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Finnish Heavy Metal Singer Wins 'Idols' Competition After Performing SCORPIONS, SONATA ARCTICA

22-year-old Finnish heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen was crowned the winner of the the national TV talent show "Idols" Friday night (April 6) after singing four songs — including SCORPIONS' "Still Loving You", SOUNDGARDEN's "Black Hole Sun" and SONATA ARCTICA's "Full Moon" — during the competition's...

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Into the Cauldron EP

It was a sad day for retro-minded metallers everywhere when Canadian thrashers GOAT HORN acrimoniously split up last year. But you can't keep a good hessian down, and bassist/vocalist Jason Decay wasted no time in putting together a new trio that, if possible, swears even more allegiance to the idea...

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' Advances To Show's Final

Video footage of 22-year-old heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen performing two Finnish metal/hard rock classics on the national TV talent show "Idols" last night (Thursday, March 29) has been posted online on YouTube: * "Sielut Iskee Tulta" (originally by KILPI): video * "You Break My Heart" (originall...

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WHITE LION Secures North American Management, Plans U.S. Tour

The 2007 version of WHITE LION (a.k.a. TRAMP'S WHITE LION),featuring original member Mike Tramp (vocals) alongside Claus Longwood (bass),Troy Patrick Farrell (drums),Jamie Law (guitar),and Henning Wanner (keyboards),has inked a North American management agreement with with the California-based...

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CANDLEMASS, INSOMNIUM, DEATHCHAIN Confirmed For Finland's JALOMETALLI Festival

CANDLEMASS, INSOMNIUM, DEATHCHAIN, KIUAS, PROFANE OMEN, HORNA and URN are the latest confirmed bands for the 2007 edition of the Jalometalli festival, set to take place August 17-18 at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALTARIA AMORA...

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' Performs STRATOVARIUS On National TV; Video Available

Video footage of 22-year-old Finnish heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen performing STRATOVARIUS' "Hunting High And Low" and LED ZEPPELIN's "Rock and Roll" on the Finnish TV talent show "Idols" last Thursday (March 22) has been posted online on YouTube: "Hunting High And Low" (video) "Rock and Roll" (vi...

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MERCILESS DEATH: Debut Album Samples Available

Two tracks from MERCILESS DEATH's debut album, "Evil in the Night", have been posted on the Heavy Artillery Records MySpace page. According to a press release, the preview tracks "Exhumer" and "Ready to Kill" "capture the speed, aggression and musical prowess of thrash legends such as EXODUS, DARK A...

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DELIVERANCE: 'As Above - So Below' Release Date Announced

Retroactive Records has set an April 24 release date for the new album from the legendary Christian speed metal band DELIVERANCE, entitled "As Above - So Below". According to a press release, "As Above - So Below" is "a prayer that things would be on earth, as they are in heaven. Musically, this 13t...

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' Performs WHITESNAKE On National TV; Video Available

A video clip of 22-year-old Finnish heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen performing a version of WHITESNAKE's "Here I Go Again" on the Finnish TV talent show "Idols" has been posted online at YouTube.com. The live performance was broadcast live Thursday night (March 15) from Linnanmäki in Helsinki. Guest...

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' Performs IRON MAIDEN On National TV; Video Available

A video clip of 22-year-old Finnish heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen performing a version of IRON MAIDEN's "The Evil That Men Do" on the Finnish TV talent show "Idols" has been posted online at YouTube.com. Koivunen reportedly had a cold during the show's taping, but managed to move on to the next ro...

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' Performs DEEP PURPLE On National TV; Video Available

A video clip of 22-year-old Finnish heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen performing a version of DEEP PURPLE's "Perfect Strangers" on the Finnish TV talent show "Idols" has been posted online at YouTube.com. Koivunen reportedly reached the final round of the competition, having received 86 percent of the...

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Satanic Metal Forces Unite Behind 666 Porn

The Satanic forces are uniting behind the first ever Satanic porno movie, "Club Satan: The Witches' Sabbath". This film was overseen by an actual priest in the Church Of Satan, and includes a real Black Mass, the likes of which has not been caught on tape since Anton LaVey's "Satanis" more than 30 y...

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OMEN Guitarist Apologizes For Mexican Festival Cancellation

OMEN founder/guitarist Kenny Powell has issued the following statement regarding the band's non-appearance at Mexico's Full Metal Festival last weekend: "OMEN would like to apologize for any inconvenience that may have been caused to the fans trying to attend the Full Metal Fest in Mexico City, Mexi...

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Mexico's FULL METAL FEST 'Postponed'

California-based metallers AGENT STEEL have issued the following update: "AGENT STEEL was en route to the Los Angeles airport when they received notice that the Full Metal Fest in Mexico City set forth to take place this Saturday, March 3rd got postponed! "We are disappointed, we feel bad for the me...

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Live in Japan

I've often pondered, "Is it even possible for VADER to do wrong? Are the Polish death/thrash titans even capable of producing a poor product?" And the answer is always "no." Piotr Wiwczarek's (aka "Peter," vocals/guitar) assassins have been laying waste to stages across the globe for many years now,...