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KILL THE ROMANCE To Release 'Take Another Life' In April

Finnish melodic death metal band KILL THE ROMANCE will release its debut album, "Take Another Life", on April 24 via Locomotive Music. KILL THE ROMANCE — Mika Tanttu, Ville Hovi, Tomi Luoma, Antti Kakkonen and Raimo Posti — gathered up its various influences from a host of previous projects that tra...

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POISONBLACK Confirmed For Finland's SAUNA OPEN AIR Festival

POISONBLACK, the Finnish band featuring Ville Laihiala (vocals, guitar; formerly of SENTENCED),has been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sauna Open Air festival, set to take place June 7-9 in Tampere, Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Thursday, June 7: MEGADETH KOTIPELTO...

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THE 69 EYES: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

The new THE 69 EYES album, "Angels", is available for streaming in its entirety at the band's MySpace page. Due in Finland on March 5 via Virgin/EMI, the CD was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa and Johnny Lee Michaels — the same team that was responsible for 2004's "Devils". The video for the album's ...

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POISONBLACK Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

POISONBLACK, the Finnish band featuring Ville Laihiala (vocals, guitar; formerly of SENTENCED),has been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetica...

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DAUNTLESS To Release Debut Album 'Execute The Fact' In March

Finnish death/thrash band DAUNTLESS will release its debut album, "Execute the Fact", on March 1 through Firebox Records. "Execute the Fact" consists of nine tracks, some of which are entirely new and unheard, some collected pieces from along the way. The album was recorded at JiVe Studio and Studio...

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H.I.M., HATEBREED, OPETH, SOILWORK, AMORPHIS, Confirmed For Finland's ILOSAARIROCK

In 1997, one of the smaller stages at the Ilosaarirock festival in Joensuu, Finland was conquered by a promising new band whose frontman was said to have a fantastic voice. Now, ten years later, led by their charismatic singer Ville Valo, they have released five impeccable albums that have sold more...

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THE 69 EYES: 'Perfect Skin' Single Tops Finnish Chart

THE 69 EYES's new single, "Perfect Skin", has entered the Finnish national chart at position No. 1. View the whole chart at this location. The track is the first single off the Finnish goth metallers' new album, "Angels", due in Finland on March 5 via Virgin/EMI. The CD was produced by Hiili Hiilesm...

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Buried Alive

I don't know about you, but I'm still bummed at the demise of the mighty SENTENCED. It is hard to believe that the band started way back in 1989 and turned from a more traditional death metal act into the melodic, rocking, and suicide-obsessed juggernaut that they became, particularly on later album...

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Buried Alive

So this is it, the final farewell to a band that called it quits voluntarily after evolving from barren death metal artisans and English manglers ("Rot to Dead"! "Desperationed Future"!) in the late 1980s to a sleek, melancholy hit-making machine (in their native Finland, anyway). While some would p...

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METALLICA, SLAYER, PANTERA, AC/DC Music Featured On 'Kerrang! Karaoke' DVD

You may not get to sing to 70,000 at Wembley Stadium… You may not get to power slide across the stage at Download… But you can jump around your living room in your pants! The first-ever "Kerrang! Karaoke" presents 16 monstrous anthems hand-picked by the K! team to provide the ultimate high voltage r...

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NEGATIVE To Perform Acoustically On Finnish Radio

Finnish hard/glam rock band NEGATIVE will perform acoustically and take part in an interview on the Finnish radio station Uusi Kiss tomorrow (Friday, January 26) at 17.00. NEGATIVE recently shot a video for its new single, "Sinners Night/Misty Morning", which came out in Finland last November. The t...

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H.I.M. Frontman's Duet With NATALIA AVELON: Video Available

A video clip for H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo's duet with German soap opera star Natalia Avelon, "Summer Wine", has been posted online at YouTube.com. The track is included on the soundtrack to the movie "Das Wilde Leben" about the life of Uschi Obermaier (played by Natalia). H.I.M.'s latest album, "D...

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DEATHBOUND: 'We Deserve Much Worse' Release Dates Announced

Finnish grinding death metal act DEATHBOUND, featuring members of THE DUSKFALL and ROTTEN SOUND, will release its third album, "We Deserve Much Worse", via Dynamic Arts on the following dates: January 10, 2007 (Scandinavia) March 9, 2007 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) March 5, 2007 (Rest of the wor...

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THE 69 EYES To Release 'Angels' In March

Finnish goth metallers THE 69 EYES will release their new album, "Angels", in Finland on March 5 via Virgin/EMI. The album was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa and Johnny Lee Michaels — the same team that was responsible for 2004's "Devils". The video for the first single, "Perfect Skin", was directed by...

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H.I.M. Bassist's 'Arse-Crack' Examination By Finnish Customs Was 'Traumatizing'

H.I.M.'s new remixes-and-rarities album, "Uneasy Listening Vol. 1", was recently unleashed by Republic/Universal. To celebrate, Robyn Doreian of Rock Sound magazine caught up with frontman Ville Valo and bassist Mige for an exclusive chat about life on the road. A couple of excerpts follow: On H.I.M...