May 11, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Dream Theater, MIKE MANGINI • 0 Comments
A little more than a month after drummer Mike Portnoy’s sudden departure from DREAM THEATER, the band held three days of auditions in New York City. Over an incredibly productive three-day period, the band played, jammed and spoke candidly and at length with seven of the world’s greatest drummers. The remaining members of the band […]
May 11, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: System of a Down • 0 Comments
SYSTEM OF A DOWN kicked off its reunion tour with a headlining performance last night (Tuesday, May 10) in front of 14,000 fans at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Support at the gig came from GOGOL BORDELLO. According to the Edmonton Journal, “[SYSTEM OF A DOWN’s] stage was sparse, adorned with rows of adjustable […]
May 11, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Def Leppard • 0 Comments
DEF LEPPARD performed on last night’s (Tuesday, May 10) edition of “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” on NBC-TV. You can now watch the full episode at NBC.com. A couple of images of DEF LEPPARD’s appearance on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” are available below. Frontiers Records will release DEF LEPPARD’s new live album […]
May 11, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Marduk • 0 Comments
“Warschau 2: Headhunter Halfmoon”, a brand new song from Swedish black metallers MARDUK, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The track comes off the band’s new EP, “Iron Dawn”, which will be released in North America on the same day as the group’s appearance at the Maryland Deathfest on May 27 (May 30 […]
May 11, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Decapitated • 0 Comments
Polish technical death metal band DECAPITATED will release their fifth studio album, “Carnival Is Forever”, in North America and Poland on July 12 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD’s cover art was created by Lukasz Jaszak and can be seen below. Commented DECAPITATED guitarist Waclaw “Vogg” Kieltyka: “[The album cover is] very intriguing and quite […]
May 11, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: GRAVE DIGGER • 0 Comments
Marko Osterholz of Rockvoice HQ conducted an interview with vocalist Chris Boltendahl of German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER on March 29, 2011 at Zeche in Bochum, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. (Note: The interview is in German, with English subtitles.) “The Clans Are Still Marching”, the new DVD from GRAVE DIGGER, entered […]
May 11, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: DELAIN • 0 Comments
Video footage of Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers DELAIN performing two brand new songs — with the working titles of “Get The Devil Out Of Me” and “Milk And Honey” — on April 29, 2011 at the Academy in Manchester, England can be viewed below. DELAIN last month announced the addition of guitarist Timo Somers to […]
May 11, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: 777: Sect(s), Blut Aus Nord • 0 Comments
Blut Aus Nord – ‘777: Sect(s)’, Debemur Morti Productions There is always something about the French language that leaves me guessing. Especially as concerns Extreme Metal. The band Misanthrope, from France, raise the most question marks in my head. One only has to look at the Frenchmen superstars that is Canada’s Rush, as concerns their […]
May 10, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Epitaph, Judas Priest • 0 Comments
British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST have been focusing on the forthcoming tour — doing press, photos, sorting out stage sets, special effects, and stage clothes etc. In addition, they have started music rehearsals this week so are now poised and getting ready to roll. According to a posting on the band’s official web site, […]
Rush – Moving Pictures [Surround Sound Reissue]
May 12, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Moving Pictures, Rush • 0 Comments
Rush – ‘Moving Pictures’ 1981 LP – 2011 re-release in 5.1 Surround Sound 30 years ago the 8th studio album ‘Moving Pictures‘ by the Canadian Prog Metal/Rock band, now superstars, Rush was released. It signified a coming of age for this prolific, immensely talented trio. The success of the previous year’s album, ‘Permanent Waves‘, catapulted […]