BLIND GUARDIAN, DEICIDE, DEATH ANGEL, MERCENARY, OBSCURA and OCTOBER FILE have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 11-16, 2011 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABINCHOVA ACCEPT ALESTORM AMORPHIS ARKONA BLIND GUARDIAN BREZNO DEATH ANGEL DEICIDE HATE HEAVEN´S ...
Video footage of ROCKTAIL THE BAND — an "association" of over 50 musicians from various bands in the vicinity of the German citiies of Celle, Hannover, Braunschweig and Bielefeld — performing a cover version of DIO's "Holy Diver" on December 18, 2010 at Cd-Kaserne in Celle, Germany can be viewed below. Ronnie James Dio died ...
BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward has posted the following end-of-year message on his official web site: "I have been trying to come to terms with putting my thoughts and experiences of 2010 onto paper, and sadly, on the eve of Christmas, I find myself exhausted from the sheer weight of life on life's ...
Multinational metalheads POWERWOLF entered the studio last week to begin recording their new album for a 2011 release via Metal Blade Records. The first photos and video footage from the studio can be viewed below. POWERWOLF organist Falk Maria Schlegel recently stated about the group's new material, "We spent the last three months in the ...
Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have uploaded the eighth in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from their recent South American tour. Watch the clip below. SONATA ARCTICA's April 15, 2011, 2011 concert in Oulu, Finland will be filmed for the band's second live DVD, to be released in late 2011. "The Days ...
Video footage of TESLA frontman Jeff Keith at the third annual Clean And Sober Toy Run on December 18, 2010 in Folsom, California can be viewed below (courtesy of Capital Chaos). Keith reportedly participated in the motorcycle run and posed for pictures and signed autographs. In addition, he sat in Santa's chair and ...
Spiritcrusher of Metality recently conducted an interview with Tony "The Demolition Man" Dolan (bass, vocals) about PRIMEVIL — the new band he formed with fellow former VENOM members Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (guitar) and Antony "Antton" Lant (drums; brother of VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ...
After months of speculation following their performance at Germany's Keep It True festival last April, the members of the reunited metal stalwarts FIFTH ANGEL have announced Arizona-based powerhouse David Fefolt as their new permanent lead vocalist. Fefolt, who has fronted metal bands such as VALHALLA, HAWK, MASI, FORGOTTEN REALM and ANGELS OF BABYLON, has been ...
Davd Brinn of The Jerusalem Post recently conducted an interview with DISTURBED frontman David Draiman. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Jerusalem Post: When did your relationship with Israel start? Draiman: I came [to Israel] many times as a kid with my family. I think the first time I ...
Swedish melodic metallers ASTRAL DOORS have posted the song "Victory" from their recently released collection, "Testament Of Rock - The Best Of Astral Doors", on their MySpace page. The band states, "'Victory' was first made in Swedish to honor our favourite Swedish hockey team, Leksands I, but now, a year later, we wanna ...
