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LORDI Cola Coming Next Month

BBC News reports that Eurovision Song Contest winners LORDI are to be honored with a cola named after them in their native Finland. The hard rock group's singer, known as Mr. Lordi, has designed labels featuring the five members in their monster masks and one of the whole band. "The LORDI phenomenon...

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LORDI: First Biography Due This Month

NewsRoom Finland reports that the first book to be written about Finnish Eurovision winners LORDI will be available in shops from August 18, it was announced on Thursday. The author of the book, Sven Pahajoki, hails from LORDI's hometown of Rovaniemi in northern Finland. The book is a biography of t...

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Report: LORDI Transformed From National Scourges To National Heroes

Dan Bilefsky of the International Herald Tribune has issued the following report: Before the Finnish band LORDI won the Eurovision Song Contest in May with its hard-rock anthem "Hard Rock Hallelujah", its many critics warned that the latex- wearing monster mutants would embarrass Finland, inspire Sa...

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LORDI Singer Weds

According to ContactMusic.com, LORDI frontman Tomi Putaansuu, 32, has married his longtime girlfriend Johanna Askola, 28. The Finnish rocker, who led his band to glory in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, wed his partner and personal assistant in a lavish ceremony in his hometown Rovaniemi. The c...

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Head Of Greek Ortohodox Church Denies Having Criticized LORDI

NewsRoom Finland reports that Archbishop Christodoulos, the head of the Ortohodox Church in Greece, denied having criticized Finnish Eurovision winner LORDI, provincial daily Savon Sanomat reported Saturday. The archbishop denied having criticized LORDI and said the news item on the matter was nonse...

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HAMMERFALL Debuts New Song At Sweden's GATES OF METAL Festival

HAMMERFALL debuted its new single "The Fire Burns Forever" — the track the band recorded with some of the Swedish participants in the European Athletics Championships — on Saturday (August 5) at their exclusive headlining show at the Gates Of Metal festival in Hultsfred, Sweden. They will perform th...

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TESTAMENT, ARCH ENEMY, SAXON, HAMMERFALL: Photos From Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST Available

221 high-quality pictures of last weekend's Earthshaker Fest (which took place July 21-22 in Kreuth, Germany) have been posted online at www.metalchroniques.com. Included in the batch are pictures of the following artists: DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER ARCH ENEMY BRAINSTORM CALIBAN ENSIFERUM EQUILIBRIU...

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DOMINATION BLACK Announces New Album Title

Finnish "horror metallers" DOMINATION BLACK have set "Dark Legacy" as the title of their new album, tentatively due late 2006/early 2007 via Poison Arrow Records. The follow-up to 2005's "Fearbringer" will be recorded at the ManuAudio Studios in Kouvola with producer Sami Hauru (ID:EXORCIST). Songti...

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HELLOWEEN Replaces LORDI At Bulgaria's KALIAKRA ROCK FEST

According to SofiaEcho.com, HELLOWEEN will replace Eurovision Song Contest winners LORDI on the billing of the Kaliakra Rock Fest, set to take place August 25 in Kavarna, Bulgaria. The Finnish band is forced to miss the show due to scheduling conflicts, Avtora.com reported. The August 25 concert wil...

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LORDI: Belgian Concert Cancelled Due To 'Heavy Rain'

According to Belgovision.com, LORDI's scheduled July 6 open-air concert at a "secret location" in Belgium to promote the album "The Arockalypse" was cancelled. A heavy rain storm made it impossible for LORDI to perfom. LORDI's record company had organized the event for the Belgian press at the castl...

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LORDI Schedule Belgian Promotional Appearance

According to Belgovision.com, Finnish Eurovision Song Contest winners LORDI will be visiting Belgium July 6 to promote their single "Hard Rock Hallelujah" and their album "Arockalypse". Belgian fans who would like to meet the band can go to Free Record Store in Leuven, where LORDI will be taking par...

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LORDI: French TV Appearances Announced

Finnish Eurovision Song Contest winners LORDI have lined up the following French TV appearances: Wedndesday, June 28 - France 2 "On A Tout Essayé" Thursday, June 29 - Canal + "Vendredi Pétante" Saturday, July 1 - France 2 "Tout le Monde En Parle" In a further stamp of approval for Finnish heavy-meta...

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Finnish Eurovision Winners LORDI Get Own Postage Stamps

In a further stamp of approval for Finnish heavy-metal rockers LORDI, the Finnish postal services said Monday (June 26) the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest were to grace a new series of four stamps, according to MonstersAndCritics.com. The stamps featuring Eurovision themes are to be on sale...

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GOREFEST, MENDEED Confirmed For Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST

GOREFEST, MENDEED and JUSTICE have been confirmed for the 2006 edition of the Earthshaker Fest, set to take place July 21-22 in Kreuth. In addition, BLIND GUARDIAN will appear at the event as special guests but will not perform. The band will hold a listening session for their upcoming album, "A Twi...

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Report: LORDI Come Close To Collapsing At METAL HAMMER AWARDS

ITN is reporting that Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI proved they were hot stuff — by nearly overheating in their trademark horror costumes. The Eurovision winners came close to collapsing at the Metal Hammer Awards as temperatures hit forty degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Koko cl...