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GHOST INCLUDED IN GRAMMY NOMINATIONS FOR BEST METAL PERFORMANCE


GHOST has notched yet another GRAMMY nomination. 

Come February 4, 2024, Sweden’s foremost theatrical rock export will go up against the likes of Metallica, Slipknot, Disturbed and Spiritbox for Best Metal Performance at the 66th GRAMMY Awards. The nomination for the band’s faithful rendition of Iron Maiden’s “Phantom of the Opera” from its chart-topping PHANTOMIME covers EP, released in May 2023 via Loma Vista Recordings, is GHOST’s fifth overall—including a Best Metal Performance win for “Cirice” at the 58th GRAMMY Awards in 2016. 

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Evanescence Release New Live Version Of ‘My Immortal’


Evanescence has just launched a previously unreleased version of their majestic hit “My Immortal” which was recorded at London’s The O2 on November 14th 2022.   The single is certified gold in the US and platinum in Australia. In 2005, it received Grammy and MTV Video nominations for the haunting David Mould-directed video, which was filmed in black and white in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona. 

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Tarja’s highly anticipated new album “Dark Christmas” is OUT NOW


Today marks the release of Tarja’s brand-new Christmas album “Dark Christmas”It is the highly anticipated sequel of her 2017 album “From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas)” and features haunted interpretations of classic Christmas hits and carols, as well as the brand-new Tarja original song “Dark Christmas”. 

Utilizing the sound of a grand orchestra and the playfulness of a children’s choir, the Finnish solo artist once again perfectly blends her classically trained voice with darker gothic influences for a masterful cinematic eerie soundtrack the world’s most beloved Christmas tunes. 

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BRUCE DICKINSON UK & EUROPEAN TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED


Having set the rock and metal world alight in September with the announcement of a forthcoming solo album and Latin American tour dates, further details of Bruce Dickinson’s The Mandrake Project are revealed today.
 
The first single to be taken from it will be ‘Afterglow of Ragnarok’, a dramatic and epic track that introduces the world not just to the music of the album but to the compelling narrative that forms the basis of The Mandrake Project. It will be released on December 1st as a collectable vinyl 7” single, that includes an eight-page comic book. The single also features Dickinson’s original solo demo version of the song ‘If Eternity Should Fail’, which first appeared on Iron Maiden’s album The Book Of Souls in 2015.
 

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Dave Grohl’s THE STORYTELLER: Tales of Life and Music On Sale Now in Paperback


ey Street Books is thrilled to publish the new trade paperback edition of THE STORYTELLER by Grammy winning musician, Emmy-winning director, and bestselling author Dave Grohl.  

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ALKALINE TRIO ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘BLOOD, HAIR, AND EYEBALLS’


Alkaline Trio walks among us once again. On January 26, 2024, everyone’s favorite tortured triumvirate will return in Grand Guignol style with Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs, its tenth album and first full length offering of new material to be released in (66)6 years.

Recorded with GRAMMY-winning producer Cameron Webb at Studio 606 in Northridge CA, Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs finds Alkaline Trio stripping its sound down to the skin and bones of its unmistakable sonic spirit, while taking that dark essence to parts previously unknown. Accompanied by the premiere of a fittingly kinetic video directed by Ravi Dhar and featuring pro skaters including Steve Caballero, Chris Cole and more, the album’s first single and title track exemplifies its balance of the eerily familiar and the shock of the new. Oh, and there’s that song/album title…

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