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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A 39-second audio snippet of "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 ...
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U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine will release the exclusive fanpack version of new HIM album, "Tears On Tape". "Metal Hammer Presents HIM: Tears On Tape" is a 100% official collectors' fanpack that includes the eighth studio album from Finnish love metal icons HIM, a 132-page magazine edited by frontman Ville Valo himself, a giant, double-sided door-sized ...
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Finnish "love metallers" HIM have officially launched fan pre-order bundles for their forthcoming studio album, "Tears On Tape". Unique items featured in the various bundles include a limited-edition HIM poster, an album cover T-shirt, a "snake" T-shirt (available for both men and women), a HIM hoodie, and two different colored vinyl pressings. All bundles include ...
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MAGENTA HARVEST, the Finnish death metal band featuring current and former members of FINNTROLL, CHTHONIAN, MYGRAIN and ...AND OCEANS, will enter SoundSpiral Audio in May and to begin recording as-yet-untitled full-length debut with Juho Räihä. A summer/fall release via the Finnish label Inverse Records is expected. MAGENTA HARVEST's second EP, "Apparition Of Ending", came out ...
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Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST — who last fall parted ways with lead singer Nitte Vänskä and replaced her with Noora Louhimo — have completed work on their second full-length album. Produced, mixed and mastered by the band at JKB Studios in Helsinki, the CD will simply be entitled "Battle Beast" and is scheduled for release ...
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Helsinki, Finland-based hard rockers AMORAL entered the studio today to begin recording their sixth album, due later this year via The End Records. The drums for the CD — which will feature an all-star cast of Finnish music industry people — are being recorded at Sound Supreme studios in Hämeenlinna with Janne Saksa. Then the ...
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Reactivated Swedish death/thrash metallers THE CROWN have issued the following update: "A lot of things are happening with THE CROWN at this very moment. We are in the middle of recording a true masterpiece. Marko [Tervonen] is more or less done with his rhythm guitar work and Magnus [Olsfelt] has started with the bass stuff. ...
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Finnish rock band HIM (His Infernal Majesty) will release its new album, "Tears On Tape", 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 Ireland. The "love metal" act's eighth official album was recorded at Helsinki's Finnvox Studios with ...
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Finnish rock band HIM (His Infernal Majesty) will release its new album, "Tears On Tape", 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 Ireland. The "love metal" act's eighth official album was recorded at Helsinki's Finnvox Studios with ...
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Finnish "love" metallers HIM have announced their first U.S. headline tour in support of their forthcoming studio album, "Tears On Tape". Dubbed "Tears On Tour", the May 2013 run will make scheduled stops in both Los Angeles and New York City (tour dates below). A special pre-sale for the House of Blues, Ticketmaster and Citibank ...
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The release date of "Planetary Breathing", the fourth album from Finnish melodic death metallers MYGRAIN, has been pushed back to September 27 (via Spinefarm Records) from the previously announced April 26. No reason was given for the delay. The CD was recorded during August and September 2012 at Sound Supreme studio with Janne Saksa, who ...
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U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine will release the exclusive fanpack version of new HIM album, "Tears On Tape". "Metal Hammer Presents HIM: Tears On Tape" is a 100% official collectors' fanpack that includes the eighth studio album from Finnish love metal icons HIM, a 132-page magazine edited by frontman Ville Valo himself, a giant, double-sided door-sized ...
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Razor & Tie has announced the signing of the Finnish rock band HIM (His Infernal Majesty) to its North American label roster. The band has completed work on their forthcoming new studio album, "Tears On Tape", which will be released on April 30 on Razor & Tie in North America and on April 29 on ...
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LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia is among the musicians who took part in an all-star jam aboard 70000 Tons Of Metal — the world's biggest heavy metal cruise — which sailed Monday, January 28 aboard the Royal Caribbean Majesty Of The Seas from Miami, Florida to Cockburn Town on Grand Turk Island, and returned to ...
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Northern Finnish metal band ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW will release a two-song digital single, "Dark Alliance", on February 8. The single will feature the following tracks: 01. Dark Alliance 02. Baptized By The Blood Of Angels "Dark Alliance" comes off ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW's new album, "Saivon Lapsi", which will be released on February 22 ...
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