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LORDI Frontman: 'We're Ready For North America'

Finland's monster rock 'n' roll band LORDI invaded New York City this week, arriving in the Big Apple in preparation of its first ever U.S. live performances. Along the way, the band has turned plenty of heads. Since arriving in NYC on Monday, LORDI has taken the city by storm, thrilling throngs of...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM, KOTIPELTO Members To Guest On Finnish 'Idols' Winner's Debut CD

The winner of the Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols", 22-year-old heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen, has announced the lineup of his band. Joining the vocalist will be the following musicians; Erkka Korhonen (RASKAS JOULU, CHEAT CODE) - Guitar Vili Ollila (TUNNELVISION, RASKAS JOULU, CHEAT...

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TURISAS: Medley Of Two New Songs Posted Online

A medley of two brand new songs from TURISAS' upcoming "The Varangian Way" album — "To Holmgard and Beyond" and "A Portage to the Unknown" — have been posted online at the band's MySpace page. "We definitely have high expectations lined up after the success of our debut album 'Battle Metal'," says v...

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Swedish Pop Star CAROLA Wants To Sing With LORDI

According to ESTToday.com, Swedish singer and entertainer Carola (full name: Carola Maria Häggkvist) wants the chance to sing with Finnish monster rockers and 2006 Eurovision Song Contest victors LORDI, Aftonbladet has reported. Carola, who finished in fifth position at the Athens contest last year,...

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3 INCHES OF BLOOD Sets 'Fire Up The Blades' Release Date

Vancouver, B.C.-based heavy metal unit 3 INCHES OF BLOOD has completed work on their hotly anticipated new album entitled "Fire Up the Blades". The follow up to the band's 2004 release "Advance and Vanquish", "Fire Up the Blades" will drop on June 26, 2007 via Roadrunner Records. 3 INCHES OF BLOOD r...

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LORDI Cancels WACKEN OPEN AIR Appearance

Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI have cancelled their previously announced appearance at this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. LORDI management has issued the following statement regarding the matter: "It is with deep and ge...

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POSSESSED To Reunite For This Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Legendary San Francisco Bay Area metal band POSSESSED will reunite for an exclusive appearance at this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. Also newly confirmed is AS I LAY DYING. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows...

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LORDI's 'Hard Rock Hallelujah' Song Gets A Makeover

ESCToday.com reports that it took a year but now finally there is a version of LORDI's "Hard Rock Hallelujah" that even Finland’s schlager and light pop-oriented Radio Suomi can play. Last spring Radio Suomi refused to play "Hard Rock Hallelujah" because it didn't fit into their profile of light pop...

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LORDI's EUROVISION Image Named 'Press Photo Of The Year'

Helsingin Sanomat reports that photographer Sami Kero's quirky image depicting the Eurovision Song Contest winners LORDI, taken in Athens last May after the band's Finnish triumph, was honored with the "Press Photo of the Year" award Friday (April 13) during the Helsinki Media Conference at the Hels...

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STRATOVARIUS, LORDI, NIGHTWISH Members To Write Songs For Finnish 'Idols' Winner

According to the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, Timo Tolkki (STRATOVARIUS),Tomi Putaansuu (a.k.a. Mr. Lordi; LORDI),Marco Hietala (NIGHTWISH, TAROT),Janne Joutsenniemi (SUBURBAN TRIBE),Tony Kakko (SONATA ARCTICA) and Jarkko Ahola (TERÄSBETONI) are among the metal musicians who will contrib...

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Buy OZZY OSBOURNE's New CD, Get First Chance At OZZFEST Tickets

In February, OZZY OSBOURNE made the ground-breaking announcement that Ozzfest will be free for all this summer. In continuing to give back to his fans, a limited number of specially marked copies of "Black Rain" (Epic Records),Osbourne's first studio album of all-new material in six years, will con...

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SUBWAY TO SALLY Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German folk/medieval band SUBWAY TO SALLY has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK...

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Report: No Bristow OZZFEST Leaves Virginia Band LAMB OF GOD, Fans Disappointed

Dan Roem of TimesCommunity.com reports: For the first time in 11 years, Ozzfest will not stop at Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia during its annual touring cycle. When dates for the 24-city tour were released March 13, many in the local heavy metal community — including former Woodbridge residen...

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LORDI Planning New Album By Late 2008

LORDI bandleader Mr. Lordi has told Reuters the group — whose members dress in armour and ghoulish skeleton and zombie masks — has seen its fan base grow worldwide, particularly through the Internet, and that it was a personal ambition to crack the key U.S. market. But he added that LORDI would not...

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OZZFEST 2007: First Ticketing Details Released

You've heard about how Ozzfest is boldly redefining the concert industry this year by making all the tickets to the summer's premiere touring concert festival entirely free for fans. Well, Ozzfest fans have a number of ways to score a pair of tickets to "FreeFest" — which will rock mightily with fes...