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EDGUY Frontman Undergoes Appendix Surgery

EDGUY/AVANTASIA frontman Tobias Sammet recently underwent appendix surgery and is currently recovering in a German hospital. Sammet has confirmed via his official web site that SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker and rock legend Alice Cooper will appear on the third installment of his AVANTASIA proj...

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NIGHTWISH: 'Amaranth' Video To Receive Online Premiere On Monday

NIGHTWISH's video for the group's new single, "Amaranth", will receive its online premiere on Monday, August 13 at 8:00 a.m. CET via the Nuclear Blast Records web site. The clip, which was shot in Los Angeles with director Antti Jokinen (BEYONCÉ, WYCLEF JEAN, KORN, MISSY ELLIOT, STRATOVARIUS, SHANIA...

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DESTRUCTION Frontman On New HEADHUNTER Album: 'I Feel Like I Am 20 Years Old' Again

DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer has brought his old band HEADHUNTER back to life. He originally founded the group at the end of the Eighties during his time away from DESTRUCTION and released three critically acclaimed records — "Parody of Life" (1990),"A Bizarre Gardening Ac...

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DIMMU BORGIR, IMMORTAL, IN FLAMES, POSSESSED, SACRED REICH: Photos From WACKEN Available

Photos of BLIND GUARDIAN, DIMMU BORGIR, IMMORTAL, IN FLAMES, POSSESSED, SACRED REICH and TYPE O NEGATIVE taken at this year's Wacken Open Air festival — which was held August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany — have been posted at the Metal-Experience.com web site. Included are pictures of the following artist...

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AMORPHIS: New 'Silent Waters' E-Card Available

An e-card for AMORPHIS's upcoming album, "Silent Waters", has been made available at this location. The CD was recorded at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki, Finland. Mixing duties were handled by Mikko Karmila (NIGHTWISH, STRATOVARIUS) at Finnvox studios. "Silent Waters" track listing: 01. Weaving The...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE, ICED EARTH, POSSESSED: Video Footage From WACKEN Available

Romania's Metalhead TV has uploaded video footage from this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany. Included are clips from the following artists: BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBAL CORPSE DESTRUCTION DIR EN GREY ICED EARTH MOONSPELL NORTHER POSSESSED SCHANDMAUL STRATOV...

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EVERGREY Recruits Former STRATOVARIUS Bassist

Swedish metallers EVERGREY have announced the addition of former STRATOVARIUS bassist Jari Kainulainen. Comments EVERGREY mainman Tom S. Englund: "We are extremely happy that we have found the perfect bass player. Jari came to Gothenburg for a rehearsal a few weeks ago. Afterwards me and Henrik [Dan...

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EDGUY Frontman Is 'Proud' To Have ALICE COOPER And RUDOLF SCHENKER On New AVANTASIA CD

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has confirmed via his official web site that SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker and rock legend Alice Cooper will appear on the third installment of his AVANTASIA project, entitled "Lost in Space Part 1 and Part 2" (the "Scarecrow" working title has now apparently been...

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STRATOVARIUS Debuts New Song At WACKEN OPEN AIR: Video Available

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS debuted a brand new song, entitled "Last Night on Earth", during their appearance at the Wacken Open Air festival on Saturday, August 4 on the "True Metal Stage". Watch professionally filmed video footage of the performance below. STRATOVARIUS recently entered...

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AVANTASIA To Play Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet announced at a press conference at Wacken Open Air earlier today that his solo project AVANTASIA will perform at next year's installment of the festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are IRON MAIDEN (headliners),...

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HEADHUNTER Reissues Due In September

HEADHUNTER, the reunited German band featuring DESTRUCTION frontman Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, will have its trio of albums originally issued during Schmier's years away from DESTRUCTION — "Parody of Life" (1990),"A Bizarre Gardening Accident" (1992),and "Rebirth" (1994) — re-released on September...

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STRATOVARIUS To Debut New Song At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS will debut a new song, entitled "Last Night on Earth", during their appearance at the Wacken Open Air festival, which is being held August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. STRATOVARIUS is scheduled to perform on Saturday, August 4 on the "True Metal Stage" between...

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' ARI KOIVUNEN Spends Eight Weeks At Top Of Finnish Chart

"Fuel for the Fire", the debut solo album from the winner of the Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols", 22-year-old heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen, has topped the chart in Finland for the eighth week in a row. View the chart at this location. As previously reported, "Fuel for the Fire" has...

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STRATOVARIUS Mainman Announces Second Vocalist For New Solo Album

After choosing classically trained American coloratura soprano Jennifer Sowle to sing the leading character in his "classic rock opera," STRATOVARIUS guitarist/mainman Timo Tolkki has chosen the second singer for his third solo album. He is Heikki Pöyhiä from Finnish band TWILIGHTNING. "I got to kno...

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Australia's LORD: Another New Song Posted Online

Australian metallers LORD have made another new song, entitled "Same Old Lines", available for streaming on their MySpace page. The track comes off the group's new album, "Ascendence", due in Japan on August 22 through Soundholic Records and in Australia sometime in mid-August via Modern Invasion Mu...