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NIGHTWISH, SONATA ARCTICA, CHARON Members Join Forces In NORTHERN KINGS

NORTHERN KINGS, the new Finnish band consisting of four well-known metal musicians — J. Ahola (TERÄSBETONI),Marco Hietala (TAROT, NIGHTWISH),Tony Kakko (SONATA ARCTICA),J-P Leppäluoto (CHARON) — will release a special covers album on October 24. According to MetalFromFinland.com, the CD will cont...

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EPICA: Video Interview With MARK JANSEN Available

A 10-minute video interview with EPICA guitarist Mark Jansen conducted by France's Spirit of Metal webzine can be viewed below. EPICA's new video, "Never Enough", can be viewed on YouTube. The song comes off the Dutch symphonic metal band's new album, "The Divine Conspiracy", due in North America on...

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RESISTANCE Confirmed For Germany's HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR Festival

Los Angeles metallers RESISTANCE have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Headbangers Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place July 24-26, 2008 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABANDONED AMULANCE ANCESTRAL AXEHAMMER BLACK HAWK...

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SONATA ARCTICA: New North American Tour Dates Announced

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA — whose third North American tour begins September 12 in Fort Worth, Texas and includes a headlining performance at the ProgPower USA VIII festival in Atlanta, Georgia — are planning on returning in February 2008 for another batch of dates that will cover mos...

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SONTATA ARCTICA Documentary To Be Shown At Finnish Music Video Festival

According to MetalFromFinland.com, the Finnish documentary "Songs from the North or Something", which focuses on the making of SONTATA ARCTICA's "Unia" album, will be shown at the Oulu Music Video Festival on Friday, September 7 at 7:00 p.m. at Nuku, Hallituskatu 7. It will also be screened on Satur...

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SONATA ARCTICA To Play San Francisco In February

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA — whose third North American tour begins September 12 in Fort Worth, Texas and includes a headlining performance at the ProgPower USA VIII festival in Atlanta, Georgia — are planning on returning in February 2008 for another batch of dates that will cover mos...

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RESISTANCE: Another New Song Posted Online

Los Angeles metallers RESISTANCE have uploaded a second new song from their forthcoming album "Patents of Control", entitled "Confessions of the Black Heart", at their MySpace page. Also available at the same location is the CD's opening track "Inhumanation". "Patents of Control" is scheduled for re...

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RAINTIME: More New Music Posted Online

Italian progressive metallers RAINTIME have posted two songs from their forthcoming album, "Flies and Lies", on their MySpace page. Check out the tracks "Rolling Chances" and "Flies and Lies" at this location. Due in the U.S. on August 21 through Bieler Bros. Records, "Flies and Lies" was recorded a...

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SONATA ARCTICA To Tour Canada In February

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA — whose third North American tour begins September 12 in Fort Worth, Texas and includes a headlining performance at the ProgPower USA VIII festival in Atlanta, Georgia — are planning on returning in February 2008 for another batch of dates that will cover mos...

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SONATA ARCTICA Confirmed For Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are IRON MAIDEN (headliners),CHILDREN OF BODOM, AVANTASIA and KREATOR. SONATA ARCTICA rec...

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SONATA ARCTICA Announces New Guitarist

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have issued the following update: "As many already know, our guitarist Jani Liimatainen has been absent from the lineup this spring and summer. The reason was his messing around with his compulsory military/civil/prison duty, or rather, complete failure to ta...

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EPICA: 'Never Enough' Video Available

EPICA's new video, "Never Enough", has been released and can be viewed below. The song comes off the Dutch symphonic metal band's new album, "The Divine Conspiracy", due in North America on August 28 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD will be issued in in Europe on September 10 (September 7 in German...

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EXSECRATUS: New Song Posted Online

Finnish metal band EXSECRATUS has posted a new song, entitled Under the Winter Moon, on its MySpace page. The track, which features a guest appearance by NORTHER frontman Petri Lindroos, comes off the group's upcoming debut album, "Tainted Dreams", due on September 3 via Violent Journey Records. Acc...

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RAINTIME: 'Rolling Chances' Video Posted Online

Italian progressive metallers RAINTIME have released their video for the song "Rolling Chances". The track comes off the group's new album, "Flies and Lies", which is scheduled for release in the U.S. on August 21 through Bieler Bros. Records. "Flies and Lies" was recorded and mixed at Jailhouse Stu...

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RESISTANCE: New Song Posted Online

Los Angeles metallers RESISTANCE have posted a new song, entitled "Inhumanation", on their MySpace page. The track comes off the group's forthcoming album, "Patents of Control", which is scheduled for release on October 19 via Lion Music. According to a press release, "Patents of Control" is a conce...