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TARJA TURUNEN: 'What Lies Beneath' Teaser Available

A two-and-a-half-minute video teaser for former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's new solo album, "What Lies Beneath", can be viewed below. Also available is the CD's cover artwork. The session that produced the cover photo took place in Finland in February. Jens Boldt took the pictures and Dirk Rudo...

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KIUAS, METSATÖLL, CELESTY Team Up For SPINEFARM's 'Boneshakers 2010' U.K. Tour

For the first time in the company's history, three acts signed to the Spinefarm label will embark on a series of U.K. shows in tandem, flying the flag for epic heavy metal (Finnish five-piece KIUAS),authentic folk metal (Estonian quartet METSATÖLL) and dramatic power metal (Finnish sextet CELESTY)....

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BRUTAL GODZ Parts Ways With Ex-METAL CHURCH Singer, Announces Replacement

BRUTAL GODZ, the new Germany-based project featuring former/current members of BLIND GUARDIAN, RHAPSODY OF FIRE and REBELLION, has parted ways with former METAL CHURCH singer Ronny Munroe and has replaced him with Ian Breeg, a young Russian musician from Moscow. Commented bassist Oliver Holzwarth (w...

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TARJA TURUNEN Checks In From The Studio

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen has finished recording her new solo album, "What Lies Beneath", and is currently overseeing the mixing process at three different locations with three different engineers. In a posting on her official blog, Turunen writes, "We are making progress every day. Now...

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THE ETERNAL Completes Work On New Album

Melbourne, Australia's dark rockers THE ETERNAL have issued the following update: "We have just completed mastering our fourth full-length album, 'Under A New Sun'. "After six months of hard work, we have what we believe to be our strongest album in bag and we have been lucky enough to work with som...

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Sting in the Tail

So this is really it, the final SCORPIONS album? After all those years, since the formation by guitarist Rudolf Schenker in 1965 on through the release of 1972's "Lonesome Crow" album after vocalist Klaus Meine and Rudolf's little brother Michael had joined. On through great albums like "Lovedrive"...

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TARJA TURUNEN: 'What Lies Beneath' Artwork Unveiled

The cover artwork for "What Lies Beneath", the forthcoming solo album from former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen, can be viewed below. The session took place in Finland in February. Jens Boldt took the photos and Dirk Rudolph created the actual artwork. With production handled by Tarja herself a...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Frontman Contributes Guest Vocals To New TARJA TURUNEN Album

ALL THAT REMAINS singer Phil Labonte has contributed guest vocals to "What Lies Beneath", the new solo album from former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen. Labonte appears in the track "Dark Star", which Turunen describes as a "duet." Tarja states, "I haven't been really working with such impressiv...

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TARJA TURUNEN: New Album Artwork To Be Unveiled Next Week

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen will unveil the cover artwork for her new solo album, "What Lies Beneath", next week via her official web site. With production handled by Tarja herself and selected tracks set to be mixed by U.K. producer Colin Richardson (famed for his work with MACHINE HEAD,...

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TARJA TURUNEN Completes Recording New Solo Album

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen has completed recording her new solo album, "What Lies Beneath". She states, "It was a great last vocal session. I am grateful that everything I planned was accomplished. Also the things that we decided on the way have only improved the songs making the overall...

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NIGHTWISH Answers Fan-Submitted Questions

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have posted a new "Nightmail" session featuring fan questions answered by various members of the band and crew. A couple of excerpts follow below. Q: To Anette: I wonder if NIGHTWISH have any plans to record a new album but with a mix of the older songs?...

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KAMELOT Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

KAMELOT has been confirmed for this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 ALICE COOPER ANVIL ARCH ENEMY AMORPHIS ASTRAL DOORS ATROCITY BROILERS BRUTUS CALIBAN CANDLEMASS CANNIBAL CORP...

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SOULFLY Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

SOULFLY has been confirmed for this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 ALICE COOPER ANVIL ARCH ENEMY AMORPHIS ASTRAL DOORS ATROCITY BROILERS BRUTUS CALIBAN CANDLEMASS CANNIBAL CORP...

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THE ETERNAL: Australian Dates Announced

Melbourne, Australia's dark rockers THE ETERNAL have scheduled the following dates in their home countryL July 02 - Byron Bay, AUS - The Buddha Bar July 03 - Brisbane, AUS - The Jubilee Hotel (Dead Of Winter Festival) THE ETERNAL recently made a new DVD, "Kartika World Tour 2009", available exclusiv...

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SCORPIONS Guitarist Interviewed On 'Maximum Threshold'

SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker was interviewed on this past Saturday's (April 3) edition of the "Maximum Threshold" show. Rudolf talked about the end of SCORPIONS; the reunion with his brother Michael and sister Barbara on a future record after the last tour with the SCORPIONS; drummer Herman R...