New photo of Simone Simons

Every year some bands into Female Metal music send us funny photos to wish us merry Christmas. This year Simone Simons wishes all fans merry Christmas with this photo

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Duet between CRISTINA SCABBIA and SIMONE SIMONS

During the concert of Lacuna Coil at 'Christmas Metal Symphony' Fest. Cristina Scabbia and Simone sang the song "Heaven's a lie" together.

A fan recorded a video:

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REVAMP: Sample online

We can listen a sample of Revamp, the new Floor's band.

Recently, this pic was uploaded by the band

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The new album of female fronted heavy metal band RAMPART is out now

The new album by the female fronted Bulgarian HEAVY METAL band RAMPART is out now on INFERNO Records! Entitled "VOICE OF THE WILDERNESS", this album includes 9 songs to please all maniacs into classic Heavy Metal bands like RUNNING WILD, GRAVE DIGGER, ADX, HELLOWEEN & IRON MAIDEN !



You can listen to three NEW songs from the album ("Desert Of Time", "The Flood", "Age Of Steel") on RAMPART official MySpace > www.myspace.com/rampartbg !!!
Support this band & don't miss the album ! You'll be amazed !
The tracklist of "Voice of the Wilderness" album is:
1. Under Control
2. Warriors
3. Voice of the Wilderness
4. The Flood
5. Desert of Time
6. Orchrist
7. Age of Steel
8. Mirror to Dreams
9. Stay Aside
In "VOICE OF THE WILDERNESS" as a guest musician took part Sofia Vancheva. She recorded the violins, the viola and the cello in the song called "Age of Steel". The album is filled with melodies, rhythms, double guitar solos and surprising orchestrations.

RAMPART were chosen by EPICUS Records to take part in a tribute album to HELLOWEEN and GAMMA RAY. The band recorded the HELLOWEEN cover song "Just a Little Sign". Norway's GAIA EPICUS, Germany's KICKHUNTER (featuring HELLOWEEN bassist Markus Großkopf), Slovakia's SIGNUM REGIS (featuring former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/GLORY singer Göran Edman) are among the bands who participate in the album called "HELLORAY". The release will be out in the beginning of 2010.

The music of RAMPART follows the concept that life is frequently a range of people and events, which earn the taste of something we lived through, something exciting - the apparition of the original and the reality of the traditional heavy metal. The band keeps the true metal spirit alive!



News by: thrashdetector

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CRYSALYS,NEW LINE UP AND A NEW ERA FOR THE ITALIAN METAL BAND!

The Italian metal band Crysalys has come back..! The band published the following statement:

"TO ALL OUR FRIENDS AND FANS: WELCOME TO THE NEW CRYSALYS MYSPACE! GET YOURSELF READY FOR A NEW ERA..!....

After 4 months of silence, we are finally back to share our dream with you..! First of all, we have to thank some special people (you know who you are), if Crysalys are still alive is also thanks to the great devotion and support we received from our precious fans. They have always been so close to us this summer, when everything seemed to be over. Music and passion are too strong in our souls to break up a dream for which we fought so hard in the last 3 years.....

In addition, we have to thank the great team who worked for us on new graphics, photos and layouts: A. Bracci (photos), E. Baldan (digital designer), C.Death (graphic and digital designer of the new layout) and G. Cuccu (photos) .....

But now, let’s start with some news..! We’d like to introduce you our new musicians! Fabio "Wolf" Amurri on keyboards, Alessandro "Mastro" Marconetti on guitar and Giuseppe "Peppz" Cardinali on bass guitar. ....

We chose them in September because of their positive attitude, which goes far beyond their undoubted musical talent. We're sure that they’ll fit perfectly to the new Crysalys' era and that you'll grow fond with them very soon!....

Thanks to new members and influences, the new Crysalys sound is moving closer to an Avant-Garde Metal style, with operatic elements contrasted by a powerful, modern and experimental metal sound.....

As you can see, there's also a new instrument in our line-up: the keyboard. Modern synths and emotional piano tunes will be a fundamental and innovative element and will help the band to experiment innovative sounds and evolve its original concept. ....

Currently, we're writing several new songs and we're making some pre-productions to choose which tracks will appear t on the first album. We'll record it in Spring 2010 and we'll give you some more details soon. We'll also come back on stage around March to show you the new members and our new tracks. More news will come soon, so STAY TUNED and thanks for all guys. We love you all.....

.. ..

Crysalys wishes everybody A MERRY XMAS AND A GREAT 2010..! ****...."




The new line up,photos,graphic layout,news and more on Crysalys'myspace:

http://myspace.com/crysalysband


News by: Crysalys Italian Fan Club

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NIGHTWISH Singer To Perform At Sweden's 'P3 Guld' Event

NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon will perform on January 19, 2010 during the "P3 Guld" (Swedish radio's annual music awards) live awards ceremony broadcast from the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg, Sweden. The event will be aired live on both Swedish national TV and radio.
Commented Olzon: "The gala is an award gala where our biggest public radio channel, P3, gives away awards to best song, best album, best artist etc.

