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NIGHTWISH: WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance To Be Filmed For DVD/Blu-Ray Release

NIGHTWISH's August 3 performance at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany will be professionally filmed for a concert DVD and Blu-ray, tentateively due next year. Says NIGHTWISH mastermind and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen: "The time has come soon to wrap up the magical & memorable one...

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FLOOR JANSEN 'Would Love' To Join NIGHTWISH Permanently

In a recent interview with Ghost Cult Magazine, former AFTER FOREVER frontwoman and current REVAMP vocalist Floor Jansen — who has been performing with Finnish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH since last October as the band's touring singer — was asked if she would be willing to front NIGHTWISH permane...

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FLOOR JANSEN Discusses New REVAMP Album In ROCK OVERDOSE Interview (Audio)

Greece's Rock Overdose recently conducted an interview with former AFTER FOREVER frontwoman and current NIGHTWISH touring singer Floor Jansen about her REVAMP project. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. REVAMP's second album, "Wild Card", will be released in Europe on Augus...

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NIGHTWISH: Fan-Filmed Video Footage Of SOTKAMON SYKE Performance

Fan-filmed video footage of NIGHTWISH's July 20 performance at the Sotkamon Syke festivalat Sokos Hotel Vuokatin in Vuokatti, Finland, can be seen below. NIGHTWISH keyboardist and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen has known the band's current touring vocalist, Dutch singer Floor Jansen, for more tha...

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NIGHTWISH Singer's REVAMP: Fourth 'Wild Card' Trailer Available

Former AFTER FOREVER frontwoman and current NIGHTWISH touring singer Floor Jansen will release the second album from her REVAMP project, "Wild Card", in Europe on August 23 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at SandLane Studio in Rijen, The Netherlands with Joost van den Broek (ex-AFTER...

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TARJA TURUNEN: Part One Of 'Colours In The Dark' Track-By-Track Breakdown (Video)

The first in a series of clips featuring a track-by-track breakdown of former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's forthcoming album, "Colours In The Dark", can be seen below. Tarja Turunen released a new single, "Victim Of Ritual", as a digital download, CD single and on seven-inch vinyl on July 12 via...

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AMORPHIS Guitarist Interviewed On Mexico's 'Familia Perro' (Audio)

Mexico's metal web site Familia Perro recently conducted an interview with Esa Holopainen, guitarist and founding member of Finnish melancholic dark metal forerunners AMORPHIS. You can now listen to the podcast using the audio player below. AMORPHIS' eleventh album, "Circle", was released on April 1...

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FLOOR JANSEN Discusses Upcoming REVAMP Album In New Interview

Rock N' Heavy recently conducted an interview with former AFTER FOREVER frontwoman and current NIGHTWISH touring singer Floor Jansen about her REVAMP project. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Rock N' Heavy: Floor, you said that for the forthcoming [REVAMP] album, "Wild Card", the ban...

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NIGHTWISH Touring Singer FLOOR JANSEN Discusses New REVAMP Album In Audio Interview

TJ Fowler of Skullbanger.net recently conducted an interview with former AFTER FOREVER frontwoman and current NIGHTWISH touring singer Floor Jansen about her REVAMP project. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. REVAMP's second album, "Wild Card", will be released in Euro...

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ANGRA To Be Joined By TARJA TURUNEN, RUSSELL ALLEN, ULI JON ROTH At Sao Paulo Concert

Brazilian melodic metallers ANGRA will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of their 1993 debut album, "Angels Cry", with a special concert on August 25 at HSBC Brasil in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The show, which will be recorded for a DVD, will feature guest appearances by Tarja Turunen (NIGHTWIS...

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NIGHTWISH: FanPOD Trailer Available

Finnish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH recently launched a new fan magazine for tablet computers. Nightwish Vol. 1 FanPOD is the first application for tablet computers about the band. The application includes band's history, Imaginaerum movie trailer, all NIGHTWISH online services, upcoming shows, NI...

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ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT, HAMMERFALL, Ex-ACCEPT Singers To Take Part In 'Christmas Metal Symphony'

Magnum Opum Rockestra (under conductor Marcel Heijnen),a 32-strong orchestra accompanied by the METALFORCE 1 rock band and led by singers/vocalists which influenced the metal scene in recent years and decades, are set to embark on the Christmas Metal Symphony European tour. The following guest star...

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KAMELOT: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Australian Tour

Behind-the-scenes footage from KAMELOT's June 2013 tour of Australia can be seen below. KAMELOT's latest album, "Silverthorn", sold 5,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 79 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, "Poetry For The Poisoned",...

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TARJA TURUNEN: Part Three Of New Fan Interview (Video)

Part three of a new question-and-answer session with former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen can be seen below. Tarja Turunen released a new single, "Victim Of Ritual", as a digital download, CD single and on seven-inch vinyl on July 12 via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label...

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FLOOR JANSEN's REVAMP To Support KAMELOT In Europe

REVAMP, the band led by former AFTER FOREVER and current NIGHTWISH touring vocalist Floor Jansen, will support KAMELOT on their "Silverthorn Over Europe 2013" tour. Comments KAMELOT's founder and guitarist Thomas Youngblood: "I first met REVAMP singer Floor Jansen while we were touring the states in...