Aspiring Finnish heavy metal youngsters BATTLE BEAST recently finished touring through Europe with their label mates NIGHTWISH. Check out part two of their "highly entertaining video blog" from the tour below: Check out part one below: Battle Beast's debut album Steel is out now via Nuclear Blast....

You've had the chance to post your questions to NIGHTWISH via the official Nuclear Blast Europe Facebook page, now here's the outcome. The interview was done by Felix on May 6th before the band's show at Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart, Germany. Metal-Trails.net has posted a photo gallery from Nightwish's May 3rd show...

Metal-Trails.com conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala of Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH before the band's May 3 concert at O2 World in Hamburg, Germany. You can now watch the entire 29-minute chat below. NIGHTWISH will embark on a North American headlining tour in September with support from KAMELOT....

Italian web site SpazioRock conducted an interview with keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen of Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH before the band's April 25 concert in Milan, Italy. You can now watch the chat below. NIGHTWISH will embark on a North American headlining tour in September with support from KAMELOT. For more informatio...

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have posted a new "Nightmail" session featuring fan questions answered by Anette Olzon (vocals), Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards), Marco Hietala (bass, vocals) and Jukka Nevalainen (drums). A couple of excerpts follow below. Q: [To Anette] Now that you have experience in recording wit...