Austrian/American "epic metal" band VISIONS OF ATLANTIS has uploaded audio samples of all 11 tracks that are set to appear on the group's upcoming album, "Trinity", due in May via Napalm Records. Check them out at this location. "Trinity" was recorded at Dreamscape Studios and was mastered at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland. ...
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German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have posted the following message on their official web site: "Sorry for our delay in updating the page with news from the recording session, but a lot of things happened and today we're back with another round of studio news and pictures! The bass guitar recordings were finished last weekend ...
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Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA have recruited Koen Herfst as a session drummer for their upcoming shows. "Koen is the drummer of Dutch urban metal band BAGGA BOWNZ, but is also known for his helping hand by filling in for Andre with AFTER FOREVER when they were in need of a session drummer," EPICA writes ...
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Vocalist Melissa Ferlaak of the Austrian/American "epic metal" band VISIONS OF ATLANTIS has posted the following message on her MySpace page: "What is success? "I'm working on an education program right now at my job and one question came up, which is what I have titled this blog. What defines success in an ...
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DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — has been confirmed for the Metal Female Voices Fest V, set to take place Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ...
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AFTER FOREVER guitarist/songwriter Sander Gommans has issued the following update on his HDK project: Just returned from Germany, where we recorded some vocal parts of André Matos (ex-ANGRA, SHAAMAN, VIRGO) for HDK!!! I'm proud to be able to work with this experienced and appreciated singer in the metal world, and he has certainly contributed a ...
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According to VS-Webzine.com, KORN, MACHINE HEAD, WITHIN TEMPTATION, EMPEROR, NEUROSIS, CHILDREN OF BODOM, MOONSPELL, EPICA, LAMB OF GOD, CYNIC and UNEARTH are among the confirmed bands for Hellfest, set to take place June 22-24 in Clisson, France. More than 70 bands will perform on three stages. The festival billing is shaping up as ...
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According to Metal Zone, INNERWISH, INACTIVE MESSIAH and EMERALD SUN are among the confirmed bands for the March Metal Day festival, set to take place April 4 at the Fencing Olympic Complex at Hellinicon in Athens, Greece. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Warriors Stage: MANOWAR RHAPSODY OF FIRE HOLYHELL BATTLEROAR ...
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Guitarist Wolfgang "Wops" Koch of the Austrian/American "epic metal" band VISIONS OF ATLANTIS has issued the following update: "The mix for 'Trinity' [the new VISIONS OF ATLANTIS album] was finished today and the files transferred to Finnvox [studio in Helsinki, Finland], where they'll master (finish) it. "I must say, most of us (haven't heard from ...
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EPICA guitarist Ad Sluijter has posted a lengthy update on the recording sessions for the band's new album. An excerpt from his report follows: "As I mentioned in the previous report already, with the guitar recordings we've changed quite some things in comparison to the guitar recordings with the previous albums. Both of them I ...
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DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, TAAKE, KOLDBRANN and EPICA are among the confirmed bands for the Tomahawk Festival, set to take place March 31 at N8 in Osnabrück, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: PAIN DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER TAAKE KOLDBRANN KORPIKLAANI EPICA URGEHAL ENSIFERUM For more information, visit www.tomahawkfestival.de. ...
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Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA has been confirmed for the Metal Day Festival, set to take place April 4 at the Fencing Olympic Complex in Athens, Greece. Also scheduled to appear are MANOWAR, RHAPSODY OF FIRE and TIAMAT. EPICA will embark on a North American headlining tour in September. Support at the shows will come ...
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According to Markus Rutten of www.sounds2move.de, Norway's THEATRE OF TRAGEDY has cancelled its appearance at the upcoming Metal Female Voices Fest V, set to take place Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. Replacing them on the bill will be the Dutch "dark metal" outfit AUTUMN. Also newly added to the ...
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Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA will embark on a North American headlining tour in September. Support at the shows will come from the Austrian/American "epic metal" band VISIONS OF ATLANTIS. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Sep. 05 - West Springfield, VA, Jaxx Sep. 06 – Hartford, CT, Webster Theatre Sep. 07 – Pughkeepsie, ...
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According to a posting on the web site of Seattle's Studio Seven venue, Austrian/American "epic metal" band VISIONS OF ATLANTIS will support Dutch symphonic metal act EPICA on their upcoming North American tour, which is scheduled to kick off in early September. Tentative dates so far are as follows: Sep. 06 - Hartford, ...
