TJ Fowler of Skullbanger Media conducted an interview with vocalist Noora Louhimo and guitarist Anton Kabanen of Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST on January 4 in Kuopio, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. BATTLE BEAST's self-titled sophomore album entered the official chart in the band's home country of Finland at position No. ...
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Metal-Trails.com conducted an interview with singer Marcela Bovio of Dutch/Mexican symphonic/progressive metallers STREAM OF PASSION on October 20 at this year's edition of the Metal Female Voices Fest at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. STREAM OF PASSION recently raised more than 43,000 ...
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Lebanese guitarist and composer Amadeus Awad has already worked with some of the greatest musicians from the world of prog in the past, including Gavin Harrison of PORCUPINE TREE fame, Russell Allen (SYMPHONY X), Amanda Somerville, Mark Boals (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and Kevin Moore (DREAM THEATER), to mention but a few. From everything mentioned, the comparison ...
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Dutch/Mexican symphonic/progressive metallers STREAM OF PASSION recently raised more than 43,000 euros in a crowdfunding campaign for their forthcoming fourth studio album, tentatively due in 2014. The third in a series of video reports from the studio can be seen below. STREAM OF PASSION performed three new songs — "Earthquake", "The Curse" and "Secrets" — ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of BATTLE BEAST's entire performance on this year's Sabaton Cruise — which took place November 28 aboard the Silja Galaxy on the Baltic Sea — can be seen below. BATTLE BEAST's self-titled sophomore album entered the official chart in the band's home country of Finland at position No. 5. Released in Europe ...
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Metal-And-Highheels.com conducted an interview with singer Marcela Bovio of Dutch/Mexican symphonic/progressive metallers STREAM OF PASSION on October 20 at this year's edition of the Metal Female Voices Fest at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. You can now watch the chat below. STREAM OF PASSION performed three new songs — "Earthquake", "The Curse" and "Secrets" ...
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"The Theory Of Everything", the new album from AYREON — the project led by Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen — has entered the official chart in The Netherlands at position No. 3. The CD was released on October 28 via InsideOut Music. The artwork was once again created by Belgian artist Jef Bertels, who ...
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Mick Burgess of Metal Express Radio recently conducted an interview with Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Lucassen will release the new AYREON album, "The Theory Of Everything", on October 28 via InsideOut Music. The artwork was once again created by Belgian artist ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of BATTLE BEAST's October 9 performance at Tuppens, in Bollnäs, Sweden as the support act for U.D.O. can be seen below. BATTLE BEAST's self-titled sophomore album entered the official chart in the band's home country of Finland at position No. 5. Released in Europe on May 17 via Nuclear Blast Records, the ...
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Miguel Rozo of The Age Of Metal recently conducted an interview with Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen. You can now listen to the chat using the Mixcloud player below. Lucassen will release the new AYREON album, "The Theory Of Everything", on October 28 via InsideOut Music. The artwork was once again created by Belgian ...
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Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen will release the new AYREON album, "The Theory Of Everything", on October 28 via InsideOut Music. The artwork was once again created by Belgian artist Jef Bertels, who has an incredible and distinct fantasy/sci-fi style. The "The Theory Of Everything" title track can now be streamed in the YouTube clip below. ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of BATTLE BEAST's October 5 performance at LKA-Longhorn in Stuttgart, Germany as the support act for POWERWOLF can be seen below. BATTLE BEAST's self-titled sophomore album entered the official chart in the band's home country of Finland at position No. 5. Released in Europe on May 17 via Nuclear Blast Records, the ...
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Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen will release the new AYREON album, "The Theory Of Everything", on October 28 via InsideOut Music. The artwork was once again created by Belgian artist Jef Bertels, who has an incredible and distinct fantasy/sci-fi style. "The Theory Of Everything" track listing: Disc 1 Phase I: Singularity 01. Prologue: The Blackboard 02. ...
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Dutch/Mexican symphonic/progressive metallers STREAM OF PASSION performed three new songs — "Earthquake", "The Curse" and "Secrets" — during their September 27 concert at Gigant in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. Fan-filmed video footage can be seen below. STREAM OF PASSION recently raised more than 43,000 euros in a crowdfunding campaign for their forthcoming fourth studio album, tentatively ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Over The Top" from Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST can be seen below. The track comes off the band's self-titled sophomore album, which entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 5. Released in Europe on May 17 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD was ...
