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POISONBLACK Frontman Says SENTENCED is 'Over And Done'

Chad Bowar of HeavyMetal.About.com recently conducted an interview with POISONBLACK/ex-SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: HeavyMetal.About.com: On the first CD J.P. Leppaluoto was the vocalist. When he left the band, did you audition other vocalists, or did...

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TURISAS To Support LORDI On U.K. Tour

Finnish pagan folk metal band TURISAS will support LORDI on the "Bringing Back The Balls To UK" tour 2006 in October. Confirmed dates are as follows: Oct. 26 - Nottingham - Rock City (UK) Oct. 27 - Birmingham - Academy (UK) Oct. 29 - Manchester - Academy (UK) Oct. 30 - Glasgow - The Carling ...

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LORDI Cola Labels Revealed

Eurovision Song Contest winners LORDI will be honored with a cola named after them in their native Finland. According to BBC News, the hard rock group's singer, known as Mr. Lordi, has designed labels featuring the five members in their monster masks and one of the whole band. Check out pictures of...

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LORDI: More Details Surface About Upcoming Horror Film

MonstersAndCritics.com reports that Finnish heavy-metal rockers LORDI, surprise winners of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, have announced more details about their upcoming horror film. The band's frontman, Tomi Putaansuu, also known as Mr. Lordi, told Finland's biggest evening paper Ilta-Sanomat,...

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LORDI Mainman Earns His First One Million Euros

According to Oikotimes.com, LORDI mastermind Mr. Lordi has earned his first million euros (approximately $1.28 million),reports the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat. The group's "Hard Rock Hallelujah" single has been sold over 300,000 copies all across Europe. Meanwhile, LORDI's latest album, "The Ar...

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DOMINATION BLACK: 'Dark Legacy' Track Listing Revealed

Finnish horror metallers DOMINATION BLACK have revealed the final track listing for their sophomore album, "Dark Legacy", due later in the year via Poison Arrow Records. DOMINATION BLACK frontman "The Sentinel" KILLgast has described the sound of the new album as "melodic thrash-metal-meets-traditio...

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LORDI Continues Rocking German Charts

According to Metal-Online.com, Finnish metal band LORDI is continuing to rock the German single charts. The group's new single, "Who's Your Daddy", entered the chart this week at position No. 33. Meanwhile, LORDI's Eurovision Song Contest-winning song, "Rock Hard Hallelujah", is still in the Top 20...

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Report: Business Warms To Monster Finnish Band LORDI

Sami Torma of Reuters.com reports: Christian groups in Finland denounced them as Satanists and the Greek Consumers' Union wanted them banned from the Eurovision Song Contest held in Athens in May. But Finnish heavy rock sensation LORDI, whose members dress in armour and ghoulish skeleton and zombie...

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LORDI Cola Coming Next Month

BBC News reports that Eurovision Song Contest winners LORDI are to be honored with a cola named after them in their native Finland. The hard rock group's singer, known as Mr. Lordi, has designed labels featuring the five members in their monster masks and one of the whole band. "The LORDI phenomenon...

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LORDI: First Biography Due This Month

NewsRoom Finland reports that the first book to be written about Finnish Eurovision winners LORDI will be available in shops from August 18, it was announced on Thursday. The author of the book, Sven Pahajoki, hails from LORDI's hometown of Rovaniemi in northern Finland. The book is a biography of t...

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Report: LORDI Transformed From National Scourges To National Heroes

Dan Bilefsky of the International Herald Tribune has issued the following report: Before the Finnish band LORDI won the Eurovision Song Contest in May with its hard-rock anthem "Hard Rock Hallelujah", its many critics warned that the latex- wearing monster mutants would embarrass Finland, inspire Sa...

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LORDI Singer Weds

According to ContactMusic.com, LORDI frontman Tomi Putaansuu, 32, has married his longtime girlfriend Johanna Askola, 28. The Finnish rocker, who led his band to glory in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, wed his partner and personal assistant in a lavish ceremony in his hometown Rovaniemi. The c...

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Head Of Greek Ortohodox Church Denies Having Criticized LORDI

NewsRoom Finland reports that Archbishop Christodoulos, the head of the Ortohodox Church in Greece, denied having criticized Finnish Eurovision winner LORDI, provincial daily Savon Sanomat reported Saturday. The archbishop denied having criticized LORDI and said the news item on the matter was nonse...

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HAMMERFALL Debuts New Song At Sweden's GATES OF METAL Festival

HAMMERFALL debuted its new single "The Fire Burns Forever" — the track the band recorded with some of the Swedish participants in the European Athletics Championships — on Saturday (August 5) at their exclusive headlining show at the Gates Of Metal festival in Hultsfred, Sweden. They will perform th...

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TESTAMENT, ARCH ENEMY, SAXON, HAMMERFALL: Photos From Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST Available

221 high-quality pictures of last weekend's Earthshaker Fest (which took place July 21-22 in Kreuth, Germany) have been posted online at www.metalchroniques.com. Included in the batch are pictures of the following artists: DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER ARCH ENEMY BRAINSTORM CALIBAN ENSIFERUM EQUILIBRIU...