SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "I'm in Studio Fredman [in Gothenburg, Sweden] right now, mixing the new DISARMONIA MUNDI album [Italian extreme death metallers, featuring a guest appearance by Strid on vocals]. Things are going good but hectic as usual. Hopefully everything goes well ...
German melodic metallers EDGUY have been confirmed for this year's Earthshaker Fest, set to take place July 21-22 in Kreuth, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ARCH ENEMY BRAINSTORM DEATHSTARS DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER EDGUY EKTOMORF ENSIFERUM EQULIBRIUM EVERGREY KATAKLYSM NEVERMORE RAGE SAXON TESTAMENT WINTERSUN More bands will be announced ...
British black metal pioneers VENOM have been confirmed for the tenth edition of Gods Of Metal festival, set to take place June 1-4 at Idroscalo in Milan, Italy. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ANGRA BENEDICTUM CRUCIFIED BARBARA DEFTONES DIMMU BORGIR GAMMA RAY GUNS N' ROSES KORN MOTÖRHEAD NEVERMORE ...
Legendary Finnish rockers HANOI ROCKS have lined up the following European dates during the coming months: Mar. 24 - Milano, ITA @ Rainbow Mar. 25 - Ravenna, ITA @ Rock Planet Mar. 26 - Vienna, AUT @ Szene Jun. 05 - Glasgow, UK @ Academy (w/ TWISTED SISTER) Jun. 06 - Manchester, UK @ Academy ...
Former THE CULT touring bassist and current CAMP FREDDY guitarist Billy Morrison has posted the following update on CIRCUS DIABLO, his new project also featuring former THE ALMIGHTY frontman Ricky Warwick and THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy, with help from VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum: "We have finished recording and mixing the CIRCUS DIABLO record. ...
Australia's The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with THE HAUNTED guitarist Patrik Jensen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On playing last year's Ozzfest: Jensen: "It was very hot. Also very expensive — $75,000 just to be able to play, which [comes out to] $3,000 per show which is kind ...
The reunited WILL HAVEN have uploaded a new track, entitled "Handle Bars to Freedom", to their MySpace.com page. Check it out at this location. In a recent interview with The Sacramento Bee, the WILL HAVEN members discussed their break-up in 2003 and their decision to reunite nearly three years later. I ...
A song entitled "Diode Earth" from CRONIAN's upcoming debut album, "Terra", has been made available for streaming at this location. As previously reported, "Terra" is scheduled for release in the U.S. on April 18. The CD will arrive in Europe on March 27 via Century Media Records. Other songtitles set to appear on ...
Profound Lore Records are tentatively planning on issuing a limited picture-disc set comprised of the first three albums (1986's "Torment In Fire", 1987's "Forward To Termination", and 1990's "Soldiers of Misfortune") from Canadian thrash legends SACRIFICE. "As some of you recall, the first three SACRIFICE albums have been masterfully reissued with pure class and integrity ...
An MP3 containing the audio of THE CULT's performance of the song "Wild Flower" on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" Friday night (Feb. 24) on the CBS-TV network has been made available for download at this location (7.15 MB). Check out photos from the show: photo#1, photo#2, ...
