Holland's FaceCulture recently spoke to Sascha Gerstner and Michael Weikath from the German metal band HELLOWEEN. Watch the interview at this location. HELLOWEEN's twelfth studio album, "Gambling with the Devil", has entered the International Album Chart in Japan at position No. 3. A six-minute EPK (Electronic Press Kit) for "Gambling with the Devil" ...
BATTLELORE's previously announced Finnish gigs with AFTER FOREVER — November 19 at Nosturi in Helsinki and November 20 at Klubi in Tampere — have been cancelled by the promoter. No further information is currently available. BATTLELORE is currently working on material for its fifth album, tentatively due next summer. "At the moment it seems that ...
MANOWAR has confirmed that it will perform the band's first six albums in their entirety at next year's Magic Circle Festival, set to take place July 9-12, 2008 in Bad Arolsen, Germany. The event will feature four days of metal, 20,000 free beers, 20,000 free copies of the new MANOWAR single and four custom-built choppers ...
WAYSTED, the reunited mid-'80s British heavy metal outfit led by UFO bassist Pete Way (hence the spelling of the group's name), has issued the following statement: "After yesterday's announcement by Z Records that WAYSTED would be appearing at next year's Z Rock [festival], WAYSTED management would like to set the record straight that the announcement, ...
Two members of the Polish extreme metal band DECAPITATED — Vitek (real name: Witold Kieltykaand; drums) and Covan (real name: Adrian Kowanek; vocals) — were seriously injured in a road accident earlier in the week involving DECAPITATED's tour bus and a truck carrying wood in Gomel, on the Russia/Belarus border. Both musicians reportedly sustained serious ...
An exclusive clip of LED ZEPPELIN playing "Rock and Roll" live at Knebworth '79 is now live on the BBC homepage. If you don’t see it right away, you're probably looking at the international version of the site. Click on "UK version" at the top to watch the clip. Robert Plant insists that ...
Pulverised Records has announced the signing of the "unholy black metal" band BURIAL HORDES from Greece. According to a press release, "this filthy black metal creature was spawned in 2001 and had since released several demos and a promotional CD with their blend of fast attack and uncompromising black metal." Previously signed to Australia's Asphyxiate ...
Swedish '80s metallers OVERDRIVE are currently at Sound Palace Studios mixing their new album, "Let The Metal Do The Talking". The group's first LP in 24 years is scheduled for release in January 2008 on Lion Music. The band's two previous studio albums — "Metal Attack" (1983) and "Swords And Axes" (1984) — were re-issued ...
MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "If there are ever going to be any more meet-and-greets, it will be traced back to this story. "I was just meeting the gracious and always-polite Japanese fans, and some girl made sure to tell me ...
Jonathan Saltzman of the Boston Globe reports: The Home Depot and a foam insulation maker have agreed to contribute $5 million to settle civil lawsuits filed on behalf of most of the 300 people killed or injured in the 2003 Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island, raising the total tentative settlement to $18.5 ...
