April 28, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Chimaira • 0 Comments
Cleveland, Ohio metallers CHIMAIRA have scheduled the following dates: May 25 – Flint, MI – The Machine Shop May 26 – Sandusky, OH – The Underground May 27 – Louisville, OH – The Carriage House May 28 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s Down Under May 29 – Geneva, OH – The Cove May 30 – […]
April 28, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne • 0 Comments
Last week Ozzy Osbourne stopped by the Rolling Stone offices to discuss his new album “Scream”, his forthcoming world tour, the death of Ronnie James Dio and the possibility of a BLACK SABBATH reunion (see video below). “I love those guys — Bill [Ward, drums], Tony [Iommi, guitar] and Geezer [Butler, bass],” he told Rolling […]
April 28, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Ashes, Necronoclast • 0 Comments
Necronoclast – ‘Ashes’ 2011 Dwelling in the land of the abstract equations, for lyrical content, is Scotland’s own Necronoclast. The point of reckoning for Necronoclast is their unholy creation in 2003; the year the band was formed. Four full-length albums have already been incurred by this face-erasingly heavy Black Metal band. They are as follows: […]
April 27, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Avenged Sevenfold • 0 Comments
“Nightmare”, the latest album from Southern California’s AVENGED SEVENFOLD, has been officially certified gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America) for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies in the United States. Former DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy played on “Nightmare” following the death of AVENGED SEVENFOLD’s drummer, Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan, and toured […]
April 27, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: HATESPHERE • 0 Comments
Danish thrashers HATESPHERE will enter Antfarm Studio in Aarhus, Denmark in June with producer Tue Madsen to begin recording their new album for a September release. “We have been working with Tue on four of our albums, and he knows what we want, so the choice has been easy,” the band said. A YouTube clip […]
April 27, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Hate Eternal • 0 Comments
The second in a six-part series of clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of “Phoenix Amongst The Ashes”, the new album from Florida-based extreme metal veterans HATE ETERNAL, can be viewed below. Due on May 10 via Metal Blade Records, the CD was recorded HATE ETERNAL mainman Erik Rutan’s Mana Recording Studios in St. […]
April 27, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: 2011 Sampler, Relapse Records • 0 Comments
Relapse Records – 2011 Sampler Over 25 tracks by over 25 different artists from the label that formed with a mission. In the early 1990s, it was high time for an underground record label to scour the underground in a more fan angled, supportive way. To explore and incorporate more hardcore and electronic parameters and […]
April 26, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Megadeth • 0 Comments
MEGADETH guitarist Chris Broderick was interviewed by the “Metal Eye” show on Z1 TV when the band performed in Zagreb, Croatia on April 6, 2011 during the “European Carnage” tour with SLAYER. You can now watch the chat below. MEGADETH’s “Rust In Peace Live” DVD — which captures the final night of the band’s historic […]
April 26, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Guns n’ Roses • 0 Comments
BareBonesMusic.com conducted an interview with GUNS N’ ROSES/SIXX: A.M. guitarist DJ Ashba on the “black carpet” of the third annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which was held last Wednesday, April 20 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, California. You can now watch the chat below. When asked about what he has planned for the rest […]
FULLFORCE Films New Video
April 28, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: FULLFORCE • 0 Comments
FULLFORCE — the new Swedish melodic metal outfit featuring Mike Andersson (CLOUDSCAPE, SILENT MEMORIAL, PLANET ALLIANCE) on vocals, Stefan Elmgren (HAMMERFALL) on guitar, Anders Johansson (HAMMERFALL, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) on drums, Carl-Johan Grimmark (NARNIA) on guitar, and Tommy Larsson (HEED) on bass — recently filmed a music video with director Rainer Holmgren (PAIN OF SALVATION). The […]