ARTISTdirect.com editor-in-chief Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish love metallers HIM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect.com: With [the new HIM greatest-hits album] "XX - Two Decades of Love Metal" and [upcoming studio CD] "Tears On Tape", do you feel like you're ...
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Finnish melodic death metallers MORS PRINCIPIUM EST will release their fourth album, …And Death Said Live", in North America on January 15, 2013 via AFM Records. Video footage from the recording sessions for the CD can be seen below. Also available is an audio stream of a track from the album, "Destroyer Of All" (courtesy ...
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Finnish love metallers HIM signed copies of their new greatest-hits album, "XX - Two Decades Of Love Metal", yesterday (Friday, October 26) at Stockmann in Helsinki. Video footage of the event, including a Finnish-language TV interview with HIM frontman Ville Valo, can be seen below. "XX - Two Decades Of Love Metal" includes HIM's's new ...
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"One For Sorrow", the new video from Finnish melodic death metallers INSOMNIUM, can be seen below. The song is the title track of the band's latest album, which was released in October 2011 in North America via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded in Gothenburg, Sweden with sound engineer Daniel Antonsson (also bassist in ...
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Finnish melodic death metallers MORS PRINCIPIUM EST will release their fourth album, …And Death Said Live", in North America on January 15, 2013 via AFM Records. A track from the CD, "Destroyer Of All", can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below (courtesy of Metal Injection). MORS PRINIPIUM EST previously issued three full-length ...
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The Age Of Metal conducted an interview with bassist/lead vocalist Ville Sorvali of Finnish crusaders of epic heathen metal MOONSORROW prior to the band's September 15 performance in Tempe, Arizona as part of the North American tour with KORPIKLAANI. You can now watch the chat below. MOONSORROW recently inked a worldwide deal with Century Media ...
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Finnish love metallers HIM will release a greatest-hits album, "XX - Two Decades Of Love Metal", on October 29 via Sony Music in Finland. The set will include the band's new cover version of the song "Strange World", originally recorded in the 1990s by Kevin Grivois (a.k.a. Ké). The "Strange World" video and digital single ...
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Metal-Trails.com conducted an interview with Finnish melodic death metallers INSOMNIUM at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. INSOMNIUM's latest album, "One For Sorrow", entered the official chart in Finland at position No. 6. The group's previous CD, "Across ...
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Finnish metallers VALONKANTAJAT have inked a deal with Violent Journey Records. The band's debut album, "Tuomittu Elämään", will be released on October 12. The CD's title track will be released on September 7 in digisingle format. The "Tuomittu Elämään" cover artwork was designed by Ville Saloranta and Petri Lampela and can be seen below. "Tuomittu ...
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Finnish love metallers HIM will release a greatest-hits album, "XX - Two Decades Of Love Metal", on October 29 via Sony Music in Finland. The set will include the band's new cover version of the song "Strange World", originally recorded in the 1990s by Kevin Grivois (a.k.a. Ké). The "Strange World" video and digital single ...
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Finnish melodic death metallers MORS PRINCIPIUM EST will release their fourth album, …And Death Said Live", in December via AFM Records. MORS PRINIPIUM EST previously issued three full-length albums through the French label Listenable Records. After the release of the band's most recent LP, "Liberation = Termination", in 2007, the band underwent significant lineup changes, ...
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Finnish love metallers HIM will release a greatest-hits album, "XX - Two Decades Of Love Metal", on October 29 via Sony Music in Finland. The set will include the band's new cover version of the song "Strange World", originally recorded in the 1990s by Kevin Grivois a.k.a. Ké. The "Strange World" video and digital single ...
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Onslaught Radio conducted an interview with drummer Marko Tarvonen of Finnish crusaders of epic heathen metal MOONSORROW at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 9-12 at Catton Park, Derbyshire in the United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. MOONSORROW recently inked a worldwide deal with Century ...
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Australia's Truth Inc Records has announced the signing of the Finnish melodic death/thrash act MORS PRINCIPIUM EST. The label will release the band's new album in December throughout Australia. MORS PRINCIPIUM EST is signed with the prestigious German label AFM Records for Europe and the U.S. MORS PRINIPIUM EST previously issued three full-length albums through ...
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The third webisode featuring behind-the-scenes footage from BATTLE BEAST's recent European tour as the support act for NIGHTWISH can be seen below. BATTLE BEAST's debut album, "Steel" — which was originally released in Finland last year via Hype Records — was made available internationally on January 27 through Nuclear Blast Records. Formed in 2008, BATTLE ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of Finnish female-fronted metallers BATTLE BEAST performing the song "Iron Hand" in France during their recent European tour as the support act for NIGHTWISH can be seen below. BATTLE BEAST's debut album, "Steel" — which was originally released in Finland last year via Hype Records — was made available internationally on ...
