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TRISTANIA Guitarist Talks About Comparisons To NIGHTWISH And EVANESCENCE

Norwegian Metal band TRISTANIA, fronted by Vibeke Stene, will release their fourth album, "Ashes", through SPV Records in January. Fresh off a highly successful European tour with THERION and TRAIL OF TEARS, the band will support NIGHTWISH across Europe in February. Guitarist and main composer Ander...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Confirmed For NEW ENGLAND METAL AND HARDCORE FESTIVAL

Maniacal Canadian extremists STRAPPING YOUNG LAD have been confirmed for next year's edition of the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, a three-day metal and hardcore extravaganza set to be held Friday-Sunday, April 22-24, 2005 at The Palladium in Worcester. Also scheduled to perform at the fes...

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NIGHTWISH Frontwoman's Solo Single Enters Finnish Chart At No. 2

NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen's new solo single, "Yhden Enkelin Unelma" ("One Angel's Dream"),entered the Finnish single chart at position No. 2. Debuting at No. 3 was the new single from APOCALYPTICA, "Bittersweet", featuring guest appearances fellow-countrymen Lauri Ylönen from THE RASMUS an...

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NIGHTWISH To Support MÖTLEY CRÜE In Oslo

Finland's NIGHTWISH have been confirmed as the support act for MÖTLEY CRÜE on June 10 at the Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. As previously reported, NIGHTWISH will be teaming up with ANGRA for a Japanese tour next March. A U.K. tour will take place in February. A North American headlining tour with SONATA...

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EVEMASTER Set Release Date For New Version Of Debut Album

Rising Realm Records has set a February 22, 2005 release date for the re-recorded version of EVEMASTER's debut album, re-titled "MMIV Lacrimae Mundi". Drums on "MMIV Lacrimae Mundi" were handled by CHILDREN OF BODOM's Jaska Raatikainen. According to the Finnish "dark metal" band, the idea behind the...

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ALL SHALL PERISH Confirmed For NEW ENGLAND METAL AND HARDCORE FESTIVAL

San Francisco Bay Area "melodic hardcore death metal" band ALL SHALL PERISH have been confirmed for next year's edition of the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, a three-day metal and hardcore extravaganza set to be held Friday-Sunday, April 22-24, 2005 at The Palladium in Worcester. Also sche...

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NIGHTWISH, AJATTARA Top Finnish Single Chart

Finland is still the heaviest country on the planet — even at Christmas. Spinefarm Records are celebrating a double 1-2 in the national Finnish single chart with the NIGHTWISH single "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" entering at No. 1 and AJATTARA's "Ilon Päivä", a Christmas single from a black metal band...

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NIGHTWISH Singer Falls Ill, Band Postpone Sao Paulo Concert

NIGHTWISH were forced to postpone by one day their scheduled performance in Sao Paulo, Brazil after singer Tarja Turunen was taken ill. The concert will now take place on Sunday, December 5. NIGHTWISH will be teaming up with ANGRA for a Japanese tour next March. A U.K. tour will take place in Februa...

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APOCALYPTICA Name New Album

Finnish cello-rockers APOCALYPTICA have set "Apocalyptica" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in February 2005. "In my opinion, our next album comes across like a mixture of 'Reflections' [2003] and the group's current live sound," Eicca Toppinen told Finland's Sonera Plaza. "So I thin...

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SONATA ARCTICA, MNEMIC, FINNTROLL Confirmed For FINNISH METAL EXPO

SONATA ARCTICA, MNEMIC and FINNTROLL are among the bands confirmed to perform at the Finnish Metal Expo, set to take place at the old Cablefactory in Helsinki, Finland, on January 28-29, 2005. On Friday, January 28, the Finnish Metal Expo presents MNEMIC from Denmark, who will play their "hybrid fus...

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FINNTROLL Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finland's FINNTROLL are the latest act confirmed for the 2005 edition of Germany's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6 in Wacken. Also scheduled to appear at the event are NIGHTWISH, ACCEPT, SINNER, MARDUK, OVERKILL, OBITUARY, AXEL RUDI PELL, EDGUY, ENSIFERUM, ILLDISPOSED, ENDSTIL...

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TURISAS To Support DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER In Europe

Finnish "pagan battle metal" act TURISAS will support DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER on their upcoming tour in early 2005. The trek is scheduled to include stops in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic in February and March of next year. A complete list of currently confirmed tour dates can be found...

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OBITUARY, EISREGEN, POTENTIA ANIMI Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

OBITUARY, EISREGEN and POTENTIA ANIMI are the latest acts confirmed for the 2005 edition of Germany's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6 in Wacken. Also scheduled to appear at the event are NIGHTWISH, ACCEPT, SINNER, MARDUK, OVERKILL, AXEL RUDI PELL, EDGUY, ENSIFERUM, ILLDISPOSED...

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NIGHTWISH, SONATA ARCTICA: First North American Tour Dates Announced

Finland's NIGHTWISH will be embarking on a North American headlining tour beginning on April 18, 2005 in Minneapolis and concluding May 10 in Seattle, the group's booking agent has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Fellow Finns SONATA ARCTICA will occupy the middle slot, with an opening act yet to be a...

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Former THY MAJESTIE Singer Bounces Back With Solo Project

PLATENS (Haramaic word for "cosmic equilibrium"),the Italian melodic rock brainchild of ex-THY MAJESTIE singer Dario Grillo, will release its debut album, "Between Two Horizons", on December 6 via Frontiers Records. Dario recorded two albums ("The Lasting Power" and "Hastings 1066") and one EP ("Ec...