"I am excited and I look so forward to show myself to the Swedish people.

"We [NIGHTWISH] haven't done so many performances in my own country, even though we have sold gold with [the latest NIGHTWISH album] 'Dark Passion Play', so this is a nice thing for me to do."
Anette Olzon recently spent time in Stockholm, Sweden creating songs for her upcoming solo album with Swedish producers Stefan Örn and Johan Glössner.

Olzon's forthcoming solo album will be co-produced by Swedish producer/songwriter Anders Bagge, who has previously worked with MADONNA, CELINE DION, JANET JACKSON and JESSICA SIMPSON, among others. He is also one of judges on the Swedish TV talent competition "Idol" and a producer of the TV series "Made in Sweden".

Olzon performed on August 13, 2009 with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra at a special concert in Stockholm, Sweden as part of the Stockholms Kulturfestival (Stockholm's Culture Festival).



News by: LIV KALSKE

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LEAVES' EYES To Support KAMELOT In Europe

LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY — will support KAMELOT on their upcoming European tour in March/April 2010.

Commented Liv Kristine: "I am really looking forward to tour with KAMELOT again! The last tours with KAMELOT were very successful for both bands and the friendship between the bands is great! Being on the road with other Norwegians is, of course, always an honour and pleasure for me! Roy [Khan, KAMELOT frontman] is both an excellent singer and a fine person."

Added Alexander Krull: "It's great that we go on tour with our friends KAMELOT again! This upcoming European tour will be truly a highlight for every fan of dark, symphonic metal music! We can't wait until March when we'll start to conquer the stages across Europe again with this strong tour package! We will perform new material of the album 'Njord' as well as songs from the previous records!"

The dates are as follows:

Mar. 25 - Charleroi - BE - Le Coliseum *
Mar. 26 - Tilburg - NL - O13 *
Mar. 27 - Amsterdam - NL Paradiso *
Mar. 28 - London - UK - Koko *
Mar. 31 - Paris - FR - Elysée Montmartre *
Apr. 01 - Pratteln - CH - Z7 Kulturfabrik *
Apr. 02 - Montpellier - FR - Rockstore *
Apr. 03 - Barcelona - ES - Salamandra *
Apr. 04 - Madrid - ES - La Riviera *
Apr. 07 - Dortmund - DE - FZW *
Apr. 08 - Köln - DE - Live Music Hall *
Apr. 09 - Hamburg - DE - Markthalle *
Apr. 10 - Gothenburg - SE - Trädgårn **
Apr. 11 - Stockholm - SE - Tyrol **
Apr. 13 - Helsinki - FI - Nosturi ***
Apr. 14 - Tampere - FI - Pakkahuone ***
Apr. 16 - Oslo - NO - Sentrum Scene ***

* plus ADAGIO
** plus ALL ENDS
*** plus AMARANTHE

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Siegfried: New Website & Track Online

The all-new Website of Siegfried is now online at http://www.siegfried.co.at/! Fans may enter the realm of the Epic Metal warriors HERE! In addition, fans may want to check out the new song "Der Ring der Nibelungen" on the band's MYSPACE site!

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THEATRE OF TRAGEDY: European Dates Announced

Norway's THEATRE OF TRAGEDY has scheduled the following dates:

Mar. 13 - Sittard, NETH - Fenix
Mar. 14 - London, UK - Underworld
Mar. 18 - Barcelona, SPA - Salamandra
Mar. 19 - Madrid, SPA - Caracol
Mar. 20 - Lisbon, POR - Cine Teatro Corroios

More shows will be announced soon.

THEATRE OF TRAGEDY's seventh album, "Forever Is The World", was released in September via AFM Records. The follow-up to 2006's "Storm" was recorded at Room 13 studios in Oslo with producer Alexander Møklebust, who has previously worked with ZEROMANCER, SEIGMEN, GÅTE, MONOMEN and DELAWARE, among others. The mastering was handled by Bjørn Engelmann at the Cutting Room in Sweden.

"Forever Is The World" is available in three different versions: a limited digipack with one bonus song, a very limited double vinyl version with two bonus tracks (one exclusive to the vinyl edition!) and a regular jewelcase.

You can listen two samples of this new album: 'Hide And Seek' and 'Frozen'
They are also availables by their Myspace

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REVIEW: Sellisternium - Fury

Sellisternium is a band from Poland. They plays a sort of psychedelic/ambient rock dark music. This album "Fury" was released by Renaissance Records in 2008. Fury is an album mostly instrumental, the voice is an instrument more for filling the melodies and doesn't usually get the leading role.
We can find a lot keyboards passages with dark and psychedelic touches.They are sometimes poor. The guitar helps to create ambients. We can listen some good arrangements / solos.
Sellisternium is not the typical gothic metal band, they have their own indentity with their original music.

