IRON SAVIOR, MEZARKABUL and HEAVENLY are the latest acts to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY AMON AMARTH BLAZE BLIND GUARDIAN BLITZKRIEG ...
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SCAR CULTURE have lined up drummer Alpheus Underhill to replace Duke Borisov on their upcoming North American tour with HYPOCRISY, SOILWORK and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. Borisov, the band's original drummer, was forced to take a hiatus from the group last month. A resident of Los Angeles, Underhill jumped at the opportunity to fly out New York ...
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Dutch death metallers SINISTER will soon enter the studio to record Creators Of Brutality, an album's worth of classic death metal covers from the 80s and 90s. Included will be renditions of cuts from PUNGENT STENCH, INFERNAL MAJESTY, CELTIC FROST, KREATOR, DEATH, and others. Recordings will start this summer for a late 2002 release. In ...
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Finland's KOTIPELTOthe solo band of STRATOVARIUS vocalist Timo Kotipeltoand Japan's METALUCIFER and SABBAT are the latest acts to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ...
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Britain's RAGING SPEEDHORN and Canada's KATAKLYSM are the latest acts to have been confirmed for With Full Force festival, which is scheduled to take place between July 5th and July 7th near the town of Leipzig, Germany. The full line-up of acts presently scheduled to appear at the event now looks like this: SLAYER MOTRHEAD ...
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BIOHAZARD and MOONSPELL are the latest acts to have been confirmed for this year's Graspop Metal Meeting festival, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, July 5th and Saturday, July 6th in Dessel, Belgium. The full list of artists set to appear at the event now looks like this: Friday, July 5th: Marquee I: ...
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SINGLE BULLET THEORY will be supporting HYPOCRISY, SOILWORK, and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE during their upcoming US tour, which is scheduled to kick off on May 12th in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is not presently clear if SINGLE BULLET THEORY will be making an appearance on the bill in addition to the previously-announced SCAR CULTURE, or if ...
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Swedish death metal legends UNLEASHED are the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY AMON AMARTH BLAZE BLIND GUARDIAN BLITZKRIEG ...
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HYPOCRISY/PAIN mainman Peter Tgtgren has played several shows in Sweden with heavyweight eurodance act E-TYPE as the latter group's guitarist and may do so again during the summer, if his schedule permits. For this, and more revelations, check out a video interview with Peter in streaming Real Video at this location. ...
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HYPOCRISY/PAIN mainman Peter Tägtgren has played several shows in Sweden with heavyweight eurodance act E-TYPE as the latter group's guitarist and may do so again during the summer, if his schedule permits. For this, and more revelations, check out a video interview with Peter in streaming Real Video at this location. ...
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Due to the current epidemic events in Greece, IMMORTAL and HYPOCRISY have been advised to cancel their shows in Tessalolinki and Athens by the German International Affairs department. The lethal virus, which causes inflaming in the hearts of its victims, spreads easily when big crowds gather due to the highly contagious factor of its origin. ...
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Sweden's ARCH ENEMY are the latest act to have been confirmed for With Full Force festival, which is scheduled to take place between July 5th and July 7th near the town of Leipzig, Germany. The full line-up of acts presently scheduled to appear at the event now looks like this: SLAYER MOTRHEAD MACHINE HEAD BIOHAZARD ...
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Due to a family emergency, SCAR CULTURE drummer Duke Borisov has been forced to take a temporary hiatus from the band. As a result, the Brooklyn, New York-based group are currently on a frantic search for a fill-in drummer for their upcoming North American tour with HYPOCRISY, SOILWORK and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. Interested parties should e-mail ...
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These are the dates that have thus far been confirmed for the upcoming US tour featuring HYPOCRISY, SOILWORK, SCAR CULTURE and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: May 12 - St. Paul, MN @ The Lab May 13 - Sauget, IL @ Pop's May 14 - Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theater May 15 - Chicago, IL @ The Metro ...
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Ticketmaster is currently selling tickets to the following dates on the forthcoming North American tour featuring HYPOCRISY, SOILWORK, SCAR CULTURE, and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: May 13 – Pops - Sauget, IL May 15 - Metro - Chicago, IL May 22 - Jaxx Nightclub - W. Springfield, VA May 26 - Krome - South Amboy, NJ A ...
