CANDLEMASS bassist and songwriter Leif Edling has posted an audio snippet of a song called "Zodiac City" from his new solo project THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM. The track, which features guest vocals from Niklas "Viper" Stålvind of Swedish metallers WOLF, can be streamed below. Says Edling: "This next song is another one that I wrote back ...
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IRON MAIDEN's world tour, in support of the band's latest album, "The Book Of Souls", kicked off on February 24 in Sunrise, Florida (a suburb of Fort Lauderdale). Official video footage featuring some of the concert highlights from the first few shows of the tour can be seen below. Support on the trek is coming ...
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An IRON MAIDEN fan by the name of Dan Delaney has uploaded video tour of the official and bootleg merchandise stands at the band's March 3 concert at Palacio De Los Deportes in Mexico City. Check out both clips below. IRON MAIDEN's world tour, in support of the band's latest album, "The Book ...
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Swedish metallers AVATAR will release a brand new concept album titled "Feathers & Flesh" on Friday, May 13 via Another Century in Europe and Entertainment One (eOne) in North America and Canada. The new release will be the band's highly anticipated follow-up to 2014's "Hail The Apocalypse". The aim is set higher, further and deeper ...
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Former ANTHRAX singer Neil Turbin reviewed the band's latest album, "For All Kings", for Canada's The Metal Voice. You can now watch the clip below. Speaking about the CD, Turbin said: "'You Gotta Believe', the first song on the album, it sounds kind of like a soundtrack for a movie. And you don't ...
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According to Germany's Spiegel, IRON MAIDEN's new-and-improved branded private tour plane is too heavy to land at the airport in Dortmund, Germany ahead of the band's headlining gig at the Rock Im Revier festival on May 27. As a result, the band will land in Düsseldorf a day before the gig and take ...
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CANDLEMASS bassist and songwriter Leif Edling has launched a new solo project called THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM. He says in the latest video message about the project: "THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM was created two years ago. I was in pretty bad shape. I couldn't go out, I couldn't work, I wasn't allowed to read, I couldn't watch ...
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God bless ANVIL. Like RAVEN, GRAVE DIGGER, U.D.O. and EXCITER, under-the-radar bands, ANVIL continues to spread its ball-busting metal legacy, and cultivate its devoted cult audience. They all just won't die, no matter how much you expect them to. It's already coming on a decade since ANVIL began shooting their acclaimed and impossibly successful ...
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British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN played the second show of their "The Book Of Souls" world tour last night (Friday, February 26) at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. If Eternity Should Fail 02. Speed Of Light 03. Children Of The Damned 04. Tears Of A Clown ...
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Video footage of IRON MAIDEN's new-and-improved branded private tour plane landing in Tulsa, Oklahoma Thursday for tonight's concert at the BOK Center can be seen below (courtesy of Fox 23). The Boeing 747 jumbo is named Ed Force One after the band's mascot, Eddie, who has appeared on all of their album covers, and graces ...
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British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN debuted their epic new tour intro earlier tonight (Wednesday, February 24) at the kick-off show of their "The Book Of Souls" world tour at the sold-out BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. The two-minute clip, which features the band's mascot Eddie and IRON MAIDEN's new-and-improved branded private tour plane, Ed ...
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On February 17, hundreds of rock fans turned up at the airport in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom to catch see IRON MAIDEN's new-and-improved branded private tour plane. A four-minute report from Made In Cardiff TV can be seen below. The Boeing 747 jumbo is named Ed Force One after the band's mascot, Eddie, who has ...
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IRON MAIDEN's new-and-improved branded private tour plane landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport yesterday afternoon (Friday, February 19). The Boeing 747 jumbo is named Ed Force One after the band's mascot, Eddie, who has appeared on all of their album covers, and graces the plane's tail. Ed Force One is being piloted on the band's ...
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IRON MAIDEN's new-and-improved branded private tour plane landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport earlier this afternoon (Friday, February 19). Video footage of the jet's arrival can be seen below. The Boeing 747 jumbo is named Ed Force One after the band's mascot, Eddie, who has appeared on all of their album covers, and graces the ...
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A "walkaround" video tour of IRON MAIDEN's new-and-improved branded private tour plane is available below. The Boeing 747 jumbo is named Ed Force One after the band's mascot, Eddie, who has appeared on all of their album covers, and graces the plane's tail. Ed Force One will land at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Friday ...
