Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Fan-filmed video footage of NIGHTWISH's June 12 performance at at this year's edition of the Download festival, which was held at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom, can be seen below. NIGHTWISH keyboardist and main songwriter Tuomas H... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — NIGHTWISH keyboardist and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen spoke to the Nighthearts Ukrainian NIGHTWISH fan club about the band's decision to take a year-long break during 2017 and return to activity the following year. "Staying at home is the part... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — NIGHTWISH keyboardist and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen has confirmed to Roppongi Rocks in a brand new interview that the band will take what is planned to be a year-long break during all of 2017. "That's the plan, yes," he said. "The last show f... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Tracy Heck of AXS conducted an interview with singer Floor Jansen of Finland-based symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH on February 26 at Royal Oak Music Theatre in Royal Oak, Michigan. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about NIGHTWISH's plans for... more info

Metal Injection — I've went on some epic walks before, but 2,000 miles? To have a beer with Sonata Arctica? I've never done that.  Meet France's Jordan Langlois, pictured above. He really loves his power metal and he loves his Sonata Arctica. He knew ... more info

Metalsucks — Although... Sonata Arctica? Really?The post You Call Yourself a Fan? This Dude Walked 2,000 Miles to Meet Sonata Arctica appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Metal Injection — We have just updated our photo gallery with some sweet new snaps. In addition to Norway's Bunker extreme metal festival that was posted yesterday, we just added two new galleries. First, Rodrigo Fredes checked out Wintersun, Eluveitie and Varg a... more info

Metalsucks — Fall is “touring season” for metal bands. A ton of unmissable tours taking place between now and December have already been announced, and it seems like there are more being added pretty much every day. Why fall? Bands want to play European fest... more info

Metalsucks — Olds dominated the big debuts last week: Slash and The Cult. Six Feet Under, Sonata Arctica, Kill Devil Hill, Saint Vitus, Firewind and more also broke into the Top 100 of the Current Hard Music chart while Tenacious D and Shadows Fall maintained in... more info

Thrash Hits — Wait, is that a cardigan that Tony Kakko’s wearing onstage? Oh, it’s actually a hoodie. We’d actually prefer it if he did wear a cardigan onstage. How much would that fuck with the That’sNotMetulz brigade’s heads? Click here to see the rest... more info