16 years after its original release, the only and ultra-mega-classic album by Pennsylvania's ROTTREVORE, "Iniquitous", will be reissued by Xtreem Music. Originally made available in late 1993 by Drowned Productions, only 1,000 copies of the LP were pressed before the label's demise and change of name to Repulse Records (pre-Xtreem Music). The album remained buried ...
Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com conducted an interview with vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON prior to the band's May 22 performance in San Antonio, Texas. Watch the 14-minute clip below. SAXON's latest album, "Into The Labyrinth", sold around 1,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, ...
U.K.-based extreme metal veterans BOLT THROWER and BENEDICTION will team up for a rare live show on August 29 at the Asylum in Birmingham, England. For more information, visit www.theasylumvenue.co.uk. BOLT THROWER indefinitely postponed plans to record a new studio album after the band realized that the new stuff it had written "just ...
Fan-filmed video footage of RATT performing the song "Nobody Rides For Free" on May 28, 2009 at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, Tennessee can be viewed below (courtesy of "Metalbabe86"). Photos of the concert are available at this location (courtesy of "Rockchick86"). Playing rhythm guitar for RATT during the show was John Corabi ...
Reactivated female U.K. rockers ROCK GODDESS have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Headbangers Open Air festival, set to take place in July 2010 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BATTLEAXE BLOODFEAST DER KAISER ROCK GODDESS ROXXCALIBUR TRENCH HELL For more information, visit www.headbangers-open-air.de.
Spinefarm Records has set a June 24 Finnish release date for the third solo album from SONATA ARCTICA guitarist Elias Viljanen, entitled "Fire-Hearted". According to the label "there will be 12 tracks on the album and 10 of the tracks will be instrumental." Guest musicians on the CD include vocalists Marco Hietala (NIGHTWISH, TAROT) and ...
David "Gus" Griesinger of Backstage Axxess conducted an interview with BUCKCHERRY lead vocalist Josh Todd on May 17, 2009 at the Rock On The Range festival in Columbus, Ohio. Watch the chat in two parts below. BUCKCHERRY has landed the support slot for all dates on the upcoming North American tour by KISS, ...
Drummer Casey Grillo of American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT has scheduled the following drum clinics in the Netherlands: June 12 - Drumstation - Eindhoven, NL (8:00pm) June 13 - JJ Music House - Zoetermeer, NL (2:00pm) A promotional video for the clinics can be viewed below. Laestadea.com conducted an interview with Casey Grillo prior to KAMELOT's ...
Canadian metallers THREAT SIGNAL are gearing up for their headlining tour with THE AGONIST, FLATLINE and THY WILL BE DONE. Dubbed the "Road to Revision", the run will be followed by another headlining trek this July with THE AUTUMN OFFERING, THE AGONIST and SYBREED. During this tour, THREAT SIGNAL will be debuting material from its ...
