RockNLive.org recently conducted an interview with former ENTOMBED drummer and IMPERIAL STATE ELECTRIC/ex-THE HELLACOPTERS frontman Nicke Andersson. You can now watch the chat below. IMPERIAL STATE ELECTRIC's third album, "Reptile Brain Music", was released last year via Psychout Records. In an interview with BarbaraBorowski.com, Andersson stated about the new IMPERIAL STATE ...
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Reformed Swedish hard rockers SKINTRADE will release their comeback album, "Refueled", on February 28 via AOR Heaven. The CD was recorded at SKINTRADE's studio and mixed by Oscar Ammer, frontman and songwriter of STEREOLITH, at Echobox Studio in Stockholm. According to SKINTRADE, the band's new album represents "everything they stood for in the past, and ...
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Johan Hegg (AMON AMARTH), Lars Göran Petrov (ENTOMBED) and Tomas Lindberg (AT THE GATES, THE GREAT DECEIVER, LOCKUP, DISFEAR, THE CROWN) joined Swedish death metallers VOMITORY on stage at the band's last-ever show on December 27, 2013 at Metal Clüb / Nöjesfabriken in Karlstad, Sweden. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. ...
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BACKYARD BABIES and MICHAEL MONROE guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson) and Nicke Andersson, former ENTOMBED mainman/drummer, co-founder of THE HELLACOPTERS and now the driving force behind IMPERIAL STATE ELECTRIC, were recently interviewed by Germany's EMP Rock Invasion. You can now watch the chat below. Dregen released his debut solo album on September 25, ...
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Reformed Swedish hard rockers SKINTRADE have inked a deal with AOR Heaven Records for the release of their comeback album, "Refueled". Due in February 2014, the CD was mixed by Oscar Ammer, frontman and songwriter of STEREOLITH, at Echobox Studio in Stockholm and will include the songs "Liar", "Been To The Bottom", "Close My Eyes" ...
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RockNLive.org recently conducted an interview with BACKYARD BABIES and MICHAEL MONROE guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson). You can now watch the chat below. Dregen released his debut solo album on September 25 via Universal Music in Sweden. The CD was issued via Spinefarm Records in the U.K. on September 30. The ...
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Former END OF LEVEL BOSS drummer Neil Grant returns with a classic-style death metal album, free from click tracks, full of feel and with enough riffs to choke a horse. The Scottish multi-instrumentalist — now residing in Gothenburg, Sweden — has crafted a stunningly atmospheric death metal album laden with classic buzz-saw guitar, riot-spurring arrangements ...
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BLOOD LABEL, the Danish alternative metal outfit featuring members of HATESPHERE, DAWN OF DEMISE and THE BURNING, has inked a deal with Mighty Music. BLOOD LABEL's debut album was produced by Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, SUICIDE SILENCE, SICK OF IT ALL) and is scheduled for release in early 2014. A video teaser for the CD ...
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In the summer of 2013, DIRTWRENCH was created by five guys from different Danish bands — including MEMORIAL, INBREEDING REDNECKS and THE SKAVANGERS — with the wish to play old-school metal the way it sounded in the early '90s: no produced, fast kick-drum, death-metal B.S. here! Just metal, reeking of love for bands such as ...
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Stockholm, Sweden-based old school metallers INFLIKTED have inked a deal with Wormholedeath for the release of their self-titled debut album. The CD was recorded at Realsound studio with producer Whaoomi Corvi and will be made available via Aural Music. According to a press release, "Inflikted" includes "10 tracks of insane old-school metal in the vein ...
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"Clandestine", the crushing second album from Swedish death metal legends ENTOMBED, is available now on Full Dynamic Range vinyl LP including an embossed sleeve. Originally released in 1991, "Clandestine" has been specially remastered from the original tapes in Full Dynamic Range (FDR) audio, allowing the music's nuances to shine through and giving the album a ...
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"Garden Of Stone", the new video from DENIED, the Swedish metal band featuring vocalist Johan Fahlberg (JADED HEART) and bassist Fredrik Isaksson (formerly of THERION and GRAVE), can be seen below. The clip was filmed a The Woodland Cemetery (Skogskyrkogården) in Stockholm and was directed by Fylo and DENIED. "Garden Of Stone" is taken from ...
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"Judas Kiss", the new Paolo Carboni-directed video from DENIED, the Swedish metal band featuring vocalist Johan Fahlberg (JADED HEART) and bassist Fredrik Isaksson (formerly of THERION and GRAVE), can be seen below. The song comes off the group's third album, "Let Them Burn", which was released in January via Sliptrick Records. The CD was recorded ...
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BACKYARD BABIES and MICHAEL MONROE guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson) will release his debut solo album on September 25 via Universal Music in Sweden. The CD will be issued via Spinefarm Records in the U.K. on September 30. The official video for the album's first single, "Just Like That", can be seen below. ...
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"The Right To Rock" podcast recently conducted an interview with former FACE DOWN and current THE RESISTANCE/THE HAUNTED frontman Marco Aro. You can now listen to the chat using the audio playerbelow. THE RESISTANCE's full-length debut, "Scars", was released on May 10 in Europe and May 14 in the U.S. via earMUSIC, the ...
