Mike Osegueda of McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) recently conducted an interview with LAMB OF GOD bassist John Campbell. A few excerpts from the chat follow: McClatchy Newspapers: I read that when you guys went to Australia and Japan and all that stuff, it went over really well; did you expect such a big interest ...
"We just wanted to write a full-on metal record," says Brian Fair, lead singer of SHADOWS FALL. "We were like, 'I don't care what's going on, nowadays — let's write some fucking metal!' I mean, that's always been our attitude, but this time we went even further into our rock and thrash roots." "Threads of ...
Former MISFITS frontman Michale Graves has just released "Demos and Live Cuts Vol. 1", an Internet-exclusive collection of "demos, pre-production drafts and live outtakes from CBGB in New York City." Commented Graves: "I have always found it intriguing when artists release demos. To me, it seems to pull away some of the polish and give ...
Boston, Massachusetts-based metallers STEEL ASSASSIN have inked a deal with Sentinel Steel Records. The group's new album, "War of the Eight Saints", is scheduled for release on June 5. A live video for the song "Curse of the Black Prince", shot by Chris Ferrett in January, can be viewed at the band's MySpace ...
DAATH's video for the song "Subterfuge" has been posted online at this location. The track comes off the Atlanta-based band's debut album, "The Hinderers", due on March 20 via Roadrunner Records. An e-card for "The Hinderers" is available at this location. The CD was produced by James Murphy (ex-DEATH, OBITUARY, DISINCARNATE, ...
Mike Meyer of the Illinois Entertainer recently conducted an interview with OTEP frontwoman Otep Shamaya. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the subject of women in heavy metal; "I hate these kinds of interviews. I'm a woman. I sing in a band. And it's unique and rare and all that, ...
Doom heavyweights SONS OF OTIS, notoriously famous for producing some of the heaviest space rock humans have ever experienced, have teamed up with young psychonauts QUEEN ELEPHANTINE to release a split on Concrete Lo-Fi Records. The disc is due out mid-March. The three-track, forty-five-minute album is deathly slow, with meditative psychedelic vibes driving through the ...
LACUNA COIL will embark on a North American headlining tour in May. Opening the shows will be IN THIS MOMENT and STOLEN BABIES. The direct-support slot will apparently be split between WITHIN TEMPTATION (first half of the tour) and THE GATHERING (second half). Confirmed dates so far are as follows: May 07 - Louisville, KY ...
The new THE 69 EYES album, "Angels", is available for streaming in its entirety at the band's MySpace page. Due in Finland on March 5 via Virgin/EMI, the CD was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa and Johnny Lee Michaels — the same team that was responsible for 2004's "Devils". The video for the album's ...
Chris Volz of FLAW and the recently disbanded FIVE.BOLT.MAIN is currently recording his debut solo album, to be released this fall on Rock Ridge Music. Manning the production side of things are a team including Matt Chiaravalle (KITTIE, CROSSBREED, WARREN ZEVON) and Rock Ridge Music principals. Says Rock Ridge Music principal Jason Spiewak of the ...
