Early albums from Finnish "love" metallers HIM were recently digitally reissued via The End Records, with deluxe versions in multiple configurations to come this summer. The albums that have been reissued are the band's 1997 debut "Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666", 1999's "Razorblade Romance", 2001's "Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights" and 2003's "Love ...
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Toazted recently conducted an interview with Eicca Toppinen and Paavo Lötjönen of the Finnish cello rock band APOCALYPTICA in Amsteram, The Netherlands. You can now watch the chat below. For APOCALYPTICA's recently released live album "Wagner Reloaded - Live In Leipzig" (BMG), the band teamed with the acclaimed MDR Leipzig Symphony Orchestra. The album's release ...
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The time has come to reveal the 2014 lineup of Heavy Montréal presented by Molson Canadian, the can’t-miss rendezvous of heavy music lovers, back for its sixth edition this year. As announced previously, in order to reach a maximum number of fans, the festival will continue to widen its horizons by presenting a larger variety ...
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Heavy music presenter Christina Rowatt of Soundwave TV conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM during this year's Soundwave festival in Australia. 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 release to debut ...
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Hot FM CQ breakfast announcer Paul "Browny" Brown conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM during this year's Soundwave festival in Australia. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. HIM's latest album, "Tears On Tape", sold 20,000 copies in the United States in its first ...
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A "back bag containing irreplaceable items" was allegedly stolen from the dressing room of Finnish love metallers HIM when they performed a headlining concert last night (Wednesday, February 26) at 170 Russell (formerly Billboard) in Melbourne, Australia. After the show, the quintet posted a message on Facebook alerting fans of the alleged theft ...
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Spotlight Report conducted an interview with Ville Valo, lead singer of Finnish "love" metallers HIM, during this year's Soundwave festiva in Australia. 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 release to debut at position No. 15 on ...
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U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine recently caught up with Ville Valo, lead singer of Finnish "love" metallers HIM, to find what makes him tick and where his inspiration for HIM's brand of metal comes from. Ville also tells the magazine what he thinks his biggest flaw is. Check out the clip below. HIM's latest album, "Tears ...
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"Panzerfaust", the new Jouni Kallio-directed video from Lemi, Finland-based metallers STAM1NA, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's sixth album, "SLK", which will be released on February 7 via Sakara Records. The CD was produced by Janne Saksa (AMORAL, TURISAS, MYGRAIN, MOKOMA) and was mixed by Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, MNEMIC, ...
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"Enter The Silence", the new video from Italian extreme metallers CARVED, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's debut album, "Dies Irae", out now on Bakerteam Records. CARVED. The name of the band is the best calling card for these six angry metalheads. Carving the emotions of their audience with the ...
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Finnish gothic metallers ENTWINE entered the studio earlier today (Wednesday, January 15) to begin recording their seventh album, due later in the year via Spinefarm Records. The recordings for the follow-up to 2009's "Painstained" are taking place at Petrax and Wave Sound Studios in Finland. ENTWINE's first-ever "best-of" collection, "Rough n' Stripped", entered the official ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Army Of The Bear" from Canadian metallers SCYTHIA can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's melodic, power/folk fusion record, "…Of Conquest", which is set to arrive later in the year. The album, which also includes progressive and death metal influences, is engineered/produced by Lasse ...
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France's Louder! Magazine recently conducted an interview with Perttu Kivilaakso and Mikko Sirén of the ground-breaking Finnish orchestral rock group APOCALYPTICA. You can now watch the chat below. For APOCALYPTICA's just-released live album "Wagner Reloaded - Live In Leipzig" (BMG), the band teamed with the acclaimed MDR Leipzig Symphony Orchestra. The album's release ...
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Germany's EMP Rock Invasion recently conducted an interview with Eicca Toppinen and Mikko Sirén of the ground-breaking Finnish orchestral rock group APOCALYPTICA. You can now watch the chat below. For APOCALYPTICA's just-released live album "Wagner Reloaded - Live In Leipzig" (BMG), the band teamed with the acclaimed MDR Leipzig Symphony Orchestra. The album's release is ...
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On October 15, YouRock.TV conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM in Milan, Italy. 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 release to debut at position No. 15 on The Billboard 200 ...
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On October 7, drummer Mika Kristian Karppinen (a.k.a. Gas Lipstick) of Finnish "love" metallers HIM talked about some of his tattoos for PitCam TV's "Behind The Ink" segment at Huxley's Neue Welt in Berlin, Germany. The clip can be viewed below. HIM's latest album, "Tears On Tape", sold 20,000 copies in the United ...
