Bryan Odell, a 19-year-old reporter from Lincoln, Nebraska, has uploaded an interview he conducted with Miami, Florida metallers BLACK TIDE during this summer's Vans Warped Tour. Watch the chat below. An in-depth interview with BLACK TIDE bassist Zakk Sandler appears in the August issue of SFL Music Magazine, which is available for free download as ...
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New England metallers SHADOWS FALL will take part in an electric performance and autograph-signing session on Monday, September 14 at Looney Tunes (31 Brookvale Ave.) in West Babylon, New York beginning at 7:00 p.m. For more information, call 631.587.7722 or visit LooneyTunesCDs.com. SHADOWS FALL's new album, "Retribution", is scheduled for release on September ...
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Stephen Jensen, the art director, photographer, and graphic designer and founder of F3 Studios in Crystal Lake, Illinois, created the cover artwork for "Picture Perfect", the new album from Chicago heavy rockers SOIL. Regarding how the design for the new CD was conceived, a posting on the F3 web site reads: "[SOIL] wanted to take ...
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The cover artwork for "Picture Perfect", the new album from Chicago heavy rockers SOIL, can be viewed below. The CD will be released in the U.S. on October 20 via Bieler Bros. Records and three days later in Europe through AFM Records/Soulfood. "Picture Perfect" was created by the production team of Grammy-nominated producer Johnny K ...
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Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL will team up with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH for a European tour in November. Confirmed dates are as follows: Nov. 11 - Cologne, GER - Live Music Hall Nov. 12 - Berlin, GER - Columbia Club Nov. 13 - Aarhus, NET - TBD Nov. 14 - Stockholm, SWE - Klubben Nov. ...
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"Still I Rise", the new video from Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL, can be viewed below. The clip was helmed by longtime SHADOWS FALL director Zack Merck at the Affliction warehouse in southern California, and was shot in the ring with actual Affliction fighters. Fans were invited to come down and rock out, and they received ...
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SOIL, ARKAEA and STRAIGHT LINE STITCH have been added to KITTIE's forthcoming U.S. headlining tour, which is scheduled to kick off on September 27 in New York City. For a list of dates, visit KITTIE's MySpace page. As previously reported, SOIL has inked a deal with Bieler Bros. Records for all territories except ...
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Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL will release their new album, "Retribution", on September 15 via Everblack Industries. The deluxe version of the CD will feature bonus covers of OZZY OSBOURNE's "Bark At The Moon", NUCLEAR ASSAULT's "Critical Mass" and CRO-MAGS' "Age Of Quarrel", along with a companion DVD, featuring making-of-the-album footage, live material, lessons, interviews and ...
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Starting August 17, the new video from New England's SHADOWS FALL, "Still I Rise", will be available exclusively on Music Choice, the award-winning, multi-platform music network. Forty million music fans across the country will have exclusive access to the video on Music Choice On Demand — the most popular free video-on-demand network in the country. ...
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Chicago's SOIL has inked a deal with Bieler Bros. Records for all territories except Europe, which will be handled by AFM Records/Soulfood. The band's new album, "Picture Perfect", will be released in the U.S. on October 20 (three days later in Europe). "Picture Perfect" was created by the production team of Grammy-nominated producer Johnny K ...
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New England metallers SHADOWS FALL will perform on NBC-TV's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on Thursday, September 3. LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe makes a guest appearance on "King Of Nothing", a brand new song from SHADOWS FALL, which is available for free download from Microsoft. Commented SHADOWS FALL singer Brian Fair: ...
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MALFEITOR, the Italian black metal band featuring bassist/vocalist M. Fabban (ABORYM), has announced the addition of drummer Goraath (STORMCROW, DEMON'S SHADE) and bassist Narchost (STORMCROW, DEMON'S SHADE) to the group's ranks. Commented the band: "After two months of rehearsals, they were chosen because of their instrumental technique, professionality, willingness, and for the strong friendship and ...
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New England metallers SHADOWS FALL will take part in a signing session at the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival on August 8 in Hartford, Connecticut. The signing will take place at the Comcast Theatre at 3:00 p.m. LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe makes a guest appearance on "King Of Nothing", a brand new song ...
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Swedish old-school death/thrash metallers DIE HARD have completed work on their debut album, "Nihilistic Vision", for an October 31 release via Agonia Records. The CD was recorded at BlueFlame studio in Uppsala, Sweden with Teddy Möller and Fredrik Klingwall. It was mastered by Tore Stjena at Necromorbus Studio. "Nihilistic Vision" track listing: 01. Into the ...