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Original ENTOMBED members Alex Hellid (guitar), Ulf "Uffe" Cederlund (guitar) and Nicke Andersson (drums) will rejoin forces to perform the band's classic second album, "Clandestine" (1991), on February 1, 2014 at Gävle Konserthus in Gävle, Sweden. They will be backed by the 65-piece Gävle Symphonic Orchestra and a 40-piece choir. Says Alex: "We will be ...
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Due to "unpredictable technical problems," the release date of "Back To The Front", the tenth album from Swedish metal veterans ENTOMBED, has been pushed back to early 2014 from the previously announced October 29. The exact new release date will be announced soon. "Back To The Front" was recorded at Studio Bohus (ABBA, EUROPE) in ...
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BACKYARD BABIES and MICHAEL MONROE guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson) was interviewed on the latest installment of Canadian rocker Danko Jones' official podcast. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Dregen will release his debut solo album on September 25 via Universal Music in Sweden. The CD will ...
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Swedish death metal veterans GRAVE celebrated their 25th anniversary as a band with a headlining performance last night (Friday, September 6) at Debaser Medis in Stockholm. The current lineup of GRAVE — Ola Lindgren (vocals and guitar), Ronnie Bergerstål (drums, ex-CENTINEX), Tobias Cristiansson (bass, ex-DISMEMBER) and Mika Lagrén (guitar, FACEBREAKER) — performed songs from all ...
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Swedish metal veterans ENTOMBED have inked a deal with Century Media Records. The band's tenth album, "Back To The Front", will be released on October 29 (one day earlier internationally). The CD was recorded at Studio Bohus (ABBA, EUROPE) in Kungälv, Sweden with producer Roberto Laghi (IN FLAMES, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR). The cover artwork was painted ...
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BACKYARD BABIES and MICHAEL MONROE guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson) will release his debut solo album on September 25 via Universal Music in Sweden. The CD will be issued via Spinefarm Records in the U.K. on September 30. Titled simply "Dregen", this 10-track release is a modern take on an era when rock ...
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"Invidious", the new video from Massachusetts metallers REVOCATION, can be seen below. The clip was directed by David Brodsky (MUNICIPAL WASTE, WHITECHAPEL, KYLESA) at a sold-out show in Boston. "Invidious" comes off REVOCATION's self-titled album, which was released on August 6 via Relapse Records. The follow-up to 2011's "Chaos Of Forms" will be the first ...
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BACKYARD BABIES and MICHAEL MONROE guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson) will release his self-titled solo album on September 25 via Universal Music in Sweden. The CD, which is described by Dregen as "an energetic rock 'n' roll album with the best songs I've ever written and recorded," will feature a guest appearance by ...
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German black metallers KING FEAR will release their first full-length album, "Frostbite", on September 27 via Quality Steel Records/Soulfood. The cover artwork and layout was designed by Hiko (FEAR FACTORY, DEBAUCHERY, OZ, SOIL). "Frostbite" track listing: 01. Conquering The Useless 02. Death Zone 03. Frostbite 04. Immortalized 05. The Wickedest Man 06. Black Gravel 07. ...
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BACKYARD BABIES and MICHAEL MONROE guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson) will release his self-titled solo album at the end of September. The CD, which is described by Dregen as "an energetic rock 'n' roll album with the best songs I've ever written and recorded," will feature a guest appearance by Nicke Anderson (THE ...
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Swedish metal veterans ENTOMBED recently teamed up with PledgeMusic to launch a reissue campaign for some of their albums. Says the band: "We have been searching back through the archives and this is the tracklist of bonus material we have found for the deluxe edition 2CD and 2LP vinyl of [1998's] 'Same Difference'." Disc 1 ...
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Metal-Trails.com conducted an interview with Swedish hard rockers BULLET at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held August 1-3 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. BULLET's fourth album, "Full Pull", was released in North America on September 25, 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded ...
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Swedish metal veterans ENTOMBED recently teamed up with PledgeMusic to launch a reissue campaign for some of their albums. Says the band: "Many of you have pledged to get the 'Uprising' [2000] deluxe edition without even knowing the tracks we plan to put on the bonus disc. As with [1997's] 'To Ride, Shoot Straight And ...
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A two-camera edit of tech-death heavy hitters DECREPIT BIRTH performing at DNA Lounge in San Francisco, California on July 17 as part of the "Hell In July" tour with SIX FEET UNDER and CANNABIS CORPSE can be seen below. Drummer Gabe Seeber of Sacramento's fast-rising death metal juggernaut THE KENNEDY VEIL sat behind the kit ...
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A five-minute YouTube clip containing audio samples of the entire self-titled album from Massachusetts metallers REVOCATION can be found below. Due on August 6 via Relapse Records, the follow-up to 2011's "Chaos Of Forms" will be the first full-length album with bass player Brett Bamberger, who joined the band in 2012 and was featured on ...
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