On Monday, January 31, vocalist Mikael Stanne of Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY will take a break between our touring comittments in Miami/Mexico and India and visit the ongoing Göteborg International Film Festival for a seminar talk with movie critic and ex-ENTOMBED vocalist Orvar Säfström. Stanne comments (in Swedish): "För alla Göteborgare och/eller filmintresserade ...
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WATAIN was honored with the "Best Hard Rock" award at the Swedish "Grammis" gala, which was held this past Monday night (January 17) in Stockholm. Video footage of the band's acceptance speech can be viewed below (courtesy of Mary Raven's blog). The band stated from the stage (translated from Swedish), "Strange mood in ...
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WATAIN was honored with the "Best Hard Rock" award at the Swedish "Grammis" gala, which was held this last night (Monday, January 17) in Stockholm. The nominees in the "Best Hard Rock" category were as follows: * GHOST - "Opus Eponymous" * KHOMA - "A Final Storm" * PASCAL - "Orkanen Närmar Sig" * SABATON ...
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DARK TRANQUILLITY and WATAIN are among the nominees for a Manifest award in the "Hard Rock/Metal" category. Also up for the "Hard Rock/Metal" honor are GHOST and KHOMA. The Manifest Awards are held by SOM (Svenska Oberoende Musikproducenter) (Swedish Independent Musicproducers), an organization that consists of over 100 record labels. This year's awards ceremony will ...
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Former STONE SOUR drummer Joel Ekman will perform with his new band ISAAC JAMES at the following venues: Jan. 22 - Cape Girardeau, MO - Pitter's Cafe and Lounge Feb. 05 - Burlington, IA - The Crazy Coyote! ISAAC JAMES was formed in the summer of 2008 by Ekman, Blackie Starks, Gil Cole and John ...
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Frontiers Records has set a February 18 European release date (March 8 in North America) for BENEDICTUM's third full-length album, entitled "Dominion". Formed in 2005 and quickly noticed by DIO guitarist Craig Goldy, BENEDICTUM's debut album, "Uncreation", was released to great reviews. The collaboration between producer Jeff Pilson (DOKKEN, DIO, FOREIGNER) and the musical works ...
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Chilean webzine Grinder Magazine has uploaded video footage of WATAIN's December 8, 2010 concert at Teatro Novedades in Santiago, Chile. The site says, "In the clip below you can watch the band performing the song 'Reaping Death', from WATAIN's latest album called 'Lawless Darkness'. This was the last song that [WATAIN frontman] Erik ...
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Sweden's Close-Up magazine has published its list of the top 20 albums of 2010 based on individual selections from all of its writers. It is as follows: 01. WATAIN: Lawless Darkness 02. KYLESA: Spiral Shadow 03. CRUCIFYRE: Infernal Earthly Divine 04. BRING ME THE HORIZON: There Is A Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of Austin, Texas metal luminaries THE SWORD performing on November 27, 2010 at Spanish Moon in Baton Rouge, Louisiana can be viewed below. After an amicable split with drummer Trivett Wingo forced THE SWORD to cancel a number of U.S. tour dates, the band recently found someone to fill in for behind-the-kit ...
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"Metal Zone" host Nikki Blakk of the San Francisco, California radio station 107.7 The Bone conducted an interview with Erik Danielsson of Swedish black metallers WATAIN when the band played at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco on November 17, 2010. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. WATAIN kicked ...
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Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with WHERE ANGELS SUFFER/ex-METAL CHURCH bassist Steve Unger. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. WHERE ANGELS SUFFER (W.A.S.) is the new band featuring Chris Holmes (guitar; ex-W.A.S.P.), Randy Piper (guitar; ANIMAL, ex-W.A.S.P.), Steve Unger, Rich Lewis (vocals; ANIMAL) and Stet ...
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"Lawless Lands", the new video from Austin, Texas metal luminaries THE SWORD, can be viewed below. The clip is the second of a trio of conceptually linked videos ("Tres Brujas", "Lawless Lands" and "Night City") that tie in themes of the band's third full-length album, "Warp Riders", which sold around 8,900 copies in the United ...
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Swedish black metallers WATAIN will take part in an after-show party/meet-and-greet on Thursday, December 2 at Duff's Brooklyn in Williamsburg, Brooklyn following their performance at Santos Party House in New York City. The address is: Duff's Brooklyn 168 Marcy Avenue (between S 5th & Broadway) Williamsburg, New York For more information, visit www.duffsbrooklyn.com. ...
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Sunset Strip legends LONDON, who helped launch the careers of such musicians as MÖTLEY CRÜE's Nikki Sixx, GUNS N' ROSES' Slash and W.A.S.P.'s Blackie Lawless, are currenty working on material for their first studio release since 1990's "Playa Del Rock". LONDON vocalist Nadir D'Priest tells Sleaze Roxx, "At this time we are working ...
