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LORDI Take Part In London In-Store: Photos Available

Finnish Eurovision Song Contest winners LORDI took part in a signing session at the HMV store on Oxford Street in London, England on Monday, June 12. Check out pictures from Film Magic, Wire Image, LFI. According to ESCToday.com, LORDI have placed at spot 25 in the official U.K. singles ...

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LORDI, SLAYER, TRIVIUM Honored At METAL HAMMER GOLDEN GODS Awards: Photos Available

World Entertainment News Network is reporting that surprise Eurovision champions LORDI have snatched another accolade for their masked music, winning the "Spirit of Hammer" award at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods prize-giving in London last night (June 12). The flamboyant monster rockers were an unexp...

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Former KISS Guitarist KULICK: I Was Not Asked To Participate In 'VH1 Rock Honors'

Former KISS/current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick has posted a lengthy update on his official web site. A couple of excerpts from his posting follow: "A few weeks after that a band from Finland called LORDI won a huge award in Europe. They are big KISS fans and especially into the era o...

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EARACHE EXTREME METAL RACING Becomes Integral Part Of METAL HAMMER GOLDEN GODS Awards

On June 12, the U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine will be holding their fourth annual Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards in London. As an integral part of the ceremony, Earache's Extreme Metal Racing will be unveiled and exhibited during awards ceremony and will apex with a rousing tournament between LORDI,...

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DOMINATION BLACK Begin Recording New Album

Finnish horror metallers DOMINATION BLACK have entered the studio to record their second, as-yet-untitled album for a late fall release by Poison Arrow Records. DOMINATION BLACK mascot "Fearbringer" (created by LORDI mastermind Mr. Lordi) is leading both music and lyrics into next level of weird nig...

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LORDI Frontman: 'People Are Stupid'

World Entertainment News Network is reportign that LORDI frontman Mr. Lordi is stunned he has become a hero in his native Finland since winning the Eurovision Song Contest last month — because his new "fans" previously slammed the rockers as Satanists. LORDI, famed for their outrageous monster costu...

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'LORDI Square' In Finnish City Of Rovaniemi Draws Amusement From Locals

Finland's Helsingin Sanomat has issued the following report: While the home town of heavy band LORDI — the Finnish city of Rovaniemi, located on the Arctic Circle — is proud of the winners of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, the citizens feel that the decision to name a square after the band is...

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LORDI Frontman: 'We Have Absolutely Nothing To Do With Satanism'

Eurovision winners, Finnish heavy metal band LORDI, spoke to the BBC in their first British radio interview since their victory. "There is a saying in Finland that hell freezes over before Finland wins the Eurovision," singer Mr. Lordi, whose real name is Tomi Putaansuu, told BBC Radio Five Live. "T...

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LORDI Homecoming Party Was Largest-Ever Public Gathering In Helsinki

According to Helsingin Sanomat, Friday evening's (May 26) celebrations of monster-band LORDI's Eurovision Song Contest success were the largest public gathering ever seen in Helsinki. According to official police estimates, the crowd at the free concert in the Market Square numbered around 90,000, w...

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French LORDI Fans Demand Apology For TV Hosts' Disparaging Remarks

According to the Helsingin Sanomat, some 15,000 French LORDI fans have signed an Internet petition demanding an apology from French TV Eurovision hosts for what were claimed to be disparaging remarks about the artists during the Athens show. At the end of LORDI's performance on May 20, one of the Fr...

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OPETH Mainman Says LORDI Is Music For 'Five-Year-Olds'

OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has commented on LORDI's surprise win in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, marking Finland's first Eurovision victory in 45 years. Asked by an OPETH fan on the band's official forum what he thought of LORDI winning the contest, Mikael replied, "Haha! I love watchin...

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LORDI's EUROVISION Victory 'Party' Attended By 80,000 People: Video Available

Matti Huuhtanen of The Associated Press has issued the following report: Thousands of Finns swarmed into Helsinki's central market square to greet their new national heroes, monster hard-rockers LORDI, as they performed for the first time in public since a stunning victory at the Eurovision Song Con...

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LORDI Fans Furious At 'Outing' By Gossip Magazine

Finland's Helsingin Sanomat has issued the following report: The latest issue of the weekly celebrity gossip magazine 7 Päivää (Seven Days, generally known hereabouts as Seiska) has caused a storm of protest from fans of the monster-metal Eurovision Song Contest winners LORDI. The paper published a...

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EUROVISION Winners LORDI Become Tourist Attraction

TravelVideo.tv has issued the following press release: The extraordinary success of a wild rock band in the annual Eurovision Song Contest has turned a little-known group from Finland into a tourist attraction. The Finnish Tourist Board has capitalized on the win by the heavy metal monsters, LORDI,...

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LORDI Enjoying Chart Success With 'Hard Rock Hallelujah'

According to Doteurovision.com, Eurovision Song Contest winners LORDI look set to enjoy a European hit with their song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". Their song is already in the top ten iTunes download chart in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Norway and Portugal. In Finland different remi...