"The End Of It All", the new video from Norwegian/Spanish female-fronted gothic metallers SIRENIA, can be viewed below. The clip was once again directed by Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company, who has previously worked with DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES, SONIC SYNDICATE and KAMELOT, among many others. "The End Of It All" comes ...
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A trailer for "The Enigma Of Life", the upcoming album from Norwegian/Spanish female-fronted gothic metallers SIRENIA, can be viewed below. The CD will be released on January 21, 2011 via Nuclear Blast Records. "The Enigma Of Life" track listing: 01. The End Of It All 02. Fallen Angel 03. All My Dreams 04. This Darkness ...
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KREATOR and AS I LAY DYING have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6, 2011 in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ACCU§ER APOCALYPTICA AS I LAY DYING AVANTASIA ...
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EXODUS, HELLSAW and VOLCANO have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6, 2011 in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ACCU§ER APOCALYPTICA AVANTASIA BLAAS OF GLORY BLIND GUARDIAN BLOWSIGHT ...
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Austrian symphonic melodic metallers SERENITY will release their third album, "Death & Legacy", on February 25, 2010 via Napalm Records. The CD was produced by Oliver Philipps, Jan Vacik, Thomas Buchberger and Georg Neuhauser and it features guest appearances by Ailyn (SIRENIA), Amanda Somerville (AVANTASIA, EPICA, KISKE/SOMERVILLE) and Charlotte Wessels (DELAIN). The album was mixed ...
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MORGOTH, TAUTHR and SIRENIA have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6, 2011 in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ACCU§ER APOCALYPTICA AVANTASIA BLAAS OF GLORY BLIND GUARDIAN BLOWSIGHT ...
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Norwegian/Spanish female-fronted gothic metallers SIRENIA will release their new album, "The Enigma Of Life", on January 21, 2011 via Nuclear Blast Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. The End Of It All 02. Fallen Angel 03. All My Dreams 04. This Darkness 05. The Twilight In Your Eyes 06. Winter ...
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Norwegian/Spanish female-fronted gothic metallers SIRENIA have set "The Enigma Of Life" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in early 2011. According to the band, singer Ailyn is currently in the studio laying down her vocals on the CD. SIRENIA's last album, "The 13th Floor", debuted at No. 149 on the Top New ...
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SERJ TANKIAN, DARK TRANQUILLITY, KAMELOT, SWALLOW THE SUN and SIRENIA have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Artmania Festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2010 in Sibiu, Romania. Also scheduled to appear is SISTERS OF MERCY. For more information, go to this location.
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Mexico's metal podcast "Familia Perro" recently conducted an interview with Morten Veland (guitar, vocals) and Ailyn (vocals) of the Norwegian/Spanish female-fronted gothic metal band SIRENIA. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. (Note: Morten Veland's answers are in English, but Aylin's are in Spanish because she was born in Spain ...
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PARADISE LOST's previously announced Australian tour with SIRENIA has been cancelled "due to promotional problems," according to a statement released by PARADISE LOST. The band adds, "We are all very upset and were looking forward to the shows." Affected dates: April 24 - Hi Fi - Brisbane, Australia April 26 - Metro Theatre - Sydney, ...
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Morten Veland (guitar, vocals) and Ailyn (vocals) of the Norwegian/Spanish female-fronted gothic metal band SIRENIA were interviewed by Search & Destroy on February 28, 2010 in Mexico City, Mexico. Watch the chat below. SIRENIA drummer Jonathan A. Perez sat out the band's recent "Beauty & The Beast Tour" (with ATROCITY, LEAVES' EYES, ELIS ...
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"The One I Once Was", the new video from MORTEMIA — the project led by Norwegian gothic metal icon Morten Veland (TRISTANIA, SIRENIA) — can be viewed below. The song comes off MORTEMIA's debut album, "Misere Mortem", which will be released on February 26 via Napalm Records. Another song from the CD, "The New Desire", ...
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MORTEMIA, the new project led by Norwegian gothic metal icon Morten Veland (TRISTANIA, SIRENIA), will release its debut album, "Misere Mortem", on February 26 via Napalm Records. Another song from the CD, "The New Desire", is now available for streaming on the new band's MySpace page. "Misere Mortem" track listing: 01. The One ...
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The new dates have been announced for PARADISE LOST's previously postponed Australian tour with SIRENIA. They are as follows: April 24 - Hi Fi - Brisbane, Australia April 26 - Metro Theatre - Sydney, Australia April 27 - Billboard - Melbourne, Australia PARADISE LOST was forced to postone six shows on its recent European tour ...
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PARADISE LOST's previously announced Australian tour with SIRENIA has been postponed until later this year. New dates will be announced as soon as possible, with all likelihood that those shows will take place in late April. Ticket holders are advised to hold on to their tickets until the new dates are announced, at which stage ...
