BLINDEAD – Interview with Havoc (ex- Behemoth).
Recently I was given the opportunity to conduct an interview with Havoc (ex- Behemoth) about his latest project 'Blindead'. More information and mp3s of Blindead's Current demo can be found at the bands website http://www.blindead.metalkings.com
NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane
has posted the following message on the band's official message board:
“We're doing a video for 'I, Voyager' within the next month, we just signed a new record deal, [and]…
Reunited North Carolina-based progressive metallers CONFESSOR
will be performing at The Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh on March 13. The band will highlight new material during the show, which will include support sets from UNSOUND and AGE…
Danish metallers WITHERING SURFACE
have inked a two-album deal with Italy's Scarlet Records. The group's recently completed fourth album, “Force The Pace”, will be released in early June. “Scarlet have a lot of great…
Reunited Swedish hard rockers EUROPE
have selected Kevin Elson to produce their much-anticipated comeback album, tentatively due before the end of the year. “Kevin was the producer [on] our 'Final Countdown' album (1986) and it…
RAZORBACK, the new band
consisting of Rolf Munkes (guitar, MAJESTY, ex-VANIZE), Stefan Berggren (vocals, ex-COMPANY OF SNAKES), Marcus Bielenberg (bass, ex-VANIZE), Pierre Fienhold (drums, ex-VANIZE) and Chris Heun (guitar, ex-SHYLOCK), have set “Animal Anger”…
Reunited Christian hard rockers STRYPER
have set “7 Weeks: Live in America 2003” as the title of their forthcoming live album, due in May. The first 500 copies sold through the group's official web site,…
THE GREAT DECEIVER, the Swedish band featuring former AT THE GATES/THE CROWN
frontman Tomas Lindberg, have set a May 11 U.S. release date through Peaceville Records for their second album, titled “Terra Incognito”.
Recorded during the summer of 2003, the follow-up to 2002's…
German black metallers AGATHODAIMON
have set “Serpent's Embrace” as the title of their fourth album, tentatively due on June 21 through Nuclear Blast Records.
“The recordings still aren't over, but we'll have everything recorded and…
Legendary guitarist Gary Moore
is scheduled to release a new studio album in late May through Sanctuary Records. The as-yet-untitled 10-track set will feature some blues standards, together with plenty of blues rock originals,…
Crash Music, Inc. announced
that they have signed a non-exclusive agreement for digital distribution for the companies catalog with Napster. Crash joins those from major labels and other prominent independents to be carried on…
Tribute To Possessed… Seven Gates of Horror”
Holland's Karmageddon Media has just issued a tribute CD to the legendary San Francisco Bay Area death metallers POSSESSED. Entitled “Tribute To Possessed… Seven Gates of Horror”, the album features…
Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH
have reportedly negotiated a new deal with Nuclear Blast Records and will release their next full-length album through the label. As previously reported, MESHUGGAH's last album under their previous agreement…
HEARSE, the Swedish band featuring former ARCH ENEMY/NONEXIST
vocalist Johan Liiva, have set an April 6 U.S. release date through Candlelight Records for their second full-length album, “Armageddon Mon Amour”.
Recorded at Basement Audio System in Stockholm, the follow-up…
LIONSHEART, the early '90s British melodic hard rock
outfit fronted by former GRIM REAPER/ONSLAUGHT singer Steve Grimmett, have inked a European deal with Frontiers Records for the release of the group's fourth studio album, “Abyss”, due out on…
Maltese doom metal band FORSAKEN
are set to release their second full-length album, entitled “Anima Mundi”, on Golden Lake Productions (Scotland) during the coming weeks. The album features seven tracks for a total running time…
Ex-TO/DIE/FOR singer Jape Perätalo is trying to reclaim
the name of his former group for his current project (presently known as TIAGA) after being offered a record deal by Spinefarm Records, his former bandmates allege.
Perätalo left TO/DIE/FOR…
W.A.S.P. will be issuing their new album, “The Neon God: Part One The Rise”
on April 6 through Sanctuary/Metal-Is Records.
Described as “a conceptual rock opera that explores the tragedy and consequences of one boy's search for acceptance and purpose in his existence,” “The Neon…
According to MelodicRock.com, EUROPE's upcoming “Rock The Night”
DVD and CD will be released on March 3 in Sweden.
The “Rock The Night” DVD will contain the following:
Videos:
01. The Final Countdown
02. Rock The Night
03. Carrie
04. Cherokee
05. Superstitious
06. Open Your…
VOIVOD's classic debut album, “War and Pain”, will be re-released
in the official 20th Anniversary “ultimate deluxe” edition on April 5 through Metal Blade Records.
Originally released in 1984, the album will be reissued in a three-CD-release in a stunning package…
ADRIFT, the hard rock side project of CANNIBAL CORPSE
guitarist Jack Owen, have completed work on their debut EP at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida (GOD FORBID, MONSTROSITY, TRIVIUM) with CAPHARNAUM leader Jason Suecof at the board. Co-produced by…
The following update was posted at DIO's official web site:
DIO will release the live “Sacred Heart” performance on DVD March 23 on Rhino Records. The disc will feature bonus interviews with Ronnie James Dio (vocals) and Craig Goldy (guitar)….
Former DEEP PURPLE/BLACK SABBATH
Former DEEP PURPLE/BLACK SABBATH singer Glenn Hughes recorded some of his solo dates in the U.K. last year for an upcoming live CD, tentatively due in late 2004/early 2005 through…
Due to “artwork delays,” Australian Christian metallers MORTIFICATION
have been forced to postpone the release of their twelfth studio album, “Brain Cleaner”, to March.
The follow-up to 2002's “Relentless”, which will surface on the Rowe Productions label, is said…
Veteran San Francisco Bay Area melodic metallers VICIOUS RUMORS
have confirmed that they have signed a multi-album recording contract with Holland's Mascot Records (as first reported here last week).
“Mascot Records is a very 'guitar shred'-oriented label signing guitar legends…
BLAZE, the British band led by former IRON MAIDEN/WOLFSBANE
singer Blaze Bayley, have set an April 26 European release date through SPV Records for their third album, “Blood and Belief”.
BLAZE utilized the services of former PITCHSHIFTER drummer Jason Bowld…
ANTHRAX will release their much-anticipated live DVD
“Music Of Mass Destruction”, on April 6 through Sanctuary Records.
Filmed at a sold-out Metro in Chicago on Friday, December 5, 2003, “Music Of Mass Destruction” reportedly captures what is being…
CROSSFADE, the Swedish band featuring vocalist Göran Edman
(YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, STREET TALK, KHARMA, MADISON), are scheduled to release their debut album, “White on Blue”, on April 5 through MTM Music.
Joining Edman in the new group are Per Lindvall…
ADDICTION CREW, the Italian band formerly known as ADDICTION
have inked a worldwide deal with Earache Records. The group's new album, “Break In Life”, will be released before the summer.
ADDICTION CREW, who were recently joined by two new…
1349, the Norwegian black metal band featuring SATYRICON
1349, the Norwegian black metal band featuring SATYRICON drummer Frost, have set a May 4 U.S. release date through Candlelight Records for their second full-length album, “Beyond the Apocalypse”.
Recorded, mixed…