Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen has revealed the backing band for her upcoming Mexican/South American tour in support of her latest album, "What Lies Beneath". It is as follows: * Tarja Turunen: Vocals * Mike Terrana (MASTERPLAN, SAVAGE CIRCUS, ex-RAGE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) - Drums * Christian Kretschmar (SCHILLER) - Keyboa...

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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...

According to a report from Anwalt24.de, Finnish rock cello quartet APOCALYPTICA has been ordered to pay 45,000€ stemming from an advertising campaign in Germany from the band's 2007 release, Worlds Collide. The judgment was entered in Germany late last week awarding compensation to RAMMSTEIN for trademark infringement. In 2007,...

Finnish rock cello quartet APOCALYPTICA has released a statement clarifying a report that was originally published on the German web site Anwalt24.de which indicated that the band was forced to pay approximately $59,000 in damages to German industrial rockers RAMMSTEIN. According to the site, the legal action arose in connection with a German a...