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Finnish metallers ADASTRA will release their third album, "Corroder Of Minds", on June 20 via Violent Journey Records. The follow-up to 2008's "Death Or Domination" sees the quintet "mixing contemporary metal with old-school influences like METALLICA, JUDAS PRIEST and IRON MAIDEN," according to a press release. "In addition to the heavy riffs, soaring guitar-leads and ...
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Finnish death metallers PYURIA wll release their third album, "Incarnadine Revelry", on June 13 via Violent Journey Records. The CD was recorded by Henri Virsell and features the following track listing: 01. Immolate 02. Eradicate The Parasites 03. Flesh Grotesque 04. Skeletonized 05. I Am Pain 06. The Enemy 07. Incarnadine Revelry 08. The Dead ...
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"Bound To Strive", the new video from Finnish metallers PROFANE OMEN, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Pete Voutilainen of One Eye Media and edited by Ykä Järvinen. It was filmed at Nosturi in Helsinki, Finland on April 20. "Bound To Strive" comes off PROFANE OMEN's third album, "Destroy!", which was released ...
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The second webisode featuring behind-the-scenes footage from BATTLE BEAST's recent European tour as the support act for NIGHTWISH can be seen below. BATTLE BEAST's debut album, "Steel" — which was originally released in Finland last year via Hype Records — was made available internationally on January 27 through Nuclear Blast Records. Formed in 2008, BATTLE ...
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Finnish female-fronted metallers BATTLE BEAST recently answered a number of questions that were submiited by fans via the official Nuclear Blast Europe Facebook page. You can now watch the entire question-and-answer session below. BATTLE BEAST's debut album, "Steel" — which was originally released in Finland last year via Hype Records — was made available internationally ...
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"Utopia", the debut album from Oulu, Finland-based metallers ZENITH REUNION, has entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 9. "Utopia" was released on April 25 via Violent Journey Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Can't Feel The Pain 02. Naked Boy 03. Dust ...
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The second in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Delusional Noise", the sophomore album from Finnish death/thrash metallers THE UNDIVINE, can be seen below. The CD will be released on May 18 via Inverse Records. According to a press release, "Delusional Noise" is "a theme album about insanity divided into ...
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Finnish death/thrash metallers THE UNDIVINE will release their sophomore album, "Delusional Noise", on May 18 via Inverse Records. According to a press release, "Delusional Noise" is "a theme album about insanity divided into two brain blocks. The left cortex titled Secretary Of Lunacy deals with the outcome resulting from substances, fear and paranoia. The right ...
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Finnish melodic death metallers MORS PRINCIPIUM EST have inked a deal with AFM Records. Singer Ville Viljanen states, "We talked to some other labels, too, but AFM seemed the right choice for us. We can't wait to get to the studio in the summer and release the new album at the end of 2012. And ...
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More behind-the-scenes footage from BATTLE BEAST's current European tour as the support act for NIGHTWISH can be seen below. BATTLE BEAST's debut album, "Steel" — which was originally released in Finland last year via Hype Records — was made available internationally on January 27 through Nuclear Blast Records. Formed in 2008, BATTLE BEAST won the ...
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Finnish crusaders of epic heathen metal MOONSORROW have inked a worldwide deal with Century Media Records. The band comments, "MOONSORROW are thrilled to start working with Century Media, a label that is home to many fellow artists already! We never make our music half way or with compromises and we know our art is in ...
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The first in a series of clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from BATTLE BEAST's current European tour as the support act for NIGHTWISH can be seen below. BATTLE BEAST's debut album, "Steel" — which was originally released in Finland last year via Hype Records — was made available internationally on January 27 through Nuclear Blast Records. ...
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Former CHARON guitarist Jasse von Hast and drummer Antti Karihtala (CHARON, KYPCK) have joined forces with vocalist Ville Lind (SEITH, DAWN OF RELIC, CRYPTID) in a new band called TOMB OF FINLAND. With regards to how TOMB OF FINLAND came together, Jasse said, "TOMB OF FINLAND got the first shovel full of soil into its ...
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A re-recorded version of the song "Blackmension" from Finnish melodic black metallers CATAMENIA is available for free download at this location. The track, which originally appeared on 2000's "Eternal Winter's Prophecy" album, is included on the "The Rewritten Chapters" collection, which contains re-recorded and rearranged versions of 14 songs from CATAMENIA's previous albums ...
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