April 26, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: CRITICAL SOLUTION, KING DIAMOND, Metallica • 0 Comments
KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque has contributed a guest guitar solo to a cover version of the METALLICA classic “Seek And Destroy” which will appear on the forthcoming EP from the Norwegian heavy metal band CRITICAL SOLUTION. Entitled “Evidence Of Things Unseen”, the CD was recorded at La Rocque’s Sonic Train studios in Varberg, […]
April 26, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Obscura, Omnivium • 0 Comments
Obscura – ‘Omnivium’ 2011 LP, Relapse Records Does Obscura beat out my fave crazy legs Death Metal band, Origin? Not exactly. Origin tear it up in the technically gifted land of Death far beyond the pack, I feel. A better question might be this: So this is the band that everyone has been seeing everywhere, […]
April 25, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Anthrax, Megadeth • 0 Comments
Artisan News Service spoke to members of ANTHRAX and MEGADETH about this past Saturday’s (April 23) debut performance on American soil by the “Big Four” bands of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX — at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California in front of a capacity crowd of more than 50,000 […]
April 25, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: STRYPER • 0 Comments
Oz Fox and Michael Sweet of Christian hard rockers STRYPER were interviewed on the latest episode of “Rusty Cooley’s Guitar Asylum TV”. Fox and Sweet talked about musical inspirations as well as guitar-hero influences that helped shape their songwriting and music. Check out the four segments below. “Rusty Cooley’s Guitar Asylum TV” is a 30-minute […]
April 24, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Metallica, RICK RUBIN • 0 Comments
Kevin Conklin and Patrick Tish of the 93.7 KCLB Rocks! radio station (web site) in Palm Springs, California conducted an interview with METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo yesterday (Saturday, April 23) at the “Big Four” concert at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. The chat can now be viewed below. When asked if METALLICA will […]
April 24, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: BLACK FLAG, Devildriver, REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS • 0 Comments
Video footage of DEVILDRIVER paying tribute to BLACK FLAG during the band’s short performance at the third annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which took place this past Wednesday night (April 20) at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles, California, can be viewed below. Joining DEVILDRIVER on stage for the BLACK FLAG salute were special guests […]
April 24, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Behemoth • 0 Comments
Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH will return to the live stage in October — marking the band’s first public appearances since guitarist/vocalist Adam “Nergal” Darski was diagnosed with leukemia last August. Commented Nergal: “I’m proud to announce that we’ve just nailed these Polish leg of the tour! Fans from abroad, please be patient, Asia, Australia, Europe […]
April 24, 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 April 12, 2011 concert at Explanada Estadio Monumental in Lima, Peru can be viewed below. Ozzy’s setlist was as follows: 01. Bark at the Moon 02. Let Me Hear You Scream 03. Mr. Crowley 04. I Don’t Know 05. Fairies Wear Boots (BLACK SABBATH cover) […]
April 24, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Hour Of 13, The Ritualist • 0 Comments
Hour Of 13 – ‘The Ritualist’2011 LP, Earache Records I love the Ozzy-fronted Black Sabbath of yore but unlike some I am not willing to close my eyes and my ears and pretend that every time I hear a doom riddled Heavy Metal number that it is the return of the fearsome foursome from cloudy […]
CORPSET: ‘Into The Light’ Video Released
April 26, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: CORPSET • 0 Comments
Into The Light, the new video from Finnish death metallers CORPSET, can be viewed below. The song comes off the group’s debut album, “Ruins”, which is scheduled for release on April 27 via Violent Journey Records. The CD was recorded at various facilities — from professional studios to a horse ranch in the Finnish countryside […]