Photos of PAIN's December 5, 2008 concert at the Tochka club in Moscow, Russia can be found on The MetalList webzine. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. I'm Going In 02. Follow Me 03. Zombie Slam 04. End Of The Line 05. Walking On Glass 06. Don't Care 07. Dancing With The ...
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Metal Portal recently conducted an interview with Marta Samitowska, who recently launched a publishing company called Muse(ic) Books through which she is planning to release a series of books on female-fronted metal artists. Her newest 134-page book, "Through My Eyes, In Their Own Words - Females In Metal And Beyond - Part I" ...
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Steven Rosen of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala of the Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: What was it like working with [former NIGHTWISH singer] Tarja Turunen? Marco: Well, working with Tarja at first was really easy; she was — at ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of NIGHTWISH performing the song "Amaranth" on November 18, 2008 in Vila Velha, Brazil can be viewed below (courtesy of "easyalot"). NIGHTWISH issued a digital-only collection of demos and B-sides titled "The Sound of Nightwish Reborn", on September 2. This release, which clocks in at nearly 70 minutes of music, retains "must-have" ...
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Video footage of NIGHTWISH's November 16, 2008 concert in Recife, Brazil can be viewed below (courtesy of MetalJaguar.com). NIGHTWISH issued a digital-only collection of demos and B-sides titled "The Sound of Nightwish Reborn", on September 2. This release, which clocks in at nearly 70 minutes of music, retains "must-have" status for all NIGHTWISH diehards, since ...
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Mundo Record News conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH members Anette Olzon (vocals), Marco Hietala (bass, vocals) and Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards) during the Brazilian leg of the Finnish/Swedish symphonic metal band's current South American tour. Watch the chat in five parts below. NIGHTWISH mainman/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen has commented on the band's abbreviated performance in in Belo ...
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A new Brazilian TV interview with NIGHTWISH mainman/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen conducted during the Finnish/Swedish symphonic metal band's current South American tour can be viewed below. NIGHTWISH issued a digital-only collection of demos and B-sides titled "The Sound of Nightwish Reborn", on September 2. This release, which clocks in at nearly 70 minutes of music, retains ...
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NIGHTWISH mainman/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen has commented on the band's abbreviated performance in in Belo Horizonte, Brazil Monday night (November 10) which ended shortly after the group's singer, Anette Olzon, suddenly appeared to start crying at the end of the song "The Poet And The Pendulum" (about six tracks into the group's set) and walked off ...
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A brand-new two-minute interview with singer Anette Olzon of the Finnish/Swedish symphonic metal band NIGHTWISH conducted by MTV Brazil can be viewed at this location. It can also be viewed below. NIGHTWISH was forced to cut Monday night's (November 10) concert in Belo Horizonte, Brazil short after Olzon suddenly appeared to start crying ...
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Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH were forced to cut last night's (Monday, November 10) concert in Belo Horizonte, Brazil short after the group's lead singer, Anette Olzon, suddenly started crying at the end of the song "The Poet And The Pendulum" (about six tracks into the group's set) and walked off stage, leaving the rest of ...
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"Cynic Paradise", the new album from Swedish metallers PAIN, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Finland: #28 Sweden: #30 Germany: #78 "Follow Me", the new video from PAIN, can be viewed below. The clip, which was shot last month, features a special guest appearance by NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon. The performance footage in the ...
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Finland's Domination conducted a "Last Time I...' question-and-answer session with vocalist Peter Tägtgren of the Swedish metal band PAIN in early October when the group played the Tavastia club in Helsinki. Watch the two-minute chat below. PAIN's new album, "Cynic Paradise", was released in Germany yesterday (October 31) via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to ...
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Swedish metallers PAIN were the featured musical guests Thursday morning (October 30) on the "Nyhetsmorgon" program on Sweden's TV4. The band performed two songs — including its new single, "Follow Me", featuring a special guest appearance by NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon — and took part in an interview. Watch footage of their appearance below. "Follow ...
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"Follow Me", the new video from Swedish metallers PAIN, can be viewed below. The clip, which was shot earlier this month, features a special guest appearance by NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon. The performance footage in the video was filmed during PAIN's October 9, 2008 concert at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland. "Follow Me" is the first ...
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Swedish metallers PAIN, featuring HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren, have issued the following update: "When we did our first Russian show back in May 2007, we just thought people in that particular city were crazy. One and a half year later we know that Krasnodar was not a coincidence. Whole Russia is crazy, and one of ...
