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Review of Tarja’s “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” Single

Review by Jessica Clingempeel© Ethereal Metal Webzine10/20/2017 Do you want your Christmas to have a dark flare? Tarja Turunen’s first single from her upcoming Christmas album will give you just that. ‘O Come, O Come, Emmanuel’ is a classic, and in typical Tarja fashion, gets its own twist. I honestly believe Tarja chose the right song as…

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24 Feb 2018

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christmas, goth, o come o come emmanuel, tarja, tarjaturunen

Interview with Ariën van Weesenbeek of Epica

Interviewed by Jessica Clingempeel© Ethereal Metal Webzine9/2/2016 Your previous album, as told, was inspired by Science, mainly Physics. Will this new album take the same journey into the scientific realm as the holographic principle is a scientific concept? Ariën; I’d say it’s got more to do with science, or rather science fiction. The story, or…

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24 Feb 2018

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ariën van weesenbeek, epica, metal, simonesimons, symphonicmetal

Interview with Monika Pedersen

Interviewed by Joshua Becker, Brian Kelman, and Rick Langerak© Ethereal Metal Webzine 6/30/2016 What process led you to join Sirenia for “Nine Destinies and a Downfall”? I was looking for a new band since my old band Sinphonia broke up. So I saw that they were looking for a singer, and I went to audition,…

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24 Feb 2018

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metal, monika pedersen, norway, sirenia

Interview with Cristina Scabbia on “Delirium”

Interview by Joshua Becker & Jessica Clingempeel© Ethereal Metal Webzine*Past interview, not current* The release of your eighth studio recorded album is just around the corner. Do you feel that you have learned anything new while recording this record? Cristina: We have learned that we can do everything ourselves from beginning to the end as…

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24 Feb 2018

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Cristina Scabbia, delirium, Italy, Lacuna Coil, metal

Tarja’s “O Tannebaum” Review

Review by Joshua Becker© Ethereal Metal Webzine10/28/2017 Did Tarja audition for the Nightmare Before Christmas? Are you sure? Could have fooled us! This haunting new single from the dark and mysterious Finnish legend will surely make you scream Merry Hallowmas. Yet, we can’t help but notice the hallowing melody reminiscent of a simpler time in…

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24 Feb 2018

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christmas, goth, metal, tarja