NECROPHAGIST, TRAIL OF TEARS, PSYCHOPUNCH, BLOODFLOWERZ, APOSTASY, THE OTHER and POTENTIA ANIMI are the latest confirmed bands for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 17-19, 2006 in the Ostalbkreis district in Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): APOSTASY BLOODFLOWERZ FEAR MY THOUGHTS ...
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Swedish symphonic black/death metal act APOSTASY are the latest confirmed band for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 17-19, 2006 in the Ostalbkreis district in Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): APOSTASY FEAR MY THOUGHTS FINNTROLL HEAVEN SHALL BURN LUMSK NEAERA SALTATIO ...
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TOTENMOND and VOLBEAT are the latest confirmed bands for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 17-19, 2006 in the Ostalbkreis district in Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): FEAR MY THOUGHTS FINNTROLL HEAVEN SHALL BURN LUMSK NEAERA SALTATIO MORTIS SCARVE TOTENMOND TURISAS ...
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HATESPHERE, MNEMIC and VOLBEAT were among the honorees at the Danish Metal Awards 2005, which was held on November 26 at Amager Bio in Denmark. The winners are as follows: Best Album Cover: BARCODE - "Showdown" Best Live Band: AS WE FIGHT Best Video: MNEMIC - "Door 2.12" Best International Album: SOILWORK - "Stabbing the ...
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Danish metallers VOLBEAT will support LIFE OF AGONY on Monday, November 28 at Vega in Copenhagen, Denmark. The band will also appear at the Arnhem Metal Meeting on Saturday, November 26 at Musis Sacrum in Arnhem, Holland. As previously reported, VOLBEAT have been nominated in four categories at the first Danish Metal Awards: Best Album, ...
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Danish metallers VOLBEAT have been nominated in four categories at the first Danish Metal Awards: Best Album, Best Cover, Live Band and Debut Release. The awards ceremony will be held on November 26 at Amager Bio in Denmark. More information is available at www.dmea.dk. VOLBEAT's debut album, "The Strength, The Sound, The Songs", ...
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It is my distinct pleasure to present to you another pleasant rock and roll surprise. Ladies and gentlemen, from Copenhagen, Denmark, VOLBEAT! "The Strength/The Sound/The Songs" is the result of former DOMINUS mainman Michael Poulsen's scheme to bring together heavy guitar rock (with a pinch of metal), '60s tunefulness, and a whole lotta Elvis Presley ...
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Danish metallers VOLBEAT have posted the following message on their official web site: "After months of negotiations between the band and many large record companies to secure VOLBEAT the best deal, everything has finally fallen into place. The [debut] album, 'The Strength, The Sound, The Songs', will now be released on the newly formed label ...
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Danish death metallers KOLDBORN will enter Smart 'n' Hard studios on August 15 with producer Jacob Bredahl to begin recording their next album, tentatively due in early 2006. A rehearsal recording of a new track, entitled "Neural Bound", is available for download at this location. KOLDBORN's latest EP, "Devil of All Deals", was ...
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DISSECTION, VISCERAL BLEEDING and INSISION have been confirmed for this year's Aarhus Metalfest 2005, a two-day event set to take place June 3-4 at Voxhall in Aarhus, Denmark. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Main stage: BARCODE BEHEMOTH DISSECTION END OF DAYS INSISION KOLDBORN MERCENARY MEVADIO VISCERAL BLEEDING VOLBEAT TBA Second stage: ALOOP ...
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Danish death metallers KOLDBORN have posted the following message on their official web site: "Yeahhhhh, more songs are getting ready, and it's definately the best material, we've ever written. The fact that we now have a full steady lineup really kicks major ass for us! "Check out the the new rehearsal track 'Neural Bound' we've ...
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Danish metal bands RAUNCHY, HATESPHERE, BARCODE and VOLBEAT will be teaming up for the Jägermeister-sponsored Retaliation Tour, set to take place in October and November. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. More information can be found at www.retaliationtour.dk. ...
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Danish metallers VOLBEAT have uploaded their cover of the DUSTY SPRINGFIELD 1963 classic "I Only Wanna Be With You" at this location. "I Only Wanna Be With You" comes off VOLBEAT's recently completed debut album, "The Strength/The Sound/The Songs", due later in the year via New Aeon Media (a subsidiary of Holland's Karmageddon ...
