Dutch female-fronted black-death metal band EDGE OF SERENITY will release a new single this spring. The effort will mark the recording debut of the group’s new vocalist Nanette V. and will include a guest appearance by Swedish drummer Adrian Erlandsson (PARADISE LOST, AT THE GATES, NEMHAIN, VALLENFYRE, ex-CRADLE OF FILTH). EDGE OF SERENITY decided at […]

Austria’s Mulatschag TV conducted an interview with vocalist James LaBrie of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER when the band performed at the Gasometer in Vienna, Austria on Febrary 18. You can now watch… Read more here

Video footage of SKID ROW members Rachel Bolan (bass) and Rob Hammersmith (drums) working through some demos for the band’s upcoming studio album can be seen below. SKID ROW‘s latest CD, “Revolutions Per Minute”, was released on October 24, 2006 via SPV Records. When asked in a July 2011 interview with SCTimes.com if the band […]

Louis Eustache and Gregoire Nadji of Gentlemen Chronicles recently conducted an interview with Michael Kiske (ex-HELLOWEEN) about UNISONIC, Michael‘s new band with former HELLOWEEN guitarist/vocalist and current GAMMA RAY frontman Kai Hansen, Dennis Ward (bass) and Kosta Zafiriou (drums) of Germany’s PINK CREAM 69 and Swiss guitarist Mandy Meyer (who has previously played… Read more […]

MOTÖRHEAD, the hardest-working, hardest-touring band in the world, loves when fans buy its records, but not this time. A new box set, called “Complete Early Years Box Set”, has just come out by the company who has the rights to the band’s early recordings, and some retail outlets are allegedly charging over $600 for it! […]

The Tracii Guns version of L.A. GUNS will embark on a European headlining tour in early March. According to Tracii, “this tour will be the last L.A. GUNS tour for now and also it’s a tour to break in my new band THE TRACII GUNS LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN, so we will be doing a complete […]

Don de Leaumont of The Great Southern Brainfart recently conducted an interview with guitarist Shane Clark of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based metallers 3 INCHES OF BLOOD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Great Southern Brainfart: You guys are just about to release “Long Live Heavy Metal”. Have you seen a significant […]

German rockers TALETELLERS have officially changed their name to AC ANGRY. The band has just finished recording its new album, “Black Denim”, to be released later in the year. After issuing two full-length albums and completing a full European tour supporting GRAVE DIGGER and ALESTORM, the band decided to change its name to something more […]

Greek female-fronted modern thrash/death metal band AFTERBLOOD has completed work on its debut album, “Of Unsound Minds”, to be released later in the year. The CD was recorded at Dungeon Studios in Athens and it was produced, mixed and mastered by Waldemar Sorychta (GRIP INC., ENEMY OF THE SUN). “Of Unsound Minds” features guest appearances […]

Guitarist/vocalist Paul Masvidal the progressive rock/metal band CYNIC has revealed to Andrew Pennington of Ireland’s Molten magazine that the group is working on material for a new full-length album for a tentative late 2012 release. “Right now we’re deep in [writing] the album,” Masvidal said. “It’ll probably come out towards the end of the year. […]