour but life goes on. We are planning to record a new album later this year, and in connection with that we will also play a few select shows scheduled around the...

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LULLACRY: Live Video Posted Online

Finland's LULLACRY have uploaded a live video of the track "Fire Within", shot on August 30, 2004 at the Cajun House in Phoenix, Arizona. Download it at this location (.MPG file, 28 MB). LULLACRY released their fourth studio album, "Vol. 4", in the U.S. last month via Century Media Records. The CD w...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM, NIGHTWISH Members To Guest On STONER KINGS Album

Finland's STONER KINGS are set to release their sophomore effort, entitled "Fuck the World", on March 1. After persevering through line-up changes, near break-up, considerable backlash by certain members of the metal and rock community, including the changing of the tides within the music industry a...

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TAROT Remastered Reissues To Include Bonus Tracks

Finland's TAROT, the group led by NIGHTWISH/ex-SINERGY bassist Marco Hietala, will be issuing remastered versions of their first five studio albums along with the "To Live Again" live album previously released in Japan. Each CD will include special bonus track(s). A March 1 release via Bluelight Rec...

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ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW Begin Mixing New Album

Reactivated Finnish melodic extreme metal band ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW have begun mixing their fifth album, "Before the Bleeding Sun", with Mikko Karmila at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland. "So far, the mixed songs sound exactly what they should sound like," the band write on their web site. "T...

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FINNTROLL Comment On Split With Singer

Finland's FINNTROLL have issued a statement regarding their recent split with frontman Tapio Wilska (SETHIAN, ex-WIZZARD, former session vocalist for NIGHTWISH). The statement reads as follows: "We have reached a situation in which we find it impossible to continue FINNTROLL with our singer Wilska....

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CHILDREN OF BODOM: Stockholm Show To Be Filmed For Upcoming DVD

According to a posting on the CHILDREN OF BODOM fan site Scythes-Of-Bodom.com, the the Swedish film company Revolver, led by the director Patric Ullaeus, will film the band's February 5 gig in Stockholm, Sweden for an upcoming DVD release. The "Trashed, Lost & Strungout" promotional video was fi...

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NIGHTWISH Mainman Says He Has '14 Pieces' Of Music Written For Next Album

NIGHTWISH keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "It's been three months since the last show in Hartwall Arena and things are finally calming down. I just read through the yet unfinished version of the upcoming NIGHTWISH book. I was ve...

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Vol. 4

Sure, it'd be possible to get through a LULLACRY review without mentioning several international superstar bands who combine bubblegummy pop-metal with female vocals. But what would the fun of that be? Besides, find me a NIGHTWISH fan who doesn't like this band — if you do, they're either lying or b...

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NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS Head Of Promotion Talks To Greece's METALZONE

Greece's Metalzone recently conducted an interview with Nuclear Blast Records (Germany) Head Of Promotion Markus Wosgien. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metalzone: Tell me a few things about how things are at the moment with Nuclear Blast and what are we expecting for the year 2006? Mark...

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FINNTROLL Fire Lead Singer TAPIO WILSKA

Finland's FINNTROLL have parted ways with singer Tapio Wilska (SETHIAN, ex-WIZZARD, former session vocalist for NIGHTWISH). Wilska's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "With a heavy heart I bring you the following news: In a band meeting one hour ago I was fired as a singer of FINNTR...

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AMORPHIS Confirmed For NECKBREAKER'S BALL European Tour

Finland's AMORPHIS have been confirmed for the Neckbreaker's Ball 2006 European tour, which is scheduled to take place in April. Also appearing on the bill are HYPOCRISY, SOILWORK, ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET, SCAR SYMMETRY and an as-yet-undisclosed "special guest." Confirmed dates are as fo...

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ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW: New Album Details Revealed

Reactivated Finnish melodic extreme metal band ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW have announced the details of their fifth album, "Before the Bleeding Sun", due out in Finland on April 26 via Spinefarm Records. "Before the Bleeding Sun" is the band's first album since their reunion that took place in 2005. Th...

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NIGHTWISH: 'Highest Hopes' Was Finland's Top-Selling Album Last Year

According to a posting on NIGHTWISH's official web site, the band's "Highest Hopes - The Best Of Nightwish" release was the top-selling album in Finland in the year 2005, with sales of over 65,000 copies. Second on the list was ROBBIE WILLIAMS' "Intensive Care" (61,366 copies) and third YÖ's "Kuolem...