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According to The Vault, Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band EPICA has lined up the following North American dates in the fall: Sep. 06 - Webster Theater - Hartford, CT Sep. 07 - The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY Sep. 09 - HighLine Ballroom - New York City, NY Sep. 18 - Pearl Room - ...
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LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY (who are fronted by Liv's husband Alexander Krull) — has been confirmed as the headliner of the Metal Female Voices Fest V, set to take place Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. ...
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According to Markus Rutten of www.sounds2move.de, DORO will headline the Metal Female Voices Fest V pre-festival show on Friday, October 19 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. Also scheduled to appear at the pre-festival concert are HOLY MOSES, DARZAMAT and DYLATH-LEEN. Metal Female Voices Fest V is scheduled to take place Saturday, October 20, ...
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FOUNTAIN OF TEARS, the melodic female-fronted metal act featuring Joey Daub, drummer for former Roadrunner recording artists BELIEVER, has posted a new single, "What Lies Ahead", for free download on its web site. The song is from the group's first full-length album, "Fate", which is scheduled to be released on February 13. The ...
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According to Markus Rutten of www.sounds2move.de, Swedish gothic doom metal band DRACONIAN has been confirmed for the Metal Female Voices Fest V, set to take place Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. The official announcement is expected next week. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ...
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Holland's THE GATHERING has been confirmed for the Metal Female Voices Fest V, set to take place Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER BATTLELORE DISTORTED ELIS EPICA IMPERIA INTERRIA SERAPHIM SIRENIA THE GATHERING THEATRE OF TRAGEDY VALKYRE A pre-festival ...
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Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band EPICA has issued the following update regarding the recording sessions for its as-yet-untitled new album: "We've just finished the drum recordings and we can only say that [session drummer] Ariën [van Weesenbeek; GOD DETHRONED] is one of the most talented drummers in the world. We are so happy to have ...
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Amanda Somerville, the American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who is better known for her collaborations with various European metal bands (including EPICA, AFTER FOREVER and EDGUY), has issued the following update: "As you may have read on his page already, I will be writing the lyrics for [AFTER FOREVER guitarist] Sander Gommans's new project, HDK. ...
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Vocalist Amanda Somerville, who has appeared on the AINA rock opera "Days of Rising Doom" in 2003 and who has worked with EPICA and AFTER FOREVER as a backing vocalist and vocal coach, is collaborating with AFTER FOREVER guitarist/songwriter Sander Gommans on the lyrics for Sanders' HDK project. Commented Gommans: "As a musician, I always ...
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Liechtenstein-based gothic metal group ELIS — whose lead singer, Sabine Dünser, who suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on July 7, 2006 during rehearsal and passed away the following day in hospital — will make its live debut with Dünser's replacement, Sandra Schleret (DREAMS OF SANITY, SIEGFRIED), at the Metal Female Voices Fest V, set to take ...
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The "ProgPower USA VIII" DVD is now available for pre-orders with a confirmed shipping date of January 29, 2007. The DVD will be released as region-free NTSC in Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound with a running time in excess of three hours. It will also be available as two-CD set. The track listing is as follows: ...
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Singer Simone Simons (photo) of the Dutch symphonic metal act EPICA has issued the following update: "From the beginning of February on I will be giving private lessons to those who are interested in learning more about vocal techniques, breathing techniques and stage performance. It will vary from classical to jazz, metal to ...
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Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA have been confirmed for the Metal Female Voices Fest V, set to take place Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER BATTLELORE DISTORTED EPICA HOLY MOSES IMPERIA SIRENIA THEATRE OF TRAGEDY VALKYRE For more information, ...
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Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA have issued the following update: "We are very happy to announce that Ariën van Weesenbeek will be the drummer on the next EPICA album. For those who aren't familiar with him yet, Ariën is the drummer of the Dutch death metal band GOD DETHRONED (who, by the way, have just ...
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MOTÖRHEAD, HAMMERFALL and RAGE are among the confirmed bands for the Masters Of Rock festival, set to take place July 13-15, 2007 in Vizovice, Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: MOTÖRHEAD HAMMERFALL RAGE + LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA STRATOVARIUS DIE HAPPY PINK CREAM 69 AFTER FOREVER EPICA THE TOMMYS BLACK MAJESTY More ...
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