Finnish goth-rock quartet SINAMORE has issued the following update: "We've been in studio recording some demo material for our forthcoming album with Juho Räihä (known from the bands BEFORE THE DAWN and GLORIA MORTI). Drums have now recorded, also rhythm guitars and today we gonna concentrate on lead/clean guitar and bass tracks. Really hard stuff ...
AUTUMN'S END, the Phoenix, Arizona-based metal band featuring former N17 guitarist Chris Cannella, has parted ways with drummer Joey Kamka. According to the group, "our dear friend, Tom Yount (ex-KINGDOM OF DIS) will once again fill in behind the kit during the completion of the writing of the new CD and/or till we find a ...
Finnish metallers ADASTRA will release their sophomore album, "Death Or Domination", on December 10 in Finland and January 19 in the UK via Violent Journey Records. The CD was mastered on October 9 at Chartmakers in Helsinki, Finland by Svante Forsbäck. "Death Or Domination" final track listing: 01. Locked On To You 02. One Chance ...
XXX, the Gothenburg, Sweden-based glitter-rock trio featuring Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME), has tapped Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company (DIMMU BORGIR, IN FLAMES, DREAM EVIL, LACUNA COIL) to direct the video for the track "Hello!" The track comes off the group's debut album, "Heaven, ...
Singer Claudia Hofer has left the Swiss symphonic metal band LEGENDA AUREA "because of medical reasons." A replacement vocalist in the shape of Simone Christinat (ex-FELONY) has already been found. LEGENDA AUREA was scheduled to enter Fascination Street Studio (OPETH, SYMPHONY X, PAIN OF SALVATION, AMON AMARTH) in Örebro, Sweden on October 6 to begin ...
GRAVE and GRAILKNIGHTS have been confirmed for the Walpurgis Metal Days IX festival, set to take place May 1-2 at Festplatz in Hauzenberg, Germany. Meanwhile, GOD DETHRONED has cancelled its participation in the event. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: DISBELIEF DORNENREICH ENTHRONED FLESHLESS GRAILKNIGHTS GRAVE IN SLUMBER POPPY SEED GRINDER SINISTER ...
Following on from their new album, "Eternal Kingdom", Swedish art-rockers CULT OF LUNA are preparing to release their first-ever DVD. Along with an epic live show recorded earlier this year at Scala in London, UK, the DVD will feature a brand new interview with the band — and this is where YOU come in. CULT ...
Guitarist Gerd Lücking, who recently became a proud father, has decided to leave the Frankfurt, Germany-based metal band COURAGEOUS in order to focus on family life. Gerd's last show with COURAGEOUS will take place on Wednesday, November 12 at the Nachtleben in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. The concert, which was originally intended as a 10th-anniversary celebration for ...
Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA will release their new album, "A-Lex" (which stands for "no law" or "without law"), on January 26, 2009 via SPV Records. The CD, which is based on the Anthony Burgess novel "A Clockwork Orange" (later turned into the classic film by Stanley Kubrick), was recorded at in São Paulo, Brazil at Trama ...
