German beer lovers and cult thrashers TANKARD will release their new album, "R.I.B." (Rest In Beer), on June 20 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2012's "A Girl Called Cerveza" was recorded at Studio 23 in Frankfurt, Germany. A trailer for "R.I.B." can be seen below. Taking inspiration from the motto "never change a winning ...
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Capital Chaos TV conducted an interview with DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Schmier on April 1 at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco, California. You can now watch the chat below. DESTRUCTION's 30th-anniversary album, "Spiritual Genocide", was released on November 23, 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2011's "Day Of Reckoning" was recorded at ...
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On March 29, The Age Of Metal conducted an interview with singer/bassist Schmier of German thrash metal veterans DESTRUCTION in Anaheim, California. You can now watch the chat below. DESTRUCTION's 30th-anniversary album, "Spiritual Genocide", was released on November 23, 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2011's "Day Of Reckoning" was recorded at Gernhart ...
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German beer lovers and cult thrashers TANKARD will release their new album, "R.I.B." (Rest In Beer), on June 20 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2012's "A Girl Called Cerveza" was recorded at Studio 23 in Frankfurt, Germany. Taking inspiration from the motto "never change a winning team," TANKARD is working with producer Michael Mainx ...
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On March 27, The Age Of Metal conducted an interview with singer/bassist Schmier of German thrash metal veterans DESTRUCTION in Phoenix, Arizona. You can now watch the chat below. DESTRUCTION's 30th-anniversary album, "Spiritual Genocide", was released on November 23, 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2011's "Day Of Reckoning" was recorded at Gernhart ...
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"Let There Be Rock" recently conducted an interview with vocalist Andreas "Gerre" Geremia of German beer lovers and cult thrashers TANKARD. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. TANKARD's new album, "R.I.B." (Rest In Beer), will be released on June 20 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2012's "A Girl ...
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On March 12, singer/bassist Schmier of German thrash metal veterans DESTRUCTION was interviewed by Nick Perkel (a.k.a. Japan Nick), a contributing writer for The Aquarian Weekly and host of "Japan Nick's Rock And Metal Pandemonium" on Montclair State University's WMSC 90.3 radio station. Asked about his recently announced side project with members of ACCEPT, Schmier ...
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Reunited U.K. thrashers XENTRIX played a new song, "World Of Mouth", last night (Saturday, March 8) at the Up The Hammers Festival in Athens, Greece. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. XENTRIX played its first show in almost seven years on April 14, 2013 at the Moses Gate in Bolton, England. ...
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German alcoholic thrashers TANKARD entered Studio 23 in Frankfurt, Germany last monh to begin recording the follow-up to their acclaimed 2012 album "A Girl Called Cerveza". Entitled "R.I.B." (Rest In Beer), the new CD will be released on June 20 via Nuclear Blast. The fourth and final video report from the studio in which TANKARD ...
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German alcoholic thrashers TANKARD entered Studio 23 in Frankfurt, Germany last monh to begin recording the follow-up to their acclaimed 2012 album "A Girl Called Cerveza". Entitled "R.I.B." (Rest In Beer), the new CD will be released on June 20 via Nuclear Blast. The third video report from the studio in which TANKARD manager Uwe ...
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German alcoholic thrashers TANKARD entered Studio 23 in Frankfurt, Germany last monh to begin recording the follow-up to their acclaimed 2012 album "A Girl Called Cerveza". Entitled "R.I.B." (Rest In Beer), the new CD will be released on June 20 via Nuclear Blast. The second video report from the studio in which TANKARD manager Uwe ...
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German alcoholic thrashers TANKARD entered Studio 23 in Frankfurt, Germany last monh to begin recording the follow-up to their acclaimed 2012 album "A Girl Called Cerveza". Entitled "R.I.B." (Rest In Beer), the new CD will be released on June 20 via Nuclear Blast. The first video report from the studio in which TANKARD manager Uwe ...
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German alcoholic thrashers TANKARD will enter Studio 23 in Frankfurt, Germany this week to begin recording the follow-up to their acclaimed 2012 album "A Girl Called Cerveza". Entitled "R.I.B." (Rest In Beer), the new CD will be released in the summer of 2014 via Nuclear Blast. Taking inspiration from the motto "never change a winning ...
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"Ravenous Plague", the new album from Dutch thrashers LEGION OF THE DAMNED, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Germany: #21 Austria: #64 Switzerland: #83 "Ravenous Plague" was released on January 7, 2014 via Napalm Records. The CD was produced by Andy Classen (TANKARD, KRISIUN, HOLY MOSES) at the Stage One Studio in Germany. "Ravenous ...
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"Ravenous Plague", the new album from Dutch thrashers LEGION OF THE DAMNED, has entered the official German chart at position No. 21. "Ravenous Plague" was released on January 7, 2014 via Napalm Records. The CD was produced by Andy Classen (TANKARD, KRISIUN, HOLY MOSES) at the Stage One Studio in Germany. "Ravenous Plague" track listing: ...
