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TARJA TURUNEN Announces Band Lineup For 'Final Storm Tour 2009'

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen has announced the lineup of her band for the "Final Storm Tour 2009", which is scheduled to kick off on September 19 at the Elf Fantasy Fair in Arcen, Netherlands. It is as follows: * Tarja Turunen - Voice * Mike Terrana (MASTERPLAN, SAVAGE CIRCUS, RAGE, YNGWIE...

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ANGRA/ALMAH Frontman Schedules Brazilian Autograph Session

ANGRA/ALMAH frontman Edu Falaschi will take part in an autograph session at Ace Music Center store in the city of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil on Friday, September 4 at 16.00 hrs. ALMAH is one of the headlining acts at the first Independência Rock Festival, which will be held September 6-8 at Space Roc...

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Former HELLOWEEN Singer To Guest On AVANTASIA Album

Former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske will guest on the forthcoming album from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Kiske has appeared on every AVANTASIA album so far, including the first two full-length releases, "The Metal Opera" (2001) and "The Metal Opera Pt. II" (2002). Commented...

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MAGNUM Frontman To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album

MAGNUM vocalist Bob Catley will guest on the forthcoming album from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Catley toured with AVANTASIA in 2008 when he was part of the live ensemble that travelled around the globe. The vocal session took place at the Viper Room Recording Studio in England...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album

Powerhouse heavy metal singer Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR) will guest on the forthcoming album from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Commented Tobias: "I had this pretty heavy riff monster and I remembered a JUDAS PRIEST live album wit...

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SEPULTURA Bassist Interviewed By Switzerland's ROCKLABEL.TV

RockLabel.tv conducted an interview with bassist Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr. of Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA on July 9, 2009 at Salzhaus in Winterthur, Switzerland. Watch the chat below. SEPULTURA recently completed a massive tour of Brazil with fellow Brazilian metallers ANGRA. The trek, which...

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TARJA TURUNEN At Ukraine's GLOBAL EAST FEST; Video Available

Quality video footage of former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's August 2, 2009 performance at the Global East Fest in Kiev, Ukraine can be viewed below (courtesy of Darkside.ru). Tarja Turunen's band for her Summer Storm 2009 Tour consisted of the following musicians: * Tarja Turunen - Vocals * Mik...

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SCORPIONS Frontman To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album

SCORPIONS vocalist Klaus Meine has recorded a duet with EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet for the forthcoming album from Tobias' AVANTASIA project. Commented Tobias: "We played a couple of shows with the SCORPIONS here and there and they are not only the biggest and greatest rock band ever to emerge from...

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JORN LANDE To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album

Powerhouse Norwegian vocalist Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, ARK, MILLENIUM, VAGABOND, THE SNAKES) will guest on the forthcoming album from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Also scheduled to appear on the CD are acclaimed drummers Eric Singer (KISS, ALICE COOPER, BLACK SABBATH) and Alex Ho...

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ERIC SINGER, ALEX HOLZWARTH To Appear On New AVANTASIA Album

Acclaimed drummers Eric Singer (KISS, ALICE COOPER, BLACK SABBATH) and Alex Holzwarth (RHAPSODY OF FIRE, ANGRA, SIEGES EVEN) will both appear on the forthcoming album from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Commented Tobias: "Eric has played on many tracks [for the upcoming AVANTASIA...

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ANGRA Singer Producing STILL ALIVE Debut

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-based metallers STILL ALIVE have tapped ANGRA/ALMAH singer Eduardo Falaschi to produce their debut album, tentatively due in 2010. Eduardo stated, "The CD] will be fantastic, with cool songs and powerful energy! We are working hard at these songs, the evolution is big and the...

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RHAPSODY OF FIRE Drummer Schedules German Clinic

RHAPSODY OF FIRE drummer Alex Holzwarth has scheduled a drum clinic on October 16 at Musikhaus Marstein in eastern Germany. Alex will talk about his double-bass technique and will offer tips to aspiring drummers on how to get themselves to the next level. Alex is renowned for his work with such band...

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SEPULTURA: Footage From Lithuania's DEVILSTONE OPEN AIR Festival Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA performing the '80s classic "Troops Of Doom" on July 18, 2009 at the Devilstone Open Air festival in Anyksciai, Lithuania can be viewed below (courtesy of "ddagame"). SEPULTURA recently completed a massive tour of Brazil with fellow...

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ALMAH To Enter Studio In September

Brazilian progressive power metal band ALMAH — the side project of ANGRA members Edu Falaschi (vocals) and Felipe Andreoli (bass) — is continuing to write material for the band's third album, tentatively due in early 2010. Commented Falaschi: "It's a great pleasure to inform you that very soon we wi...

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LORD's New Album To Feature Members Of DIO, MEGADETH, ANGRA

Australian metallers LORD have revealed a list of guest musicians who appear on their forthcoming album, "Set In Stone", due in the band's home country in late August via Riot! Entertainment and in Japan in October through Soundholic Records. Release dates for the rest of the world will be announced...