AP - Wrapping up the Asian leg of her world tour, Taylor Swift is relishing her growing international appeal as the singer-songwriter steadily gains fan outside the U.S. with her combination of confessional lyrics and country sound.

STRATOVARIUS released their new album "Elysium" January 12th via JVC in Asia, worldwide on January 14th via Edel/EarMusic, and in North America on January 18th and now it has debuted #1 on the Finnish albumcharts. You can check the list at this location. Elysium was the 2nd Stratovarius album since TIMO TOLKKI left the band to...

STRATOVARIUS will issue their new album, Elysium on January 12th via JVC in Asia, worldwide on January 14th via Edel/EarMusic, and in North America on January 18th. Audio samples from the entire album are available at this location. The band has just released 'Under Flaming Skies', a track from their forthcoming new album. &...

The 2010 winner of the "Finnish Metal Battle" BATTLE BEAST has been confirmed for this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6, 2011 in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ACCU&a...

Fantasia Barrino will confirm that she tried to take her own life in a brand new special episode of Behind the Music on Vh1.