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H.I.M. Frontman: New Album Is 'A Lot Heavier Than Anything We've Done Before'

H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo recently spoke to Chris Harris of MTV.com about the group's new album, tentatively titled "Venus Doom", which they've been working on with producer Tim Palmer (DREDG, OZZY OSBOURNE) in Helsinki. "There were too many things going on," Valo said of the band's previous releas...

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Former SENTENCED Guitarist Launches Merchandising Company

Many have been wondering what happened to the individual members of SENTENCED after the band was buried in 2005. Singer Ville Laihiala is focusing on POISONBLACK, which released its second album, "Lust Stained Despair", in August 2006 and toured Europe with labelmates LACUNA COIL. In the meantime gu...

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DAUNTLESS' Debut Album Enters Finnish Chart At No. 40

DAUNTLESS's debut album, "Execute the Fact" (Firebox Records),has entered the Finnish national chart at position No. 40. Although it may be fair to say that heavy metal is on the charts in Finland every week, there have only been a few bands this extreme that have succeeded in making an impact on t...

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THE 69 EYES Frontman To Guest On 'The Governor's Ball'

Singer Jyrki from the Helsinki hard-rock vampires THE 69 EYES will be the featured guest on "The Governor's Ball" on Saturday, March 10 at 3:00 p.m. Tune in at this location. The new THE 69 EYES album, "Angels", is available for streaming in its entirety at the band's MySpace page. Released ...

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KILL THE ROMANCE To Release 'Take Another Life' In April

Finnish melodic death metal band KILL THE ROMANCE will release its debut album, "Take Another Life", on April 24 via Locomotive Music. KILL THE ROMANCE — Mika Tanttu, Ville Hovi, Tomi Luoma, Antti Kakkonen and Raimo Posti — gathered up its various influences from a host of previous projects that tra...

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POISONBLACK Confirmed For Finland's SAUNA OPEN AIR Festival

POISONBLACK, the Finnish band featuring Ville Laihiala (vocals, guitar; formerly of SENTENCED),has been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sauna Open Air festival, set to take place June 7-9 in Tampere, Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Thursday, June 7: MEGADETH KOTIPELTO...

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THE 69 EYES: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

The new THE 69 EYES album, "Angels", is available for streaming in its entirety at the band's MySpace page. Due in Finland on March 5 via Virgin/EMI, the CD was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa and Johnny Lee Michaels — the same team that was responsible for 2004's "Devils". The video for the album's ...

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POISONBLACK Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

POISONBLACK, the Finnish band featuring Ville Laihiala (vocals, guitar; formerly of SENTENCED),has been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetica...

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DAUNTLESS To Release Debut Album 'Execute The Fact' In March

Finnish death/thrash band DAUNTLESS will release its debut album, "Execute the Fact", on March 1 through Firebox Records. "Execute the Fact" consists of nine tracks, some of which are entirely new and unheard, some collected pieces from along the way. The album was recorded at JiVe Studio and Studio...

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H.I.M., HATEBREED, OPETH, SOILWORK, AMORPHIS, Confirmed For Finland's ILOSAARIROCK

In 1997, one of the smaller stages at the Ilosaarirock festival in Joensuu, Finland was conquered by a promising new band whose frontman was said to have a fantastic voice. Now, ten years later, led by their charismatic singer Ville Valo, they have released five impeccable albums that have sold more...

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THE 69 EYES: 'Perfect Skin' Single Tops Finnish Chart

THE 69 EYES's new single, "Perfect Skin", has entered the Finnish national chart at position No. 1. View the whole chart at this location. The track is the first single off the Finnish goth metallers' new album, "Angels", due in Finland on March 5 via Virgin/EMI. The CD was produced by Hiili Hiilesm...

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Buried Alive

I don't know about you, but I'm still bummed at the demise of the mighty SENTENCED. It is hard to believe that the band started way back in 1989 and turned from a more traditional death metal act into the melodic, rocking, and suicide-obsessed juggernaut that they became, particularly on later album...

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Buried Alive

So this is it, the final farewell to a band that called it quits voluntarily after evolving from barren death metal artisans and English manglers ("Rot to Dead"! "Desperationed Future"!) in the late 1980s to a sleek, melancholy hit-making machine (in their native Finland, anyway). While some would p...

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METALLICA, SLAYER, PANTERA, AC/DC Music Featured On 'Kerrang! Karaoke' DVD

You may not get to sing to 70,000 at Wembley Stadium… You may not get to power slide across the stage at Download… But you can jump around your living room in your pants! The first-ever "Kerrang! Karaoke" presents 16 monstrous anthems hand-picked by the K! team to provide the ultimate high voltage r...

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NEGATIVE To Perform Acoustically On Finnish Radio

Finnish hard/glam rock band NEGATIVE will perform acoustically and take part in an interview on the Finnish radio station Uusi Kiss tomorrow (Friday, January 26) at 17.00. NEGATIVE recently shot a video for its new single, "Sinners Night/Misty Morning", which came out in Finland last November. The t...