Firstborne debuts new track “The Bidding” online: debut album coming “soon”

In a recent interview with Charlie Bahama, Steve Harris, the bassist and founder of Iron Maiden, discussed his longstanding side project, British Lion, as per Blabbermouth. This project also features vocalist Richard Taylor, guitarists David Hawkins and Grahame Leslie, and drummer Simon Dawson. When questioned about the formation of British Lion, Steve shared his insights....

In a recent discussion with U.K.’s Metal Hammer publication, Tuomas Holopainen, the keyboardist and leader of Nightwish, shared his thoughts on the band’s separation from their original lead vocalist, Tarja Turunen, in 2005, as per Blabbermouth. Turunen was let go from Nightwish following the conclusion of the band’s 2005 tour, as she received an open letter that was also posted on the Nightwish website simultaneously. Holopainen expressed to Metal Hammer that Nightwish “get blamed for what happened, for good reason” but emphasized that “there was no future” moving forward with Turunen. He further stated that there is no possibility of a Nightwish reunion with Turunen. We were just...