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SOILWORK: 'Bastard Chain' Performance Clip From 'Live In The Heart Of Helsinki' DVD

Swedish metallers SOILWORK will release their first live DVD/Blu-ray, "Live In The Heart Of Helsinki", on March 13 via Nuclear Blast. The disc was recorded during the band's special show on March 21, 2014 at Circus Club in the Finnish capital and features guest appearances by Floor Jansen (NIGHTWISH...

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LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Performs 'Twinkle Twinkle A Needle In Your Eye' (Video)

A video clip of LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe and Sam Haycroft (SYDONIA, I AM DUCKEYE) performing a a special take on an old children's song, "Twinkle Twinkle A Needle In Your Eye", can be seen below. The clip was filmed last month somewhere in Australia while LAMB OF GOD was in the country ...

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NIGHTWISH To Tour Europe With AMORPHIS, ARCH ENEMY

Finland-based symphonic metal masters NIGHTWISH will launch the European leg of their "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" in November in Copenhagen, Denmark. Support on the trek will come from AMORPHIS and ARCH ENEMY. The dates are as follows: Nov. 16 – DK - Copenhagen - Falconer Nov. 18 - GER - Hamburg...

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NIGHTWISH's TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN Wants 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful' To Be Listened To In Its Entirety

Germany's EMP Rock Invasion recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH mastermind/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if NIGHTWISH's forthcoming full-length album, "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", is meant to be listened to in its entirety on a proper sound syst...

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NIGHTWISH: Twelfth 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful' Trailer

The twelfth trailer for NIGHTWISH's new full-length album, "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", can be seen below. The clip sees the NIGHTWISH bandmembers explain the themes and inspirations for the CD. NIGHTWISH keyboard player and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen comments: "There's a kind of scientifi...

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LAMB OF GOD Singer RANDY BLYTHE's Memoir 'Dark Days' Gets Official Release Date

Da Capo Press has set a July 14 release date for LAMB OF GOD vocalist Randy Blythe's memoir, "Dark Days: My Tribulation And Trials". Random House purchased the foreign rights to the book and will act as publisher in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The memoir, which puts emphasis...

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NIGHTWISH's MARCO HIETALA Says FLOOR JANSEN 'Fit In Perfectly' During Making Of 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful'

On February 12, FaceCulture conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH bassist/vocalist Marco Hietela. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. Asked how NIGHTWISH's new singer, Floor Jansen, fit in during the songwriting process for the band's new album, "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", Marco said:...

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BLACK STAR RIDERS' RICKY WARWICK Talks 'The Killer Instinct' Album, Studying PHIL LYNOTT's Work

Anthony Morgan of Metal Forces recently conducted an interview with BLACK STAR RIDERS vocalist Ricky Warwick. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On writing songs for new album, "The Killer Instinct": "Writing for 'The Killer Instinct' was pretty similar to 'All Hell Breaks Loose'. I wr...

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SOILWORK's BJÖRN 'SPEED' STRID On Upcoming Album: 'It's Pretty Fast-Paced And 'Even More Intense'

Metal Wani editor Sairaj R. Kamath recently conducted an interview with vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid of Swedish metallers SOILWORK. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Asked about the direction of the material for SOILWORK's upcoming follow-up to 2013's "The Living Infinite", S...

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Ex-DIO, QUIET RIOT, JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE Members Join Forces In ENDANGERED SPECIES

ENDANGERED SPECIES, the new band featuring ex-DIO guitarist Craig Goldy, former QUIET RIOT frontman Mark Huff, guitarist/keyboardist Wayne Findlay (MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP),drummer Chris Moore and bassist Dario Seixas (FIREHOUSE, STEPHEN PEARCY, JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE),has a couple of Californi...

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Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Keyboardist MATS OLAUSSON Found Dead In Thailand Hotel Room

According to the Bangkok Post, acclaimed Swedish keyboardist Mats Johan Olausson (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ARK, EVIL MASQUERADE) was found dead inside a hotel room in downtown Rayong, Thailand Thursday afternoon (February 19). He was 54 years old. Olausson is believed to have died less than 24 hours before...

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NIGHTWISH's FLOOR JANSEN Didn't Mind Not Being Involved In Songwriting On 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful'

On February 12, FaceCulture conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. Asked if she missed being involved in the songwriting process during the making of NIGHTWISH's new album, "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", Floor said: "No. This was [m...

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NIGHTWISH's TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN: New Singer FLOOR JANSEN 'Brings A Lot Of Motivation And Devotion' To The Band

On February 12, FaceCulture conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH mastermind/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what new NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen brought to the making of the band's new...

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NIGHTWISH: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'Èlan' Video Shoot

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making f "Èlan", the new video from Finnish / Dutch / British symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH, can be seen below. The clip was shot in Finland at various locations between September and November 2014, and it was directed by Ville Lipiäinen. Commented NIGHTWISH master...

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NIGHTWISH's TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN Felt 'Violated' When Band's New Single 'Èlan' Was Leaked Ahead Of Release

NIGHTWISH mastermind/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen says that he felt "violated" when the band's new single, "Èlan", was leaked one week before its official release, and has admonished people who "honestly don't see anything wrong" with illegally spreading unreleased music on the Internet. "When 'Èla...