Belgian death metallers PREJUDICE have announced the addition of session drummer Cristophe Piette (SOLIPSIST, MOTHRA) to the group's ranks. "He will be playing international shows with PREJUDICE already this year and next year to promote the newborn art of brutality," the band write on their web site. "The intention is to have him on the ...
Chad Bowar of About.com recently conducted an interview with former JUDAS PRIEST and current ICED EARTH/BEYOND FEAR vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: About.com: Do you have any specific expectations for the [BEYOND FEAR] album? Tim: "No. I want it to do well. I want people to ...
Australian heavy metallers ANARION have parted ways with their guitarist Steve Stergiadis. The band have cited "irreconcilable musical and personal differences" as the reason for the split. They are now searching for a replacement. Anyone interested in auditioning for the spot should contact the band at: info@anarion.com.au ANARION's new album, "Unbroken", is due out in ...
Launch Radio Networks reports: 10 YEARS is lining up more headlining U.S. dates for the summer, with five shows in late June and early July tentatively confirmed and more to be announced shortly. The group will take SOIL and FAKTION out as support on the trek. 10 YEARS just completed its first-ever headlining jaunt in ...
German thrashers KREATOR played Israel for the first time in 14 years on Saturday, May 27 at the Theatre Club in Tel-Aviv. Check out pictures from the show at Metalist.co.il. As previously reported, KREATOR frontman Mille Petrozza recently spent time in the studio with German "grave rockers" THE SPOOK co-producing their long-awaited follow-up ...
After having re-released the cult debut effort "Vivalavida" (with previously unreleased "Sramik" demo as bonus) from French experimentalists CARNIVAL IN COAL at the end of 2005, Equilibre Music has now reissued on one single CD the second and the third albums from the duo. CARNIVAL IN COAL's "French Cancan" (1999) displays some of the most ...
Boston, MA-based metallers RAVAGE have begun recording their second album, tentatively entitled "Damn Nation". The follow-up to "Spectral Rider" (2005, Karthago Records) will be produced by Peter Rutcho (VOMITRON, GRAVEHEART, BLISTERED EARTH, RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE) and will feature "at least 10 tracks of the scortching brand of high-energy melodic metal the band is known ...
JUDAS PRIEST have revealed more details about their upcoming first conceptual album, which is based upon the life and predictions of the 16th century French prophet Nostradamus. In a May 24, 2006 appearance on the "Rockline" syndicated radio show, PRIEST frontman Rob Halford and guitarist Glenn Tipton spoke about the songwriting process for the CD ...
HARMONY DIES and DRYROT have been confirmed for the Up From The Ground festival, set to take place August 25-26 in Gemünden, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): CRIMINAL DAWN OF DISEASE DISMEMBER DRYROT ENDSTILLE GOD DETHRONED GOREFEST HARMONY DIES HEARSE JACK SLATER JAPANISCHE KAMPFHÖRSPIELE KOLDBRANN KORPIKLAANI LEGION OF ...
Return to the Pit has uploaded several hundred photos from the second day of the Maryland Deathfest, which kicked off Saturday night (May 27) at at the Sonar in Baltimore. Included in the batch are pictures from the following artists: CATTLE DECAPITATION (125 pics) DISFEAR (103 pics) DISMEMBER (125 pics) EMBALMER (87 pics) MAGRUDERGRIND (48 ...
