Swedish sleaze rockers BACKYARD BABIES will support DANKO JONES on the following dates: Mar. 20 - Vienna, Austria - Flex Mar. 21 - Zurich, Switzerland - Mascotte Mar. 22 - Luzen, Switzerland - Schuur Mar. 26 - Ghent, Belgium - Handelbeurs The latest, self-titled album from BACKYARD BABIES topped the chart in the band's home ...
Greensboro, North Carolina's BLOODJINN is currently finishing up the writing process for its new album, "Between Breaths", which is tentatively set for an April 2009 release on Forsaken Recordings (which is owned by BLOODJINN frontman Joel Collins). The recording and production will be a collaborative effort between guitarist Kyle Odell at Attack Time Studios and ...
Industrial metallers VULTURE INDUSTRIES, who feature in their ranks producer Bjørnar Nilsen alongside a plethora of musicians from the Norwegian scene (including current and former members of BLACK HOLE GENERATOR, SULPHUR, ENSLAVED, DEATHCON, SYRACH, MALICE IN WONDERLAND and TAAKE), released their full-length debut, "The Dystopia Journals", in Russia this month under license to Mazzar Records. ...
CHILDREN OF BODOM fan site Scythes Of Bodom recently conducted an interview with the group's vocalist/guitarist Alexi Laiho. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Scythes Of Bodom: Only in 2008 — OK maybe also in the last years — it seems to be possible that you can tour with a ...
WeROCK City has informed BLABBERMOUTH.NET that drummer Munetaka Higuchi of veteran Japanese metallers LOUDNESS passed away today (Sunday, November 30) around 10:00 a.m. (Japan Standard Time) at a hospital in Osaka, Japan. He was 49 years old. Higuchi was diagnosed with liver cancer (Hepatocellular Carcinoma) in April 2008. He had reportedly undergone two ...
German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR entered the studio this past Friday (November 28) to begin recording their new album, "16.6", due in early 2009 via Frontiers Records. Check out photos from the recording sessions at this location (free MySpace registration required to view photos). Commented PRIMAL FEAR frontman Ralf Scheepers: "The new material ...
German metal queen Doro Pesch played her first shows ever in China on November 15 and November 16 in Guangzhou and Beijing, respectively, in conjunction with a three-year exhibition/festival/culture exchange project initiated by the Chinese and German governments. According to a posting on Doro's web site, more than 30,000 people turned up to watch her ...
BELLICIST, the new band featuring former RECIPROCAL bassist Brent Glover and ex-CRUSHING SKULLS guitarist Michael Osborn, has posted a "very rough" version of the song "The Iscariot Path" on the group's MySpace page . The band says, "This has minimal mixing, and Brent's vocals aren't on here yet, but it's up." According to ...
José Carlos Santos of UK's Terrorizer magazine recently conducted an interview with vocalist Peter Dolving of the Swedish metal band THE HAUNTED. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On his online rants which generated a strong reaction when they were picked up and re-posted by BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "There's a reason for ...
Israel's "holy project" AMASEFFER has issued the following update: "We are happy to announce the shooting/editing of two documented video clips for two songs taken from our debut album, 'Exodus - Slaves for Life'. The chosen ones are: 'Slaves For Life' and 'The Burning Bush'. Both videos will be directed by Israeli Tal Engelstein (founder ...
