Candlelight Records has set a September 2 North American release date for "De Oppresso Liber", the full-length debut from Los Angeles-based black metal band SOTHIS. Recorded in Los Angeles and mixed in Sweden by Andy La Rocque (KING DIAMOND) the album includes nine new original songs. The band is Candlelight's latest American acquisition, a strong ...
Belgian grind band AGATHOCLES is putting the finishing on its new full-length album, "Grind is Protest", for a fall release via Displeased Records. According to a press release, the new CD "will be even more brutal and in your face" than its predecessor, 2006's "Mincer". AGATHOCLES is: Jan Frederick - Bass, Vocals Dirk Cuyks - ...
Displeased Records has pushed back the release date of the 1998 brutal death metal classic "Killing On Adrenaline" by DYING FETUS to sometime in the fall from the previously announced June 15. The CD will be remastered and will feature upgraded layout plus a bonus DVD containing 100-plus minutes of live footage from 2000. DYING ...
Former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen (who now fronts AGUA DE ANNIQUE) will be unable to join Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL for their appearance at the Rock in Rio 2008 festival on June 5 in Lisbon, Portugal. Comments Anneke: "When I was driving home from a show in Amsterdam last night, the flu treated me ...
KATAKLYSM's new album, "Prevail", has sold 2,250 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD, which was mixed at AudioHammer Studios in Orlando, Florida with producer Jason Suecof, features guest solo appearances by Pat O'Brien (CANNIBAL CORPSE), Dave Linsk (OVERKILL) and producer and guitar shredder Jason ...
Austrian symphonic extreme metal outfit HOLLENTHON has issued the following update: "We have learned that iTunes online store sold the new [HOLLENTHON] album 'Opus Magnum' in its promo version, with voiceover on some tracks. This also happened to other acts. "We deeply regret that the band has not been involved in that whole process and ...
Shockwaves/HardRadio Podcast #32 is available for download at this location (M4A file, 22 MB). Host Bob Nalbandian discusses the classic days of hard rock and metal with WAYSTED vocalist Fin and conducts an interview with HELLYEAH and MUDVAYNE vocalist Chad Gray. Watch fan-filmed video footage of WAYSTED's March 19, 2008 gig at Glasgow's ...
Andrew Sample recently spoke to vocalist Chuck Billy and guitarist Eric Peterson of Bay Area thrash legends TESTAMENT about their new album "The Formation Of Damnation" for the cover of Metal Maniacs' June/July issue. Excerpts follow: Metal Maniacs: Your vocals on "Formation" are really, really strong and your performance is arguably your best in years. ...
During a recent interview with Japan's Metal Moment podcast, bassist Rob De Luca (SEBASTIAN BACH, UFO, SPREAD EAGLE) had the following to say about the long-awaited GUNS N' ROSES album "Chinese Democracy": "I have heard a lot of the record at the after-parties [during the GUNS N' ROSES/SEBASTIAN BACH tour] when it's just ...
