LILLIAN AXE guitarist Steve Blaze has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "It just turned midnight on New Year's Eve 2006, and I can't believe how much has happened this year. Julie [Steve's fiancée] and I dealt with her [breast] cancer, we got engaged, LILLIAN got a new record deal, and ...
Reunited Torrington, Connecticut-based thrash/hardcore act ATROCITY (not to be confused with the German band) have posted 30 second samples of every track off of the upcoming "Contaminated" CD, which features alternative recordings from the original "Infected" sessions. These samples are currently being streamed at www.opengraverecords.com. Formed in early 1985 by Rob Wedda (vocals), ...
Former MASTERPLAN singer Jorn Lande has been confirmed for the 21st edition of Metalmania festival — "the biggest metal fest in Central-Eastern Europe" — set to take place on March 24, 2007 at Spodek Hall in Katowice, Poland. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 2TM2,3 BLAZE CRYSTAL ABYSS ENTOMBED ...
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's video for the band's new single, "Blood Is Thicker than Water", has been posted online at this location (directed by Eric Zimmerman and Nik Jamgocyan of Master Cylinder). The song comes off the group's latest album, "Shot to Hell", which has sold 93,000 copies in the United States since its ...
Sydney, Australia-based metallers DAYSEND have posted a new song, entitled "Warning", on their MySpace page. The track comes off the group's upcoming sophomore album, due later in the year. The follow-up to 2003's "Severance", was produced by dw Norton at Backbeach Recording Studios in Victoria, Australia and marks the band's first release with ...
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's official web site has just been updated with the following message from guitarist Woody Weatherman, dated November 14, 2006: "Mike Dean [bass], Jason Paterson [drums] and myself have been back at it just a bit. After a hiatus during the last half of summer, we have been holed up out at my ...
Jeffrey Easton of The Metal Exiles recently conducted an interview with AMON AMARTH frontman Johan Hegg. An excerpt from the chat follows: The Metal Exiles: The new record, "With Odin on Our Side", is a tremendous effort. Where did the title come from first off? Johan: I wrote the lyrics song before we ...
A video clip of former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick participating with the KISS tribute act KISSERBLOOD in a performance of "God Gave Rock And Roll To You II" at the Fiesta KISS in Santiago, Chile on December 19, 2006 has been posted online at YouTube.com. Kulick recently entered ...
According to an article in the Dec. 29, 2006 edition of the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, OZZY OSBOURNE and METALLICA are strongly rumored to have been booked for this year's Hultsfred Festival, which is scheduled to take place June 14-16 in Hultsfred, Sweden. The first official artist confirmations are expected to be announced on January 22. ...
NIGHTWISH's manager, Ewo Pohjola (a.k.a. Ewo Rytkönen) of King Foo Entertainment, has posted a diary entry on the band's official web site from the group's recent trip to Abbey Road Studios in London, England to record the orchestral parts for NIGHTWISH's upcoming album. Read it at this location. As previously reported, NIGHTWISH is ...
