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    Anyone else dig Swallow The Sun?

    . 1st single SWALLOW THE SUN feat. Aleah - Heartstrings Shattering (Lyric video). From the album "Songs from the North I, II & III" out on Nov 13. 2015 (in Europe) 2nd single - Pray For The Winds To Come (Lyric Video).
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    Shoes

    Can't go wrong when choosing Haix boots/shoes for any type of need. For common daily use I'd recommend Haix Black Eagle Tactical 20 Low (or Mid if you need ankle support)
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    New NIGHTWISH album sound quality.

    I don't have full foobar measurement table for Once at hand, but you can compare all Nightwish CDs' DR values in this database. As you see, the older (lossless) CD versions tend to be even worse, ranging from DR6 to DR7 which made them sound well in portable players. The vinyls seem to be...
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    New NIGHTWISH album sound quality.

    . Deplorable sound? No. Actuall there is nothing wrong with the sound on Nightwish's new CD. Have a look at this table: Those are very decent values for a post-loudness-war metal CD. Official Average DR = 8, RMS values through -9 to -13 dB. The figures also tell that small, low...
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    Nightwish

    In this article on soundi.fi dated Oct 9. Marco Hietala reveals that the guys actually slipped their original plan to postpone the final decision until 2014. When they had a band meeting at Tuomas Holopainen's house last spring, they all voted to keep Floor and also add Troy to their ranks as...
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    Floor & Troy are here to stay!

    Source: www.nightwish.com Not really surprising news, I think :Smokedev: .
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    Imaginaerum - The Movie

    As always C., your review is a thorough and original take to the movie. Thanks a lot.
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    A2Z - "Parasites in Paradise" -Instrumental project by Zachary Hietala & Ari Hentunen

    . While Tarot has been on the docks due Marco's commitment with Nightwish's world tour, the other members have not been only idling and picking their noses. A2Z is the project on which Zac has been working since early last year. Now the co-operation with him and his custom guitar luthier...
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    Official "Song of the Week" 2013 thread

    . "First To Go - Last To Know" by Lazy Bonez, featuring Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot) and Udo Dirkschneider (U.D.O, ex Accept) Mind you, 50% of Lazy Bonez consist of 60% of Tarot! (Tommi, Pecu and Janne) The album "Lazy Bonez Vol. 1" released on 3/22/13 has not left...
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    Happy birthday Taimi!

    Happy birthday!
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    Happy birthday Enigma!

    Yeah, to be born on the Valentine's Day has it's advantages when one has become old enough to gracefully forget how many birthdays he actually has put behind him... LOL :cool: A metalhead will grow older, but Metal will never die! Thank You, my friends! :rock: .
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    STRATOVARIUS: Nemesis

    First actual review of "Nemesis" posted on-line by blackwindmetal.com The guy seems to be hyped as hell about the new Strato release... LOL! Still got to wait for another week until I can tell whether I'll agree with him :) Halcyon Days and the short clips do sound very promising indeed.
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    Anette Parting with Nightwish

    Anette just let the cat out of the bag: She is pregnant! Congrats! (as anyonen didn't speculate with the idea for along time already, LOL) edit: pere just beat me with a couple of minutes with the news. LOL!
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    FINALLY, Rush to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    I can confirm this. When I first time listened to Heart on the radio around mid-seventies, they were tagged Canadian. Only years later I learned that the Wilson sisters were born in California and actually were US citizens, but still many people consider Heart Canadian. Dunno what it's...
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    Rush to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

    +1000 for this!! :worship: There are many less laudable bands who got in too early. Definitely time for Rush to get recognized for theit quality work over decades. :rock: C. you just made my day! :Smokedev: :muahaha: :flame: Also Congrats to another long time runners Heart for...
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    Tarja is a new mother

    In the "Heikki & Mikko" talkshow yesterday (Dec 7.) on the Finnish TV-channel MTV3 Tarja revealed the name of her baby girl: Naomi Eerika Alexia Cabuli Turunen. Tarja also told that the baby is "four months old", yet she didn't mention her exact date of birth. Edit: "months" not...
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    Tarja is a new mother

    Hold it guys... Afaik, the baby girl was born sometime in late August; she's over three months old already :) Her pergnancy wasn't completely a secret in Argentina as her fanclub leaders there did know about it, but obviously they had made a promise to keep it to themselves until Tarja was...
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    Rush @ Gibson Amphitheater; November 19th, 2012

    Great review C. ! Though reading that honestly didn't make my life any easier - because I so want to go to see them. Only, it'll be on the Monday right after the Sauna Open Air -weekend in Tampere where Nightwish will be the headliner on Sunday night! Going to be rough if I book the SOA and Rush...
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    Tuomas says no new singer until 2014

    Metal Hammer UK interview with Tuomas & Floor (Made in London England in early November 2012) .
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    Anette Parting with Nightwish

    Pain was opening, but Johan wasn't with thew band in Great Britain, afaik. Now hold it! Maketh thee no fast conclusions people. ;) I was told by a "trustworthy source" that Johan somehow wrecked his hand while touring in Finland a few weeks before, hence he had to stay home and the band...