Live recordings of SLAYER and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE performing at this past weekend's Reading festival in England were aired Tuesday night (August 29) on the "Mike Davies Rock Show" on BBC Radio 1. The following songs were aired: SLAYER: Live From Reading 01. Dead Skin Mask 02. Seasons in the Abyss 03. Post Mortem ...
POWERWORLD, the new German band formed by ex-FREEDOM CALL bassist Ilker Ersin, has posted two songs — "Your World Is Not Mine" and "Reach the Light" — on its MySpace page. The group is currently working on material for its debut album, which is tentatively due to be recorded later in the year ...
MACHINE HEAD has set "The Blackening" as the title of its sixth studio album, tentatively due in early 2007 via Roadrunner Records. The group is recording the new CD at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, CA, with MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn returning to the producer's chair, and Mark Keaton once again handling engineering duties. Longtime ...
Legendary Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS returned to Polar studio in Stockholm this past weekend to add one song to their forthcoming album. The brutally heavy "Of Stars and Smoke" was put down with ease and in a very releaxed working environment. Since the as-yet-untitled CD won't be out until next year, there is no need to ...
CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "Flying in, coming from Bergen, Norway, on Monday evening [August 28], the weather awaiting us in Zurich could not have been more appropriate. The ravaged clouds were dark grey, almost black, and layered virtually down to the dreary, rain-soaked ground. ...
On October 24, ILL NIÑO, the world re-known bi-lingual Latino metal sextet, will release a new five-song EP, "The Undercover Sessions", comprised of three of their favorite cover songs from bands they loved growing up as fans, and two brand new songs — all overseen by legendary producer Andy Johns (LED ZEPPELIN, VAN HALEN, OZZY ...
The Arkansas Traveler reports: What would you get if you crossed a heavy metal musician/radio DJ with a computer geek? If you displeased the gods, you would probably end up with a plethora of songs chock full of guitar solos and lyrics about UNIX and HTML. If you were good little boys and ...
EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet recently answered a number of fan questions via the "Ask Tobias" section of his official web site. A couple of excepts follow: Q: Compared to the older albums, "Rocket Ride" had more of a hard rock feeling to it rather then the traditional power metal sound. Is this the new direction ...
Sweden's SOILWORK will embark on a five-week North American tour this fall, with DARKEST HOUR, MNEMIC and THREAT SIGNAL as support. The group's updated itinerary is as follows: Oct. 05 - Jaxx - West Springfield, VA Oct. 06 - The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY Oct. 07 - Webster Theatre - Hartford, CT Oct. 09 - ...
