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NIGHTWISH Plays Final Show Of 'Dark Passion Play' Tour; Setlist Revealed

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH played a special homecoming show last night (Saturday, September 19) at the sold-out, 11,000-capacity Hartwall Arena in Helsinki to mark the end of the band's colossal "Dark Passion Play" world tour. Support at the gig came from APOCALYPTICA. NIGHTWISH's...

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INSOMNIUM's 'Across The Dark' Cracks Finnish Top 5

"Across The Dark", the new album from Finnish metallers INSOMNIUM, has entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 5. The CD was recorded at Fantom studio (where the group recorded its 2006 LP, "Above the Weeping World"). "Across The Dark" track listing: 01. Equivalence (03...

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HIM Frontman Discusses Recording Process For New Album

Kelly Crawford (a.k.a. CelticAngel) of the Texas-based syndicated Internet radio show "Euro-Rock Radio" conducted a 70-minute interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM on Tuesday, September 8. The chat is now available for download as an MP3 audio file at this location. It c...

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INSOMNIUM: 'Down With The Sun' Video Released

"Down With The Sun", the new video from Finnish metallers INSOMNIUM, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Ville Rissanen of Obscure Entertainment. Check out photos from the video shoot at this location. A couple of the pictures are available below. A new INSOMNIUM track entitled "Where The...

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DOMINATION BLACK In Writing Mode

Fan-filmed video footage of DOMINATION BLACK's performance at this year's Dark River festival — which was held August 7-8, 2009 at Honkala Stadium, Karhula, Finland — can be viewed below (courtesy of "JaEISa"). The Finnish "horror" metallers are currently writing and demoing new material for an as-y...

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POISONBLACK: First New Songtitles Revealed

POISONBLACK — the Finnish band featuring former SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala — entered the studio earlier this month with producer Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, SENTENCED, AMORPHIS, ENSIFERUM) to begin recording its new album for an early 2010 release. The group states, "We've gotten a lot of work done...

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HATEFORM Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

Finnish death/thrash metallers HATEFORM have issued the following update: "HATEFORM decided to go separate ways with one of the founding members, drummer Tuomas Vähämaa. This was something that would have come ahead of us sooner or later and we wanted to take care of this before our second album stu...

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INSOMNIUM: Photos From 'Down With The Sun' Video Shoot Available

Finnish metallers INSOMNIUM recently filmed a video for the song "Down With The Sun" with director Ville Rissanen of Obscure Entertainment. Check out photos from the video shoot at this location. A couple of the pictures are available below. A new INSOMNIUM track entitled "Where The Last Wave Broke"...

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INSOMNIUM: New Song Posted Online

A new INSOMNIUM track entitled "Where The Last Wave Broke" is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song, which features clean vocals by Jules Näveri (PROFANE OMEN, ENEMY OF THE SUN),comes off the Finnish metal group's fourth album, "Across The Dark", which is scheduled for releas...

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INSOMNIUM: 'Across The Dark' Track Listing Revealed

Finnish metal band INSOMNIUM will release its fourth album, "Across The Dark", on September 7 via Candlelight Records. The CD was recorded at Fantom studio (where the group recorded its 2006 LP, "Above the Weeping World") and it features guest clean vocals by Jules Näveri (PROFANE OMEN, ENEMY OF THE...

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POISONBLACK To Enter Studio In August

POISONBLACK — the Finnish band featuring former SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala — will enter the studio in August with producer Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, SENTENCED, AMORPHIS, ENSIFERUM) to begin recording its new album for an early 2010 release. "A Dead Heavy Day", the latest CD from POISONBLACK enter...

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NIGHTWISH: Footage Of GRASPOP METAL MEETING Performance Available

Video footage of NIGHTWISH performing at this year's installment of the Graspop Metal Meeting — which was held on June 26-28, 2009 on the festival grounds of the Boeretang in Dessel, Belgium — can be viewed below. NIGHTWISH's video for "The Islander" was honored with a "Best Music Video" award at th...

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INSOMNIUM: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed

Finnish metal band INSOMNIUM will release its fourth album, "Across The Dark", on September 7 via Candlelight Records. The CD was recorded at Fantom studio (where the group recorded its 2006 LP, "Above the Weeping World") and it features guest clean vocals by Jules Näveri (PROFANE OMEN, ENEMY OF THE...

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MOONSORROW: Video Interview, Performance Footage Available

Noa of Metal Injection conducted an interview with frontman Ville Sorvali of the Finnish folk/pagan metal band MOONSORROW in May 2009 during the Paganfest tour of North America, which also featured KORPIKLAANI, PRIMORDIAL, BLACKGUARD and SWASHBUCKLE. Watch the chat and performance footage from the t...

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Former SENTENCED Guitarist's Cause Of Death Revealed

The surviving members of the long-defunct Finnish band SENTENCED have issued a new statement regarding the passing of the group's former guitarist and main songwriter, Miika Tenkula, who was found dead at his home on February 19, 2009. He was 34 years old. The statement reads as follows: "To stop ru...