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EDGUY: 'Age Of The Joker' Cracks German Top 3

"Age Of The Joker", the new album from German melodic metallers EDGUY, has entered the Media Control chart in the band's home country at position No. 3. Commented the group: "Thank you all for getting an original copy of 'Age Of The Joker' and making this possible. It might have been the strongest c...

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EDGUY Singer: 'Creating Music Is Not Only A Profession For Me, It's Something I Need To Do'

David E. Gehlke of Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Tobias Sammet of German melodic metallers EDGUY. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Blistering.com: With all of the work you have done recently with AVANTASIA, is it easy to get back into EDGUY mode? Sammet...

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KALEDON Working On Best-Of Release; Behind-The-Scenes Clips Available

Italian power metallers KALEDON are currently working on a best-of release, to be made available in the coming months. Two behind-the-scenes clips from the making of the set can be seen below. KALEDON's latest album, "Legend Of The Fogotten Reign: Chapter VI - The Last Night On The Battlefield", was...

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Live in Black

Always wondered about all the fuss over this Jorn Lande fellow or were curious about the quality level of the material on his eight studio albums? Then "Live in Black" is the album — make that a double-CD/DVD combo — for you since it offers a nice cross section of music from a band called ...

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EDGUY: Audio Samples Of Entire 'Age Of The Joker' Album Available

A six-minute YouTube clip featuring audio samples of all the songs that appear on "Age Of The Joker", the new album from German melodic metallers EDGUY, can be found below. Released in Europe on August 29 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD was recorded at Peppermint Park studio (SCORPIONS, PHIL COLLI...

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EDGUY Guitarist Interviewed By 'Infernal Masquerade' (Audio)

Infernal Masquerade webzine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Dirk Sauer of German melodic metallers EDGUY. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. Interview (audio):

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EDGUY Guitarist Interviewed On 'Heavy Metal Thunder' (Audio)

DJ JC Green of Metal Messiah Radio's "Heavy Metal Thunder" show recently conducted an interview with guitarist Dirk Sauer of German melodic metallers EDGUY. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Interview (audio): ...

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EDGUY Frontman: 'We Have Always Kept A Tongue-In-Cheek Attitude'

Harmon Caldwell of Edguy.net recently conducted an interview with vocalist Tobias Sammet of German melodic metallers EDGUY. The question-and-answer session follows below. Q: Tobias, let's talk about song writing process for the new album "Age Of The Joker". How do you manage to jump out of AVANTASIA...

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EDGUY: New Audio Interview With TOBIAS EXXEL

Tina Kilianov of the Czech web portal Kultura21.cz recently conducted an interview with bassist Tobias Exxel of German melodic metallers EDGUY. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Interview (audio): ...

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THERION: New Video Interview With SNOWY SHAW

Natalie of Onslaught Radio conducted an interview with vocalist Snowy Shaw of Swedish progressive/experimental metallers THERION at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 12-14, 2011 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat belo...

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AVANTASIA: Pro-Shot Footage Of WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance

AVANTASIA the project led by EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet closed out this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival on Saturday, August 6 in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. The concert, which was broadcast live on German TV station ZDFkultur, can now be seen be...

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EDGUY: 'Robin Hood' Video Released

"Robin Hood", the new video from German melodic metallers EDGUY, can be seen below. Video director Oliver Sommer (AVANTASIA, NENA, HELLOWEEN) and the band decided to satirize the Errol Flynn film "The Adventures Of Robin Hood". The miniature epic was shot in the forest with a large number of additio...

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AVANTASIA's WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance To Be Broadcast Live On German TV

AVANTASIA the project led by EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet will close out this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival on Saturday, August 6 in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. The concert will be broadcast live on German TV station ZDFkultur at 8:00 p.m. local...

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JORN LANDE Live In Buenos Aires; Video Available

Norwegian powerhouse vocalist Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, AVANTASIA) played a headlining show at ND/Ateneo in Buenos Aires, Argentina on July 13, 2011 as part of his South American tour under the JORN banner. The setlist for the concert was as follows: 01. Road Of The Cross 02. Shadow People 03. Below 0...

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EDGUY Films 'Robin Hood' Video

German melodic metallers EDGUY have just returned from the video shoot for "Robin Hood", the opening track from the band's forthcoming album "Age Of The Joker". Video director Oliver Sommer (AVANTASIA, NENA, HELLOWEEN) and the band decided to satirize the Errol Flynn film "The Adventures Of Robin Ho...