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CHARON Parts Ways With Guitarist

Finnish gothic metallers CHARON have issued the following update: "New decade brings changes to CHARON and now it's good time to update the situation. "There have been rumours among CHARON fans and followers about the future of the band. Playfully it could be said that CHARON was not able to escape...

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CHARON Vocalist Guests On KANDIA Album

Finnish singer Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto (CHARON, HARMAJA, NORTHERN KINGS, RASKASTA JOULUA) has contributed guest vocals to the song "Reflections" from the Portuguese band KANDIA. The track is now available for streaming on the KANDIA MySpace page. "Reflections" is featured on KANDIA's debut album, "Inw...

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NIGHTWISH, TERÄSBETONI, AMORAL Members Take Part In RASKASTA JOULUA Tour; Video Available

NIGHTWISH, TERÄSBETONI and AMORAL members were among the musicians who took part in RASKASTA JOULUA, Finland's annual all-star heavy rock Christmas show, which hit the road once again in November and December with a Finnish tour to celebrate its fifth anniversary. The project that began with the alb...

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NOTHNEGAL: Songwriting For New Album Completed

Maldivian metallers NOTHNEGAL have issued the following update: "Guess it's time for an update on the developments on our upcoming album. We have completed writing all songs that would appear on it and currently in studio going through the recording process and even though we have been working on th...

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NOTHNEGAL Hard At Work On New Material

Maldivian metallers NOTHNEGAL have issued the following update: "As you may have noticed, recently there have been almost no updates or any news by NOTHNEGAL. We have been busy with writing new material for our debut album which would be recorded soon for a release in 2010. This would be our first r...

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NIGHTWISH, TERÄSBETONI, CHARON, AMORAL Members To Take Part In RASKASTA JOULUA Tour

Finland's annual all-star heavy rock Christmas show RASKASTA JOULUA will hit the road once again with a Finnish tour in November and December to celebrate its fifth anniversary. The project that began with the album "Raskasta Joulua" ("Heavy Christmas") in 2004 and released a follow-up effort, "Rask...

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CHARON Taking Break From Songwriting, Live Performances

Finnish gothic metallers CHARON have issued the following update: "We have together decided to take some time out from songwriting and album production. As from today we are taking a two-month break from CHARON to keep things meaningful and to search for relaxation and less stressed creative inspira...

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HARMAJA: 'Sydäntalvella' Video Available

"Sydäntalvella", the new video from HARMAJA, the Finnish acoustic project featuring vocalist Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto (CHARON, NORTHERN KINGS, ex-POISONBLACK),can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's self-titled debut album, which recently entered the national chart in the band's home countr...

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HARMAJA's Debut Lands On Finnish Chart

The self-titled debut album from HARMAJA, the new Finnish acoustic project featuring vocalist Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto (CHARON, NORTHERN KINGS, ex-POISONBLACK),has entered the national chart in the band's home country at position No. 14. Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of HARMAJA's video for...

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NORTHERN KINGS Performs At Finnish 'Eurovision Song Contest' Finals; Video Available

NORTHERN KINGS — the Finnish band consisting of four well-known metal musicians (Jarkko Ahola [TERÄSBETONI], Marco Hietala [TAROT, NIGHTWISH], Tony Kakko [SONATA ARCTICA], Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto [CHARON]) — performed a cover version of the A-HA worldwide smash "Take On Me" at the Finnish Eurovision S...

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EMBRAZE To Play Farewell Concert In May

EMBRAZE, a well-known metal band from Kiiminki, has decided to hang up its instruments and end its 15-year-long career. The group's farewell gig will be held at Club Teatria on May Day — Friday, May 1. The night will also feature two other local bands — SEITH and REFLEXION — whom EMBRAZE have specif...

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HARMAJA: Behind-The Scenes Footage From 'Sataa' Video Shoot Available

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of HARMAJA's video for the song "Sataa" can be viewed below. HARMAJA is the new Finnish acoustic project featuring vocalist Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto (CHARON, NORTHERN KINGS, ex-POISONBLACK). The band will release its self-titled debut on February 18 via Wiima M...

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NORTHERN KINGS: Japanese Version Of 'Rethroned' To Include Bonus Track

"Rethroned", the second album from NORTHERN KINGS — the Finnish band consisting of four well-known metal musicians (Jarkko Ahola [TERÄSBETONI], Marco Hietala [TAROT, NIGHTWISH], Tony Kakko [SONATA ARCTICA], Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto [CHARON]) — will be released in Japan on February 25 via Warner Music J...

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CHARON Singer's HARMAJA Project To Release Self-Titled Debut

HARMAJA, the new Finnish acoustic project featuring vocalist Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto (CHARON, NORTHERN KINGS, ex-POISONBLACK),will release its self-titled debut on February 18 via Wiima Music, distributed by Playground Music Scandinavia. The group sings in Finnish and is said to be influenced by the...

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CHARON Guitarist Forced To Sit Out Moscow Show

Guitarist Lauri Tuohimaa of Finnish gothic metallers CHARON was hospitalized this Christmas due to a blood clot. As a result, Lauri is unable to travel at this time and he's currently recovering at home. For this the reason, Lauri cannot take part in the band's New Year's Eve show at Club Relax in M...