British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN round off their "The Final Frontier World Tour" at London, England's O2 Arena on Friday, August 5 and Saturday, August 6. As most fans know, MAIDEN's official photographer, John McMurtrie, travelled with the band on board their Boeing 757 jet named Ed Force One from January 2008, capturing on ...
July 2011 - Blabbermouth Archive
WITHIN Y Releases New Digital EP
Swedish melodic death metal band WITHIN Y has released a new digital EP, "Asylum", via Spotify and iTunes. The three-song single serves as a teaser for the group's forthcoming fourth album, which is scheduled for a September 28 release via Gain Music Entertainment. According to the band, "The song 'Asylum' shows the diversity of the ...
GORATH To Release 'Apoklypsis' Album In September
Belgian black metallers GORATH will release their fifth album, "Apoklypsis - Unveiling The Age That Is Not To Come", on September 2 via Twilight Vertrieb. The CD was recorded at Crestfallen Home Studio and Shumcot Studio by Reinier Schenk. It was mastered at Necromorbus Studio in Alvik, Sweden by Tore Stjerna. According to a press ...
JEFF SCOTT SOTO Talks Vocal Technique, Performance In New Video Interview
Marko Osterholz of Rockvoice HQ conducted an interview with Jeff Scott Soto (JOURNEY, TALISMAN, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) on July 10, 2011 at the Ballroom in Osnabrck, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. Jeff Scott Soto's double live album, "Live at Firefest 2008", came out last December via Frontiers Records. Firefest has become ...
DISTURBED Singer: We've Never Been Fans Of 'Airing Out Dirty Laundry'
WCCC's Jay Raven conducted an interview with DISTURBED singer David Draiman on July 24 at the Hartford, Connecticut stop of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. You can now watch the chat below. When asked about whether personal issues between the members of DISTURBED contributed to the band's decision to take a break once it ...
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: Quality Sacramento Footage Available
Capital Chaos has uploaded quality video footage of Michigan's unstoppable sons of molten melodic death metal THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER performing the song "Necropolis" on July 28, 2011 at Ace of Spades in Sacramento, California. You can now watch the clip below. "Ritual", the latest studio album from THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, sold ...
Ex-HELLOWEEN Singer MICHAEL KISKE Talks Influences, Vocal Technique In New Video Interview
Marko Osterholz of Rockvoice HQ recently conducted an interview with former HELLOWEEN and current UNISONIC vocalist Michael Kiske. You can now watch the chat below. In addition to Kiske, UNISONIC's current lineup includes Kai Hansen (GAMMA RAY, ex-HELLOWEEN), Dennis Ward (bass) and Kosta Zafiriou (drums) of Germany's PINK CREAM 69 and Swiss guitarist Mandy Meyer ...
New SOUNDGARDEN Album Due In Early 2012
Guitarist Kim Thayil of reunited grunge legends SOUNDGARDEN spoke to Hannah Levin of SeattleWeekly.com about the progress of the band's new CD, its first since 1996's "Down On The Upside" and since reuniting last year. When asked what the timeline on the new record is, Thayil replied, "There's no timeline, except that ...
DIR EN GREY: Entire New Album Available For Streaming
"Dum Spiro Spero", the eighth studio album from the unique, artful Japanese rock band DIR EN GREY, is available for streaming in its entirety on the group's MySpace page. "Dum Spiro Spero" (translates to the Latin phrase "While I breathe, I hope") will be released on August 2 via The End Records. DIR ...