MAGENTA HARVEST, the Finnish death metal band featuring current and former members of FINNTROLL, CHTHONIAN, MYGRAIN and ...AND OCEANS, released its debut EP, "A Familiar Room", on February 18. The four tracks — "Spawn Of Neglect", "Sermon", "Killing Sign" and "A Familiar Room" — can now be streamed below. MAGENTA HARVEST was formed in 2005 ...
February 2011 - Blabbermouth Archive
TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: Pécs Footage Available
Fan-filmed video footage of Tim "Ripper" Owens' (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) February 19, 2011 performance at Zion in Pécs, Hungary as part of his "Screaming Through The East" tour can be viewed below. Owens' backing band for the tour consists of members of Hungary's TIRANA ROCKERS. Owens joined forces with restaurateur ...
MORTIIS Frontman Interviewed By France's LOUD TV (Video)
Loud TV conducted an interview with MORTIIS frontman and namesake when the band played in Paris, France on February 2 with COMBICHRIST. You can now watch the chat below. MORTIIS took a break from touring while preparing its latest releases, the soon-to-emerge next album "The Great Deceiver" and "Perfectly Defect", a totally free ...
KIRK WINDSTEIN Talks DOWN And Sobriety In New Interview
Jay Nanda of the San Antonio Metal Music Examiner recently conducted an interview with Kirk Windstein (DOWN, CROWBAR, KINGDOM OF SORROW). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. San Antonio Metal Music Examiner: What's the progress of the new [DOWN] album? Kirk: It's kind of — let's see. To explain that, ...
TESTAMENT: New Audio Interview With CHUCK BILLY
We Love Metal recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. TESTAMENT is tentatively planning to enter the studio in March to begin recording the following to 2008's "The Formation Of Damnation". A late ...
STRYPER Frontman Says 'It's Great' That BLACKIE LAWLESS Found God
Ruben Mosqueda of Sleaze Roxx recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet of Christian hard rockers STRYPER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sleaze Roxx: You close ["The Covering"] album with the original track "God" and you mentioned that you wanted to show people that you can still rock. ...
CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman: 'Spontaneity Has Always Been Part Of Our Sound'
Hellbound's Adrien Begrand recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Hellbound: You've always been influenced by classic 1980s metal, but the riffs on [the new CHILDREN OF BODOM] album ["Relentless Reckless Forever"] seem to really draw from that era. ...
ADLER'S APPETITE: 'Alive' Song To Be Featured On 'Wind Tunnel With Dave Despain'
ADLER'S APPETITE, the band led by former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler, has officially licensed the song "Alive" to be used on today's (Sunday, February 27) episode of Speed TV's "Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain". Speed TV is a division of Fox Sports. For more information and exact air times, go to
HRIZG Signs With MORIBUND RECORDS
Spanish black metal inquisition HRIZG has inked a deal with Moribund Records. HRIZG is the sole vision of its creator, also monikered Hrizg, and his first record for Moribund shall be "Anthems To Decrepitude", set for release on May 3. According to a press release, "this groundbreaking newcomer possesses a hideous spirit that resounds across ...