SCORE: 6/10

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REVAMP: Charlotte (Delain), Marco (Nightwish) and Anneke (Agua de Annique) say Good Luck

Charlotte Wessels (Delain), Marco Hietala (Nightwish) and Anneke van Giersbergen (Agua de Annique) wish good luck to Floor and her band Revamp

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REVIEW: Siegfried - Nibelung

'Nibelung' is the title of the new album by Siegfried. This band was founded in 1998. The metal sound of that periode (Dimmu Borgir, Borknagar, swedish metal,...), you can feel in this album. Dark melodies mixes with folk touches. You can listen three different voices. Two male ones: Clean and grunt and a female one by Sandra Schleret (Elis' singer too).

Nibelungs talks about the curse of the gold of the Nibelungen. You can interpret the lyrics with ambiguity, because they are mixed with personal reflections about destiny, love, hate and death.

In my opinion the best of this album are the riffs of guitars and the worst the complicated armonies of melodies whic they always use to develop his song. They usually start fine, but they complicated a lot the things in the course of the song and the result is not nice.


SCORE: 6/10

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INDICA Signs to Nuclear Blast‎

Finnish all-girl band INDICA has inked a deal with Germany's Nuclear Blast Records.

Commented the group in a statement: "It is very rare to see such enthusiasm that we have already witnessed with all the Nuclear Blast people about our forthcoming debut album in English. We can't wait to start to work with all of you, to get the album out and to start touring in Europe!"

Added Markus Staiger, Nuclear Blast President: "We are very proud to welcome this young band from Finland to the Nuclear Blast family. Those five exceptional girls have totally captivated all of us. With their magical and self-contained form of romantic and melancholic rock music we are trying to explore into directions which are new to us and and it will be a big but more than exciting challenge!"

INDICA's album was produced by NIGHTWISH mastermind Tuomas Holopainen, who has previously toured Europe with INDICA twice. He says, "INDICA has such sights to show you! You will be spellbound for lifetime!"

The new INDICA album, "A Way Away", is due in early summer 2010.

INDICA live in Italy (March 2009) as the support act for NIGHTWISH:



For more information, visit www.indica.fi

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TRISTANIA new album (video)

TRISTANIA has finished the composition process. The band will record in two studios from Norway and the mix will be in another studio. The band will start to record very soon. Some months ago Tristania revealed the title of some songs: "Patriot Games", "Year of the Rat", "The Emerald Piper" and "Sirens".

You can listen one of their new songs:

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TARJA TURUNEN´s keyboardist featured on new THE ETERNAL album

Australian atmospheric/gothic/doom metallers THE ETERNAL have issued the following update:
"Talented Finnish keyboard player Maria Ilmoniemi who we met on our recent tour in the USA (she was in Tarja's [Turunen] band) is now at her studio in Helsinki, Finland, tracking keyboards for our new album.

"Maria has almost completed her masters degree in music and has an amazing range of digital and analogue keyboards, so we are very lucky to have her onboard.

"Due to distance, it's hard to make Maria a full-time member of THE ETERNAL, so she will be the invisible fourth member on this record and also the first female in what has very much been a boys club up until now.

"We are very excited to be working with her and we are sure the results will be fantastic."

THE ETERNAL will enter 301 Studios in Byron Bay, Australia on December 3 to begin recording the new album for an early 2010 release. More information will be made available soon.



News by: LIV KALSKE

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DELAIN Singer Performs With SONATA ARCTICA In Milan: Video Available

DELAIN singer Charlotte Wessels joined SONATA ARCTICA on stage on Wednesday, November 25 in Milan, Italy to perform the song "Last Drop Falls".
Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below.




SONATA ARCTICA was forced to cancel three shows last week (Graz, Vienna and Munich) due to singer Tony Kakko's infection of vocal cords.

SONATA ARCTICA will embark on a North American headlining tour in the spring. Support will come from MUTINY WITHIN and POWERGLOVE. Tickets are on sale exclusively through EnterTheVault.com until December 3, at which point they will be made available through all normal ticketing systems.

"The Days Of Grays", the new album from SONATA ARCTICA, sold around 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No. 19 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

"The Days Of Grays" was released on September 22 in North America through Nuclear Blast Records.



News by: LIV KALSKE

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REVIEW: Elis - Catharsis

Surprising ... this world describe in my opinion about the new album of the band Elis, called 'Catharsis'. When you are going to listen this album, forget your idea about the style of Elis. This one is very different. In 'Catharsis', the band change their own style. It's a very powerful album, never fall off. Sandra Schleret has surprised us with rock vocals, folk melodies, melodic ones,... We can listen male backing vocals in most of songs.

One of songs which I love it is Warrior's Tale, you can enjoy a very impressive duet between Sandra and Michelle Darkness (End of Green).

Nowadays, It's dificult find bands into female metal which play guitar solos, so it was a nice surprise for me listen some good solos guitars in 'Catharsis' album.

One of my favorites songs is: 'I come undone'. Sandra uses a very powerful voice. And the guitar arrangements are very right with a rock touch.

The negative aspect of this album is the cover.I think it doesn't fit with the music. That cover doesn't invite to buy the cd or listen it.

I'm very satisfied. Highly recomended!!

I'm not a fan of the band and I don't usually give high notes, but I must make an exception, Catharsis deserves it:

SCORE: 10/10


Review by Oliver Davis

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