Guitarist Michael Weikath of German power metallers HELLOWEEN was interviewed on the "Hard Rock Nights" syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. HELLOWEEN recently completed a 10-date North American tour. The band travelled across the U.S. and Canada, bringing its power hooks and catchy melodies to fans ...
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German "a cappella metal" band VAN CANTO — which consists of five singers and one drummer (no guitars, no bass, no keyboards) — will release its new studio album, "Dawn Of The Brave", on February 7, 2014 via Napalm Records. The CD was recorded with Charlie Bauerfeind (BLIND GUARDIAN, HELLOWEEN, HAMMERFALL) and Ronald Prent (MANOWAR, ...
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German hard rock singer Michael Kiske (UNISONIC, PLACE VENDOME, HELLOWEEN, AVANTASIA) was interviewed for the latest installment of "MSRcast". Listen in as Kiske discusses all of his projects, including his solo work, AVANTASIA, KISKE-SOMERVILLE, UNISONIC, his work with Timo Tolkki, and yes, even HELLOWEEN. PLACE VENDOME's third album, "Thunder In The Distance", was released on ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of MASTERPLAN performing the song "Soulburn" on July 13 at the Masters Of Rock festival in Vizovice, Czech Republic can be seen below. MASTERPLAN's new album, "Novum Initium", was released in Europe on June 14 and in North America on June 18 via AFM Records. Joining guitarist Roland Grapow (ex-HELLOWEEN) in ...
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German "a cappella metal" band VAN CANTO — which consists of five singers and one drummer (no guitars, no bass, no keyboards) — will release its new studio album, "Dawn Of The Brave", on February 7, 2014 via Napalm Records. The CD was recorded with Charlie Bauerfeind (BLIND GUARDIAN, HELLOWEEN, HAMMERFALL) and Ronald Prent (MANOWAR, ...
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"Blind", a new song from HELLOWEEN singer Andi Deris and his solo band, BAD BANKERS, can be streamed in the YouTubeclip below. Deris has returned with his first solo album since 1999. Not so much a solo effort in its original sense, but recorded in a band environment to achieve a real band feeling, "Million ...
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"The Metal Voice" recently conducted an interview acclaimed German hard rock singer Michael Kiske (PLACE VENDOME, UNISONIC, ex-HELLOWEEN). You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. PLACE VENDOME's third album, "Thunder In The Distance", was released on November 1 in Europe and November 5 in North America via Frontiers Records. PLACE ...
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HELLOWEEN singer Andi Deris and his solo band, BAD BANKERS, have released a studio video introducing their song "Banker's Delight (DOA)". Check it out below. Deris has returned with his first solo album since 1999. Not so much a solo effort in its original sense, but recorded in a band environment to achieve a real ...
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TERRANA, the new three-piece power rock trio led by renowned drummer Mike Terrana (TARJA, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, AXEL RUDI PELL, MASTERPLAN, GAMMA RAY, RAGE), has finished recording three songs at Nadir Music Studios in Genoa, Italy with producer Tommy Talamanca (SADIST mastermind). The official video for one of the three tracks, "One Way", can be seen ...
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An EPK (Electronic Press Kit) for "Thunder In The Distance", the third album from PLACE VENDOME, can be seen below. The CD was released on November 1 in Europe and November 5 in North America via Frontiers Records. PLACE VENDOME is the melodic rock project featuring UNISONIC and former HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske on all ...
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HELLOWEEN singer Andi Deris and his solo band, BAD BANKERS, have released a studio video introducing their song "Cock". Check it out below. Deris has returned with his first solo album since 1999. Not so much a solo effort in its original sense, but recorded in a band environment to achieve a real band feeling, ...
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On September 29, HardrockHaven.net conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Weikath of German power metallers HELLOWEEN in Columbus, Ohio. You can now watch the chat below. HELLOWEEN recently completed a 10-date North American tour. The band travelled across the U.S. and Canada, bringing its power hooks and catchy melodies to fans who have ...
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"Talk To Me", the new video from PLACE VENDOME, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's third album, "Thunder In The Distance", which was released on November 1 in Europe and November 5 in North America via Frontiers Records. PLACE VENDOME is the melodic rock project featuring UNISONIC and former HELLOWEEN singer ...
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"See You Again", the new video from I AM I, the band led by former DRAGONFORCE singer ZP Theart, can be seen below. The song will be released as a single on November 11 (distributed by Plastichead). A founding member of DRAGONFORCE, Theart made four studio albums and a live record with the band and ...
