June 23, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: A Perfect Circle • 0 Comments
A PERFECT CIRCLE guitarist Billy Howerdel says that the band is close to finishing up a new song which it will play on the band’s upcoming summer North American tour. As for whether the yet-to-be-titled track will lead to a full album’s worth of material, Howerdel told The Pulse Of Radio that he doesn’t see […]
June 23, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: FATES WARNING • 0 Comments
Progressive metallers FATES WARNING will play a handful of shows in Europe this summer, including a support slot at DREAM THEATER’s August 2 concert at Terra Vibe in Athens, Greece. Commented guitarist Jim Matheos: “We’re looking forward to playing in Europe again this summer, particularly Headbangers Open Air in Germany and, of course, returning to […]
June 23, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: BEECHER • 0 Comments
British progressive metal act BEECHER has announced that it will be playing no further shows together and there will be no new material; the band is once again calling it a day. BEECHER was signed to Earache Records, having released two albums and toured extensively before splitting up in 2005. They reformed to play three […]
June 23, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: TURBONEGRO • 0 Comments
Norwegian “Despots of Deathpunk” TURBONEGRO have called upon old friend, legendary Londoner and former DUKES OF NOTHING frontman Tony Sylvester to step in as their new vocalist. Sylvester, 38, cuts a formidable figure. A longtime stalwart of the British hardcore punk scene and music industry veteran, he was the President of the London chapter of […]
June 23, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: BACKYARD BURIAL • 0 Comments
According to Otago Daily Times, police investigators are still looking for three knives that might be connected to the murder of the lead singer of one of New Zealand’s longest-running death metal bands, BACKYARD BURIAL. 35-year-old Matthew Hall (pictured below) was murdered in a ferocious and personal attack in his home in Johnsonville on February […]
June 23, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: PUSCIFER • 0 Comments
PUSCIFER, the project ringleader Maynard James Keenan describes as “‘Twin Peaks’ in the desert,” will release “Conditions Of My Parole” on October 18 via Puscifer Entertainment. “Man Overboard”, the first single from the album, will be available via iTunes and other digital service providers on July 19. “The Verde Valley is an intrinsic part of […]
June 23, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: In Flames, Sounds of a Playground Fading • 0 Comments
In Flames – ‘Sounds of a Playground Fading’ 2011 LP, EMI I recently gazed upon the limited edition picture disc 12″-inch vinyl copy that I own of In Flames‘ 1996. ‘A Jester Race‘ LP; their 3rd major effort preceding from the 1993 ‘Lunar Strain‘ debut LP and the 1994 ‘Subterranean‘ Mini LP. Truth be told, […]
June 21, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Buckcherry • 0 Comments
Ted Rock of RockAAA conducted an interview with Jimmy Ashhurst and Keith Nelson of California rockers BUCKCHERRY at this year’s edition of the Download festival, which was held June 10-12, 2011 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. BUCKCHERRY members Josh Todd and Keith Nelson sat down with EspyRock for an interview in which they […]
June 21, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: FALCONER • 0 Comments
“Vid Rosornas Grav”, the new video from Swedish metallers FALCONER, can be seen below. The track comes off the band’s seventh album, “Armod”, which was released in Europe on June 3 via Metal Blade Records. The CD features 11 songs completely sung in Swedish and four bonus tracks that are said to be English versions […]
Running Wild – The Final Jolly Roger
June 24, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Running Wild, The Final Jolly Roger • 0 Comments
Running Wild – ‘The Final Jolly Roger’, 2011 LP This founding Germanic Power/Heavy Metal act has called it quits and to commemorate this occasion a double-disc and DVD of the band ‘in concert’ has been issued. ‘The Final Jolly Roger‘ contains all of this J. Priest-like Rheinland act’s most bruising cuts culled from their career […]