Metal Female Voices Fest VIII

Last weekend took place in Wieze, Belgium, the famous festival Metal Female Voices. Its eighth edition had on the stage bands like Arch Enemy, Epica, Revamp or Leave's Eyes. Here you have some the videos of what happened there. Enjoy it!

News by: J.S.S.

http://www.metalfemalevoicesfest.be/

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MACBETH - news

MACBETH In pre production for the new album.

Italian gothic metallers MACBETH have confirmed that the band is currently in pre-production for its fifth full-length.
Commented the group: "We know. It has been a while since our last update and that is not without reason. This year has been a pretty busy and tumultuous one for band members. We've been hard at work writing material for the next album since last winter, but unfortunately we have been forced to take a break during this spring and summer as Max needed to recover from a serious shoulder injury exacerbated by playing guitar. Luckily Max's shoulder is fully healed and he's working on new stuff right now. Among other things (on September the 4th), Fabrizio and Morena got married after being together almost ten years! Currently in pre-production phase the band is working on vocal lines and lyrics for almost 10 brand new songs. All we can say is that we feel it's some of the best stuff we have ever written. The new studio album is as yet untitled and still without a release date. More details about studios will follow as soon as everything is confirmed. Stay tuned for updates!"
For more information, visit: www.macbeth.it

News by: Band management

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BETO VAZQUEZ: new album

The official release date of the new double album titled Existence by Beto Vazquez Infinity is November 1, 2010

The list of guest musicians are:


Timo Tolkki (Timo Tolkki / Del Imaginario Discos / Eric de Haas)

Lady Angellyca (Forever Slave / SPV-Wacken Records)

Dominique Leurquin (Rhapsody of Fire / Luca Turilli's Dreamquest)

Melissa Ferlaak (Echoterra)

Slava Popova (Operatika)

Sonya Scarlet (Theatres Des Vampires)

Alfred Romero (Dark Moor)

Enrik García (Dark Moor)

Cristian Bertoncelli (Renacer / Icarus Music)

Darío Schmunck

Dusk (Crysalys)

Gaby Koss

Jacob Hansen (Anubis Gate)

Jason Droguett

Mikki Straatsma (Viveynne)

Mik appears (So Cold)

Sascha Froma

Simone Christinat (Legenda Aurea)

Pablo G. Soler

Patricio Molini (Nordica)


...and the tracklist:


*CD 1 :*

01- Shadows Fall

02- Council Of My Dreams

03- The Temple

04- Existence

05- Beyond Myself

06- Celestial Meeting

07- Tonight

08- Future City

09- Freedom

10- Dark Night


*CD 2 :***

**01- Eyes of Destiny

02- Cold Soul

03- Endless Tears

04- Epic Travel

05- Arwen Song

06- Watching You

07- The Vortex

08- Earth

09- Ghost Of Time

10- To Live for The King ( Bonus Track)

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CREATION'S TEARS: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From The Studio

Behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions for the new CREATION'S TEARS album, "Methods To End It All", can be viewed below. The CD, which features guest appearances by former PARADISE LOST drummer Lee Morris and British vocalist Sarah Jezebel Deva (who has toured and/or recorded with CRADLE OF FILTH, THERION, MORTIIS and ANGTORIA), was released on October 4 on the Cure For Poison label.

"Methods To End It All" track listing:

01. Another Collision
02. I Fail
03. Creation's Tears
04. Odyssey (Opus IX)
05. I'm Falling (You'll Never Know)
06. Parody Paradigm
07. The Last Tear Is Cried For Romance
08. No Saviour Here
09. Untimely Reminder

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Tarja Turunen - Entire concert in video

Fan-filmed video footage of former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's entire October 11, 2010 concert at 013 in Tilburg, the Netherlands can be viewed at this location or at Female Metal TV

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NIGHTWISH start the recording of their upcoming album

NIGHTWISH have officially started recording the follow-up to 2007's "Dark Passion Play". Drummer Jukka Nevalainen writes on the band's official web site, "After spending an intensive summer camp on Finnish countryside and putting a final touch to [a pre-production/demo recording of all the songs that will be featured on the CD], we started recording the drums for our next album. We gathered together [on Thursday, October 14] and set up the drums and all the recording devices. [Friday, October 15] was mostly spent just perfecting the sounds. Just like with our last album we got some back-up from Mr. Kai Hahto (SWALLOW THE SUN and WINTERSUN), who is known to be able to conjure godly sounds by tuning the drums. The legendary duet of Mikko Karmila and TeeCee Kinnunen are taking care of the engineering again. [Friday night] ended with a complete take of the first song, so the recording session has now officially started!"

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SIRENIA: Album title revealed

'The Enigma of Life' is the title of the new album by Sirenia!
The album will be up for an early 2011 release and Ailyn is in the studio now to record her vocals.

