QUEENSRCHE, SAMMY HAGAR, ALICE COOPER, TWISTED SISTER and BRET MICHAELS are among the confirmed artists for the Rock The Bayou festival, set to take place August 29 September 1 on the Rock The Bayou Grounds, located between Kirby Drive and Fannin Avenue, directly south of Loop 610 in Houston, Texas, where AstroWorld was a seasonally ...
June 2008 - Blabbermouth Archive
DISTURBED: More Footage From SWEDEN ROCK Press Conference Posted Online
Chicago heavy rockers DISTURBED took part in a press conference at at this year's Sweden Rock Festival which was held June 5-7 in Slvesborg, Sweden. The first nine minutes of the press conference was captured on video by Karlstadrocks.se and can be viewed below. DISTURBED's new album, "Industructible", sold 253,000 copies in the United States ...
INTERMENT Signs With PULVERISED RECORDS
Reactivated Swedish old-school death metallers INTERMENT have inked a deal with Singapore's Pulverised Records. The band is currently hard at work on material for a new full-length album, tentatively due in early 2009. INTERMENT last year parted ways with bassist Mattias "Cryptan" Norrman (KATATONIA, ex-DELLAMORTE) "because of Mattias' lack of time," according to a posting ...
ONSLAUGHT Issues BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival Recap
Reactivated British thrashers ONSLAUGHT have issued the following update: "What another awesome weekend we've had in Germany at Bang Your Head!!! festival... Huge crowd, great weather and two days of pure fuckin metal! We hit the stage at just after midday on Saturday, which was by far the heavier day of the two, with JUDAS ...
PERZONAL WAR: 'Utopia' Video Posted Online
"Utopia", the new video from the German metal band PERZONAL WAR, can be viewed below. The track comes off the group's latest album, "Bloodline", which was released on May 30 via AFM Records. The CD features guest appearances by Victor Smolski (RAGE), Wiley Arnett (SACRED REICH), Schmier (DESTRUCTION), Gus Chambers (ex-GRIP INC.) and Manni Schmidt ...
DEATH ANGEL Guitarist Talks To DUNLOP TV; Video Available
A video interview with DEATH ANGEL guitarist Rob Cavestany conducted earlier in the year by Dunlop TV can be viewed at this location (scroll on right and click on "Rob Cavestany of Death Angel"). Artist Joshua Emerick, who has previously worked with THE BEATLES, CKY, SOCIAL DISTORTION and SONIC YOUTH, has created a ...
JUDAS PRIEST: New Audio Interview With IAN HILL Available
An eight-minute audio interview with JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill conducted by Norway's Metal Express Radio has been posted online at this location. JUDAS PRIEST's new double-disc concept album, "Nostradamus", has registered the following first-week chart positions around the world: #3 - Croatia #3 - Czech Rep #3 - Finland #4 - Hungary ...
OBITUARY: HELLFEST Footage Posted Online
Fan-filmed video footage of Florida death metal legends OBITUARY performing the song "Find the Arise" on June 22, 2008 at the Hellfest in Clisson, France can be viewed below (clip uploaded by Dave Ingham a.k.a. YouTube user "triptykon"). OBITUARY has just completed work on a new EP entitled "Left to Die". The EP will contain ...
DEAD TO THIS WORLD: Debut Album To Receive Australia/New Zealand Release
DEAD TO THIS WORLD the speed/thrash/black metal project led by former IMMORTAL bassist Iscariah has struck up a deal with the cult Aussie label Modern Invasion Music for an exclusive release of the group's debut album, "First Strike for Spiritual Renewance", for the territories Australia and New Zealand. The Modern Invasion Music edition of the ...