Brendan Crabb of Utopia.com.au recently conducted an interview with guitarist Silenoz (real name: Sven Atle Kopperud) of Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Utopia.com.au: The last album (2007's "In Sorte Diaboli") featured many orchestrations, was very over-the-top and theatrical, but was also very DIMMU ...
Demand for the newest edition of Billboard magazine (Oct. 2, 2010 edition) with POISON singer Bret Michaels on the cover and a feature article on Bret called "Maximum Exposure" has been so overwhelming that Billboard has decided to print and offer more copies for sale. To order your copy now, click here. According ...
Hugin, frontman and founder of the Danish black metal band BLODARV, is featured in a book on Danish subculture by Peter Grønulnd, the author of "Sub-Land" (Gyldendal, 2005) and "Eurotrash" (Bogkompagniet, 2009). Due to be published on October 2 by Bogkompagniet, "Subkultur - Undergrund og Modkultur" explores themes such as black metal and satanism, the ...
A two-minute audio sample of the song "Death Before Disco" from Swedish thrashers TUCK FROM HELL is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's debut album, "Thrashing", which will be released on November 12 via Metalville. TUCK FROM HELL features in its ranks drummer Fredrik Johansson, ...
Brazilian TV program "Hoje em Dia" conducted an interview with the Canadian rock trio RUSH when the band played Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia on September 18, 2010. You can now watch the report below. As previously reported, RUSH was once again snubbed for possible induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ...
French-Canadian technical death masters MARTYR are working on material for the follow-up to 2006's "Feeding The Abscess", tentatively due next year. Two brand new songs will be performed during the band's upcoming shows: Oct. 02 - St-Hyacinthe, QC - Bar le thrash Oct. 16 - Trois-Rivières, QC - Bâtisse industrielle (Trois-Rivieres Metalfest) Oct. 22 - ...
Mark Morton of Heavy Metal Examiner recently conducted an interview with German metal queen Doro Pesch. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Heavy Metal Examiner: You are one of the lucky ones who get to come to America to play the occasional show or tour. Why do you think German ...
Norway's DØDHEIMSGARD (DHG) has been rejoined by vocalist Kvohst (a.k.a. Mat McNerney) and is currently working on material for a new album. According to a posting on the group's MySpace page, "Vicotnik [guitar, vocals] and Kvohst have turned a thousand burdens into 30 new tunes and texts. Once they are given an unclean bill of ...
