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FOUNTAIN OF TEARS Featuring BELIEVER Drummer: New Single Available For Download
FOUNTAIN OF TEARS, the melodic female-fronted metal act featuring Joey Daub, drummer for former Roadrunner recording artists BELIEVER, has posted a new single, "What Lies Ahead", for free download on its web site. The song is from the group's first full-length album, "Fate", which is scheduled to be...January 24, 2007
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AFTER FOREVER: New Album Release Date Announced
Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER will release its new, self-titled album on April 20 via Nuclear Blast Records. According to an article on the Dutch web site Metalfan.nl, the song "Discord" will feature the Prague Symphonic Orchestra, while vocalist Doro Pesch can be heard d...January 20, 2007
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AFTER FOREVER: New Album Pushed Back
Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has revealed via its official web site that the release date of its new, self-titled album has been pushed back from the previously announced March 23 (release date for Germany; the rest of Europe was due to receive the CD on March 26). A new...January 16, 2007
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AFTER FOREVER Guitarist Recruits Outside Lyricist For HDK Project
Vocalist Amanda Somerville, who has appeared on the AINA rock opera "Days of Rising Doom" in 2003 and who has worked with EPICA and AFTER FOREVER as a backing vocalist and vocal coach, is collaborating with AFTER FOREVER guitarist/songwriter Sander Gommans on the lyrics for Sanders' HDK project. Com...January 12, 2007
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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman To Guest On AMASEFFER 'Trilogy'
Drummer and main songwriter Erez Yohanan of AMASEFFER — the new "holy project" from Andy Kuntz, lead singer of German progressive metal band VANDEN PLAS — has announced that ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow will contribute guest vocals to the AMASEFFER "trilogy" of albums recounting the story of...January 11, 2007
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AFTER FOREVER Confirmed For PROGPOWER USA VIII Festival
Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has been confirmed for the ProgPower USA VIII festival, set to take place October 5-6, 2007 at Center Stage Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. The final festival billing is as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER COMMUNIC FIREWIND PAGAN'S...January 5, 2007
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AFTER FOREVER Confirms New Album Title
After four full-length albums and one mini-album, Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has officially decided to make its upcoming album a self-titled affair. Commented guitarist Sander Gommans: "This album does not only show new elements of AFTER FOREVER, but it's also a reflec...December 29, 2006
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AFTER FOREVER Guitarist Recruits CALLENISH CIRCLE Frontman For HDK Project
AFTER FOREVER guitarist/songwriter Sander Gommans has recruited Patrick Savelkoul of CALLENISH CIRCLE to handle some of the "extreme" vocals for his HDK project. HDK's musical direction was previously described by Gommans as "modern trash/death metal with a lot of melodic influences." The following...December 27, 2006
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AFTER FOREVER: New Album Will Be A Self-Titled Affair
According to an article on the Dutch web site Metalfan.nl, the title of the forthcoming AFTER FOREVER album will be simply "After Forever" and NOT "Energized", as was previously reported. The song "Discord" will feature the Prague Symphonic Orchestra, while vocalist Doro Pesch can be heard dueting w...December 21, 2006
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ANNIHILATOR's JEFF WATERS, DORO PESCH Guest On New AFTER FOREVER Album
According to an article in the December 2006 issue of Holland's Aardschok magazine, ANNIHILATOR guitarist Jeff Waters and German hard rock singer Doro Pesch make guest appearances on the new AFTER FOREVER album, tentatively titled "Energized", due on March 23, 2007 via Nuclear Blast Records. Waters...December 17, 2006
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STREAM OF PASSION Announces European Tour Dates
STREAM OF PASSION, the new band featuring AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen, has issued the following update: "STREAM OF PASSION had such a blast playing for the fans during the last two tours and the Mexico gig that they immediately started looking for a way to get together again, and play live once...December 7, 2006
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AFTER FOREVER: Photos of FLOOR JANSEN's Appearance At 'Games In Concert' Posted Online
Photos of AFTER FOREVER vocalist Floor Jansen singing the tracks "Today" from JUNKIE XL and "Sound of Wind" from the game Final Fantasy during her appearance at the Games In Concert event with the Dutch Metropool Orchestra in Utrecht, Holland on November 26 have been posted online at this location....November 28, 2006
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AFTER FOREVER: Tentative Album Title Revealed; Studio Update Available
Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has almost finished the recordings for its new, album for a spring 2007 release via Nuclear Blast Records. Produced by Gordon Groothedde (Dutch studio luminary),the record is believed to be titled "Energized", although this has not yet been...November 25, 2006
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AFTER FOREVER Vocalist To Sing JUNKIE XL Song At 'Games In Concert' Event
In addition to the previously announced song "Sound of Wind" from the game Final Fantasy, AFTER FOREVER vocalist Floor Jansen will also sing the track "Today" from JUNKIE XL during her appearance at the Games In Concert event with the Dutch Metropool Orchestra in Utrecht, Holland on November 26. The...November 23, 2006
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AYREON: New Album In The Works
AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist Arjen Lucassen (ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE),has posted the following message on its official web site: "Finally, we are able to bring you some news about Arjen's next recording project. "At the end of September 2006, Arjen's new studio was finished and ready to u...November 22, 2006