Here you have the first pictures of Ailyn in the studio:

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Xe-NONE signs deal with CHAOTIC NOIZ

Russian Industrial Dance Metal band Xe-NONE have signed a record deal with CHAOTIC NOIZ (division of Russian major label SOYUZ) to release their second album.

Lexy Dance (vocal) says: "Signing a deal to release our second full-length "Dancefloration" with CHAOTIC NOIZ is a big step for Xe-NONE. We're happy that the label put trust in our band and we're more than sure it's the beginning of a beautiful friendship! We entered a new level, which made us take our material and its realization more seriously. That's why, we've been running out of schedule a bit. Nevertheless, I can say that the preliminary mixes we have already recorded prove that our new album is gonna kick ass! It sounds much more powerful than what we did before. I think that this is the very record where we have finally found that necessary balance between dance and extreme parts of our music. Yes, we did change in some sense, but it's still Xe-NONE. Our new album will be another crazy and wild trip to the music territories that only few have try to tread in sound mind and memory!"

The album is planned to be out in January 2011 as a part of the label's thematic release series entitled «Cyber Revolution». More information to come! Stay tuned!

Currently, Xe-NONE looking for label to release the album in Europe and America.

Read more: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=85858891&blogId=539940007#ixzz12VNl4peK

News by: Xe-NONE

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Lyraka Moves Up Release Date, Announces Pre-Order Offer

The Wagnerian opera metal project, Lyraka, has announced a pre-order offer for their debut CD, entitled "Lyraka.Volume 1". The CD, which is set for release November 27th, 2010, is available for pre-order at 15% off its release date price at Lyraka.com now.

The project, which bills itself as "Wagnerian Opera Metal, Defined" features 4 songs performed by Graham Bonnet (RAINBOW, ALCATRAZZ), one by Tommy Heart (ULI JON ROTH, FAIR WARNING), and one by Veronica Freeman (BENEDICTUM). Jeff Pilson (Dio, Dokken, Foreigner) and Tim Luce (Alcatrazz) have been involved in the project, as well as Andre Maquera (8084).

The composer, Andy DiGelsomina, announced "The Lyraka music has been inspired by Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Manowar, and Richard Wagner. We are proud to announce that famed fantasy artist Ken Kelly (Kiss, Rainbow, Manowar) is putting the finishing touches on the cover artwork now, and it's looking KILLER."

News by: The Empress of Mermaids

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Miami rediscovers it’s music heritage: Oblivious Signal to showcase at the 2nd annual Miami Music Festival November 12th.

With over 400 performances scheduled, Miami Music Festival will be one of the largest, most inclusive concerts of the year. The variety of talent showcased at this festival is rivalled only my the quality of the artists involved and the industry names represented.
Both a festival and a conference, guests from all over the world will converge on Miami for a week of networking and live performances by some of the best bands in the country.

Female fronted melodious metal band Oblivious Signal has been invited to perform at MMF's Love Hate at the stroke of midnight on Friday, November 12th.

Oblivious Signal's vivacious front woman Cristina T. Feliciano says, "Being from South Florida we are proud to be apart of a growing music industry in the area, and all the events that come with it. Finally with this festival we can really show what great talent FL really has!"

They will be just coming off of a series of important show dates, including the Slave To The Metal tour hosted by Fuse TV's Mistress Juliya on October 22nd.

For more on Oblivious Signal check out their website www.oblivioussignal.com and hear songs off this summer's release Into The Night.

The Miami Music Festival and Conference (MMF), Miami's second annual emerging musical artist showcase, and the centerpiece event of this November's new "Live Music Month in Miami," has released details on www.miamimusicfestival.org.

News by: Kate Davenport

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'Whispering Eyes' Hits the Internet!

New Factory of Dreams SINGLE Released!
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Me·lo·tron.i·cal
adj.
1. Of or relating to Melody and Tronic elements: a mechanical melodic feeling/emotion;
2. Readily affected with or stirred by music in symbiosis with tronic motion: an emotional melody in syncopation with pulsating machines;
3. Arousing or intended to arouse music: an emotional appeal to music synchronized with electronics;
4. Something inexplicable, a combination of melody, nature, atoms, ...

MELOTRONICAL WILL BE FACTORY OF DREAMS 3RD ALBUM

The NEW Single - 'Whispering Eyes' - is to be included in the upcoming album 'MELOTRONICAL'. An electro-metal sound design is within the heart of Melotronical's music.So, join us in the sites below to hear the new song, favorite it, share it, and most of all enjoy it!

Cover artwork and album preview to be released soon as well, so, keep tuned.

Factory of Dreams is:
Jessica Lehto – Vocals, Vocal harmonies and arrangements
Hugo Flores - Vocals, Music, Instruments, Production

Hear the new song @:
http://melotronical.com

News by: FoD press team

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