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The ground-breaking Finnish orchestral rock group APOCALYPTICA took part in an interview and performance on a recent episode of the French show "Une Dose 2 Metal" on L'Enorme TV. You can now watch the entire chat below. For APOCALYPTICA's just-released live album "Wagner Reloaded - Live In Leipzig" (BMG), the band teamed with the acclaimed ...
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The ground-breaking Finnish orchestral rock group APOCALYPTICA performed on a recent episode of the French show "Une Dose 2 Metal" on L'Enorme TV. Check it the footage below. For APOCALYPTICA's just-released live album "Wagner Reloaded - Live In Leipzig" (BMG), the band teamed with the acclaimed MDR Leipzig Symphony Orchestra. The album's release is perfectly ...
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Jo Schüftan of Horns Up Rocks! recently conducted an interview with drummer Mikko Sirén of the ground-breaking Finnish orchestral rock group APOCALYPTICA. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. For APOCALYPTICA's just-released live album "Wagner Reloaded - Live In Leipzig" (BMG), the band teamed with the acclaimed MDR Leipzig Symphony ...
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APOCALYPTICA — the ground-breaking Finnish orchestral rock group — has premiered the new video for "Stormy Wagner". "Stormy Wagner" is part of APOCALYPTICA's just-released live album "Wagner Reloaded - Live In Leipzig" (BMG), for which the band teamed with the acclaimed MDR Leipzig Symphony Orchestra. The album's release is perfectly timed since 2013 marks the ...
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Canadian theatrical hard-rockers INCURA will release their self-titled debut album in Europe on February 24, 2014 through InsideOut Music. Vocalist Kyle Gruninger had this to say: "I'm beyond thrilled to have our album being released in Europe in February on InsideOut/CenturyMedia where talent and progressive rock is king! We can't wait to bring INCURA's music ...
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Former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno and the Finnish cello rock band APOCALYPTICA were interviewed for French webmagazine Hard Force's "Metal XS". Check out the footage below. Di'Anno completed his first North American tour in early 2010, 17 years after he was deported following a prison term for guns and drug offenses. On August 27, ...
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Finnish cello rock band APOCALYPTICA was recently interviewed on the German edition of the "Living Room" show, which airs on Joiz TV. You can now watch the chat at this location. APOCALYPTICA released "Wagner Reloaded - Live In Leipzig", an epic live collaboration with the acclaimed MDR Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, on November 19 ...
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"Bear Claw Tavern", the new video from Canadian metallers SCYTHIA, can be seen below. The old world-themed clip, directed by fantasy movie director Richard Olak and filmed at the Storm Crow Tavern in the band's hometown of Vancouver, B.C., is an uproarious three-minute scorcher featuring the band rocking out in a medieval tavern filled with ...
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On November 26, Holland's FaceCulture conducted an interview with Paavo Lötjönen of the Finnish cello rock band APOCALYPTICA. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. APOCALYPTICA released "Wagner Reloaded - Live In Leipzig", an epic live collaboration with the acclaimed MDR Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, on November 19 on BMG. The ...
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On November 26, Holland's FaceCulture conducted an interview with Eicca Toppinen of the Finnish cello rock band APOCALYPTICA. You can now watch the chat in three parts below. APOCALYPTICA released "Wagner Reloaded - Live In Leipzig", an epic live collaboration with the acclaimed MDR Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, on November 19 on BMG. The ...
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Ann Kathrin Bronner of Germany's Audiophil.de recently conducted an interview with Eicca Toppinen and Paavo Lötjönen of the Finnish cello rock band APOCALYPTICA. You can now watch the chat below. APOCALYPTICA released "Wagner Reloaded - Live In Leipzig", an epic live collaboration with the acclaimed MDR Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, on November 19 on ...
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O2 Academy TV recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM. You can now watch the chat 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 position No. 15 on The Billboard 200 ...
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APOCALYPTICA — the groundbreaking Finnish orchestral rock group — has just released "Wagner Reloaded - Live In Leipzig" (BMG), an epic live collaboration with the acclaimed MDR Leipzig Symphony Orchestra. The album's release is perfectly timed since 2013 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of iconic German composer Richard Wagner. For "Wagner Reloaded - ...
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APOCALYPTICA — the groundbreaking Finnish orchestral rock group — will release "Wagner Reloaded - Live In Leipzig", an epic live collaboration with the acclaimed MDR Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, November 19 on BMG. The album's release is perfectly timed since 2013 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of iconic German composer Richard Wagner. A 16-minute ...
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