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MORTEMIA, the new project led by Norwegian gothic metal icon Morten Veland (TRISTANIA, SIRENIA), will release its debut album, "Misere Mortem", in late February via Napalm Records. A song from the CD, "The One I Once Was", is now available for streaming on the new band's MySpace page. "Misere Mortem" track listing: 01. ...
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MORTEMIA, the new project led by Norwegian gothic metal icon Morten Veland (TRISTANIA, SIRENIA), will release its debut album, "Misere Mortem", in late February via Napalm Records. A song from the CD, "The One I Once Was", is now available for streaming on the new band's MySpace page. According to a press release, ...
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Norwegian/Spanish female-fronted gothic metal band SIRENIA has scheduled the following dates in Mexico and South America: Feb. 28 - Mexico City, Mexico - Hard Rock Live Mar. 02 - Bogotá, Colombia - Teatro Metro Mar. 03 - Medellin, Colombia - Teatro Matacandelas Mar. 05 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Superrock Mar. 06 - São Paulo, ...
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British gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST will embark on a tour of Australia in February. Support on the trek will come from the Norwegian/Spanish female-fronted symphonic metal band SIRENIA. The dates are as follows: Feb. 05 - Melbourne, AUS - Billboard Feb. 06 - Sydney, AUS - Metro Theatre Feb. 08 - Brisbane, AUS - ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of LEAVES' EYES' November 21, 2009 performance at Hellraiser in Leipzig, Germany as part of the "Beauty & The Beast Tour" (with ATROCITY, SIRENIA, ELIS and STREAM OF PASSION) can be viewed below (courtesy of "MusicJay1985"). Due to health concerns, LEAVES' EYES bassist Alla Fedynitch is sitting out the band's shows for ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of SIRENIA's November 21, 2009 performance at Hellraiser in Leipzig, Germany as part of the "Beauty & The Beast Tour" (with ATROCITY, LEAVES' EYES, ELIS and STREAM OF PASSION) can be viewed below (courtesy of "MusicJay1985"). SIRENIA drummer Jonathan A. Perez is sitting out the "Beauty & The Beast Tour" in order ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of SIRENIA's November 16, 2009 performance at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland as part of the "Beauty & The Beast Tour" (with ATROCITY, LEAVES' EYES, ELIS and STREAM OF PASSION) can be viewed below (courtesy of "lorenznightwish"). SIRENIA drummer Jonathan A. Perez is sitting out the "Beauty & The Beast Tour" in order ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of LEAVES' EYES' November 16, 2009 performance at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland as part of the "Beauty & The Beast Tour" (with ATROCITY, SIRENIA, ELIS and STREAM OF PASSION) can be viewed below (courtesy of "lorenznightwish"). Due to health concerns, LEAVES' EYES bassist Alla Fedynitch is sitting out the band's shows for ...
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Germany's ATROCITY is recording a new CD which is described as "a project album" featuring frontman Alex Krull's sister Yasmin. The collaboration with Yasmin began on ATROCITY's 1994 "Blut" album, where Alex's sister contributed guest vocals. In 1995 the mystical and very special ATROCITY FEATURING YASMIN "Calling The Rain" mini-album was released, and it became ...
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Due to health concerns, LEAVES' EYES bassist Alla Fedynitch will sit out the band's shows for the remainder of the year. Her temporary replacement will be Oliver Holzwarth (TARJA TURUNEN, BLIND GUARDIAN), who previously joined LEAVES' EYES on stage for two songs during the German/Norwegian female-fronted metal group's acoustic performance at the Metal Female Voices ...
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Drummer Max Naescher of Liechtenstein-based gothic metallers ELIS will sit out the band's upcoming "Beauty & The Beast" European tour with LEAVES' EYES, ATROCITY, SIRENIA and STREAM OF PASSION due to "job-related reasons." An "amazing" replacement drummer by the name of Trevor has been enlisted for the upcoming trek, which kicks off on November 13 ...
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Bassist Oliver Holzwarth (TARJA TURUNEN, BLIND GUARDIAN) joined LEAVES' EYES — the band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY — for two songs during the German/Norwegian female-fronted metal group's acoustic performance at the Metal Female Voices Fest on October 19, 2009 in Wieze, Belgium. Holzwarth was filling ...
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Artist extraordinaire Joachim Luetke has released an exceptional DVD-ROM featuring his artistic collaborations with DIMMU BORGIR, KREATOR, ARCH ENEMY, DIVINE HERESY, PAIN, MESHUGGAH, RAGE, SIRENIA, THE KOVENANT, YELWORC, PERSEPHONE and SOPOR AETERNUS. The disc contains 26 songs, nine videos plus two interactive books (DIMMU BORGIR - 36 pages, SOPOR AETERNUS - 128 pages), all embedded ...
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Norwegian/Spanish female-fronted gothic metal band SIRENIA has issued the following update: "As Jonathan [A. Perez, drums] became a father recently, he has decided to take some time off with his family. So for the 'Beauty & The Beast' tour in November Roland Navratil from DIGNITY will step in as a session drummer. "It is not ...
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