Polish death metal veterans VADER have posted an MP3 audio file from their upcoming "And Blood Was Shed In Warsaw" DVD. Check out the songs "Helleluyah!!! (God Is Dead)" and "Warlords" at this location. VADER's third DVD, "And Blood Was Shed In Warsaw", will be released in October via Metal Mind Productions. The ...
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Regis Behe of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports: A few weeks ago, singer Dez Fafara, of DEVILDRIVER, was starting a much-needed vacation when he got a text message from Ozzfest associate producer John Fenton: "I really need you to call me now." A band, MONDO GENERATOR, had suddenly left the tour. The six weeks ...
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Ofir Messer of Israel's Metalist Magazine recently conducted an interview with BEHEMOTH frontman Nergal. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metalist Magazine: From first impression of the new record, I can hear that you took a more primitive approach to your death metal, but on the other hand, you put in ...
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Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH have completed their new video for the track "Prometherion", shot by acclaimed director Soren (ALL THAT REMAINS, UNEARTH). The clip is a frenetic, savage performance based video that perfectly showcases the band's unrelenting energy and uncompromising vision. An exclusive look into the making of the video and as to what insanity ...
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Equal Vision recording artists CHIODOS are primed up and ready to deliver "Bone Palace Ballet", the follow-up to their critically and commercially-hailed debut "All's Well that Ends Well". Set for release on September 4, 2007, the new album takes CHIODOS into new and uncharted territory, with a legion of fans following very close behind. Sales ...
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Polish death metallers VADER will release their third DVD in October via Metal Mind Productions. Entitled "And Blood Was Shed In Warsaw", the DVD will feature footage from the band's February 12, 2007 concert at Stodola Club in Waraw, documenting the final stop of the group's tour in support of their latest album, "Impressions in ...
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Brian Sweeney of Blistering recently conducted an interview with AS I LAY DYING drummer Jordan Mancino. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Blistering: Tell me about the new album. Jordan Mancino: It's more of a diverse album in terms of style of songs than we've ever done. We were able to spend ...
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ANKLA, the Los Angeles-based band led by former PUYA guitarist Ramón Ortíz, is currently touring the U.S. as part of Ozzfest 2007 alongside OZZY OSBOURNE, STATIC-X, LAMB OF GOD, LORDI, HATEBREED and BEHEMOTH, among others. The group's bassist, Tony Castaneda, has issued the following update from the road: "To tour the Ozzfest in a passenger ...
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MetalKult.com has posted live footage of JOB FOR A COWBOY performing the song "Embedded" from the band's Metal Blade debut, "Genesis". The video was filmed in New York City on April 29, 2007, while JOB FOR A COWBOY was in the city in support of CANNIBAL CORPSE, BEHEMOTH and THE RED CHORD. To see this ...
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Metal Injection has posted a brand new video interview with frontman Elliot Desgagnes of Montreal's BENEATH THE MASSACRE, along with a live clip. The interview was conducted at the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival earlier this spring, which marked the band's first show in the U.S. Watch the footage at this location. ...
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Metal Injection, the metal-video-on-demand network, has revealed its biggest event of the summer, the "Guitar Hero Gauntlet Metal Blade All-Stars Edition". Shot in Worcester, MA, during the Metal Blade 25th Anniversary show, the clip features guitarists from four of the biggest bands in Metal Blade history as they come together to battle it out, the ...
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Photos from the August 10, 2007 Ozzfest stop at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL have been posted online at NBC5.com. Included are pictures of the following artists: CHTHONIC IN THIS MOMENT DEVILDRIVER BEHEMOTH HATEBREED BLACK TIDE LORDI STATIC-X LAMB OF GOD Mark Brown of the Rocky Mountain ...
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Hurley and Converse unite to present the 2007 "Radio Rebellion" tour, a massive, twenty-eight city North American trek that will showcase the cream of the crop of heavy music's rising stars from points across the globe. Co-headlining the tour will be Glendale, AZ extreme metal unit JOB FOR A COWBOY and Polish death metal troupe ...
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Aaron Yoxheimer of The Morning Call recently conducted an interview with BEHEMOTH mainman Nergal (a.k.a. Adam Darski). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On being billed second only to HATEBREED on Ozzfest's second stage: "We couldn't believe it. We are absolutely grateful for that. It was such an abstract, surreal feeling ...
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It's been a great year for death metal. Every time I turn around it seems I'm hearing/reviewing a new death opus, whether it be new albums from VOMITORY, NILE, MALEVOLENT CREATION, or VITAL REMAINS. With much anticipation, the Polish death metal kings (well, along with VADER) recently released "The Apostasy", yet another strong death metal ...
