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AVANTASIA: More Guest Appearances Announced For 'The Scarecrow'

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has announced that Roy Khan (KAMELOT) and Oliver Hartmann have just been confirmed as guest vocalists for the forthcoming "The Scarecrow" album from his AVANTASIA project. On November 16, two AVANATASIA six-track albums "Lost In Space Part 1" and "Part 2" will be release...

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ESTRADASPHERE: Two Full-Length Clips From Forthcoming DVD Available

Santa Cruz's unclassifiable and eclectic act ESTRADASPHERE has posted two full-length clips from its upcoming live DVD, "Palace of Mirrors Live", due on October 2 via The End Records. Watch the clips for "Smuggled Mutation" and "Unicorns & Rainbows" (originally by FOXYCOCK) below. The band recen...

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ESTRADASPHERE: 'Palace Of Mirrors Live' DVD Trailer Available

Santa Cruz's unclassifiable and eclectic act ESTRADASPHERE has posted a three-minute trailer for the upcoming live DVD "Palace of Mirrors Live", due on October 2 via The End Records. Watch the trailer below. Commented bassist Tim Smolens and filmmaker Chip Yamada, "Making the 'Palace' DVD has been E...

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AVANTASIA's 'Lost In Space' Parts 1 And 2 Pushed Back To November

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has announced that the release date of the two new six-track albums from his AVANTASIA project, entitled "Lost In Space Part 1" and "Lost In Space - Part 2", has been pushed back to November 16 from the previously announced October 19. "We have produced so much exclusive...

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Former HELLOWEEN Singer Says New AVANTASIA Album Is 'My Type Of Material'

Former HELLOWEEN frontman Michael Kiske has commented on his guest appearance on the third installment of EDGUY singer Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project, entitled "Lost in Space Part 1 and Part 2". Asked what the AVANTASIA project has been like this time around, Kiske replied, "I like it this time a...

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EDGUY Frontman Undergoes Appendix Surgery

EDGUY/AVANTASIA frontman Tobias Sammet recently underwent appendix surgery and is currently recovering in a German hospital. Sammet has confirmed via his official web site that SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker and rock legend Alice Cooper will appear on the third installment of his AVANTASIA proj...

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EDGUY Frontman Is 'Proud' To Have ALICE COOPER And RUDOLF SCHENKER On New AVANTASIA CD

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has confirmed via his official web site that SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker and rock legend Alice Cooper will appear on the third installment of his AVANTASIA project, entitled "Lost in Space Part 1 and Part 2" (the "Scarecrow" working title has now apparently been...

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AVANTASIA To Play Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet announced at a press conference at Wacken Open Air earlier today that his solo project AVANTASIA will perform at next year's installment of the festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are IRON MAIDEN (headliners),...

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FREDDIE MERCURY, JIMI HENDRIX Top Supergroup Poll

According to Virgin Media, Freddie Mercury, Jimi Hendrix, Elton John and Phil Collins would make the perfect rock and roll supergroup, according to a poll of music lovers. Over 2,400 music fans were asked by O2 to vote for their dream supergroup, which would comprise Freddie on vocals, 37-years-dead...

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AFTER FOREVER Guitarist Completes Vocals For HDK Project

AFTER FOREVER guitarist/songwriter Sander Gommans has issued the following update on his HDK project: "The past period Amanda Somerville [the American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who is better known for her collaborations with various European metal bands, including EPICA, AFTER FOREVER and ED...

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ALICE COOPER, SCHENKER Brothers To Guest On New AVANTASIA CD

Drummer Eric Singer (KISS, ALICE COOPER) revealed during a recent interview with rock and roll comic C.C. Banana at the 21st annual NY/NJ Kiss Expo that Alice Cooper has recorded a guest appearance on "The Scarecrow", the third installment of EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA solo project. Ac...

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Singer AMANDA SOMERVILLE To Guest On AVANTASIA CD

Amanda Somerville, the American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who is better known for her collaborations with various European metal bands, including EPICA, AFTER FOREVER and EDGUY, has been confirmed as one of the guests on "The Scarecrow", the third installment of EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet'...

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ANJA Featuring 40 BELOW SUMMER Members; New Song Posted Online

ANJA, the New York-based singer/songwriter whose backing band includes Carlos Aguilar (drums) and Jordan Plingos (guitar) from 40 BELOW SUMMER, and Steve Schalk (brother of Ken Schalk from CANDIRIA; guitar),has posted a new song on her MySpace page. Anja, who enjoys an Austrian, Spanish and Asian h...

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SATANIC DIRGE: New Album Title Revealed

Mastermind Wight of the Burgettstown, Pennsylvania-based black metal/ambient one-man project SATANIC DIRGE has issued the following update: "I'm ready to announce that the track listing and cover artwork for the follow-up to 'Tribulation' has been written in stone, so to speak. The new album, 'Revel...

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AFTER FOREVER Guitarist Discusses New Album, HDK Project

AFTER FOREVER guitarist Sander Gommans recently spoke to Lucem Fero's Welsh interviewer Anthony Morgan. Topics of discussion included the Dutch group's self-titled fifth album, Sander's recent illness and his HDK project. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Lucem Fero: How did "After Forever...