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TARJA TURUNEN Continuing To Write Material For New Solo Album

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen has recorded three songs for a Finnish Christmas album, produced by Olli Ahvenlahti. According to Turunen, this is "a charity project for missionary workers in Finland and it is going to be released in the beginning of November in Finland." In other news, Tarja...

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SAVAGE CIRCUS: New Album Details Revealed

SAVAGE CIRCUS, the multinational project featuring Jens Karlsson (vocals; PERSUADER),Emil Norberg (lead guitar; PERSUADER),Piet Sielck (guitar, bass, backing vocals; IRON SAVIOR) and Mike Terrana (drums; AXEL RUDI PELL, RAGE, YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN, MASTERPLAN),will release its long-awaited second a...

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TARJA TURUNEN Announces Band Lineup For 'Final Storm Tour 2009'

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen has announced the lineup of her band for the "Final Storm Tour 2009", which is scheduled to kick off on September 19 at the Elf Fantasy Fair in Arcen, Netherlands. It is as follows: * Tarja Turunen - Voice * Mike Terrana (MASTERPLAN, SAVAGE CIRCUS, RAGE, YNGWIE...

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OBITUARY Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK

Florida death metal veterans OBITUARY have been confirmed for Bloodstock festival's 10th anniversary, set to run from Friday, August 13 to Sunday, August 15, 2010 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. Commented OBITUARY frontman John Tardy: "We do not play enough shows in the U.K. as it is and we h...

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SKINLAB Frontman Discusses New Album

The Scream Queen recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Steev Esquivel of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans SKINLAB. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Scream Queen: Your new album, "The Scars Between Us", is set to debut on September 15. How excited are you guys...

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METALLICA, IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST Top 'Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time' List

The readers of the Greek edition of Metal Hammer magazine were recently invited to vote for the "100 Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time." The resulting list includes full-length recordings from 54 different bands from seven different countries, with IRON MAIDEN appearing on less than seven times on t...

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CRADLE OF FILTH, SATYRICON, THE HAUNTED, TURISAS, WOLF Interviewed On 'Metalheadz'

CRADLE OF FILTH, SATYRICON, THE HAUNTED, TURISAS and WOLF were interviewed by Peter Bailey of the Wrexham, Wales-based "Metalheadz" show at this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 14-16, 2009 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. You can listen to the interviews using the Re...

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BURDEN OF GRIEF To Enter Studio Next Month

German melodic death/thrash metallers BURDEN OF GRIEF are preparing to enter the studio to begin recording their new album, tentatively due in early 2010. Entitled "Follow The Flames", the follow-up to 2007's "Death End Road" is will contain 10 new songs. The limited-edition version of the CD will i...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Guitarist MARCUS SIEPEN Interviewed At BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR

Hugh of ThrashHits.com conducted an interview with guitarist Marcus Siepen of German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN at this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 14-16, 2009 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. Watch the chat below. In an interview with Metalpaths, BLIND GUARD...

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VAN CANTO Signs With NAPALM RECORDS

German "a cappella metal" band VAN CANTO — which consists of five singers and one drummer (no guitars, no bass, no keyboards) — has inked a deal with Napalm Records. The group is currently recording its new album at the Blind Guardian Studios with producer Charlie Bauernfeind for an early 2010 relea...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Guitarist Talks About Forthcoming Album

Metal Storm conducted an interview with guitarist André Olbrich of German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN at this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 14-16, 2009 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. Watch the chat in two parts below. In an interview with Metalpaths, Olbrich s...

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BLACK SABBATH, JUDAS PRIEST, MOTÖRHEAD, MÖTLEY CRÜE Featured On 'Brütal Legend' Soundtrack

GameDaily.com has revealed the complete track listing for the Brütal Legend video game, whcih will be available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and the PlayStation computer entertainment system on October 13 in North America and on October 16 in Europe. "This soundtrack took yea...

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SAXON Frontman Interviewed At SONISPHERE

Raz of ThrashHits.com conducted an interview with vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON at the Sonisphere festival, which was held on August 1-2, 2009 at the legendary Knebworth Park, United Kingdom. Watch the four-minute chat below. SAXON's latest album, "Into The Labyrinth", so...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Parts Ways With Singer, Announces Replacement

Austrian symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have issued the following update: "It's [true], Joanna Nieniewska [vocals] was forced to leave the band a few weeks ago! The reason is a health problem which should not be specified more detailed, but makes it impossible for her to complete a whole sh...

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DESTRUCTION Frontman Performs With RAGE At MASTERS OF ROCK; Video Available

DESTRUCTION frontman Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer joined fellow German metallers RAGE on stage at this year's installment of the Masters Of Rock festival — which was held July 9-12, 2009 in Vizovice, Czech Republic — to perform the song "Prayers Of Steel". Watch video footage of his appearance below (c...