June 14, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Glen Drover, Megadeth • 0 Comments
According to Koolmuzone, former MEGADETH/KING DIAMOND guitarist Glen Drover is currently working with SWARAS, a semi-classical pop/rock Pakistani band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Glen is producing and playing lead/bass on SWARAS’ new song, described by the band as “a Raag-based progressive rock track which will be a total surprise to our listeners. It will be […]
June 14, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: OzTv, Ozzy Osbourne • 0 Comments
The latest OzTV webisode featuring behind-the-scenes footage from OZZY OSBOURNE’s June 9, 2011 appearance at the Sauna Open Air festival in Tampere, Finland can be viewed below. The concert marked the legendary heavy metal singer’s first show of his current European tour. Ozzy’s setlist consisted of the following songs: 01. I Don’t Know 02. Suicide […]
June 14, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Axl Rose • 0 Comments
According to the Beverly Hills Courier, GUNS N’ ROSES frontman Axl Rose and his former manager have settled their lawsuits concerning commissions and concert touring. “They were settled to the mutual satisfaction of the parties,” said attorney Howard King on behalf of the singer’s ex-manager, Irving Azoff. Although the terms weren’t divulged, lawyers for Rose […]
June 14, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: FALCONER • 0 Comments
“Vid Rosornas Grav”, the new video from Swedish metallers FALCONER, will make its online debut in “a few days,” according to the band’s guitarist Stefan Weinerhall. The clip will be made available in two versions: Swedish and English (under the title “By The Roses”). The track comes off the band’s seventh album, “Armod”, which was […]
June 14, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Behemoth • 0 Comments
Guitarist/vocalist Adam “Nergal” Darski of Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH was the recipient of the “Metal As F*ck” award — a show of recognition of the frontman’s strength and courage in the face of adversity — at last night’s (Monday, June 13) Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards ceremony at indigO2 in London, England. A three-and-a-half-minute video […]
June 14, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Ahpuch Oztoc, Sempiternal Deathreign • 0 Comments
Ahpuch Oztoc – A very original band that plays Black Metal. Not original in that they go out of their way to use some Industrial or Grind bent to make their music special ala the newly restored Morbid Angel or Arkhon Infaustus. Embrace Of Thorns, Tsjuder, Gorgoroth, Bestial Mockery, Samael. Gorgoroth, Blaspherian, Burzum are all […]
June 13, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: BONNAROO MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL, Opeth • 0 Comments
Swedish progressive metallers OPETH made their live debut with keyboardist Joakim Svalberg (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, GLENN HUGHES) at the 10th annual Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival on June 10, 2011 on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville. When asked by the Artisan News Service how playing Bonnaroo was different to performing […]
June 13, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Slayer • 0 Comments
SLAYER performed in Lima, Peru for the first time ever this past Saturday, June 11 at Estadio San Marcos in front of 6,000 fans. The band’s setlist was as follows: 01. World Painted Blood 02. Hate Worldwide 03. War Ensemble 04. Postmortem 05. Temptation 06. Dittohead 07. Stain Of Mind 08. Disciple 09. Bloodline 10. […]
June 13, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: SEVENDUST • 0 Comments
SEVENDUST has been forced to cut its European tour short due to “a few unseen obstacles,” according to guitarist Clint Lowery. He added, “[We] had a blast while we were [there]. We’ll be back.” “Cold Day Memory”, the new album from SEVENDUST, sold around 27,000 copies in the United States in its first week of […]
TOM KEIFER Says There Are No Plans For New CINDERELLA Studio Album
June 14, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: CINDERELLA, TOM KEIFER • 0 Comments
Sweden’s Metal Shrine blog recently conducted an interview with CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Shrine: The stuff that happened with your voice in ’91 and then in 2006, did that make you a more careful singer? Thinking more of in the way you sing these days. Tom: […]
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