DAMNATION and INFAMY have been confirmed for the Gathering of the Bestial Legion III festival, set to take place August 19, 2007 at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California. More than 20 death/black metal acts will perform on three stages. Bands confirmed so far are as follows: ACHERON DAMNATION DIABOLIC FUELED BY FIRE GRAVE DESECRATION ...
German industrial metal powerhouse RAMMSTEIN will release its new DVD, "Völkerball", in North America on September 18. The DVD features performances from France, England, Japan and Russia. The DVD will be released in three different formats. The standard two-disc DVD/CD package will contain a 140-minute live video and 75-minute live CD. The special-edition package will ...
SCUM OF THE EARTH, the band featuring former longtime ROB ZOMBIE guitarist Riggs, has finished mixing its new album, entitled "Sleaze Freak" (Eclipse Records), the band's first studio album of all-new material since the critically-acclaimed debut "Blah…Blah…Blah…Love Songs For The New Millennium", released in 2004. Delving deep into the psyche of the blood-spitting world-famous guitarist's ...
Photos of POSSESSED, SABBAT, FALCONER, GRAVE DIGGER, THERION and SAXON taken at this year's Wacken Open Air festival — which is being held August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany — have been posted at www.capitaledumetal.com. As previously reported, the organizers of this year's Wacken Open Air festival are streaming select performances and press conferences ...
According to a posting on the Michael Schenker News and Tour Information web site, it appears as if the remainder of MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP's U.K. has been cancelled. Schenker and his band were scheduled to perform last night (Friday, August 3) in Stourbridge, U.K. but ended up calling off the gig after only ...
Finnish metal band EXSECRATUS has posted a new song, entitled Under the Winter Moon, on its MySpace page. The track, which features a guest appearance by NORTHER frontman Petri Lindroos, comes off the group's upcoming debut album, "Tainted Dreams", due on September 3 via Violent Journey Records. According to a press release, "These ...
Legendary extreme metallers MASTER will embark on the "Using and Abusing Europe" tour in September. Support on the trek will come from Chicago's LIVIDITY and Los Angeles' IMPERIOUS REX. The dates are as follows: Sep. 08 - Baroeg-Rotterdam - Rotterdam, Netherlands Sep. 09 - Gigant - Apeldoom, Netherlands Sep. 13 - The Old Angel - ...
Swedish metallers EVERGREY have issued the following update: "Just wanted to let you know that on Monday [August] 6th we will announce our new bass player! We are very excited and eager to let you know who it is and the Monday morning post will also consist of comments from him as well as a ...
U.D.O., the German band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, has tapped ex-VANIZE/MAJESTY bassist Marcus Bielenberg as the temporary replacement for Fitty Weinhold, who is currently unable to perform with the group "for private reasons." Bielenberg played with U.D.O. last weekend at the Granito Rock festival in Villalba, Spain and will do so again ...