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As first reported here on March 20th, MALEVOLENT CREATION have officially signed with Nuclear Blast Records for the European territory. The band are currently in the middle of playing the No Mercy festivals European dates with HYPOCRISY and IMMORTAL before entering Sweden's Abyss Studio with producer Peter Tagtgren to record their eighth studio album, tentatively ...
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DREAM THEATER, IMMORTAL, and DORO are the latest acts to have been confirmed for this year's Graspop Metal Meeting festival, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, July 5th and Saturday, July 6th in Dessel, Belgium. The full list of acts set to appear at the event now looks like this: Friday, July 5th: ...
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ARCH ENEMY will not be touring the US in May as part of the HYPOCRISY/SOILWORK package and are presently looking for bigger and better opportunities for the same time period, according to a spokesperson for the band's American record label, Century Media Records. They were never confirmed [for the tour], the label rep told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. ...
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Sweden's THE MUSHROOM RIVER BAND, featuring former SPIRITUAL BEGGARS bassist/vocalist Christian “Spice” Sjöstrand, have been tapped to replace Spice's previous group, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, as one of the headliners of this year's 2000 Decibel festival, which is scheduled to be held on May 18th in Bengtsfors, Sweden (180 km north of Gothenburg). The full list of ...
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HYPOCRISY, ARCH ENEMY, SOILWORK, and SCAR CULTURE are strongly rumored to be teaming up for a North American tour that will begin in mid-May and last several weeks. So far, only one date has been leaked: Sunday, May 26th at Jaxx in West Springfield, Virginia. Exact dates and venues for the remainder of the trek ...
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Acclaimed German thrashers DEW-SCENTED have enlisted Hendrik Bache to handle second guitar duties at the group's upcoming European live dates, including a full-length tour with CANNIBAL CORPSE and SEVERE TORTURE in the fall. Here is a full list of upcoming DEW-SCENTED live appearances: w/NO RETURN, SCARVE, RAIN Apr. 03 – Amnéville, FRA @ L' After ...
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SAVATAGE are the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY AMON AMARTH BLAZE BLIND GUARDIAN BLITZKRIEG BORKNAGAR BRUCE DICKINSON CANNIBAL ...
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NWOBHM legends BLITZKRIEG are the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY AMON AMARTH BLAZE BLIND GUARDIAN BLITZKRIEG BORKNAGAR BRUCE ...
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MACHINE HEAD and THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY are the latest acts to have been confirmed for With Full Force festival, which is scheduled to take place between July 5th and July 7th near the town of Leipzig, Germany. The full line-up of acts presently scheduled to appear at the event now looks like this: SLAYER ...
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Due to an emergency in bassist Jörgen Sandstrom's family, ENTOMBED have cancelled their upcoming US tour with HYPOCRISY (originally set to start on May 9th) and are hoping to reschedule the dates for June/July. In light of the fact that the original trek was set to feature a temporary replacement for guitarist Alex Hellid (who ...
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New York's SCAR CULTURE, currently on tour with PISSING RAZORS and DECEMBER, have just confirmed that they will join ENTOMBED, and HYPOCRISY for a North American tour that will kick off on May 9th. The tour, which will mark ENTOMBED's first North American shows in over five years, will conclude on May 31st. ...
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MANOWAR will be touring the U.S. and Canada with IMMORTAL, CATASTROPHIC, and HAVOCHATE beginning on Saturday, April 27th at The Trocadero Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal. As a result of this development, IMMORTAL appear to have pulled out of their previously-announced five-week run with HYPOCRISY and ENTOMBED, which is scheduled to kick ...
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BORKNAGAR and NOCTURNAL RITES are the latest acts to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY AMON AMARTH BLAZE BLIND GUARDIAN BORKNAGAR BRUCE ...
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HALFORD, DROPKICK MURPHYS, MARDUK, REVOLVER, ANDREW WK, and SCATTERGUN are the latest acts to have been confirmed for the With Full Force festival, which is scheduled to take place between July 5th and July 7th near the town of Leipzig, Germany. The full line-up of acts presently scheduled to appear at the event now looks ...
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