Germany's SOLEMNITY has set a January 11 release date for its limited-edition 10-inch vinyl containing a classical version of BATHORY's "One Rode to Asa Bay" backed with a cover of LIZZY BORDEN's 'There will be Blood Tonight'. SOLEMNITY recorded "One Rode to Asa Bay" with the help of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra at the Ulmer ...
Guitarist Colin Davis of the Californian brutal death metallers VILE has issued a follow-up message elaborating on his previous announcement that the group's forthcoming recorded output "will not focus on death anymore": "A lot of people messaged about this and I really appreciate the thoughts [everyone has] offered. They make me think and ...
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD guitarist Jed Simon has finished tracking the rhythm guitars for the debut album from his TENET project, "Sovereign", tentatively due later in the year via Century Media Records. "It was a killer session and a hell of a lot of fun," Simon writes in an online posting. "Drums are being tracked now, ...
SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery will take part in signing sessions for GHS, TKL, Spectraflax and Seymour Duncan at this year's NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) convention, which is going to be held in Anaheim, California in late January. He will also play one song with TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA violinist Mark Wood during Mark's annual ...
Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA are currently recording their new studio album for a tentative late spring release. The group's keyboardist Henkka Klingenberg has issued the following update (taken from the band's online studio diary): "From the 20 songs we started recording we've now more or less decided to drop a few ones and concentrate ...
IRON MAIDEN's "Different World" single has entered the U.K. chart at position No. 3. Three traditional collectable formats were made available from local record stores on Tuesday, December 26: * Two-track CD — special souvenir price of £1.99 with previously unreleased live version of "Iron Maiden" * Limited-edition 7" picture disc with previously unreleased live ...
