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RAVAGE Announces New Album Title

RAVAGE, the heavy metal band from Boston, has changed the title of its new full-length album to "The End of Tomorrow" from the previously announced "Damn Nation". The band will record two more songs for the CD during the summer and it will be released in late 2008 on an as-yet-undetermined label. In...

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EPICA Issues Update On 'Classical Conspiracy' Concert

Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA will take part in a special concert dubbed "Classical Conspiracy" on June 14 at the Miskolc International Opera Festival in Hungary. The band previously stated about the concert, "The 'Epica: The Classical Conspiracy Show' is going to be a very unique event, because t...

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GAIA EPICUS: More 'Damnation' Guest Musicians Revealed

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS have issued the following update: "Here is the final names for the guest musicians appearing on [the new GAIA EPICUS album 'Damnation']. Renato Tribuzy (TRIBUZY) will do some vocals on one song of the new album. Renato is a great singer and he has worked with st...

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TIMO TOLKKI Talks About MICHAEL KISKE's Contribution To REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE

Former HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske's official fan club has posted an interview with STRATOVARIUS mastermind Timo Tolkki regarding Timo's collaboration with Kiske on Tolkki's REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE project. An excerpt from the question-and-answer session follows: Q: What do you think about Michael...

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TIMO TOLKKI's REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE: Audio Samples Available

STRATOVARIUS guitarist Timo Tolkki's new project REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE will release its debut album, "New Era", on June 6 via Frontiers Records. According to a press release, the CD "is a masterpiece of melodic power metal, taking the listener straight back to the 'Visions'-era STRATOVARIUS. In fac...

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Report: Michigan Native Fronts Dutch Band EPICA While Lead Singer Recuperates

Timothy Flynn of The Flint Journal reports: For singer Amanda Somerville, making the leap from her hometown of Flushing, Michigan to Wolfsburg, Germany, was fairly easy. Now, after spending the past decade making a musical name for herself overseas, she's hitting the road. Somerville just began a mo...

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EPICA Schedules California Signing Session

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA will take part in a signing session on Friday, April 18 at Rasputin Records in Mountain View, California between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. The address is as follows: 630 San Antonio Ave. Mountain View, California 94070 In other news, Amanda Somerville the...

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TIMO TOLKKI Asks For Some Compassion And Understanding

Guitarist Timo Tolkki who announced on April 2 that STRATOVARIUS was no more has issued the following update: "First of all, many thanks for your mails and messages. They have been very supportive. I have also received some messages that are not so nice. "Please do not make this a war because it is...

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EPICA To Perform Debut Album In Its Entirety

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA will celebrate the five-year anniversary of the release of their debut album, "The Phantom Agony", by performing the CD in its entirety at Tivoli in Utrecht, The Netherlands on May 16. EPICA is currently utilizing the services of singer-songwriter and v...

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EPICA: First Performance Footage Featuring Stand-In Singer Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of the Dutch symphonic metal band EPICA performing last night (Saturday, April 5) at the Nokia Theater in New York City can be viewed below (courtesy of "celticyodels"). EPICA is utilizing the services of singer-songwriter and vocal coach Amanda Somerville as the stand-in vo...

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EPICA Stand-In Singer Posts Video Update

Amanda Somerville the American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who has been tapped to replace EPICA vocalist Simone Simons on the band's North American tour with SYMPHONY X due to Simons' ongoing health issues has posted the following update: "My goodness, tomorrow [Friday, April 4] is the first s...

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EPICA Singer: 'The MRSA Is Almost Out Of My System!'

EPICA lead singer Simone Simons who was recently infected with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA),also known as the hospital bacteria has issued the following update: "One of the four tests was positive and we all decided that we shouldn't take any risks regarding my health and that...

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TIMO TOLKKI's REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE: More Details Revealed

Former STRATOVARIUS mastermind Timo Tolkki's new project REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE will release its debut album, "New Era", on June 6 via Frontiers Records. According to a press release, the CD "is a masterpiece of melodic power metal, taking the listener straight back to the 'Visions'-era STRATOVARIUS...

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TIMO TOLKKI: 'STRATOVARIUS Is No More'

STRATOVARIUS mainman Timo Tolkki has issued the following statement: "It is time to stop the silence and announce what some of you have already been speculating. STRATOVARIUS is no more. "Last October I told the guys that I am stopping the band and told them the reasons why. "This letter is addresse...

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AVANTASIA: More Tour Dates Announced

EDGUY singer Tobias Sammet's solo project AVANTASIA has scheduled the following dates: June 06 - Rocksound Festival - Huttwil, Switzerland June 07 - Sweden Rock - Slvesborg, Sweden June 10 - Moscow, Russia - DK Gorbunova June 13 - Tokyo, Japan - Shinagawa Prince Stellar Ball June 15 - Mexico City, M...