February 22, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News 0 Comments
France’s Hard Force TV recently conducted an interview with vocalist Simone Simons of Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA. You can now watch the chat below. EPICA‘s fifth full-length album, “Requiem For The Indifferent”, will be released on March 9 in Europe and four days later in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded […]
February 22, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News 0 Comments
Danish modern metallers MNEMIC recently entered Antfarm studios in Aabyhøj, Denmark with longtime producer Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, HIMSA, SICK OF IT ALL) to begin recording their new album for a June release via Nuclear Blast Records. The third in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions can be seen below. […]
February 22, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News 0 Comments
NoiseArt Records and Rock The Nation booking have announced the signing of the Hungarian heavy metal band WISDOM. Commented the group: “WISDOM was formed in 2001 with no real plan or purpose. We threw together a few covers, and soon after our first songs were composed. As we made up our name and kept on […]
February 22, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News 0 Comments
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 […]
February 21, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News 0 Comments
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
February 21, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News 0 Comments
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 […]
February 21, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News 0 Comments
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 […]
February 21, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News 0 Comments
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! […]
February 21, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News 0 Comments
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 […]
PESTILENCE Announces New Bassist And Drummer
February 22, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News 0 Comments
Guitarist/vocalist Patrick Mameli of the resurrected late ’80s/early ’90s death metal outfit PESTILENCE has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: “Recently, bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling (NUFUTIC, OBSCURA) and drummer Yuma van Eekelen (EXIVIOUS, THE NEW DOMINION) have decided to work more intensively on their main projects.Therefore, bassist Stephan Fimmers (NECROPHAGIST) and drummer Tim Yeung (MORBID […]
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