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NIGHTWISH: 'End Of An Era' CD/DVD Audio/Video Samples Available

Audio and video clips from NIGHTWISH's upcoming live CD/DVD package, entitled "End of an Era", have been posted online at MusicBay.se. Due out June 2, "End of an Era" contains recordings/footage of NIGHTWISH's final concert with singer Tarja Turunen, which took place on October 21, 2005 at the Hartw...

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KALMAH Finish Filming 'The Groan Of Wind' Video: Photos Available

Finland's KALMAH have finished filming a video for the song "The Groan of Wind". The clip should be completed by the end of the month. Check out a few pictures from the video shoot at this location. "The Groan of Wind" comes off the band's latest CD, "The Black Waltz", which entered the ...

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EDGUY, KREATOR Confirmed For Finland's NUMMIROCK Festival

EDGUY and KREATOR have been confirmed for the 20th edition of the Nummirock festival, set to take place June 23-24 in Nummijärvi, Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS CHARON CYAN VELVET PROJECT DEICIDE DIABLO DISCORE EDGUY HYPOCRISY KARELIAN WARCRY...

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NINE, EPICA, MENDEED, METSATÖLL Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA OPEN AIR Festival

NINE, EPICA, MENDEED and METSATÖLL have been confirmed for the ninth annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, set to take place June 30 – July 2 at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 32 bands will perform on three stages over the course of three days. In addition, a couple of dozen bands...

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TWISTED SISTER Guitarist To Film 'Eleanor Rigby' Video Tomorrow

TWISTED SISTER guitarist Eddie Ojeda will be filming a video for his cover of the BEATLES classic "Eleanor Rigby" on Thursday, May 4. TWISTED frontman Dee Snider will appear in the video as well, since he was responsible for laying down the lead vocal tracks for the song on Ojeda's recently released...

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THUNDERSTONE Pull Out Of France's METALLIANCE Festival

Finnish melodic power metallers THUNDERSTONE have posted the following message on their official web site: "We are very sorry to announce that we have cancelled the planned show at the Metalliance festival in Beauvais [France] [on May 5]. We want you to know that this was entirely beyond our control...

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STRATOVARIUS: More North American Tour Dates Announced

More dates have been announced for STRATOVARIUS' upcoming North American tour, which is scheduled to take place in September/Ocrober. The details are as follows: Sep. 27 - Quebec City, QC - Salle Albert Rousseau Sep. 29 - Montreal, QC - Le Medley Oct. 01 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx Oct. 02 - New York,...

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ATAKHAMA: Russian Tour Announced

ATAKHAMA, the Finnish band formed out of the ashes of FUNERIS NOCTURNUM, have announced the details of their "Black Blood Tour" of Russia, set to take place late April/early May. Confirmed dates are as follows: Apr. 29 - Club ART-Salon - Kazan', RUS Apr. 30 - TBA - Cheboksary, RUS May 01 - TBA - ...

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ANGRA Singer Added To 'Glorious' Soccer Tribute Song

More guest musicians have been confirmed to take part in the recording of the song "Glorious", which was written for the upcoming soccer world championship by former HELLOWEEN and current MASTERPLAN drummer Uli Kusch along with Ronny Milianowicz (DIONYSUS) and Joacim Cans (HAMMERFALL). The track wil...

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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman To Guest On New ASTARTE CD

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow will be making a guest appearance on the upcoming album from the Greek female heavy metal trio ASTARTE, entitled "Demonized". Gossow will join ASTARTE bassist/singer Tristessa for a duet on one track, according to a posting on ASTARTE's web site. Other guest music...

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STRATOVARIUS, HALFORD Members Added To 'Glorious' Soccer Tribute

More guest musicians have been confirmed to take part in the recording of the song "Glorious", which was written for the upcoming soccer world championship by former HELLOWEEN and current MASTERPLAN drummer Uli Kusch along with Ronny Milianowicz (DIONYSUS) and Joacim Cans (HAMMERFALL). The track wil...

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TWISTED SISTER: Photos From EDDIE OJEDA's CD-Release Party Posted Online

TWISTED SISTER members Eddie Ojeda, Jay Jay French and Mark "The Animal" Mendoza were among the attendees at the record-release party for Ojeda's new solo CD, "Axes 2 Axes", held Sunday night (April 9) at The Cutting Room in New York City. Check out pictures at this location. As previously reported,...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Keyboardist: Chilling Out With Other Naked Men Is Part Of 'Finnish Culture'

Mark Hensch of antiMUSIC recently conducted an interview with CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Warman. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: antiMUSIC: Your musical output is pretty diverse, and you have strayed outside of BODOM a bit in the past. Are there any thoughts you'd like to offer a...

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ARCH ENEMY, DRAGONFORCE Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA OPEN AIR Festival

ARCH ENEMY, DRAGONFORCE, SUBURBAN TRIBE and PAIN CONFESSOR have been confirmed for the ninth annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, set to take place June 30 – July 2 at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 32 bands will perform on three stages over the course of three days. In addition,...

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MIRROR OF DECEPTION Sign With CYCLONE EMPIRE RECORDS

Germany's "doom-metal kings" MIRROR OF DECEPTION have inked a deal with Cyclone Empire Records (COUNT RAVEN, TIMO RAUTIAINEN & TRIO NISKALAUKAUS). The band are currently at Der Soundmann studio in Stuttgart, Germany recording their third full-length album, "Shards", for a summer release. Accordi...