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"Met Al Metal" — Israel's metal radio show hosted by brothers Lior and Niv Peleg — recently conducted an interview with DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Schmier. During the chat, which can be streamed using the audio player below, Schmier reveals that he is currently working on a new side project with members of ACCEPT. DESTRUCTION's 30th-anniversary album, ...
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Dutch thrashers LEGION OF THE DAMNED will release their new album, "Ravenous Plague", on January 7, 2014 via Napalm Records. The CD was produced by Andy Classen (TANKARD, KRISIUN, HOLY MOSES) at the Stage One Studio in Germany. "Ravenous Plague" track listing: 01. Intro: The Apocalyptic Surge (by Jo Blankenburg) 02. Howling For Armageddon 03. ...
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Dutch thrashers LEGION OF THE DAMNED will release their new album, "Ravenous Plague", on January 7, 2014 via Napalm Records. The CD was produced by Andy Classen (TANKARD, KRISIUN, HOLY MOSES) at the Stage One Studio in Germany. Video footage of the "Ravenous Plague" Earbook unboxing can be seen below. "Ravenous Plague" track listing: 01. ...
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Dutch thrashers LEGION OF THE DAMNED will release their new album, "Ravenous Plague", on January 7, 2014 via Napalm Records. The CD was produced by Andy Classen (TANKARD, KRISIUN, HOLY MOSES) at the Stage One Studio in Germany. "Ravenous Plague" track listing: 01. Intro: The Apocalyptic Surge (by Jo Blankenburg) 02. Howling For Armageddon 03. ...
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German thrash metal veterans DESTRUCTION will celebrate "30 years of total destruction" with a special headlining show on November 15 at Helvete in Oberhausen, Germany. Support at the gig will come from Polish thrash outfit WAR-SAW and Swedish retro rockers YEAR OF THE GOAT. Commented DESTRUCTION vocalist/bassist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer: "2013 was a very busy ...
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German alcoholic thrashers TANKARD are working on the follow-up to their acclaimed 2012 album "A Girl Called Cerveza". Entitled "R.I.B." (Rest In Beer), the CD will be released in the summer of 2014 via Nuclear Blast. Taking inspiration from the motto "never change a winning team," TANKARD will enter the studio in January 2014 to ...
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Brazilian death metallers KRISIUN joined German thrashers DESTRUCTION on stage on Sunday, September 22 at the Rock In Rio festival in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil to perform a cover version of the VENOM classic "Black Metal". Video footage of the performance can be seen below. Said DESTRUCTION vocalist/bassist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer: "I would like to ...
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Tarja Virmakari of Metal Shock Finland recently conducted an interview with guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö of German/Finnish thrash metal veterans KREATOR. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. KREATOR's new concert DVD/Blu-ray, "Dying Alive", was released on August 30 via Nuclear Blast. The set features the band's sold-out homecoming ...
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Hayley Leggs of Bloodstock Radio conducted an interview with U.K. thrashers XENTRIX at the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 8-11 at Catton Park, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. XENTRIX played its first show in almost seven years on April 14 at the Moses Gate in Bolton, England. ...
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Dutch thrashers LEGION OF THE DAMNED will release their new album, "Ravenous Plague", in January 2014 via Napalm Records. The CD was produced by Andy Classen (TANKARD, KRISIUN, HOLY MOSES) at the Stage One Studio in Germany. "Ravenous Plague" track listing: 01. Intro: The Apocalyptic Surge (by Jo Blankenburg) 02. Howling For Armageddon 03. Black ...
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Michael "Schumi" Schumacher, a musicologist at the University Of Cologne and longtime TANKARD fan, has penned the German alcoholic thrashers' first official biography called "Life In Beermuda", featuring many photos and commentary from musicians from all over the world. Says TANKARD: "Our biography/book will be only published in German. If the demand for an English ...
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"The Metal Gods" conducted an interview with U.K. thrashers XENTRIX on April 27 at The Ritz in Manchester during the band's recent mini-tour with KREATOR and EVILE. You can now watch the chat below. XENTRIX played its first show in almost seven years on April 14 at the Moses Gate in Bolton, England. Video footage ...
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At the inaugural installment of the Beastival festival — which took place from May 30 to June 1 in Geiselwind, Germany — "The Big Teutonic 4", the legendary quartet of German thrash metal bands that shaped the European heavy metal scene like no other since the '80s and established "thrash made in Germany" as a ...
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Vocalist/bassist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer of veteran German thrashers DESTRUCTION was interviewed by Kaaos TV at the Steelfest Open Air 2013, which was held May 24-25 in Hyvinkää, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. DESTRUCTION's 30th-anniversary album, "Spiritual Genocide", was released on November 23, 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2011's "Day ...
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GetYourRockOut conducted an interview with U.K. thrashers XENTRIX during the band's recent mini-tour with KREATOR and EVILE. You can now watch the chat below. XENTRIX played its first show in almost seven years on April 14 at the Moses Gate in Bolton, England. Video footage of the concert can be seen below. XENTRIX has had ...
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