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Ex-NIGHTWISH Singer To Perform New Single At German Female Boxing Champion's Final Match

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen will perform her new single, "I Walk Alone", on November 30 at the farewell fight of the German female boxing champion (and Doro Pesch's close friend) Regina Halmich. The event will take place at the DM Arena in Karlsruhe, Germany. Tarja Turunen's new song "The...

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Ex-NIGHTWISH Singer TARJA TURUNEN: 'The Reign' Sample Available

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's new song "The Reign" is available for streaming on YouTube. The audio track includes a commentary by Tarja on how the song was conceived and the inspiration behind its lyrics. "The Reign" comes off Turunen's new solo album, "My Winter Storm", which will be rel...

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INCANTATION Mainman Comments On Russian Tour

INCANTATION mainman John McEntee has issued the following update: "We just got back from the Flaming Arts Fest Tour 2007. This was our first time ever performing in Russia. We played along side are long time friends in VADER, KRISIUN, ROTTING CHRIST along with some cool guys from the bands AMENTI an...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE Bassist: Metalcore Bands Have Opened Doors For Death Metal Scene

Way Too Loud! recently conducted and interview with CANNIBAL CORPSE members Alex Webster and George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher during the Metal Blade 25th Anniversary Tour. A couple of excerpts follow: Way Too Loud!: After Sounds Of The Underground, has anyone talked to you about doing any more support...

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LEAVES' EYES Members Comment On DVD Shoot

LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY (who are fronted by Liv's husband Alexander Krull) — filmed its October 20, 2007 concert at the Metal Female Voices Fest in Wieze, Belgium for an upcoming DVD. The stag...

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DESPISED ICON Frontman Comments On Upcoming European Tour With MISERY INDEX

DESPISED ICON vocalist Alex Erian has commented on the band's upcoming European tour with MISERY INDEX as well as BENEATH THE MASSACRE, MAN MUST DIE (mainland Europe only),and ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY (UK only). "After months of planning, this tour is finally coming together!" he said. We can’t wa...

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MIDNATTSOL: New Album Title Announced

MIDNATTSOL, the German-Norwegian band featuring vocalist Carmen Elise Espenaes (the younger sister of LEAVES' EYES singer Liv Kristine),will enter the studio in November to begin recording its second album, entitled "Nordlys", for a March 2008 release via Napalm Records. The band will utilize the f...

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DOPE STARS INC. Parts Ways With Guitarist

Italy's DOPE STARS INC. has issued the following update: "We are sorry to announce that Alex Vega [guitar] decided to leave DOPE STARS INC. for personal reasons. We send all our best wishes for his future. "The new lineup that will be working on the next third album will be announced soon. However,...

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ENTOMBED To Team Up With MOTHER MISERY, THE LUCIFER PRINCIPLE For Dutch Mini-Tour

Long-running Swedish metallers ENTOMBED will team up with MOTHER MISERY (Sweden) and THE LUCIFER PRINCIPLE (Holland) for a three-date Dutch tour in January. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 25 - Dynamo - Eindhoven, NETH Jan. 26 - Hedon - Zwolle, NETH Jan. 27 - Patronaat - Haarlem, NETH ENTOMBED'...

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The Machinations of Dementia

Most fans of virtuoso shredders are surely familiar with the "other" Texas guitar god Ron Jarzombek and his work in WATCHTOWER, SPASTIC INK, and GORDIAN KNOT. Yeah, the guy's got a devoted following among the tech-heads. The mad scientist's new invention from deep within the confines of his diabolic...

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RUSH, QUEEN Tribute Bands Focus Of TV Documentary

A new TV documentary on tribute bands will air on the E! channel in Canada over the next several weeks. It's a four-part series, the second of which will focus on RUSH tribute bands. Narrated by Toronto native and "Rockstar: INXS" finalist Suzie McNeil, each one-hour episode of "Tribute Bands" follo...

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TESTAMENT: New Pre-Production Photos Available

Several new photos of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT taken during the band's pre-production sessions for their new album have been posted at their MySpace page (free registration may be required to view pictures). TESTAMENT has recruited Paul Bostaph (SLAYER, EXODUS, FORBIDDEN, SYST...

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TERROR SYNDROME To Release Debut In March/April

THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has issued the following update on the status of the as-yet-unreleased debut album from his Vancouver, B.C.-based band TERROR SYNDROME: "I've personally made a decision to get this album out to you all independently by March/April 2008, if we don'...

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KISS: 'Kissology' Distributor Talks About 'Vol. 3'

KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, has been updated with a question-and-answer session with Ken Gullic, Senior VP of Fontana, which distributes the band's "Kissology" DVD series. Gullic answers questions about the series' third volume, "Kissology – Vol. 3 1992-2000", which is scheduled for rel...

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GUNS N' ROSES, QUIET RIOT Members To Perform At Hartford's DRAGON FEST 07

ALEX GROSSI, DIZZY REED & FRIENDS, SINGLE BULLET THEORY and ENEMY REMAINS (featuring former FATES WARNING drummer Steve Zimmerman) are among the confirmed artists for the Dragon Fest 07 autism benefit show on October 28 at Up or On The Rocks in Hartford, Connecticut. Also scheduled to appear are...