O2 Academy TV recently conducted an interview with keyboardist Janne Wirman of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM. You can now watch the chat below. CHILDREN OF BODOM will make its triumphant return to North America this February. The band has announced a six-week major market headlining tour that will kick off on February 14 in ...
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Music Interview Corner conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM before the band's October 18 concert in Cologne, Germany. You can now watch the chat below (in Finnish, with English subtitles). HIM's latest album, "Tears On Tape", sold 20,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release ...
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Vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM recently answered fan-submitted questions on "The Daily Disruption". You can now watch the question-and-answer session below. HIM's latest 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 ...
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Germany's Metal-Trails.com recently conducted an interview with keyboardist Janne Wirman of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM. You can now watch the chat below. CHILDREN OF BODOM's eighth album, "Halo Of Blood", sold 8,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD was made available on June 11 in ...
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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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HIM's Norwegian street team and fan club, HIM Norway, conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo and bassist Mige (a.k.a. Mikko Henrik Julius Paananen) of Finnish "love" metallers HIM backstage at La Bataclan in Paris on October 19. You can now watch the chat below. HIM's latest album, "Tears On Tape", sold 20,000 copies in ...
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Legendary Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their third album, "Ancient Dreams", with special live concert on December 28 at Debaser Medis in Stockholm, Sweden. The LP, which was originally issued in 1988, has long been hailed as a classic and will be performed in its entirety by CANDLEMASS, which was last ...
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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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Germany's Metal-Trails.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM. You can now watch the question-and-answer session below. HIM's latest 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. ...
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On September 16, vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM answered a number of questions submitted by PureVolume web site visitors. You can now watch the question-and-answer session in two parts below. HIM's latest album, "Tears On Tape", sold 20,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at ...
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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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Jersey Beat magazine conducted an interview with singer Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM on September 28 at Williamsburg Park in Brooklyn, New York during the "Rock Allegiance" tour. You can now watch the chat below. HIM's latest album, "Tears On Tape", sold 20,000 copies in the United States in its first week of ...
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Kristyn Clarke of PopCultureMadness.com and ConcertBlogger.com conducted an interview with drummer Mika Kristian Karppinen (a.k.a. Gas Lipstick) of Finnish "love" metallers HIM on September 26 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the "Rock Allegiance" tour. You can now watch the chat below. HIM's latest album, "Tears On Tape", sold 20,000 copies in the United States in its ...
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On September 19, Pit Freaks conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM in Houston, Texas. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. HIM's latest album, "Tears On Tape", sold 20,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut ...
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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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"Into The Night", the new video from Finnish "love" metallers HIM, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Stefan Lindfors, who also directed the band's classic, award-winning video "Funeral Of Hearts" and the recent "Tears On Tape" clip. "Into The Night" comes off HIM's latest album, "Tears On Tape", which sold 20,000 copies ...
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Guitarist Ben Varon of Finnish metallers AMORAL has issued the following update: "The [new AMORAL] album is ready! Recorded, mixed, mixed some more, mastered, tweaked, mastered some more, done! "We've had the album in our hands for a couple of weeks now, and let me just say it sounds GOOD. Been playing it through everything ...
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"Dreamscape", the new Tage Rönnqvist-directed video from Finnish melodic death metallers MYGRAIN, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's fourth album, "Planetary Breathing", which will be released on September 27 via Spinefarm Records. The CD was recorded during August and September 2012 at Sound Supreme studio with Janne Saksa, who previously worked ...
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THE MAN-EATING TREE — the atmospheric metal band featuring former SENTENCED drummer Vesa Ranta alongside current/former members of POISONBLACK, REFLEXION and EMBRAZE — has issued the following update: "Our band has been working on a material for the third record for over a year now, with some very promising results. "A few months ago, we ...
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On July 7, Groovey of Groovey.tv conducted an interview with keyboardist Janne Wirman of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM at the Englewood, Colorado stop of this summer's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. You can now watch the chat below. CHILDREN OF BODOM's eighth album, "Halo Of Blood", sold 8,400 copies in the United States in ...
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THE MAN-EATING TREE — the atmospheric metal band featuring former SENTENCED drummer Vesa Ranta alongside current/former members of POISONBLACK, REFLEXION and EMBRAZE — has announced the addition of singer Antti Kumpulainen (pictured below) to the group's ranks. Says Ranta: "For the last six months, we've been looking for a new singer to join our troops ...
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Kaaos TV conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM before the band's July 6 concert at Ruisrock in Turku, Finland. 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 ...
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Natalie Perez of Natalie's World recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip 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 ...
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Poland's OrangeMusic.pl recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM. 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 200 chart. HIM's ...
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WARMEN, the brainchild of CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman, has finished mastering the follow-up for the band's critically acclaimed 2009 studio album "Japanese Hospitality". A late 2013 release is expected. WARMEN celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a concert during the Helsinki Metal Meeting weekend in February 2010 at Dante's Highlight in Helsinki, Finland. The ...
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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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