The Great Frog, which has been hand-crafting rock jewelry in Carnaby, London since 1972, has announced a collaboration with California thrashers SLAYER. The SLAYER ring will be made from solid sterling silver and hand-crafted in London. Each ring will be engraved with its own limited edition number and will be available for pre-order from today, […]

On January 23, Jason Saulnier of the MusicLegends.ca web site conducted an interview with vocalist Mark “Barney” Greenway of British/American grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. NAPALM DEATH will release its 14th studio album (excluding the cover album “Leaders Not Followers”), “Utilitarian”, on February 27 […]

PWRUP.de recently conducted an interview with guitarist Bill Kelliher of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON. You can now watch the chat below. MASTODON will hit the road for a spring North American tour in support of their current album “The Hunter”, which was released by Reprise Records in September. The tour kicks off on April 4 […]

Patrick Prince of Powerline recently conducted an interview with drummer Andy Parker of British hard rock legends UFO. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On UFO‘s new album, “Seven Deadly”: Andy: “I’m real happy with the mix as such because I haven’t been totally happy with the last couple [of albums], drum-wise. […]

German progressive death metallers WORDS OF FAREWELL have inked a deal with AFM Records. The band’s debut album, “Immersion”, will be released March 30. Commented the group: “We’re really proud to have been able to get a record deal after these five years. And the fact that we’ve been signed by such a big label […]

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA will release their new album, “Stones Grow Her Name”, on May 18 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded in several studios all over Finland, mixed at Sonic Pump Studios by Mikko Karmila and mastered at Chartmakers by Svante Forsbäck. The effort will be released as a limited-edition digipak, […]

Acordes de Quinta Blog conducted an interview with Portuguese masters of gore HOLOCAUSTO CANIBAL in December 2011 about their forthcoming third full-length album, “Gorefilia”. You can now watch the chat below (in Portuguese, with English subtitles). HOLOCAUSTO CANIBAL recently inked a deal with Xtreem Music for the worldwide release of “Gorefilia” (in Portugal, the CD […]

Fan-filmed video footage of Ryan Adams — the multiple-Grammy-nominated folk singer and songwriter from Jacksonville, North Carolina — performing a acoustic cover version of the DIO classic “Holy Diver” on February 17 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California can be seen below. According to RollingStone.com, Adams hosts a black metal talk-show […]

After a brief, 23-year vacation from the thrash scene, acclaimed ’80s Northwest thrashers MACE have decided to lace up the combat boots for battle one more time. These guys shared the stage with the biggest thrash bands of the mid-’80s, including SLAYER, ANTHRAX, DEATH ANGEL, METAL CHURCH, CIRCLE JERKS, THE ACCUSED and many more. Earlier […]

Finnish metallers ANTAGONIST ZERO will release their debut digital EP, “Nighttime Harmony”, on March 14 via Violent Journey Records. ANTAGONIST ZERO is a five-piece metal band from Porvoo, Finland, formed in 2010. Despite the bandmembers’ relative young age, they have many years of experience playing in different groups such as ADASTRA, CAVUS, COPROLITH and LOST […]