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Celebrating Heavy Metal Ladies for International Women’s Day 2025

March 8, 2025 Ken Pierce Leave a comment

Today is “International Women’s Day” and since I saw numerous posts focusing on some sensational female Metal and Rock singers I decided to do something similar here on the PiercingMetal website. Since our debut as an online magazine, I’ve witnessed some true powerhouses rule the stages of New York City and sometimes beyond. After digitally leafing through folder after folder I was able to fashion what I think is a great representation of some of Heavy Metal’s greatest ladies. The photos are filed alphabetically and no one pictured below should find you scratching your head. As time permits I’ll add in more text but for now please enjoy the photos. They were all taken by me from across a numerous span of years at a wide number of venues in our region. Enjoy.

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Tarja @ Irving Plaza

Finland’s Tarja Turunen will bring her “Living The Dream” tour to New York City. Support will come from Chaoseum.

Features, Tours and Festivals

Wacken Open Air 2021 Announces First Lineup

August 1, 2020 Ken Pierce Leave a comment

The Press Release:
All 75,000 tickets for W:O:A 2021, which will take place from July 29 to 31 2021, have already been sold! The organizers have now announced the first bands on the festival line-up! Metal fans can look forward to: Judas Priest, Hämatom, Dropkick Murphys, As I Lay Dying, Rose Tattoo, Tarja, Lordi, Death SS, Venom and Moonspell.

This years Wacken Open Air couldn‘t take place due to the current pandemic. Although it’s much more quiet in the small village Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, the tradition announcing bands for the upcoming edition during the last festival day still remains!
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Reviews, Videos

Nightwish Presents: “Wish I Had An Angel” Performance From “End Of An Era” Re-Release

December 9, 2018 Ken Pierce Leave a comment

The band Nightwish (care of their label of the last few years) have announced the re-issue of their “End Of An Era” live concert performance album and video. If you missed that report you should click HERE to see what its all about before continuing. The release actually hit the streets the other day but my copy hasn’t arrived yet and with that being the case I’m presenting another revealed clip as a treat. This one Marco sings most of and is “Wish I Had An Angel”. Take a look.

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Nightwish Presents: “Ghost Love Score” Performance From “End Of An Era” Re-Release

December 2, 2018 Ken Pierce Leave a comment

The band Nightwish (care of their label of the last few years) have announced the re-issue of their “End Of An Era” live concert performance album and video. If you missed that report you should click HERE to see what its all about before continuing. Recently, the band introduced us to their performance of “Ghost Love Score” from this re-issue. Enjoy this all too stunning number.

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