TORTURE DIVISION, the Swedish death metal project featuring guitarist Lord K. Philipson (THE PROJECT HATE, GOD AMONG INSECTS, ex-LEUKEMIA), bassist/vocalist Jörgen Sandström (VICIOUS ART, THE PROJECT HATE, ex-ENTOMBED, GRAVE) and drummer Tobias "Tobben" Gustafsson (VOMITORY), will enter the studio in late January to begin laying down the drums for the second part of the band's ...
December 2009 - Blabbermouth Archive
Police Say Missing METALLICA Fan Was Drinking
Henry Graff of NBC29 reports: Morgan Harrington has been missing for more than two months. The leads and tips that had been coming in about where the 20-year-old might be are drying up. The Virginia State Police lead investigator on the case is making a plea for new information to help them find ...
KARL SANDERS Says NILE Is 'Taking A Beating' In Age Of Downloading
Bryan Reesman of Attention Deficit Delirium recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders of South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Attention Deficit Delirium: Given how tough everything is for bands nowadays, how is NILE holding up? Sanders: Taking a beating. In the ...
BROILERS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
German punk/rockabilly act BROILERS has been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 ALICE COOPER ARCH ENEMY AMORPHIS ATROCITY BROILERS CALIBAN CANDLEMASS CANNIBAL CORPSE CORVUS CORAX CRUCIFIED BARBARA DEBAUCHERY DELAIN DESPISED ICON ...
MARCEL JACOB Tribute Concert Announced
The remaining members of TALISMAN will reunite one last time in memory of their dear friend (and TALISMAN bassist) Marcel Jacob who tragically passed away in July this year. The concert will take place at the Pub Anchor in Stockholm, Sweden on January 30, 2010 and everyone is invited. More information will be made available ...
MUDVAYNE: New Album Cracks U.S. Top 50
MUDVAYNE's self-titled album sold around 34,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 50 on The Billboard 200 chart. MUDVAYNE's previous LP, "The New Game", opened with 48,000 copies in November 2008 to land at No. 15. This was less than one third of the opening ...
PEARL JAM Frontman Sued For Changing Lyrics
The Pulse of Radio reports that PEARL JAM frontman Eddie Vedder has been sued by a Canadian singer/songwriter for changing the lyrics to a song that he wrote. According to the New York Post, Vedder cut a version of Gordon Peterson's tune "Hard Sun" for inclusion on the soundtrack of the 2007 Sean Penn-directed movie ...
ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN, DANNY CAVANAGH Interviewed In Bulgaria
Metal Hangar 18 conducted separate interviews with Anneke van Giersbergen (AGUA DE ANNIQUE, ex-THE GATHERING) and Danny Cavanagh (ANATHEMA, LEAFBLADE) before their joint acoustic performance in Sofia, Bulgaria on December 29, 2009. Watch the two chats below. Also available is performance footage from the sold-out concert. Anneke van Giersbergen and Danny Cavanagh's new ...
KEEP OF KALESSIN: New Album Title Revealed; Video Teaser Available
Norwegian extreme metal veterans KEEP OF KALESSIN have set "Reptilian" as the title of their new album, due in early 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records. A video teaser for the CD can be viewed below. KEEP OF KALESSIN is competing in the national Eurovision Song Contest called "Melodi Grand Prix". The band will perform a ...
ORPHANED LAND: Another Clip From 'A Heaven You May Create' Documentary Posted Online
Another short video clip from Matan Shmuely's documentary "A Heaven You May Create" can be viewed below. The film, which follows the making of ORPHANED LAND's new album, "The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR", will be made available as a bonus DVD with the limited-edition media book version of the CD. "The Never Ending Way ...