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Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen has revealed the cover artwork and track listing for the new AYREON album, "The Theory Of Everything", The artwork was once again created by Belgian artist Jef Bertels, who has an incredible and distinct fantasy/sci-fi style, and can be seen below. "The Theory Of Everything" track listing: Disc 1 Phase I: ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of BATTLE BEAST's July 26 performance at Qstock at Kuusisaari in Oulu, Finland can be seen below. The self-titled sophomore album from BATTLE BEAST entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 5. Released in Europe on May 17 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD was produced and ...
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NIGHTWISH bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala will guest on Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen's new AYREON album, "The Theory Of Everything", due before the end of the year. Behind-the-scenes footage from Hietala's recording sessions for the CD can be seen below. Lucassen previously stated about the new AYREON effort: "['The Theory Of Everything' is] going to be a ...
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More fan-filmed video footage of Finnish female-fronted metallers BATTLE BEAST performing at the Sotkamon Syke festival, which was held July 19-20 at Sokos Hotel Vuokatin in Vuokatti, Finland, can be seen below. The self-titled sophomore album from BATTLE BEAST entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 5. Released in Europe ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of Finnish female-fronted metallers BATTLE BEAST performing the song "Neuromancer" at the Sotkamon Syke festival, which was held July 19-20 at Sokos Hotel Vuokatin in Vuokatti, Finland, can be seen below. The self-titled sophomore album from BATTLE BEAST entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 5. Released ...
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Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with guitarist Anton Kabanen of Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. The self-titled sophomore album from BATTLE BEAST — who last fall parted ways with lead singer Nitte Vänskä and replaced her with ...
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The self-titled sophomore album from Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST — who last fall parted ways with lead singer Nitte Vänskä and replaced her with Noora Louhimo — has entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 5. Released in Europe on May 17 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD was produced ...
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The self-titled sophomore album from Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST — who last fall parted ways with lead singer Nitte Vänskä and replaced her with Noora Louhimo — can be streamed in its entirety using the SoundCloud widget below. Due in Europe on May 17 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD was produced and mixed by ...
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"Black Ninja", the new video from Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST — who last fall parted ways with lead singer Nitte Vänskä and replaced her with Noora Louhimo — can be seen at RadioRock.fi. The song comes off the band's second, self-titled full-length album, which will be released on May 17 via Nuclear Blast ...
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Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST — who last fall parted ways with lead singer Nitte Vänskä and replaced her with Noora Louhimo — will release their second, self-titled full-length album on May 17 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced and mixed by the band at JKB Studios in Helsinki and mastered by Mika Jussila ...
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Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST — who last fall parted ways with lead singer Nitte Vänskä and replaced her with Noora Louhimo — will release their second, self-titled full-length album on May 17 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced and mixed by the band at JKB Studios in Helsinki and mastered by Mika Jussila ...
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Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST — who last fall parted ways with lead singer Nitte Vänskä and replaced her with Noora Louhimo — will release their second, self-titled full-length album on May 17 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced and mixed by the band at JKB Studios in Helsinki and mastered by Mika Jussila ...
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EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project kicked off its European tour on Friday, April 12 at the Power Prog & Metal Fest at Lotto Mons Expo in Mons, Belgium. The first two in a series of video blogs from the road from American singer-songwriter Amanda Somerville, who is one of the guest vocalists on the ...
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Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST — who last fall parted ways with lead singer Nitte Vänskä and replaced her with Noora Louhimo — will release their second, self-titled full-length album on May 17 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced and mixed by the band at JKB Studios in Helsinki and mastered by Mika Jussila ...
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Video footage of EDGUY mainman Tobias Sammet talking about working with Eric Martin (MR. BIG) and Ronnie Atkins (PRETTY MAIDS) on the new AVANTASIA album, "The Mystery Of Time", can be seen below. "The Mystery Of Time" was released on March 30. The effort was made available as a regular CD, limited-edition vinyl and limited-edition ...
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