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Capital Chaos has uploaded video footage of WATAIN's November 16, 2010 performance at the Boardwalk in Orangevale, California. You can now watch the clip below. WATAIN kicked off its North American headlining tour on November 6 at Mr. Smalls in Pittsburgh and is bludgeoning its way through over two dozen cities before the ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of WHERE ANGELS SUFFER's November 20, 2010 performance at Shovelhead Lounge in Longwood, Florida can be viewed below. WHERE ANGELS SUFFER (W.A.S.) is the new band featuring Chris Holmes (guitar; ex-W.A.S.P.), Randy Piper (guitar; ANIMAL, ex-W.A.S.P.), Steve Unger (bass; ex-METAL CHURCH), Rich Lewis (vocals; ANIMAL) and Stet Howland (drums; ex-W.A.S.P.). The group's ...
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On November 18, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with Erik Danielsson of Swedish black metallers WATAIN at the Ruby Room in San Diego, California. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below.
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"Superskum" (web site) has uploaded quality video footage of WATAIN's November 10, 2010 performance at the Marquis Theater in Denver, Colorado. You can now watch the clips below. WATAIN kicked off its North American headlining tour on November 6 at Mr. Smalls in Pittsburgh and is bludgeoning its way through over two dozen ...
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Former W.A.S.P. and current KING KOBRA bassist Johnny Rod will reportedly perform a couple of songs with WHERE ANGELS SUFFER on November 13 at Grim's Roadhouse in Imperial, Pennsylvania. Rod was interviewed on "Metal Shop 101" by Donnie Lawless and Doc Rock this past Sunday, and it was suggested to him that he come up ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of WHERE ANGELS SUFFER's November 5, 2010 performance at Karma in Patchogue, New York can be viewed below. WHERE ANGELS SUFFER (W.A.S.) is the new band featuring Chris Holmes (guitar; ex-W.A.S.P.), Randy Piper (guitar; ANIMAL, ex-W.A.S.P.), Steve Unger (bass; ex-METAL CHURCH), Rich Lewis (vocals; ANIMAL) and Stet Howland (drums; ex-W.A.S.P.). The group's ...
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Shannon Joy of the LA Music Blog recently conducted an interview with Erik Danielsson of Swedish black metallers WATAIN. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. LA Music Blog: "Lawless Darkness" was released earlier this year through Season of Mist. Now that you've had a chance to play some of the ...
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The first official photo of WHERE ANGELS SUFFER (W.A.S.) — the new band featuring Chris Holmes (guitar; ex-W.A.S.P.), Randy Piper (guitar; ANIMAL, ex-W.A.S.P.), Steve Unger (bass; ex-METAL CHURCH), Rich Lewis (vocals; ANIMAL) and Stet Howland (drums; ex-W.A.S.P.) — can be found below. WHERE ANGELS SUFFER's debut album, "Purgatory", was released on October 31. The track ...
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W.A.S.P.'s sold-out November 2 concert in Lyon, France. was cancelled early in the afternoon on the day of the show even though the band had already arrived at the venue. Radio Metal hooked up with Stephane of My Reference Events, the organization in charge of the concert, to discuss the reasons for the ...
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Quality fan-filmed video footage of WATAIN's October 27, 2010 performance at Baroeg in Rotterdam, The Netherlands can be viewed below (courtesy of "letthedeathmetalflow"). WATAIN, who unleashed their "Lawless Darkness" full-length earlier this summer, will shower their blasphemy upon North American soil later this fall. The unholy trek will commence on November 6 at Mr. Smalls ...
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WHERE ANGELS SUFFER (W.A.S.), the new band featuring Chris Holmes (guitar; ex-W.A.S.P.), Randy Piper (guitar; ANIMAL, ex-W.A.S.P.), Steve Unger (bass; ex-METAL CHURCH), Rich Lewis (vocals; ANIMAL) and Stet Howland (drums; ex-W.A.S.P.), will take part in a meet-and-greet on Sunday, November 7 at the Borders bookstore in Greensboro, North Carolina from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ...
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A CD-release party for "Purgatory", the debut album from WHERE ANGELS SUFFER (W.A.S.) — the new band featuring Chris Holmes (guitar; ex-W.A.S.P.), Randy Piper (guitar; ANIMAL, ex-W.A.S.P.), Steve Unger (bass; ex-METAL CHURCH), Rich Lewis (vocals; ANIMAL) and Stet Howland (drums; ex-W.A.S.P.) — will be held on Saturday, October 30 at The Viper Room in West ...
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The "Iron City Rocks" podcast (web site) recently conducted an interview with Swedish black metallers WATAIN. The podcast is now available for streaming using the audio player below. WATAIN, who unleashed their "Lawless Darkness" full-length earlier this summer, will shower their blasphemy upon North American soil later this fall. The unholy trek will ...
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Chris Holmes (guitar; ex-W.A.S.P.), Randy Piper (guitar; ANIMAL, ex-W.A.S.P.), Steve Unger (bass; ex-METAL CHURCH), Rich Lewis (vocals; ANIMAL) and Stet Howland (drums; ex-W.A.S.P.) have joined forces in a brand new band called WHERE ANGELS SUFFER (W.A.S.). The group's debut album, "Purgatory", is scheduled for release on October 31. Most of the recording sessions for the ...
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According to a posting on the official Facebook pageof Birmingham, Alabama's WorkPlay theater, Austin, Texas metal luminaries THE SWORD have postponed the remaining dates on their current U.S. tour "due to unforeseen cirumstances." The band has also released a statement announcing that its European tour, whcih was supposed to kick off in early ...
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