NIGHTWISH bassist Marco Hietala recently answered a number of fan questions via the band's official web site. Read his responses at this location. NIGHTWISH has completed work on a pre-production recording of the tracks that are set to appear on the band's upcoming sixth album, tentatively due mid-2007. According to the latest entry ...
VED BUENS ENDE (Norwegian for "At the End of the Rainbow"), the Norwegian avant-garde metal band who split up in 1997 after after releasing only one full-length album (1995's "Written in Waters") through Misanthropy Records, has been resurrected and has posted a rehearsal recording of a new song, entitled "Shame Eclipse", at its
According to a posting on EDGUY's official web site, the German melodic metallers were joined by HELLOWEEN bass player Markus Grosskopf for a "highly acclaimed" version of the song "Avantasia" during their appearance at the Metalway festival in Gernika, Spain on Sunday, July 30. EDGUY is continuing to tour in support of its latest album, ...
Oslo, Norway-based extreme metallers DISKORD have uploaded two tracks from their forthcoming full-length debut, entitled "Doomscapes", at their MySpace page. Due later in the year via Edgerunner Music, "Doomscapes" will contain the following track listing: 01. An Architectonic Manifestation of Death 02. Public Static Void 03. Harbinger 04. Absurreality 05. Cosmic Collapse 06. ...
THE SWORD has completed work on the second music video from its critically acclaimed album "Age of Winters". The video, for the hard-hitting track "Freya", was shot in Hollywood, CA with director Barnaby Roper. A still shot from the video, which is expected to make its world network premiere(s) shortly, can be viewed at
ELIS, the Liechtenstein-based gothic metal band whose singer, Sabine Dünser, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on July 7 during rehearsal and passed away the following day in hospital, has decided to release the already completed recordings for its new album, "Griefshire", as a tribute to their fallen frontwoman. "Sabine denoted 'Griefshire' always as her 'baby' and ...
The city of Fullerton, California has demanded that the SLAYER artwork be removed immediately from the 17 SLAYER bus benches scattered throughout the city. The bus benches, which "went up" over this past weekend, are promoting SLAYER's new album, "Christ Illusion". This past Monday (July 31), the city officials called the company that the band's ...
A "super-rare" promotional BRUCE DICKINSON CD released by Sanctuary Records, called "Catalogue Re-issues Sampler", has just been sold on eBay for $468.99. Released on May 23, 2005 to celebrate and promote the two-disc reissues of each of Bruce's solo albums, the CD contains 10 full-length tracks from all five of Bruce's solo studio albums. This ...
SLAYER will reportedly film a war-themed video for the song "Eyes of the Insane" with director Tony Petrossian (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR). No further details are available at this time. Pre-order SLAYER's new CD, "Christ Illusion", and be automatically entered to win one of 10 lithos of the album cover signed by the artist ...
Behind-the-scenes footage of SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan's custom drum kit has been posted online at YouTube.com. SYSTEM OF A DOWN is planning on taking a long hiatus after completing this summer's Ozzfest. The group's guitarist, Daron Malakian, is forming a new band called SCARS ON BROADWAY and plans to work ...
