May 3, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Cavalera Conspiracy • 0 Comments
The latest installment of the “Iron City Rocks” podcast (web site) features an interview with CAVALERA CONSPIRACY’s Max Cavalera and Marc Rizzo. SACRED REICH drummer Greg Hall filled in for CAVALERA CONSPIRACY’s Igor Cavalera at last Thursday night’s (April 28) CC concert at the House Of Blues in Hollywood, California. Igor was unable to make […]
May 3, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: KEEP IT TRUE XV Festival, SWORD • 0 Comments
Reunited ’80s Montreal power metallers SWORD (not to be confused with Texas-based luminaries THE SWORD) have been confirmed for the Keep It True XV festival, set to take place April 27-28, 2012 ay Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SWORD (CAN) TYTAN (UK) OZ (FIN/SWE) TENSION (USA) MYSTIC FORCE […]
May 3, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Temple des Damnations, Viral Encephalitis • 0 Comments
Viral Encephalitis – ‘Temple des Damnations’ 2011 LP The cheerily monickered Viral Encephalitis are the latest entry for Grindcore, Grindgore or just plain Death Metal. Canada, where this band with one album under their rancid belts come from, have a 2010 album entitled ‘Carcass De Guerre‘. Canada has been host to some of the best […]
May 2, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Metallica • 0 Comments
METALLICA’s official web site has been updated with the following message: “At this stage in the game, there are very few places in the world that we have not dragged our gear and crew to, so that makes this show announcement extra special. “For the first time ever, we will be visiting India for two […]
May 2, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: U.D.O. • 0 Comments
U.D.O., the German metal band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, has posted the second in a series of video reports from the group’s current Mexican and South American tour. You can watch the eight-minute clip below. U.D.O. will release its new album, b>”Rev-Raptor” on May 20 via AFM Records. The effort will be […]
May 2, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Deep Purple, GLENN HUGHES • 0 Comments
WHITESNAKE/ex-DEEP PURPLE frontman David Coverdale recently told VH1 Radio Networks’ Dave Basner that he would reunite with his former DEEP PURPLE bandmates Jon Lord (keyboards), Ian Paice (drums), Ritchie Blackmore (guitar) and Glenn Hughes (bass, vocals) for the right opportunity, like a benefit concert. When VH1 Radio Networks spoke to Hughes last week, he said […]
May 2, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: AMORPHIS • 0 Comments
“My Enemy”, a new song from Finnish melancholic dark rock/metal masters AMORPHIS, is available for streaming at this location. The track comes off the band’s new album, “The Beginning Of Times”, due on May 27 via Nuclear Blast Records. “The Beginning Of Times” is described as “the most challenging AMORPHIS album so far in terms […]
May 2, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: RAMMSTEIN • 0 Comments
Metal Sanaz conducted an interview with vocalist Till Lindemann and drummer Christoph Schneider of German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN on the “black carpet” of the third annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which was held on April 20 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, California. You can now watch the chat below. RAMMSTEIN bassist Oliver “Ollie” Riedel […]
May 2, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: LEATHER LEONE • 0 Comments
THE SLEDGE/LEATHER PROJECT, the new band featuring featuring former CHASTAIN singer Leather Leone, performed at the Keep It True XIV festival, which was held April 29-30, 2011 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. Leather was joined in the new band joined by MALIBU BARBI drummer Sandy Sledge, bassist Betze Stephens and guitarist Brent Baugh on guitar. […]
AMON AMARTH: New Video Interview With FREDRIK ANDERSSON
May 3, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: AMON AMARTH • 0 Comments
Jamie of HardRockChick.com conducted an interview with drummer Fredrik Andersson of Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH before the band’s April 27, 2011 concert at White Rabbit in San Antonio, Texas. You can now watch the chat below. “Surtur Rising”, the eighth studio album from AMON AMARTH, sold around 15,000 copies in the United States in […]