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Members of AYREON, FLOWER KINGS, EXMORTEM, KOLDBORN, MERCENARY, MANTICORA, URKRAFT, THE PSYKE PROJEKT, MNEMIC, BLAZING ETERNITY, SPECTRAL MORTUARY, VOLBEAT, KONKHRA, BEHEMOTH and JERKSTORE have provided Denmark's Antenna magazine with their personal Top Five highlights and biggest disappointments of 2004. Read the results here. The entire staff of Antenna has likewise listed its personal ...
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Denmark's RAUNCHY have scheduled an appearance at the Hollywood Club in Tallinn, Estonia on January 29. "This will be our first time in Estonia and we will rock the house — BIG TIME," the band write on their web site. As previously reported, RAUNCHY are planning on entering the studio next summer to begin recording ...
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THE BONDAGE CORPORATION, the Danish rocka rolla side-project of RAUNCHY guitarist Lars Christensen, have posted two full-length MP3s recorded three weeks ago at this location. Also available for download from RAUNCHY's web site are the track "I Get What I See" from the band's excellent "Confusion Bay" CD, and the group's cover of ...
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Danish metallers VOLBEAT will support HELMET at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, Holland on December 16. VOLBEAT's recently completed debut album, "The Strength/The Sound/The Songs", is expected to surface in early 2005 via New Aeon Media (a subsidiary of Holland's Karmageddon Media). The CD was recorded at Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark with producer Jacob Hansen ...
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Danish metallers VOLBEAT will contribute their track "Pool of Booze" to the very first Danish snowboard movie, entitled "Frost". More information about the film is available at www.snowflakeproduction.com. In other news, VOLBEAT will play at the Jingle Bell Rock show along with RAUNCHY, SUTRAPUMO, TJES BOOGIE, and CLEMEMNS. The concert will take place ...
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1349, the Norwegian black metal band featuring SATYRICON drummer Frost, are the latest act confirmed for the Aalborg Metal Festival 2004, a two-day event set to take place November 5-6 at Studenterhuset in Aalborg, Denmark. The following bands are currently confirmed to perform at the festival: Friday, November 5: 17:00 - 17:30 SCAMP 18:00 - ...
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Danish metallers RAUNCHY are planning on entering the studio next summer to begin recording their third album. "We have not decided whom to team up with yet ... BUT this time we will involve more people in the mixing and mastering process," the band write on their web site. RAUNCHY, who recently replaced singer Lars ...
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Swedish thrashers DARKANE will enter the studio October 1 to begin recording the follow-up to 2002's "Expanding Senses", tentatively due in early 2005 through Nuclear Blast Records. In other news, the band are scheduled to play this year's Aalborg festival, set to take place November 5-6 at Studenterhuset in Aalborg, Denmark. Other acts confirmed for ...
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Danish metallers VOLBEAT have set a November 1 release date through New Aeon Media (a subsidiary of Holland's Karmageddon Media) for their debut album, "The Strength/The Sound/The Songs". The CD was recorded at Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark with producer Jacob Hansen (RAUNCHY, INVOCATOR) and contains re-recorded tracks from the group's two demos, as well ...
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Danish metallers VOLBEAT have changed the projected title of their debut album to "The Strengh, the Sound, the Songs" from the originally announced "Rebel Monster". The CD was recorded at Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark with producer Jacob Hansen (RAUNCHY, INVOCATOR) and contains re-recorded tracks from the group's two demos, as well as five new ...
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Danish metallers VOLBEAT have set "Rebel Monster" as the working title of their debut album, tentatively due in October through New Aeon Media, a subsidiary of Holland's Karmageddon Media. The band will enter Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark on June 17 with producer Jacob Hansen (RAUNCHY, INVOCATOR) to begin recording the CD, which is expected ...
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Danish death metal band COMPOS MENTIS have been confirmed for the Aarhus Fee Metal Festival, a two-day event scheduled to take place April 30-May 1 in Aarhus, Denmark. The complete lineup for the festival is as follows (in alphabetical order): AS WE FIGHT BORN FROM PAIN CARPATHIAN FOREST COMPOS MENTIS DISMEMBER EXMORTEM HATESPHERE HORNED ALMIGHTY ...
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Danish metallers VOLBEAT have inked a one-album deal with New Aeon Media, a subsidiary of Holland's Karmageddon Media. The group will enter Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark on June 17 with producer Jacob Hansen (RAUNCHY, INVOCATOR) to begin recording their as-yet-untitled debut album, tentatively due in October. VOLBEAT's last release was a six-song promotional CD/demo, ...
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