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Vocalist Adam "Nergal" Darski of the Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH spoke to IndyStar.com about his band's participating in this year's Ozzfest. "I think it's a great idea," he said of the free access. "It's a historical event, man. Just think of any other festival like that. The kids can just get there and ...
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Arizona's JOB FOR A COWBOY and Poland's BEHEMOTH will team up for a North American tour in the fall. So far only one date has been released: October 28 at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California. JOB FOR A COWBOY was named "Best Underground Band" at the 2007 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. ...
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According to Headbanger's Blog, Regain will issue its second extreme metal compilation, "La Loco X-Treme Metal Live Volume 1: 2003 – 2005", on October 9. The DVD features two videos each from: DARK TRANQUILLITY, MARDUK, SAMAEL, KRISIUN, IMMOLATION, DEATH ANGEL, DEW-SCENTED and LOUDBLAST. Regain's first video comp, "Regain Records Compilation #1: Music with ...
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Behemoth Productions has announce the signing of France's HINDVIR. Formed in 2003 in Toulon, HINDVIR plays "furious black metal with touches of epic interludes and a strong pagan concept," according to a press release. Though the band has [its] own personality and attitude, they will [likely appeal to] all the WINDIR and ENSLAVED fans out ...
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Polish extreme metal titans BEHEMOTH have completed their new video for the track "Prometherion", shot by acclaimed director Soren (ALL THAT REMAINS, UNEARTH). The clip is a frenetic, savage performance based video that perfectly showcases the band's unrelenting energy and uncompromising vision. Click here for a sneak peek as to what insanity awaits. ...
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Although no official announcement has yet been made, Miami, Florida-based hard rock band BLACK TIDE (formerly RADIO) appears to have been granted a main-stage slot at this year's Ozzfest beginning on August 10 in Tinley Park, Illinois. As you may recall, BLACK TIDE was originally tapped to replace CIRCUS DIABLO on Ozzfest's second stage, but ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH performing the song "Demigod" on July 27, 2007 at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colorado has been posted on YouTube. Watch the clip below (courtesy of Chris Erben Productions). BEHEMOTH's new album, "The Apostasy", debuted at #149 on the Billboard Top 200 chart with first-week sales of ...
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HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta has issued the following update: "It's been a while since I checked in and I wanted to let everyone know that Ozzfest has been absolutely amazing and we can not thank everyone enough. "This is our fifth time on Ozzfest and we all agree that this year is by far the ...
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Atlanta's DAATH has issued the following update: "I'm sitting in a hotel room in Denver right now. I should be in Oklahoma City tonight, and Kansas City tomorrow, but I'm not. I'm in Denver and I'm fucking pissed about it. I'm not the only one that's pissed about it. "We've been getting lots of mail ...
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Polish extreme metal titans BEHEMOTH have now undoubtedly proved that they are one of the leading forces in metal today as their highly acclaimed new album, "The Apostasy", debuted at #149 on the Billboard Top 200 chart with first-week sales of around 5,000. This entry also marks Century Media's fifth highest The Billboard 200 debut. ...
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The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending July 22, 2007, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest hundred; The Billboard 200 chart position included, where applicable): (HED)P.E. - "Insomnia": 5,400 (#138) BEHEMOTH - "The Apostasy": 5,000 (#149) NILE - "Ithyphallic": 4,600 (#162) ...
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Danish thrashers HATESPHERE have issued the following update: "We still have a few festivals to go before we start our insane fall program. We have a couple of headliner shows here and there, and then we will play main support for mighty BEHEMOTH in Poland. And then we have been confirmed as support for DIMMU ...
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A teaser for BEHEMOTH's "Prometherion" video has been posted at this location. The clip was shot on July 18 with acclaimed director Soren (ALL THAT REMAINS, UNEARTH) in Los Angeles. Look for it everywhere early next month. Soren states: "Somewhere between the ideal of heaven and reality of hell falls the new BEHEMOTH ...
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Excellent-quality video footage of Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH performing their new song "Prometherion" live at the Croatian Cultural Center in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on July 13, 2007 has been posted at Abort TV. BEHEMOTH shot a video for "Prometherion" with acclaimed director Soren (ALL THAT REMAINS, UNEARTH) on July 18 in Los ...
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After only a handful of Ozzfest performances, Polish extreme metal titans BEHEMOTH are already being hailed as this year's breakthrough artist due primarily to their unrelenting energy, savage brutality and uncompromising vision. The group go onstage at 4:15 p.m. everyday in the direct support, non-rotating slot right before second stage headliners HATEBREED, so fans can ...
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