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NIGHTWISH Mainman Interviewed On Finland's 'Korkojen Kera' (Video)

Keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen of Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH was interviewed on the December 2, 2011 edition of the Finnish talk show "Korkojen Kera". You can now watch video footage of his appearance below (in Finnish, with English subtitles). According to Rytmi.com, "Imag...

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FIREWIND's BOB KATSIONIS Interviewed On 'Black Night Meditations' (Audio)

WSCA 106.1 FM's metal program "Black Night Meditations" has posted an audio interview with guitarist/keyboardist Bob Katsionis of Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND. Topics discussed included the next FIREWIND album, touring life, Bob's music projects, other keyboardists, and more. "Black Night Medita...

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QUEENSRCHE Interviewed On 'Real Rock Stories' (Video)

"Real Rock Stories" recently conducted an interview with Seattle progressive rockers QUEENSRCHE prior to the final show of the band's 30th-anniversary tour on November 20, 2011 at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida. In part one, drummer Scott Rockenfield and bassist Eddie Jackson talk with "Rea...

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URIAH HEEP: New Video Interview With MICK BOX

Barry Anderson of Metal Storm conducted an interview with guitarist Mick Box of progressive rockers URIAH HEEP on December 2, 2011 in Holmfirth, England. You can now watch the chat below. Concert Live, which enables fans all over the world to relive the experience with instant recordings of live gig...

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'Once Upon A Nightwish: The Official Biography 1996-2006' Kindle-Edition eBook Now Available

The Kindle edition of the acclaimed "Once Upon A Nightwish: The Official Biography 1996-2006", by Mape Ollila, is now available in English language in all hardware and app formats via Amazon.com. Upcoming editions of the English-language ebook formatted for Nook and Apple iBookstore will soon follow...

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NIGHTWISH's 'Imaginaerum' Sells 50,000 Copies In Finland In First Two Days Of Release

According to Rytmi.com, "Imaginaerum", the first album in four years from Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH, has already sold 50,000 copies in Finland after being released on Wednesday (November 30). The band's first CD since 2007's "Dark Passion Play" which was then-new singer Anette Ol...

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IN FLAMES: Video Footage Of Entire Tilburg Concert

Video footage of IN FLAMES's entire November 30, 2011 concert at 013 in Tilburg, Holland can be viewed in four parts below. IN FLAMES' tenth album, "Sounds Of A Playground Fading", was recently certified gold in the group's home country of Sweden for sales in excess of 20,000 copies. Note: The Inter...

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LIMP BIZKIT Parts Ways With INTERSCOPE

LIMP BIZKIT has parted ways with Interscope, the label that has released all of the band's records thus far through its subsidiaries Flip, Geffen and Suretone Records. Even though LIMP BIZKIT's latest album, "Gold Cobra", was the band's first CD to feature the original lineup of Fred Durst (vocals),...

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TARJA TURUNEN's HARUS Project: 'Varpunen Jouluaamuna' Video Posted Online

"Varpunen Jouluaamuna", the new video from former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's new project HARUS, can be seen below. A brand new HARUS live album/DVD will be made available worldwide by earMUSIC in collaboration with Edel's classic music division Berlin Classics. This joint venture from two musi...

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FIREWIND Preparing To Enter Studio

Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND have spent the past few months writing material for their new album for an early 2012 release via an as-yet-undetermined record label. The band's guitarist, Gus G., who is also a member of Ozzy Osbourne's band, writes on Twitter, "I've been rehearsing this past week...

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JANE'S ADDICTION Singer Outrages Brazilian Fans

JANE'S ADDICTION frontman Perry Farrell outraged Brazilian music fans shortly after announcing that Lollapalooza will come to that South American nation for the first time next April. According to Rolling Stone, Farrell angered fans by allegedly saying they were "uneducated about music" in an interv...

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THE CULT Re-Teams With Producer BOB ROCK For New Album

Legendary rock band THE CULT has re-teamed with producer Bob Rock for the recording sessions for the group's long-awaited ninth album, tentatively due in early 2012 via Cooking Vinyl Records. A photo of THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy in the studio with Rock putting the "the finishing touches" on the...

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ANTHRAX: Japanese, Indonesian Tour Dates Postponed

According to Tempo.co, ANTHRAX has been forced to postpone its previously announced dates in Indonesia and Japan. "The [December 10 concert at Pantai Carnaval in Ancol, North Jakarta, Indonesia] is not canceled but is being rescheduled for March 31," Jimmy Reagan Fernandes, Blade Indonesia's head of...

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NIKKI SIXX Working On Two New Books

MTLEY CRE/SIXX: A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx is working on two new books, the first one of which is due in May-June 2012, to be followed by the second one in 2013. Sixx writes on his Facebook page, "Neither book is like anything I have done before (I guess you can say the same thing about ...

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QUEENSRCHE Performs 'Operation: Mindcrime' Classic With IN THIS MOMENT Singer (Video)

Seattle progressive rockers QUEENSRCHE played their classic 1988 album "Operation: Mindcrime" in its entirety on ShipRocked 2011, the music and lifestyle cruise which set sail from Fort Lauderdale, Florida on November 14 to the tip of Mexico and its popular stretch of gorgeous Caribbean water known...