Germany's Rock Hard magazine recently conducted an interview with vocalist Anders Fridén and guitarist Björn Gelotte of Swedish metallers IN FLAMES. You can now watch the chat in thee parts below. Asked if he has ever been directly confronted by a fan of the early IN FLAMES albums who simply cannot get into the band's ...
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OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT: 'We Still Feel That We Belong To The Metal Scene'
Italy's SpazioRock.it recently conducted an interview with Mikael Åkerfeldt and Fredrik Åkesson of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On where OPETH stands in the metal scene today: Mikael: "It's easy in the metal world especially — I mean, I ...
Video: EXMORTUS Performs Shred-Tastic Rendition Of National Anthem At Baseball Game
Heavy metal up-and-comers EXMORTUS decided to warm up for their current North American tour supporting ARSIS and ALLEGAEON by stopping by a home game of the Class A minor league baseball team Bakersfield Blaze to deliver a rousing, metallic rendition of the national anthem. You can watch guitarists Conan and David's shred-worthy performance below! Combining ...
Seminal Albums By CORROSION OF CONFORMITY To Be Reissued On Vinyl
Two seminal albums by metal pioneers CORROSION OF CONFORMITY (C.O.C.) — the 1991 landmark "Blind" and its acclaimed 1994 follow-up "Deliverance" — will be reissued on vinyl by Prosthetic Records this fall. While an exact release date has not yet been confirmed, both titles — limited to 1,000 copies each — are currently
ABYSMAL DAWN: New Song 'Inanimate' Available For Streaming
Modern death metallers ABYSMAL DAWN will release their fourth full-length album, "Obsolescence", on October 28 via Relapse. The effort will be available in CD, LP and digital formats. A song from the album, "Inanimate", can be streamed below. "I'm very happy to present a new ABYSMAL DAWN track after almost three years of waiting," commented ...
ANAAL NATHRAKH To Release 'Desideratum' In October
Birmingham extreme metal miscreants ANAAL NATHRAKH will release their new full-length album on October 28 via Metal Blade. Titled "Desideratum", the follow-up to 2012's critically acclaimed "Vanitas" was again produced by guitarist/bassist/programmer Mick Kenney, with vocals recorded at Necrodeath Studios in Birmingham, while the music was tracked and mixed at The Black Flamingo in Orange ...
SAXON's BIFF BYFORD Fronts THE SCINTILLA PROJECT For 'The Hybrid' Album
"Scintilla", a science fiction thriller, is set deep underground in the wilds of a former Soviet state where strange genetic experiments are taking place. A war-weary mercenary is hired to lead a company scientist to the secret underground laboratory and with his team of mercenaries to steal the research in the laboratory. Along the way, ...
QUEENSRŸCHE Guitarist MICHAEL WILTON's SOULBENDER: Release Date For New Album
SOULBENDER, the project featuring QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton, will release its sophomore album, simply titled "Soulbender II", on September 30 via Rat Pak Records. The disc will contain four all-new songs ("Turn Anger Up", "Shoal", "Slave To Reality" and "Seraphim") as well as the ten original tracks (remastered) from the first album ("Fix Me", "Clockwork ...
KAMELOT: 'Falling Like The Fahrenheit' Video Released
"Falling Like The Fahrenheit", the new video from American / German / Swedish symphonic metallers KAMELOT, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Ville Lipiainen (NIGHTWISH, HIM, APOCALYPTICA) and was filmed during the band's sold-out performance at 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands. KAMELOT guitarist Thomas Youngblood and keyboardist Oliver Palotai spent time last ...