GRAVE, UNLEASHED, LOUD 'N NASTY and THE STORYTELLER and are the latest confirmations for the sixth edition of the 2000 Decibel festival, set to take place on May 21, 2005 at Valhall in Bengtsfors, Sweden (180 kilometres north of Gothenburg). Also scheduled to perform at the festival are FACE DOWN, the reunited Swedish outfit featuring ...
Swedish progressive dark metallers EVERGREY have posted the following message on their official web site: "For the upcoming DVD release (2005), EVERGREY wants their fans to be able to interact with us as much as possible, therefore, we thought of the idea to have you guys send in questions that you always wondered about for ...
FACE DOWN, the reunited Swedish outfit featuring former THE HAUNTED singer Marco Aro, have posted photos from the recording sessions for their new album at this location. A studio report can be accessed by clicking here. As previously reported, FACE DOWN entered Offbeat Studio in Stockholm to record three new songs: ...
Austrian power metallers STYGMA IV have posted their unplugged version of RAGE's "Back In Time", at this location. The track will appear on an upcoming tribute to RAGE, due in early 2005. STYGMA IV's fifth album, "Hell Within", was released earlier this year via NTS Records. ...
Ft. Lauderdale, FL-based band THE NUMB ONES have completed work on their debut album, "Everything In Between", with producer Fred Coury (of CINDERELLA fame). The group, whose sound is said to be "somewhere in the vein of AFI, JET, WEEZER, FOO FIGHTERS and FUGAZI," will be issuing the CD in February via Cleopatra Records. A ...
New York hardcore legend Harley Flanagan (ex-CRO-MAGS, HARLEY'S WAR) has launched a "Hardcore Hall of Fame" web site at this location. The site, which Harley says he "started putting together with the help of lots of old friends of mine, like Henry Rollins, the BAD BRAINS, AGNOSTIC FRONT and tons of other hardcore ...
Drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen (DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND) has confirmed the final guest appearances for his upcoming solo album. The last three guests to be confirmed are Alex Skolnick (ex-TESTAMENT, SAVATAGE), Trevor Dunn (MR. BUNGLE, FANTOMAS) and Mike Young (DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND, 10 WAYS FROM SUNDAY). "I'm very excited about working with these guys and everyone ...
THE HAUNTED founder and guitarist Patrik Jensen recently spoke Rockdetector.com's Bernard Doe. As part of the lengthy chat on the new Century Media album "rEVOLVEr", Jensen discussed how he balances THE HAUNTED with his other "trad metal' band WITCHERY and how IN FLAMES wanted to "borrow" the now-infamous "Gothernburg sound" from the pre-THE ...
QUEENSRŸCHE drummer Scott Rockenfield and singer Geoff Tate spoke to 411Mania.com about the group's current tour and their forthcoming CD, the next chapter to the 1988 ground-breaking concept album, "Operation: Mindcrime", tentatively titled "Operation: Mindcrime II". Several excerpts from the interview follow: On the inspiration behind the upcoming "Operation: Mindcrime" sequel: Scott Rockenfield: ...