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According to PalmBeachPost.com, IRON MAIDEN's new-and-improved branded private tour plane will land at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Friday (February 18). Touchdown is expected at 3:15 p.m. The Boeing 747 jumbo is named Ed Force One after the band's mascot, Eddie, who has appeared on all of their album covers, and graces the ...
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British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN have posted photos of their new-and-improved branded private tour plane after it landed at the airport in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. The Boeing 747 jumbo is named Ed Force One after the band's mascot, Eddie, who has appeared on all of their album covers, and graces the plane's tail. ...
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Members of LACUNA COIL, CHILDREN OF BODOM, HAMMERFALL, DELAIN, TURISAS, FIREWIND, GAMMA RAY, MOONSPELL, JAG PANZER, KRISIUN, VADER, RAVEN, DRAGONFORCE, VADER and VISIONS OF ATLANTIS took part in the "70000 Tons Of Metal All-Star Jam" aboard the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which set sail from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on February 4 and ...
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CANDLEMASS bassist and songwriter Leif Edling has launched a new solo project called THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM. He says in a video message introducing the new project: "As you perhaps know, I won't be playing live with CANDLEMASS this year. I'm still burnt out. But hopefully I can do it next year. And in the meantime, ...
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HAIL MARY, the project and the brainchild of former OVERKILL guitarist Bobby Gustafson, was formed for the purpose of writing, recording and releasing a single tentatively titled "To Hell and Back", with 100% of proceeds going to The Cheri Pogue Medical Fund. After spending the month of December writing "To Hell And Back", HAIL MARY ...
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Wentworth Gallery is honored to present, in its South Florida premiere, Rick Allen's works from his latest collection titled "Rick Allen: Angels And Icons". The extraordinary collection houses originals, limited editions, and mixed media originals. Rick Allen will be making two very special appearances at these two charitable events at two Wentworth Galleries on Saturday, ...
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"Pearls And Coffins", the new video from AVATARIUM, the Swedish metal project whose recording lineup includes Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, can be seen below. The clip was filmed at Södra Teatern and Stora Vika, directed by Johan Bååth and produced by Robert Lundmark and Magnus Johansson ...
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HAIL MARY is a project and the brainchild of former OVERKILL guitarist Bobby Gustafson, formed for the purpose of writing, recording and releasing a single tentatively titled "To Hell and Back", with 100% of proceeds going to The Cheri Pogue Medical Fund. On July 11, 2015, Cheri (Goodale) Pogue was enjoying a charity motorcycle ride ...
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AVATARIUM, the Swedish metal project whose recording lineup includes Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, will release its new album, "The Girl With The Raven Mask", on October 23 via Nuclear Blast. The CD will be released in North America on October 30 as part of a joint ...
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Slovenian metal webzine Paranoid has uploaded video footage of RAVEN's first-ever performance in Slovenia, which took place on October 11 at Orto Bar in Ljubljana. Check out the clips below. RAVEN's new album, "ExtermiNation", was released in April via SPV/Steamhammer. The effort was made available as a digipak version (including one bonus track), ...
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Live Nation has announced that, following the rapid sell out of the IRON MAIDEN show at the L.A. Forum on April 15, 2016, they have been able to secure a second night there on Saturday, April 16, 2016, before the band fly off to Tokyo on Ed Force One on the following leg of their ...
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Andrew Epstein of Zombietrol Productions conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist John Gallagher of the British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN prior to the band's September 2 performance in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On growing vocals ...
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British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN will open their highly anticipated "The Book Of Souls" world tour in the USA in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on February 24, flying in on their enormous Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet Ed Force One, piloted by vocalist Bruce Dickinson, carrying band, crew and stage production and equipment over 55,000 miles ...
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AVATARIUM, the Swedish metal project whose recording lineup includes Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, will release its new album, "The Girl With The Raven Mask", on October 23 via Nuclear Blast. Another appetizer for the forthcoming CD in the form of a video from the rehearsals for ...
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AVATARIUM, the Swedish metal project whose recording lineup includes Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, will release its new album, "The Girl With The Raven Mask", on October 23 via Nuclear Blast. The second in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "The ...
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