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NIGHTWISH Mainman Says No Decision Regarding New Singer Will Be Made Before 2014

Finnish television channel Nelonen's news program "Nelosen Uutiset" last week conducted a short interview with Tuomas Holopainen, keyboardist and main songwriter of the Finnish symphonic metal band NIGHTWISH. You can watch the segment below. An English-language translation follows. Q: So, you have a...

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Former NIGHTWISH Singer ANETTE OLZON Featured On SAPPHIRE EYES Debut

SAPPHIRE EYES — featuring ALYSON AVENUE's Niclas Olsson and lead singer Thomas Bursell — will release its self-titled debut album on November 30 via Avenue Of Allies. Niclas and Thomas, who recorded the vocals for seven album tracks, are joined by two other male Swedish singers: Mikael Erlandsson (L...

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NIGHTWISH Mainman Says New Singer Is 'Very Professional' With A 'Fabulous' Attitude

NIGHTWISH mainman Tuomas Holopainen is extremely pleased with the addition of singer Floor Jansen to the group and feels that she is only getting better gig by gig. "We have done 13 shows with her and every concert has been better than the previous one," he tells Finland's MTV.fi. "We are taking it...

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TARJA TURUNEN Says Recording Process For Next Album Is 'Going Smoothly'

Jason Saulnier of the MusicLegends.ca web site recently conducted an interview with former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MusicLegends.ca: On keeping your voice in tip top shape, what would be your secret? Tarja: There are no secrets! I am training d...

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KAMELOT: More 'Silverthorn' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

"Silverthorn", the new album from American/German/Swedish symphonic metallers KAMELOT, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Norway: #17 Sweden: #20 Finland: #28 Germany: #36 Netherlands: #54 Switzerland: #55 Austria: #70 USA: #79 Canada: #86 Spain: #89 France: #89 UK: #168 "Silve...

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FLOOR JANSEN Says Reaction To Her Joining NIGHTWISH Has Been Better Than She Could Have Dreamed

NIGHTWISH's British fan club The-Islanders.co.uk conducted an interview with the band's new touring singer, Floor Jansen, prior to the group's November 6 headlining concert at O2 Academy in Birmingham, England. The nine-minute chat, which includes questions that were submitted by fans, can be seen b...

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NIGHTWISH Performs At 'Imaginaerum' Movie Screening In Finland (Video)

NIGHTWISH's long-awaited "Imaginaerum" film — based on the band's album of the same name — will be released theatrically in Finland on November 23. The movie had its premiere last night (Saturday, November 10) at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland, where the audience was treated to both a full-scal...

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KAMELOT Guitarist Interviewed On 'Rich Davenport's Rock Show' (Audio)

Guitarist Thomas Youngblood of American/German/Swedish symphonic metallers KAMELOT was interviewed on the latest edition of "Rich Davenport's Rock Show". The program can be streamed using the Mixcloud player below. (Note: The Youngblood interview begins around the one-hour, 22-minute mark.) KAMELOT'...

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NIGHTWISH: Manchester Fan-Filmed Video Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of NIGHTWISH's November 4 performance at O2 Apollo in Manchester, England can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Storytime 02. Dark Chest Of Wonders 03. Wish I Had An Angel 04. Amaranth 05. Scaretale 06. Slow, Love, Slow 07. I Want My Tears Back (with Troy...

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KAMELOT's 'Silverthorn' Cracks U.S. Top 100

"Silverthorn", the new album from American/German/Swedish symphonic metallers KAMELOT, 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", opened with around 6,100 units in Septe...

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NIGHTWISH's MARCO HIETALA Interviewed In Denver (Video)

Alicia Trejo of Mike Trejo's Access Unlimited TV conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala of Finnish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH prior to the band's September 28 concert at the Ogden Theatre in Denver, Colorado. You can now watch the chat below. Dutch vocalist Floor Jansen (REVAM...

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KAMELOT: First European Tour Webisode Available

American/German/Swedish symphonic metallers KAMELOT have posted the first in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the band's current European headlining tour. You can check it out below. KAMELOT's new album, "Silverthorn", was released on October 30 in North America, Octo...

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A Knight in York

Jaws around the world hit the floor with a collective thud many solstices ago when Ritchie Blackmore organized a band of Medieval-minded (and clad) minstrels with his wife, Candice Night. Potshots ringing along the line of "D&D dweebs" have trailed BLACKMORE'S NIGHT ever since and yet if you sto...

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NUCLEAR BLAST Online Poker Launched

Heavy metal fans have a new online home to party, poker and rock out. Nuclear Blast, in cooperation with kuuluu AG, has launched Nuclear Blast Poker, a free-to-play social platform. Nuclear Blast Poker is not just an online poker game but also a community platform where metal freaks interact, show t...

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NIGHTWISH Slippers Now Available

Finnish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH and Reino are making history together. Each pair of Reino slippers is accompanied by an authenticity certificate, which guarantees you have a genuine and authentic pair of NIGHTWISH Reinos. Says NIGHTWISH: "This must be the #1 Christmas present for this year! Ch...