Legendary Norwegian black metallers MAYHEM were honored in the "Metal" category at the 36th annual Spellemann awards (the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy Awards) for their latest release, "Ordo Ad Chao". The largest and oldest Norwegian music awards show was held earlier tonight (Saturday, February 2) at the Spektrum in Oslo, Norway and was broadcast ...
NHRA.com reports that Funny Car racer James Day, the son-in-law of mega-team owner Don Schumacher, has landed a major sponsorship deal with rock-n-roll legend Stephen Pearcy and Top Fuel Records. Day and his DLS Motorsports race team will compete at all 24 races with Dave Fletcher and Chris Nance sharing tuning duties. Pearcy ...
UK black metallers HEATHEN DEITY have announced a "new" lineup that will both record the forthcoming album, as well as tour live. "New," however, is not quite the right description, as the band welcomes back into its ranks original guitarists Azrael (ETHEREAL FOREST) and Balen, and also drummer Sathan (PANTHEON I, ETHEREAL FOREST, TWISTED AUTUMN ...
Chicago's HURTLOCKER has issued the following update: "[On] Tuesday February 5th, we are headed to studio one in Racine to re-record a few tunes with [new vocalist] Chase [Morgan] singing on them. We also have booked a few shows so check those out as well. Come out and get drunk with HURTLOCKER." Longtime HURTLOCKER vocalist ...
Once There Was conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen on December 5, 2007 in Umeå, Sweden. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow; Once There Was: Even though Anette [Olzon, vocals] is not here let's first talk a bit about NIGHTWISH's U.S. tour. How was it for you guys? Tuomas: ...
M.A.N, the group formed out of the ashes of Sweden's TRANSPORT LEAGUE (featuring former MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich), will release a new single, "My Own Sickness" (featuring a guest appearance by Burton C. Bell of FEAR FACTORY and ACENSION OF THE WATCHERS), in the beggining of March. The single will also include the tracks "Body ...
DEEP PURPLE fan site The Highway Star reports that Eric Wiltshire's interview with PURPLE singer Ian Gillan that was conducted earlier during the "Rapture of the Deep" tour has been posted on Youtube. Eric works for Radio Tatras International, which broadcasts out of Slovakia. Listen to the interview in two parts:
Swedish neo-classical/prog metal band TREASURE LAND has parted ways with bassist Magnus Lind. A replacement bassist has already been found. TREASURE LAND last year announced the addition of singer Toby "Lungs of a Lion" Jay to the group's ranks. According to the band, Toby, who hails from Grums, Sweden, "really knocked our socks off when ...
NIDRIKE, the Swedish black metal project featuring VANMAKT mainman Gorgoth and Gjallar from SKALD as the main lyric writer, recently entered the studio to begin recording its debut album, "Blodsarv" (Blood Heritage). Gorgoth has since issued the following update: "The mix is soon to be finished and it sounds just like we want it to ...
Young British metallers CROWNING GLORY will release a new single, "Dead Man's Paradise", shortly via Rise Above Records. The band recently filmed a video for the track (see below), which will appear on a limited-edition split 7" with THE GATES OF SLUMBER. In support of the release, CROWNING GLORY will headline "Metal Meltdown" at The ...