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Superskum.com conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Weikath of German power metallers HELLOWEEN on October 2 in Denver, Colorado. You can now watch the chat below. Also available is quality footage of the Denver concert. HELLOWEEN recently completed a 10-date North American tour. The band travelled across the U.S. and Canada, bringing its ...
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Thomas Schwarzkopf of Myglobalmind webzine recently conducted an interview with former HELLOWEEN and current UNISONIC singer Michael Kiske. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Myglobalmind: What is the current status on the new UNISONIC album? Kiske: Songwriting. Basically, we're all writing songs and we also have to wait for Kai ...
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RockNLive.org recently conducted an interview with HELLOWEEN singer Andi Deris. You can now watch the chat below. Deris has returned with his first solo album since 1999. Not so much a solo effort in its original sense, but recorded in a band environment to achieve a real band feeling, "Million Dollar Haircuts On ...
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Peter Ruttan of MetalTitans.com conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Weikath of German power metallers HELLOWEEN on October 5 in Seattle, Washington. You can now watch the chat below. HELLOWEEN recently completed a 10-date North American tour. The band travelled across the U.S. and Canada, bringing its power hooks and catchy melodies to ...
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HELLOWEEN singer Andi Deris has returned with his first solo album since 1999. Not so much a solo effort in its original sense, but recorded in a band environment to achieve a real band feeling, "Million Dollar Haircuts On Ten Cent Heads" will be released on November 22 via earMUSIC. Written and composed by Andi ...
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"Come With Me", the new video from the Chicago rock band THE LAST VEGAS, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's upcoming full-length album, "Sweet Salvation", which is scheduled for release in the spring. The track will also be available as a free download via THE LAST VEGAS Facebook page. THE LAST ...
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HolyMayhem.com conducted an interview with German power metallers RAGE on October 19 in Kiev, Ukraine. You can now watch the chat below. RAGE's 21st studio album, "21", was released in February 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Twilight Hall Studio in Grefrath, Germany with Charlie Bauerfeind, who has previously worked with ...
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Metal Storm conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Weikath of German power metallers HELLOWEEN on October 2 at Gothic Theatre in Englewood, Colorado. You can now watch the chat below. HELLOWEEN recently completed a 10-date North American tour. The band travelled across the U.S. and Canada, bringing its power hooks and catchy melodies to fans ...
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MetalMasterKingdom.com conducted an interview with guitarist Sascha Gerstner of German power metallers HELLOWEEN on September 28 at The Opera House in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. HELLOWEEN recently completed a 10-date North American tour. The band travelled across the U.S. and Canada, bringing its power hooks and catchy ...
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David E. Gehlke of DeadRhetoric.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Weikath of German power metallers HELLOWEEN. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. DeadRhetoric.com: The thing a lot of people would like to see is a reunion with Michael [Kiske] and Kai [Hansen]. Is that a possibility? Weikath: We will ...
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I AM I, the new band led by former DRAGONFORCE singer ZP Theart, will release a brand new single entitled "See You Again" on November 11 (distributed by Plastichead). A founding member of DRAGONFORCE, Theart made four studio albums and a live record with the band and toured the world for a decade, eventually performing ...
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Denmark-based symphonic metal band EVIL MASQUERADE has issued the following update: "Most of you are aware of that [vocalist] Apollo [Papathanasio, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, ex-FIREWIND] hasn't been seen much with the band this year. He feels that he needs to slow down and take a time-out from his musical career for a while and focus more ...
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On October 7, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Weikath of German power metallers HELLOWEEN in Anaheim, California. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. HELLOWEEN recently completed a 10-date North American tour. The band travelled across the U.S. and Canada, bringing ...
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Guitarist Michael Weikath of German power metallers HELLOWEEN was interviewed on a recent edition of the weekly two-hour classic hard rock and metal show "Noize In The Attic" (web site). You can now listen to the program using the widget below. (Note: The Weikath interview begins around the 34-minute mark.) HELLOWEEN recently completed ...
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The Metal Voice recently conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Weikath from German power metallers HELLOWEEN. During the chat, which can be seen below, Weikath spoke about some of HELLOWEEN's back catalog; how he goes about songwriting; a recent encounter with ex-HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske; and he answered fan questions. HELLOWEEN recently completed a 10-date ...
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Frontiers Records will release the much-anticipated third album from PLACE VENDOME, "Thunder In The Distance", on November 1 in Europe and November 5 in North America. PLACE VENDOME is the melodic rock project featuring UNISONIC and former HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske on all lead vocals and production from Dennis Ward (PINK CREAM 69). PLACE VENDOME ...
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