April 18, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: AMORPHIS • 0 Comments
A five-minute trailer for “The Beginning Of Times”, the new album from Finnish metallers AMORPHIS, can be viewed below. Due on May 27 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD is described as “the most challenging AMORPHIS album so far in terms of both music and lyrics.” Its central character is the iconic hero of Finnish […]
April 18, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED • 0 Comments
“The Taking”, the new album from DUFF MCKAGAN’S LOADED — the band led by VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N’ ROSES bassist Duff McKagan — is available for streaming in its entirety at AOL Music. Due on April 19 via Eagle Rock Entertainment, the CD was recorded at a Seattle-area studio with veteran rock producer Terry Date (SOUNDGARDEN, […]
April 18, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Ozzy Osbourne • 0 Comments
The latest OzTV webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from OZZY OSBOURNE’s April 7, 2011 concert at Citibank Hall in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and April 9, 2011 show at Mineirinho in Belo Horizone, Brazil can be viewed below. Ozzy’s setlist for both gigs was as follows: 01. Bark at the Moon 02. Let Me Hear You […]
April 18, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: THE ACACIA STRAIN • 0 Comments
Natalie of Onslaught Radio conducted an interview with Massachusetts metallers THE ACACIA STRAIN on April 12, 2011 at 02 Academy Islington in London, England. You can now watch the chat below. THE ACACIA STRAIN will take part in this summer’s Vans Warped Tour, which kicks off in Dallas, Texas on June 24 and ends in […]
April 18, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: 70000 TONS OF METAL, My Dying Bride, PESTILENCE, STRATOVARIUS • 0 Comments
MY DYING BRIDE, PESTILENCE and STRATOVARIUS are among the first confirmed bands for next year’s edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which will set sail from Miami, Florida to Cayman Islands on January 23, 2012 and return four days later. A total of 40 acts will perform on the cruise. The festival billing […]
April 18, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Origin • 0 Comments
The second in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of “Entity”, the new album from American technical death metal innovators ORIGIN, can be viewed below. Due on June 7 in North America and June 10 in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD features the following track listing: 01. Expulsion Of […]
April 18, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Sancta Sanctorum, The Shining Darkness • 0 Comments
Sancta Sanctorum – ‘The Shining Darkness’- 2011 LP, Black Widow Records/ BWRCD 121-2 The multifaceted creature we shall call the doomysaurus rears it’s tooth-filled head again in the form of Sancta Sanctorum who rip into the sorry carcass of Earth’s soft white underbelly with depressing odes of woe. Count Raven, Iron Man, Sheavy, Cathedral and […]
April 15, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: JENS JOHANSSON, STRATOVARIUS • 0 Comments
On January 28, 2011, Jason Saulnier of the MusicLegends.ca web site conducted an interview with STRATOVARIUS keyboardist Jens Johansson. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. “Elysium”, the thirteenth full-length studio album from STRATOVARIUS, entered the official chart in Finland at position No. 1. The CD was released in Europe […]
April 15, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: DEATH ANGEL • 0 Comments
On April 11, RockNMetalNewz conducted an interview with guitarist Ted Aguilar of San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL before the band’s concert in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. “Relentless Retribution”, the latest album from DEATH ANGEL, sold 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of […]
PRETTY MAIDS Announces Temporary Bassist
April 18, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: PRETTY MAIDS • 0 Comments
Danish hard rockers PRETTY MAIDS have issued the following update: “PRETTY MAIDS would like to announce Rene Shades as the new temporary bass player, replacing recently departed Hal Patino [KING DIAMOND]. Shades has been a longtime friend of the band, and did actually play a couple of gigs with us back in 2004 as a […]
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