The first trailer for "Coming Home", the new album from PAIN, the Swedish metal band led by multi-instrumentalist and producer Peter Tägtgren, is available below. The follow-up to 2011's "You Only Live Twice" is due on September 9 through Nuclear Blast and features cover artwork by Stefan Heilemann. Tägtgren, who last year collaborated with vocalist ...
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Veteran photographer Kevin Estrada has shot some of rock's biggest names over the years, including NIRVANA, KISS, REM and GREEN DAY. Once more, he is using his connections in the world of rock for a good cause — to fight human trafficking through the celebrity charity event "Rock For Freedom" on July 28 at Lucky ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Black Knight Satellite" from PAIN, the Swedish metal band led by multi-instrumentalist and producer Peter Tägtgren, can be seen below. The track is taken from the group's new album, "Coming Home", which will be released on September 9 through Nuclear Blast. The cover artwork for the follow-up to ...
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In December of 2015, three bands with three different stylistic approaches to aggressive music, but a common outlook on the world, came together to create a collective piece of work — "The Depression Sessions". Those three bands were THY ART IS MURDER, THE ACACIA STRAIN and FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY, and on August 12, Nuclear ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of RAMMSTEIN's entire June 19 performance at Maxidrom in Moscow, Russia can be seen below. RAMMSTEIN once again opened the show with a brand new song, presently only known as "Ramm 4". The track, which was also played at all previous stops on the band's current European festival run, contains lyrics that ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN performing on June 17 at Hellfest in Clisson, France can be seen below. RAMMSTEIN once again opened the show with a brand new song, presently only known as "Ramm 4". The track, which was also played at all previous stops on the band's current European festival ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN performing on June 11 at the Pinkpop festival in Landgraaf, The Netherlands can be seen below. RAMMSTEIN once again opened its show with a brand new song, presently only known as "Ramm 4". The track, which was also played at all previous stops on the band's ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN performing on June 11 at the Pinkpop festival in Landgraaf, The Netherlands can be seen below. RAMMSTEIN once again opened its show with a brand new song, presently only known as "Ramm 4". The track, which was also played at all previous stops on the band's current ...
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PAIN, the Swedish metal band led by multi-instrumentalist and producer Peter Tägtgren, will release its new album, "Coming Home", on September 9 through Nuclear Blast. The cover artwork for the follow-up to 2011's "You Only Live Twice" was created by Stefan Heilemann and can be seen below. Tägtgren, who last year collaborated with vocalist Till ...
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Video footage of German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN performing a brand new song, presently only known as "Ramm 4", during their June 3 performance at the Rock In Vienna festival in Vienna, Austria can be seen below. The track, which was also played Thursday night at the Gods Of Metal festival in Monza, Italy, contains lyrics ...
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German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN kicked off their European summer festival tour last night (Thursday, June 2) with a headlining appearance at the Gods Of Metal festival in Monza, Italy. The group opened the concert with a brand new song, presumably from their forthcoming album, the details of which have not yet been revealed. Fan-filmed video ...
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Norwegian-American electronic hard rock/heavy metal group COMBICHRIST has launched a new track and lyric video, "Skullcrusher", taken from the band's eighth studio album, "This is Where Death Begins". Check it out below. "'Skullcrusher' is one of those tracks on the album that makes me just want to destroy shit when we play it live," said ...
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Richard Z. Kruspe (RAMMSTEIN, EMIGRATE) has contributed guest vocals to "Move It", the latest single from Tomoyasu Hotei, the Japanese guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer who is best known internationally for his "Kill Bill" theme "Battle Without Honor Or Humanity". Echoing the upbeat industrial vibe of the song and shot in Berlin, the accompanying video is ...
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Norwegian-American electronic hard rock/heavy metal group COMBICHRIST returns with its eighth studio album, "This Is Where Death Begins", on June 3 via Out of Line Music. An apocalyptic behemoth of guitars, electronica, infernal drums and dark elemental force, the CD was produced by Oumi Kapila (FILTER) plus COMBICHRIST's own Andy LaPlegua and mastered by Vlado ...
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Jasmin St. Claire conducted an interview with vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS at this year's edition of the Inferno festival, which was held March 23-26 in Oslo, Norway. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what it has been like ...
