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SILENT VOICES: 'Reveal The Change' Details Revealed

SILENT VOICES, the Finnish melodic metal band featuring SONATA ARCTICA keyboardist keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg and bassist Pasi Kauppinen, will release its new album on November 29 in Europe and December 3 in North America through Inner Wound Recordings. The CD, which features guest appearances b...

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New AMBERIAN DAWN Studio Album Is Ready To Be Recorded

Finnish female-fronted symphonic metallers AMBERIAN DAWN have issued the following update: "We have some great news from AMBERIAN DAWN's headquarters here in Finland. "Many of you are waiting for a new AMBERIAN DAWN studio album. Tuomas [Seppälä; keyboards, guitar] has already penned 10 new awesome...

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SILENT VOICES Featuring SONATA ARCTICA Members: New Singer Announced

SILENT VOICES, the Finnish melodic metal band featuring SONATA ARCTICA keyboardist keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg and bassist Pasi Kauppinen, has announced the addition of vocalist Teemu Koskela (WINTERBORN) to the group's ranks. Teemu already fronted SILENT VOICES for three successful shows in the...

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SONATA ARTICA: 'Alone In Heaven' Video Released

"Alone In Heaven", the new video from Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARTICA, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's latest album, "Stones Grow Her Name", which was released in Europe on May 18, 2012 and in North America on May 22, 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded in se...

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SONATA ARCTICA Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have parted ways with bassist Marko Paasikoski. Says Marko in a statement: "I have come to a situation in my life where being a part of a touring band is not an option for me anymore and it's time to explore other things. "I wish to thank all the fans ...

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SONATA ARCTICA Interviewed By France's Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (Video)

Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace conducted an interview with Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA on August 15 in Colmar, France. You can now watch the chat below. According to Timo Isoaho of Finland's Soundi magazine, SONATA ARCTICA will enter the studio in late September to begin recording their n...

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SONATA ARCTICA To Enter Studio In September

According to Timo Isoaho of Finland's Soundi magazine, Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA will enter the studio in late September to begin recording their new album for a tentative April 2014 release. Vocalist Tony Kakko has written around 50 songs for the follow-up to 2012's "Stones Grow Her...

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EVERGREY Guitarist To Release Debut Instrumental Album

Due on August 16 via Lion Music, "Pictures From A Time Traveller", the debut instrumental album from EVERGREY guitarist Marcus Jidell, features seven tracks of outstanding, diverse and top-shelf virtuoso guitar excellence. Jidell is one of the most respected metal guitarists to have come out of Swed...

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BATTLE BEAST: New Audio Interview With ANTON KABANEN

Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with guitarist Anton Kabanen of Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. The self-titled sophomore album from BATTLE BEAST — who last fall parted ways with lead singer Nitte Vän...

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AMBERIAN DAWN: 'Re-Evolution' Audio Samples

Helsinki, Finland-based, female-fronted symphonic metallers AMBERIAN DAWN will release a compilation album of songs that originally appeared on their first four albums — "Circus Black" (2012),"End Of Eden" (2010),"The Clouds Of Northland Thunder" (2009) and "River Of Tuoni" (2008) — to showcase ne...

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SONATA ARCTICA Interviewed By Sweden's ACCESS: ROCK (Video)

Anna Dave Bertram of Sweden's Access: Rock conducted an interview with Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA at this year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, which is being held June 5-8 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. You can now watch the chat below. SONATA ARCTICA's latest album, "Stones Grow Her Na...

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JOHN PAUL JONES Has Time For Opera, Not LED ZEPPELIN

According to The Pulse Of Radio, LED ZEPPELIN bassist John Paul Jones has his sights on a new opera — not a reunion with his former bandmates. The ZEPPELIN fan-base has been drooling over Robert Plant's recent comments to Australia's "60 Minutes", which insinuated that it wasn't him who's holding th...

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SONATA ARCTICA Keyboardist Interviewed By PEEK FROM THE PIT (Video)

Nick Azinas of Peek From The Pit recently conducted an interview with keyboardist Henrik "Lance" Klingenberg of Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA at The Dublin Castle in London, U.K. You can now watch the chat below. SONATA ARCTICA's latest album, "Stones Grow Her Name", was certified gold in...

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TIMO TOLKKI'S AVALON: More 'The Land Of New Hope' First-Week Chart Positions

TIMO TOLKKI'S AVALON album "The Land Of New Hope" has registered the following first-week chart positions: Finland: #7 Sweden: #42 Switzerland: #59 Norway: #80 Germany: #90 Released in North America on May 21 via Frontiers Records, "The Land Of New Hope"'s story takes place more than 40 years in the...

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BATTLE BEAST's New Album Lands On Finnish Chart

The self-titled sophomore album from Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST — who last fall parted ways with lead singer Nitte Vänskä and replaced her with Noora Louhimo — has entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 5. Released in Europe on May 17 via Nuclear Blast Records, the...