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ENSIFERUM's SAMI HINKKA Interviewed By PowerOfMetal.dk (Video)

PowerOfMetal.dk recently conducted an interview with Sami Hinkka (bass, clean vocals) of Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM. You can now watch the chat below. ENSIFERUM's most recent album, "Unsung Heroes", was released on August 27, 2012 via Spinefarm. The CD was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, SEN...

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LOSTPROPHETS Singer IAN WATKINS' Child Sex Case: Sentencing Remarks Posted Online

LOSTPROPHETS singer Ian Watkins was sentenced to 29 years in prison after pleading guilty to 13 sexual offense charges, including the attempted rape of an 11-month-old baby. According to BBC News, the 36-year-old Watkins was sentenced on Wednesday (December 18) after pleading guilty last month at Ca...

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LOSTPROPHETS Singer IAN WATKINS Sentenced To 29 Years In Prison For Child Sex Abuse

LOSTPROPHETS singer Ian Watkins has been sentenced to a jail term of 29 years for a string of sexual offenses, including two of attempting to rape a baby. His two accomplices, whose identities have not been officially released to the public and are known simply as Woman A and Woman B, were jailed fo...

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Former LOSTPROPHETS Tour Manager: 'Who Would Have Ever Thought It Would Have Ended Up Like This?'

George Davison, who was the tour manager for the Welsh rock band LOSTPROPHETS from 2001 to 2008, has commented on the report that the group's singer, Ian Watkins, has pleaded guilty to 13 sexual offenses, including two of attempting to rape a baby. The 36-year-old musician admitted three counts of s...

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LOSTPROPHETS Singer Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Rape Baby

According to the BBC News, singer Ian Watkins of the Welsh rock band LOSTPROPHETS has pleaded guilty to 13 sexual offenses, including two of attempting to rape a baby. The 36-year-old musician admitted three counts of sexual assault involving children and six involving taking, making or possessing i...

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THE MAN-EATING TREE: First Taste Of Forthcoming Album

The official lyric video for "The Divided", a brand new song from THE MAN-EATING TREE — the atmospheric metal band featuring former SENTENCED drummer Vesa Ranta alongside current/former members of POISONBLACK, REFLEXION and EMBRAZE — can be seen below. The track comes off THE MAN-EATING TREE's forth...

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POISONBLACK/Ex-SENTENCED Frontman Talks To METAL FROM FINLAND (Video)

On October 26, Arina Unia of Metal From Finland conducted an intervew with POISONBLACK/ex-SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala in Jyväskylä, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. POISONBLACK's sixth studio album, "Lyijy", was released on September 13. The CD was recorded at Sonic Pump studio in He...

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Nations to Flames

Former RED SPAROWES/BATTLE OF MICE guitarist and NEUROSIS visual artist Josh Graham clearly has a vision, broad in perspective as it may be. In the past few years, he's married his stark film visuals to his own interpretation of post metal and crunk, which has often created bleak and daunting compos...

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ENSIFERUM Drinking Horn Now Available

Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM have released the following statement: "Hail mighty Tavern Warriors! We are very excited to offer you an item that we have dreamed about making for a long, long time. A truly unique must-have item: A genuine hand-made ENSIFERUM drinking horn — only available here exc...

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NECROPHOBIC Parts Ways With Vocalist TOBIAS SIDEGÅRD

Cult Swedish black/death metal act NECROPHOBIC has officially parted ways with vocalist Tobias Sidegård. A Swedish appeals court last month reduced the prison sentence for Sidegård, who was accused of beating his wife multiple times between September 2011 and April 2013. Sidegård was originally sent...

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NECROPHOBIC: New Song 'Asmodee' Available For Streaming

Cult Swedish black/death metal act NECROPHOBIC will release its seventh full-length album, "Womb Of Lilithu", on October 29 (four days earlier in Europe) via Season Of Mist. A digital single featuring the new song "Splendour Nigri Solis", taken from the forthcoming CD, was released exclusively throu...

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NECROPHOBIC: 'Furfur' Lyric Video Released

Cult Swedish black/death metal act NECROPHOBIC will release its seventh full-length album, "Womb Of Lilithu", on October 29 (four days earlier in Europe) via Season Of Mist. A digital single featuring the new song "Splendour Nigri Solis", taken from the forthcoming CD, was released exclusively throu...

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SWALLOW THE SUN: Tampere Concert To Be Streamed Online

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its very first album, "The Morning Never Came", Finnish atmospheric doom/death metal outfit SWALLOW THE SUN will have its September 26 concert at Klubi in Tampere, Finland, streamed live around the world via LiveMusicStage.com ("ticket" cost: 5 euros). The show w...

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NECROPHOBIC Frontman's Prison Sentence Reduced

A Swedish appeals court has reduced the prison sentence for NECROPHOBIC vocalist Tobias Sidegård, who was accused of beating his wife multiple times between September 2011 and April 2013. Sidegård was originally sentenced to 18 months in prison for "gross violation of a woman's integrity," and offen...

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SWALLOW THE SUN Drummer To Sit Out European Tour; Replacement Announced

SWALLOW THE SUN, the Finnish atmospheric doom/death metal outfit from Finland, has released the following statement: "Unfortunately, [drummer] Kai [Hahto] is unable to do 'The Morning Never Came' anniversary gigs this fall, but on short notice we managed to get hold of a fantastic drummer, Juuso Raa...