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NIGHTWISH: New Video Interview With TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN Available

A new Brazilian TV interview with NIGHTWISH mainman/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen conducted during the Finnish/Swedish symphonic metal band's current South American tour can be viewed below. NIGHTWISH issued a digital-only collection of demos and B-sides titled "The Sound of Nightwish Reborn", on Se...

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LORDI Interviewed In San Antonio; Video Available

Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com conducted an interview with Mr. Lordi and Kita of Finnish monster rockers LORDI when the band played San Antonio, Texas on November 9, 2008. "Deadache", the new album from LORDI, has registered the following European chart positions: Finland: #5 Germany: #33 Sweden...

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NIGHTWISH's ANETTE OLZON Interviewed By MTV BRAZIL; Video Available

A brand-new two-minute interview with singer Anette Olzon of the Finnish/Swedish symphonic metal band NIGHTWISH conducted by MTV Brazil can be viewed at this location. It can also be viewed below. NIGHTWISH was forced to cut Monday night's (November 10) concert in Belo Horizonte, Brazil short after...

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EXODUS, THE HAUNTED: Monterrey Show Cancelled

The first date of EXODUS and THE HAUNTED co-headlining Mexican mini-tour, which was scheduled to take place on November 20 in Monterrey, Mexico at Café Iguana. has been postponed until February 2009, According to a statement posted in the web site of promoter Dark Vission Entertainment (best known f...

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LORDI Mainman To Guest On 'Rock My Monkey'

LORDI mainman Mr. Lordi will take part in a live interview with Mark Carras of Rock My Monkey today (Tuesday, November 11) at 4:00 p.m. Pacific (7:00 p.m. Eastern). To listen to the interview via the Internet, go to this location. Fans can log in to a chat room connected to the live ...

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CRADLE OF FILTH 'Virtual Vinyl' Now Available

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH are inviting fans to remember the good old days of vinyl, when you'd listen to a new album released by one of your metal heroes while spending countless hours leafing through the gatefold sleeve, enjoying the artwork and pouring through the lyrics while imme...

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NIGHTWISH Singer Walks Off Stage In Belo Horizonte; Concert Cut Short

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH were forced to cut last night's (Monday, November 10) concert in Belo Horizonte, Brazil short after the group's lead singer, Anette Olzon, suddenly started crying at the end of the song "The Poet And The Pendulum" (about six tracks into the group's set)...

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Former THE CROWN Guitarist Launches LADY MOURNING

Swedish guitarist/producer Marko Tervonen (THE CROWN, ANGEL BLAKE, DOBERMANN) has launched a new project called LADY MOURNING. According to Marko, "The big difference [between this and my other projects] is that this music will be sung by a woman — my wife, to be honest. So all the sad melodramatic...

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CRADLE OF FILTH's 'Godspeed' Lands On German Chart

"Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder", the new album from the British extreme metal band CRADLE OF FILTH, has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 37. "Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder" sold a little over 11,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at positi...

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LORDI: 'Deadache' European Chart Positions Revealed

"Deadache", the new album from Finnish monster rockers LORDI, has registered the following European chart positions: Finland: #5 Germany: #33 Sweden: #42 Austria: #51 LORDI sold around 1,700 copies of "Deadache" in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The C...

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NECRONOMICON: More Toronto Concert Details Revealed

Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based black/death metallers NECRONOMICON will take a break from recording their new album to make a special appearance in Toronto on December 6. The concert will take place on December 6 at Reilly's Bar & Grill and will include additional performances by CRIMSON SHADOW a...

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RAMMSTEIN To Begin Recording New Album This Weekend

German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN have issued the following update: "Now that the band has finished pre-production in Berlin for its new album, Operation 'Album 6' is going forward full steam ahead. Christoph Schneider [drums] arrived in Los Angeles last week to meet with Jacob Hellner and produ...

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LORDI: 'Deadache' First-Week Sales Revealed

Finnish monster rockers LORDI sold around 1,700 copies of their new album, "Deadache", in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD debuted at No. 13 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developi...

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CRADLE OF FILTH's 'Godspeed' Cracks U.S. Top 50

"Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder", the new album from the British extreme metal band CRADLE OF FILTH, sold a little over 11,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 48 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD is the follow-up to "Thornography", which shifted ne...

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IN FLAMES' European Headlining Tour Was A Massive Success

IN FLAMES' European record label, Nuclear Blast Records, has issued the following press release: "If you want to finish a European headline tour in style, do it like this: Play two sold-out shows in Stockholm followed by another two sold-out shows in your hometown of Gothenburg (total of 13,000 peop...