Finnish melodic deathsters INSOMNIUM and London grinders THE ROTTED have been confirmed for this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 14-16, 2009 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: ALTERNATIVE CARPARK AMON AMARTH ANATHEMA APOCALYPTICA ARCH ENEMY ARTHEMIS BATTLELORE BEHOLDER BISONHAMMER BLIND GUARDIAN ...
"At The Bottom", the new video from Walkerton, Ontario, Canada-based metallers ODIUM, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Chad Archibald of Black Fawn Films at and old abandoned farmhouse in Guelph, Ontario. The track is taken from the group's recently released Year of the Sun debut album of the same name, which ...
The reunited original lineup of LIMP BIZKIT has been confirmed for the METALLICA-headlined inaugural Sonisphere festival, set to take place on August 1-2 at the legendary Knebworth Park, United Kingdom. Frontman Fred Durst comments, "We are honored to be a part of such an event as Knebworth and even more excited to be returning to ...
TWISTED SISTER's video for the new song, "30", which the band recorded for the 25th-anniversary reissue of the "Stay Hungry" album, will premiere on July 2 at Yahoo! Music. "30" is currently available for streaming at Noisecreep.com. TWISTED SISTER's 25th anniversary edition of "Stay Hungry", which is being released today (Tuesday, ...
German melodic death/thrash metallers BURDEN OF GRIEF are currently working on material for their new album, tentatively due in early 2010. The follow-up to 2007's "Death End Road" will contain 10 songs, seven of which have already been completed, and will be mixed and mastered by Swedish producer/multi-instrumentalist Dan Swanö (EDGE OF SANITY, BLOODBATH). The ...
British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST kicked off their "British Steel" 30th-anniversary tour last night (Monday, June 29) at the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis, Indiana. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Rapid Fire 02. Metal Gods 03. Breaking The Law 04. Grinder 05. United 06. You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise ...
Finland's HardcoreSounds.Net conducted an interview with THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER vocalist Trevor Strnad and guitarist Ryan Knight at the 12th annual Tuska open-air metal festival, which was held June 26-28, 2009 at Kaisaniemi in Helsinki, Finland. Watch the chat in two parts below. Also available is performance footage of the song "Elder Misantrophy" ...
Australian "darkwave metal" band TEMPLAR will release its new album, "Dark Circus", on July 21 via Rotting Corpse Records. The follow-up to 2008's "Preaching to the Perverted" will include the single "Welcome to the Show", the video for which can be viewed below. TEMPLAR is: Dan Yohan - Vocals,Guitars Rafael - Bass, Synthesizers Toad - ...
Reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST are currently streaming the song "Unquestionable Presence" — taken from the forthcoming live album, entitled "Unquestionable Presence: Live At Wacken" — on their MySpace page. "Unquestionable Presence: Live At Wacken" is scheduled for release on July 21 via Relapse Records. The set, which was mixed by Matt ...
HOLY MOSES, DISBELIEF and MEGAHERZ are among the confirmed bands for the sixth annual Metal For Mercy benefit concert, set to take place October 23-24, 2009 at Werkstadt in Witten, Germany. Proceeds from the event will go to "Initiative gegen Gewalt und sexuellen Missbrauch an Kindern und Jugendlichen e.V.", which supports children that have been ...