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"Cynic Paradise", the new album from Swedish metallers PAIN, is available for streaming in its entirety on the band's MySpace page. An e-card for "Cynic Paradise" is available at this location. "Cynic Paradise" will be released on October 31 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to "Psalms of Extinction" (which was ...
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Marta Samitowska has launched a publishing company called Muse(ic) Books through which she is planning to release a series of books on female-fronted metal artists. Her newest 134-page book, "Through My Eyes, In Their Own Words - Females In Metal And Beyond - Part I" features portraits and in-depth interviews with: * Kari Rueslåtten * ...
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Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have announced a run of U.S. dates tour for May 2009. A combination of makeup concerts for previously cancelled shows mixed with fill-in gigs, these will be NIGHTWISH's final North American dates for at least two years. Tickets are on sale now exclusively through EnterTheVault.com untill November 22, at ...
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Swedish metallers PAIN will take part in a signing session at Media Markt in Bäckebol, Gothenburg, Sweden on November 28 at 5:00 p.m. (17.00). Nina Rung from Domination conducted an interview with PAIN frontman Peter Tägtgren (see video below) prior to the Swedish band's October 9, 2008 concert at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland. Also available ...
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Part two of the studio report for "Cynic Paradise", the new album from Swedish metallers PAIN, can be viewed below. An e-card for "Cynic Paradise" is available at this location. "Cynic Paradise" will be released on October 31 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to "Psalms of Extinction" (which was released in 2007 ...
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Nina Rung from Domination conducted an interview with PAIN frontman Peter Tägtgren (see video below) prior to the Swedish band's October 9, 2008 concert at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland. Also available is video footage of the Tavastia performance, namely a rendition of the group's new track "Follow Me" featuring a guest appearance by NIGHTWISH singer ...
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An e-card for "Cynic Paradise", the new album from Swedish metallers PAIN, can be found at this location. "Cynic Paradise" will be released on October 31 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to "Psalms of Extinction" (which was released in 2007 via Roadrunner) features "eleven gems offering a vast variety of styles and ...
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Finland's HardcoreSounds.Net conducted an interview with PAIN frontman Peter Tägtgren (see video below) prior to the Swedish band's October 9, 2008 concert at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland. Also available is video footage of the Tavastia performance, including a rendition of the group's new track "Follow Me" featuring a guest appearance by NIGHTWISH singer ...
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NIGHTWISH's previously announced November 4, 2008 concert in Porto Alegre, Brazil has been cancelled. According to the band, "due to the fact that there will be lots of international concerts in the city in the very same day, local producers couldn't set a proper venue to the concert. We're truly sorry about this and hope ...
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NIGHTWISH's previously announced one-off show with Swedish metallers PAIN at the Palace Of Sport in Luzhniki, Moscow, Russia on October 11, 2008 has been cancelled. According to a posting on the NIGHTWISH web site, "The local promoter was unable to fulfill every detail in our mutual agreement for the show. We can just hope that ...
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Swedish metallers PAIN, led by HYPOCRISY's Peter Tägtgren, have issued the following update: "We are very sorry to announce that the Moscow show [on October 11] is cancelled. The local promoter was unable to fulfill every detail in our mutual agreement for the show. We can just hope that they will refund all the money ...
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Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala on Septmber 20, 2008 during the Finnish/Swedish symphonic metal band's recent North American tour. Watch the 10-minute chat below. NIGHTWISH cancelled the last four shows of its North American tour — September 23 in Knoxville, Tennessee; September 24 in Charlotte, North ...
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The first trailer for PAIN's forthcoming album, "Cynic Paradise", can be viewed below. "Cynic Paradise" will be released on October 31 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to "Psalms of Extinction" (which was released in 2007 via Roadrunner) features "eleven gems offering a vast variety of styles and influences which are even new for PAIN," ...
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Lauri Ylönen, the singer of the Finnish rock band THE RASMUS, was recently interviewed by the Italian news blog Musica Metal about the band's latest CD, "Black Roses", and the duet he recorded with Anette Olzon of NIGHTWISH. Lauri had previously stated that the idea for the song came to him eight years ago when ...
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PAIN, the Swedish band led by Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY) will embark on the European tour in January/February 2009. Support on the trek will come from BROTHER FIRETRIBE, the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen. According to PAIN, "David Wallin [drums] can’t be a part of this tour because of personal reasons. The ...
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