March 2, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Whitesnake • 0 Comments
WHITESNAKE will be on hiatus from touring throughout 2012 after completing its successful “Forevermore World Tour”. The band plans to spend 2012 in the studio, mixing live recordings made during the 2011 tour. There are also plans to edit and mix a live in-concert DVD from the tour. Other ‘SNAKE-related projects are also in the […]
March 2, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Iron Maiden • 0 Comments
“Awoken Broken”, the debut album from PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION, the project featuring IRON MAIDEN guitarist Adrian Smith and SIKTH frontman Mikee Goodman, will be released in the U.S. on April 17 through Spinefarm Records. The CD, which will be made available in Europe on February 27, was produced by Adrian and Mikee, and mixed by […]
March 2, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: DIAMOND DAWN • 0 Comments
Frontiers Records has announced the signing of the Swedish melodic rock newcomers DIAMOND DAWN. Due later this year, the band’s debut album will be mixed by Tobias Lindell, who has previously worked with such artists as EUROPE, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, MUSTASCH and H.E.A.T. DIAMOND DAWN was formed in early 2011 in Gothenburg and digitally released the […]
March 2, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: CRYSTAL VIPER • 0 Comments
Polish female-fronted traditional heavy metal act CRYSTAL VIPER will release its new album, “Crimen Excepa”, in Europe on April 27 and in the U.S. on April 24 via AFM Records. The concept effort about holy inquisition, black magic and witches, where fiction is mixed with historical facts, was produced by… Read more here
March 2, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: EDEN'S CURSE • 0 Comments
EDEN’S CURSE has announced the addition of Italian vocalist Marco Sandron to the group’s ranks. The band’s new single and promotional video, “Time To Breathe”, has been made available as a free download. Hailing from Portgruaro, 50 miles from Venice, in the northeast of Italy, Marco previously sang for Italian progressive metal act PATHOSRAY, who […]
March 2, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: SPIT LIKE THIS • 0 Comments
British “glam punk rock” band SPIT LIKE THIS has inked a deal with Dark Lord Records, a brand new label set up by Grammy-nominated producer Chris Tsangarides (JUDAS PRIEST, OZZY OSBOURNE, ANVIL, SPIT LIKE THIS) and legendary STRAWBS founder Dave Cousins. The group’s second album, “Normalityville Horror”, will be released on May 7. Commented SPIT […]
March 2, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Interviews Tags: AMORPHIS • 0 Comments
March 2, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Videos Tags: Amberian Dawn • 0 Comments
March 2, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Mike Portnoy • 0 Comments
A 13-minute collection of outtakes from “Drumertá”, the forthcoming DVD from drummer Mike Portnoy (ADRENALINE MOB, DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD) featuring drum-cam footage from the recording sessions for ADRENALINE MOB‘s debut album, “Omertá”, can be seen below. The DVD will be made available later this month exclusively from www.mikeportnoy.com. ADRENALINE MOB is the band featuring […]
HIM Frontman: ‘I Want To Recapture Some Sense Of Mystique’
March 2, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: HIM • 0 Comments
Vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish “love” metallers HIM recently spoke to U.K.’s Kerrang! magazine about what he and his bandmates have been up to in the two years since the release of their seventh and most recent album, “Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice”. After it was revealed in March of last year that HIM […]