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THE WILDFIRE, the brainchild of a Finnish singer Antti Railio, is a new band that combines influences of heavy metal and rock music to create their own unique sound. Having formerly made his mark in bands such as CELESTY and DIECELL, Antti has spent the last three years touring extensively under his own name, doing acoustic shows and special appearances all around Finland. He is also currently performing in “Dance Of The Vampires”, a cult musical running at the Seinäjoki City Theatre.

THE WILDFIRE is:

Antti Railio – Vocals
Arto Pitkänen – Drums
Iiro Juntunen – Bass
Kimmo Perämäki – Guitar
Satu Huhtala – Keyboards
Teemu Koskela – Guitar

The band’s as-yet-untitled debut album will be released later in the year.

For more information, visit www.facebook.com/thewildfireofficial. Source: Blabbermouth.net

Finnish power metallers CELESTY have released the following statement:

“We are sorry to announce that CELESTY will go to indefinite hiatus. During the time when fifth-album songs have been in progress, there has been mixed feelings in the air for a longer period of time now. Situation in the band has come to the point where only solution is to take a break. Will that break be a year or ten, we don’t know, but this is the only way to take the time that we need. This decision is mutual by all members of the band.”

“Vendetta”, the fourth full-length album from CELESTY, was released in March 2009 via Spinefarm Records. The CD, which contained eleven tracks and over sixty minutes of music, featured guest appearances by Stephan Lill (VANDEN PLAS) and Elias Viljanen (SONATA ARCTICA). Suvi-Tuuli Dietrich (ESCAPE) contributed female vocals to the album. Source: Blabbermouth.net