Legendary Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS returned to Polar studio in Stockholm this past weekend to add one song to their forthcoming album. The brutally heavy "Of Stars and Smoke" was put down with ease and in a very releaxed working environment. Since the as-yet-untitled CD won't be out until next year, there is no need to ...
CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "Flying in, coming from Bergen, Norway, on Monday evening [August 28], the weather awaiting us in Zurich could not have been more appropriate. The ravaged clouds were dark grey, almost black, and layered virtually down to the dreary, rain-soaked ground. ...
On October 24, ILL NIÑO, the world re-known bi-lingual Latino metal sextet, will release a new five-song EP, "The Undercover Sessions", comprised of three of their favorite cover songs from bands they loved growing up as fans, and two brand new songs — all overseen by legendary producer Andy Johns (LED ZEPPELIN, VAN HALEN, OZZY ...
The Arkansas Traveler reports: What would you get if you crossed a heavy metal musician/radio DJ with a computer geek? If you displeased the gods, you would probably end up with a plethora of songs chock full of guitar solos and lyrics about UNIX and HTML. If you were good little boys and ...
EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet recently answered a number of fan questions via the "Ask Tobias" section of his official web site. A couple of excepts follow: Q: Compared to the older albums, "Rocket Ride" had more of a hard rock feeling to it rather then the traditional power metal sound. Is this the new direction ...
Sweden's SOILWORK will embark on a five-week North American tour this fall, with DARKEST HOUR, MNEMIC and THREAT SIGNAL as support. The group's updated itinerary is as follows: Oct. 05 - Jaxx - West Springfield, VA Oct. 06 - The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY Oct. 07 - Webster Theatre - Hartford, CT Oct. 09 - ...
Sweden's PAIN OF SALVATION has entered the studio to begin recording the follow-up to 2004's "BE", entitled "Scarsick", for a tentative late 2006/early 2007 release. The group has checked in with the following update: "A lot of fans are wondering about the coming album, 'Scarsick', so what could be better than a studio report at ...
Veteran Polish extreme metallers VADER have made their cover of the SLAYER classic "Raining Blood" available for download via their official web site. The song appears on the Japanese version of VADER's new album, "Impressions in Blood", which came out a few days ago via Marqueee/Avalon. The CD, which was recorded at Hertz ...
Swedish "heavy doom progressive" metallers MORGANA LEFAY recently entered Soundcreation studio in Bollnäs, Sweden to begin recording the follow-up to 2005's "Grand Materia", tentatively due in late 2006/early 2007 via Black Mark Records. A "studio diary" keeping track of the band's progress has been launched on its official forum. Check out pictures from ...
Reunited Dutch metallers GOREFEST have posted the following message on their official web site: "This year's festival season has nearly come to an end. It has been a very fruitful one for us in which we only have grown in strength. One of the highlights has been the Lowlands festival performance [on August 18 in ...