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Richard Z. Kruspe (RAMMSTEIN, EMIGRATE) has contributed guest vocals to "Move It", the latest single from Tomoyasu Hotei, the Japanese guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer who is best known internationally for his "Kill Bill" theme "Battle Without Honor Or Humanity". Echoing the upbeat industrial vibe of the song and shot in Berlin, the accompanying video is ...
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According to Deutsche Welle, German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN have filed a lawsuit against Germany for having temporarily indexed their 2009 album "Liebe Ist Für Alle Da" (English-language translation: "There's Enough Love For Everyone"). The German government's Federal Department For Media Harmful To Young Persons (Bundesprüfstelle Für Jugendgefährdende Medien, a.k.a. the BPjM) is tasked ...
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Resurrected Corby, U.K. metallers RAGING SPEEDHORN will release their new album, titled "Lost Ritual", on July 15. However, anyone who pledged on the record will receive their copy a week earlier, on July 8. RAGING SPEEDHORN guitarist Jim Palmer had this to say on the album and its title: "This album seems like a true ...
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Chicago Open Air has announced the lineup for the three-day music, craft beer and Gourmet Man Food festival held July 15, 16 and 17 at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois. As previously announced, RAMMSTEIN will kick off the festival weekend with a headlining performance on Friday — the group's only 2016 U.S. performance and first ...
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Chicago Open Air has announced RAMMSTEIN as one of the headlining acts for the three-day music, craft beer and Gourmet Man Food festival held July 15-17 at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois, just outside Chicago. This marks RAMMSTEIN's only 2016 U.S. performance and first Chicago show since 2012. Additional festival headliners will be announced on ...
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Following on from a hectic two years of touring and festival appearances, resurrected Corby, U.K. metallers RAGING SPEEDHORN entered the studio with acclaimed producer Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR, THE WILDHEARTS) on January 18 in Kettering to begin work on their new album. Their first full-length record to feature original vocalist Frank Regan since ...
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Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL have set "Delirium" as the title of its new album, due sometime next year via Century Media. "We entered the studio about a week ago, so we're at the very beginning," LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia told "Loudwire Nights" host Toni Gonzalez. "We're absolutely excited and I think everything will ...
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Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Fish On", the new NSFW video from LINDEMANN, the project featuring vocalist Till Lindemann of German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN and Swedish producer and multi-instrumentalist Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN), can be seen below. The song was released as a single in October, also featuring the previously unreleased track "G-Spot Michael" ...
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A trailer for RAMMSTEIN's 21st-anniversary box set — a numbered, career-wide collection titled "XXI" — is available below. If RAMMSTEIN's music is the perfect soundtrack for building large monuments in the desert, then somewhere in the wilder world stands an imposing edifice some 21 years in the making — the length of time the six ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of LACUNA COIL's October 16 performance at the FemME (Female Metal Event) festival at Effenaar in Eindhoven, The Netherlands can be seen below. Speaking about LACUNA COIL's upcoming follow-up to last year's "Broken Crown Halo" album, the band's female singer Cristina Scabbia said in a recent interview: "It's gonna be different. I ...
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If RAMMSTEIN's music is the perfect soundtrack for building large monuments in the desert, then somewhere in the wilder world stands an imposing edifice some 21 years in the making — the length of time the six East Berliners have been collectively mining the RAMMSTEIN seam… In the course of these two decades, the band ...
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"Fish On", the new NSFW video from LINDEMANN, the project featuring vocalist Till Lindemann of German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN and Swedish producer and multi-instrumentalist Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN), can be seen below. The song has just been released as a single, also featuring the previously unreleased track "G-Spot Michael" as well as the Drago Baotic ...
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German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN appear to have regrouped to begin work on their first new material in six years. A new post on the band's Facebook page features several of the RAMMSTEIN members setting up equipment accompanied by the caption: "Rammstein: Back on!" RAMMSTEIN frontman Till Lindemann told RockSverige.se in a recent interview that the ...
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RAMMSTEIN made a triumphant return to the U.S. stage for the first time in 10 years, to headline one sold-out concert at New York City's Madison Square Garden. The venue's more than 18,000 seats were snatched up for the special appearance within less than 30 minutes of going on sale, heralding RAMMSTEIN's return with a ...
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A trailer for "Fish On", the new video from LINDEMANN, the project featuring vocalist Till Lindemann of German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN and Swedish producer and multi-instrumentalist Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN), can be seen below. The song will be released as a single on October 9. It will include the previously unreleased track "G-Spot Michael" as ...
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