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"Force Fed Lies", the title track of the forthcoming debut album from DIRGE WITHIN (formerly DIRGE) — the new metal band featuring ex-SOIL guitarist Shaun Glass, THE DOOMSDAY SOCIAL drummer James Knight (ex-THE BLANK THEORY, CHACOPA), vocalist Jeremy "Jerms" Genske, bassist Brian Paz and guitarist Matt Szlachta — is available for free download at
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Video footage of SHADOWS FALL guitarist Jon Donais talking about the making of the band's new album, "Retribution", and his ESP signature and Rivera Knucklehead Tre can be viewed below. LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe makes a guest appearance on "King Of Nothing", a brand new song from SHADOWS FALL, which debuted on July ...
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Video footage of Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL answering questions that were submitted by MySpace.com users can be viewed below. LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe makes a guest appearance on "King Of Nothing", a brand new song from SHADOWS FALL, which debuted last Thursday night (July 16) on Sirius XM's "Liquid Metal". The track is ...
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DIRGE WITHIN (formerly DIRGE), the new metal band featuring ex-SOIL guitarist Shaun Glass, THE DOOMSDAY SOCIAL drummer James Knight (ex-THE BLANK THEORY, CHACOPA), vocalist Jeremy "Jerms" Genske, bassist Brian Paz and guitarist Matt Szlachta, has just finished filming a video for the song "Forever The Martyr" in Charlotte, North Carolina with director Ramon Boutviseth (TRIVIUM, ...
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LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe makes a guest appearance on "King Of Nothing", a brand new song from Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL, which debuted last Thursday night (July 16) on Sirius XM's "Liquid Metal". The track is now available for streaming on SHADOWS FALL's MySpace page. Commented SHADOWS FALL singer Brian Fair: ...
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LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe makes a guest appearance on "King Of Nothing", a brand new song from Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL, which debuted last night (Thursday, July 16) on Sirius XM's "Liquid Metal". SHADOWS FALL shot a video for the song "Still I Rise" on June 30 in Seal Beach, California. The track ...
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"King Of Nothing", a brand new song from Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL, will debut tonight (Thursday, July 16) on Sirius XM's "Liquid Metal" at 8:00 p.m. SHADOWS FALL shot a video for the song "Still I Rise" on June 30 in Seal Beach, California. The track comes off the band's fifth full-length album, "Retribution", which ...
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Video footage of SHADOWS FALL's June 20, 2009 performance at a private party in Southwick, Massachusetts can be viewed below (courtesy of "Quigshomerepair"). The entire show is available at this location. SHADOWS FALL shot a video for the song "Still I Rise" on June 30 in Seal Beach, California. The track comes off ...
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Video footage of Finnish female-fronted symphonic metallers AMBERIAN DAWN performing the song "River of Tuoni" on June 5, 2009 at the Sweden Rock festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden can be viewed below. AMBERIAN DAWN's second album, "The Clouds of Northland Thunder" was released in Europe on June 29 via Ascendance Records. The track listing for the ...
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German metallers METALIUM have set "Grounded - Chapter VIII" as the title of their new album, due on September 25 via Massacre Records. Another one of the tracks from the forthcoming CD, "Light Of Day", is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. METALIUM's seventh studio album, "Incubus - Chapter Seven", came ...
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Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL shot a video for the song "Still I Rise" yesterday (Tuesday, June 30) in Seal Beach, California. The track comes off the band's fifth full-length album, "Retribution", which is scheduled for release on September 15. The follow-up to 2007's "Threads of Life" will be made available on the band's own label, ...
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Steven Kowalski of Swigged! recently conducted an interview with bassist Paul Romanko of Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL. A couple of excerpts from teh chat follow below. Swigged!: SHADOWS FALL is unique because you first started off by getting signed to Century Media, an independent label, then you moved to the major label Atlantic ...
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Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL are making a video for an as-yet-undisclosed new track and want you to be in it. The band says, "We are looking for people in the Los Angeles and Long Beach [California] area who are fans of SHADOWS FALL or MMA fighting and are ready to be extras in their next ...
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Shaxul Records recently conducted an interview with drummer Donald Tardy of Florida death metallers OBITUARY. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Shaxul: You and Travor [Peres, guitar] have quite epic beards growing lately. Did you both sit down one day and say "let's grow some beards, man?" Donald Tardy: (Laughs) Not ...
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Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL will release their fifth full-length album, "Retribution", on September 15. The follow-up to 2007's "Threads of Life" will be made available on the band's own label, Everblack Industries, which was created in conjunction with Warner Music Group's ILG, Ferret Music and ChannelZERO Entertainment. The CD was produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris ...
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MALFEITOR, the Italian black metal band featuring bassist/vocalist M. Fabban (ABORYM), will release its second full-length album, "Incubus", on August 31 via Poland's Agonia Records. The follow-up to 2007's "Unio Mystica Maxima" was recorded in part at Le Serpent Rouge Studio in Rome and contains "nine disturbing hymns of unspeakable darkness and qliphotic introspection through ...
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