MONTROSE, TNT, DANGER DANGER, NIFELHEIM, CRAZY LED and MARYSLIM are the latest confirmations for this year's installment of Sweden Rock festival, set to be held June 10-12 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: JUDAS PRIEST EUROPE SCORPIONS UFO MONSTER MAGNET NIGHTWISH HELLOWEEN HEART ...
March 2004 - Blabbermouth Archive
THE DUSKFALL Part Ways With Guitarist, Announce Temporary Replacement
Luleå, Sweden-based metallers THE DUSKFALL have parted ways with guitarist Joachim Lindbäck. According to a post on the band's web site, "Joachim has decided to leave the band due to not having time for his family and committing to the band at the same time. We all respect his decision and wish him all the ...
CRADLE OF FILTH: Studio Update
CRADLE OF FILTH bassist Dave Pybus has posted the following studio update on the band's official web site: "It's official... CRADLE OF FILTH are possessed!!! We have now been transformed into zombified pork scratching eating fiends! On my return from a short weekend break, I was instructed NOT to come back unless I brought with ...
CANNIBAL CORPSE, AMON AMARTH To Tour Europe In The Fall
CANNIBAL CORPSE, AMON AMARTH and an as-yet-unannounced third band will be teaming up for a European tour in September. Tentative dates are as follows: Sep. 22 - Sandnes, NOR @ Kulturhuset Sep. 23 - Bergen, NOR @ Garage Sep. 24 - Oslo, NOR @ John Dee Sep. 25 - Trondheim, NOR @ Byscena Sep. 26 ...
KROKUS Take Time Off To Write New Material
After successful concerts in Germany, Switzerland and Austria this winter, veteran Swiss hard rockers KROKUS will take a few weeks off to write new material for their next studio production. This summer the band will play some summer festivals, including the Rock Hard Festival on May 29-30 at Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. As previously reported, ...
JUDAS PRIEST: 'Metalogy' Box Set Pushed Back A Week
JUDAS PRIEST's much-anticipated four-disc box set, "Metalogy" (Sony Music/Legacy Records), will arrive in the U.S. and Canada on May 11 — one week later than the originally announced May 4 release date. Europe and Australia/New Zealand will receive the set on May 10 while Japan has scheduled a release on July 22. As previously reported, ...
LOST HORIZON: Video Posted Online
Sweden's LOST HORIZON have uploaded the video for the track "Again Will the Fire Burn" at this location (Windows Media, 11 MB). "Again Will the Fire Burn" comes off the group's sophomore full-length album, "A Flame To The Ground Beneath", which was released in February 2003 through Music For Nations Records. LOST HORIZON ...
Des Moines Family Asks SLIPKNOT To Fix Their Devastated Home
MTV.com reports: "When a family in West Des Moines, Iowa, rented their house to SLIPKNOT last week to use for the 'Duality' video shoot, they knew there might be some damage, and since they were planning to gut the house anyway to renovate it, they were OK with that. But they had no idea how ...
LIMP BIZKIT Cancel Dates In South Africa, United Arab Emirates
LIMP BIZKIT have officially cancelled their scheduled dates in South Africa and United Arab Emirates. According to the Dubai-based music web site Phride.com, "LIMP BIZKIT were supposed to arrive in Dubai [Thursday] morning [Apr. 1] but apparently DID NOT board the airplane and cancelled the show for no reason whatsoever. The cancellation came ...