Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with bassist Henkka Seppälä (a.k.a. Henkka T. Blacksmith) of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Assault: I was listening to the new album, "Halo Of Blood", and to me it sounds a lot like ...
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Kerrang! magazine conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM at this year's Download festival, which is taking place June 14-16 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. HIM's new album, "Tears On Tape", sold 20,000 copies in the United States in its first ...
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Jägermeister UK conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM at this year's Download festival, which is taking place June 14-16 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. HIM's new album, "Tears On Tape", sold 20,000 copies in the United States in its first ...
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"Sons Of War", a brand new song from the Swedish "Viking metal" act MÅNEGARM, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The track comes off the band's new album, "Legions Of The North", which will be release on June 28 via Napalm Records. Commented guitarist Markus Andé: "'Legions Of The North' is an album ...
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Vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM was interviewed prior to his band's appearance at this year's Download festival, set to take place June 14-16 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. HIM's new album, "Tears On Tape", sold 20,000 copies in the United States in its ...
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Amp Rock TV recently posted an episode of "The Spotlight" featuring singer Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM. Check it out below. HIM's new album, "Tears On Tape", sold 20,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 15 on The Billboard 200 chart. HIM's previous ...
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Peter Hermansson , the formidable power pack behind the drums in bands like TALISMAN, ZOOM CLUB, JOHN NORUM and, of course, 220 VOLT, now proves he's not only a drummer, he's also a great singer and songwriter, which he shows in his rootsy, yet fresh, heavy rock solo debut, a five-track EP entitled "Black Cloud". ...
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On April 22, Germany's Nachtaktiv TV conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish heavy rockers HIM in Berlin. You can now watch the chat below. HIM's new album, "Tears On Tape", sold 20,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 15 on The Billboard ...
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Guitarhoo.com conducted an interview with Ben Varon and Masi Hukari of Helsinki, Finland-based hard rockers AMORAL when they were in the Philippines for an appearance at the 13th edition of Pulp Summer Slam, the premiere metal festival in Southeast Asia, which was held on April 27 at the historic Amoranto Stadium in Quezon City. You ...
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The title track of "Legions Of The North", the new album from the Swedish "Viking metal" act MÅNEGARM, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The CD will be release on June 28 via Napalm Records. Commented guitarist Markus Andé: "'Legions Of The North' is an album full of hard-hitting melodies and ear-catching refrains, ...
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Swedish "Viking metal" act MÅNEGARM has set "Legions Of The North" as the title of its new album, due on June 28 via Napalm Records. Commented guitarist Markus Andé: "'Legions Of The North' is an album full of hard-hitting melodies and ear-catching refrains, all spiced with the special MÅNEGARM flavor and served to you all ...
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"Tears On Tape", the new album from Finnish "love" metallers HIM, sold 20,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 15 on The Billboard 200 chart. HIM's previous CD, 2010's "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", opened with 26,000 units to land at No. 25. 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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"All Lips Go Blue" , the new video from Finnish "love" metallers HIM, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's new album, "Tears On Tape", which was released on April 30 via Razor & Tie in North America and on April 29 through DoubleCross (Cooking Vinyl's specialist rock imprint) in the U.K. ...
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Razor & Tie, the North American record label of Finnish "love" metallers HIM, has released the following statement: "HIM's North American tour (which was due to kick off in Los Angeles on May 3rd at the House Of Blues) has been cancelled due to unforeseen medical circumstances. HIM's lead vocalist Ville Valo has been diagnosed ...
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According to the Twitter account of the official street teams for Finnish love metallers HIM, all shows on the band's "Tears On Tour" have been canceled. The trek was scheduled to kick off on May 3 in West Hollywood, Califoania and wrap on May 12 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No reason was given for ...
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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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U.K.'s Kerrang! Radio last month conducted an interview with Finnish heavy rockers HIM in London. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. HIM's new album, "Tears On Tape", will be released on April 30 via Razor & Tie in North America and on April 29 through DoubleCross (Cooking Vinyl's specialist rock ...
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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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Germany's Nachtaktiv TV recently conducted an interview with Finnish heavy rockers HIM in Berlin. You can now watch the chat below. HIM's new album, "Tears On Tape", will be released on April 30 via Razor & Tie in North America and on April 29 through DoubleCross (Cooking Vinyl's specialist rock imprint) in the U.K. and ...
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The official video for the title track of "Tears On Tape", the new album from from Finnish "love metallers" HIM, can be seen at AOL's Noisecreep. The CD will be released on April 30 via Razor & Tie in North America and on April 29 through DoubleCross (Cooking Vinyl's specialist rock imprint) in ...
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Swedish "Viking metal" act MÅNEGARM has set "Legions Of The North" as the title of its new album, due in late June via Napalm Records. Commented guitarist Markus Andé: "'Legions Of The North' is an album full of hard hitting melodies and ear catching refrains, all spiced with the special MÅNEGARM flavor and served to ...
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The title track of "Tears On Tape", the new album from from Finnish "love metallers" HIM, can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below (courtesy of AOL's Noisecreep). "Tears On Tape" will be released on April 30 via Razor & Tie in North America and on April 29 through DoubleCross (Cooking Vinyl's specialist ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Royally Fucked" from Finnish thrash/death metallers DEAD SAMARITAN can be seen below. The track comes off the band's debut album, "The Only Good Samaritan..." , which was released in December 2012 through U.K.'s Casket Music. DEAD SAMARITAN, described as agressive yet groovy, thrashy and melodic, brings to mind ...
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On March 22, Petri Silas of Soundi magazine conducted an interview with Stefan Lindfors, the designer/artist/director/all-around visual genius who directed the award-winning "Funeral Of Hearts" video 10 years ago for Finnish "love" metallers HIM and has now helmed two new clips for the band ("Tears On Tape", "Into The Night"). Several screenshots from ...
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The third and final in a series of video clips featuring a track-by-track breakdown of "Tears On Tape", the new album from from Finnish "love metallers" HIM, can be seen below. "Tears On Tape" will be released on April 30 via Razor & Tie in North America and on April 29 through DoubleCross (Cooking Vinyl's ...
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The second in a series of video clips featuring a track-by-track breakdown of "Tears On Tape", the new album from from Finnish "love metallers" HIM, can be seen below. "Tears On Tape" will be released on April 30 via Razor & Tie in North America and on April 29 through DoubleCross (Cooking Vinyl's specialist rock ...
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The first in a series of video clips featuring a track-by-track breakdown of "Tears On Tape", the new album from from Finnish "love metallers" HIM, can be seen below. "Tears On Tape" will be released on April 30 via Razor & Tie in North America and on April 29 through DoubleCross (Cooking Vinyl's specialist rock ...
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Due to overwhelming demand, "Tears On Tape", the new album from from Finnish "love metallers" HIM, is being made available for pre-order in two brand new, limited-edition color vinyl pressings (translucent green apple and translucent royal blue). Previous vinyl pressings in both transparent and cream color are now completely sold out. The new ...
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"All Lips Go Blue", the new single from Finnish "love metallers" HIM, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. A music video for the song will be helmed by Eugene Riecansky, a multi-award-winning director and animation and motion graphics who has previously worked on music clips for Madonna and THE PRODIGY, directed television commercials ...
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