Polish technical death metal newcomers SPHERE — featuring ex-members of HATE and PYORRHOEA — have posted an MP3 of the song "Next Morning's Mass" at this location. The track comes off the group's debut album, "Damned Souls Rituals", due mid-January via Empire Records, attached to Thrash 'Em All magazine. "Damned Souls Rituals" track ...
OHM:, the group led by former MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland, has announced three NAMM convention-area shows in late January: Jan. 18 - The Baked Potato - Studio City, CA Jan. 19 - The Blue Café - Huntington Beach, CA Jan. 20 - Winston's San Diego - San Diego, CA OHM: recently spent time in the ...
Miami, Florida hard rock band ENDO has apparently split up after experiencing inner turmoil. Since playing the second stage on Ozzfest 2003, they were dropped by DV8/Columbia Records, and tried to go the independent route before finally going their separate ways last year due to "drama," according to an online posting by vocalist Gil Bitton ...
Pennsylvania-based death metallers INCANTATION have issued the following update: "We are home from tour now and busy working on plans for 2007. "First off, we want to thank INTERNAL SUFFERING and YEAR OF DESOLATION for being excellent bands to tour with. We got along great with them and are looking forward to hanging out with ...
Former RATT vocalist Stephen Pearcy has entered into a management agreement with the California-based Jeff Keller Management LLC (management home for HERMAN RAREBELL, Jaime St. James of BLACK 'N BLUE, AMERICAN HEARTBREAK, and OMEN). With this agreement, Jeff Keller will represent Pearcy for his solo endeavors, as well as assisting with development for Pearcy's label, ...
Swedish metallers ASTRAL DOORS, who feature in their ranks LION'S SHARE vocalist Patrik Johansson, have issued the following update: "So far we have recorded the vocals to five new songs and my feeling is that this time you will hear a couple of new sides of ASTRAL DOORS. For example, today's song is a heavy-ballad ...
British rockers RISE TO ADDICTION, who feature in their ranks former BLAZE members John Slater (guitar) and Steve Wray (guitar), have uploaded their video for the song "Cold Season" at this location (Windows Media). As previously reported, RISE TO ADDICTION has been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, ...
RAM, the traditional Gothenburg, Sweden-based heavy metal band featuring Leif Larsson (ex-FROZEN EYES, NME WITHIN) and Morgan Pettersson (ex-B-THONG), has lined up the following German dates in early April: Apr. 05 - Kofferfabrik, Furth, GER Apr. 06 - Die Halle, Frankfurt, GER Apr. 07 - Raz, Datteln, GER Apr. 08 - K4E Festival, Headbangers Ballroom, ...
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico-based prog-power metal band ARMAGEDON has uploaded four brand new songs ("Madre Tierra", "Guerrero", "Regresa" and "Imperio De Maldad") to its MySpace page. ARMAGEDON, whose first-self-titled album was recorded in 1992, currently consists of the following musicians: Mauricio Beltran (vocals) Hector Rodriguez (guitar) Sergio Carlos (drums) Christopher Diaz (keyboards) Abraham ...
According to a posting on KATATONIA's official web site, Fascination Street studio owner and producer Jens Bogren will mix the band's "The Great Cold Distance" album in 5.1 Surround Sound. The effort will be released as a double digipack, with the 5.1 mix on Disc 1 and the original album version plus two bonus tracks ...
