INTERVIEW WITH PATRICK MAMELI OF PESTILENCE Interview and live pics by Arto Lehtinen Pestilence carved its marks in the late 80’s and early 90’s when Death metal was dominating and reigning with a strong grip. The legendary Dutch death squad released a number of highly appreciated albums. Pestilence met the…
Swedish heavy/power metallers MANIMAL to release new album “Purgatorio” on September 7th via AFM Records!
A band needs plenty of exceptional compositional talent to record an album that sounds monolithic despite the fact that the individual songs ooze a wide range of different details and special features. Since its foundation in 2001, MANIMAL from Gothenburg have successfully mastered this feat for the third time. Despite…
ARMORED SAINT: North American Headlining Tour Nears; Band To Perform Classic Symbol Of Salvation Full-Length In Its Entirety
ARMORED SAINT will kick off their anticipated North American headlining tour commemorating their classic Symbol Of Salvation full-length July 10th. On this special thirteen-date run, the band will perform the record in its entirety, with select shows to be recorded for a live DVD. Support will be provided by labelmates Act Of Defiance.…
SISKA Sign With Big Tuna Records
Big Tuna Records is finally pleased to announce the acquisition in its roster of one of the most promising and active formations of the Hard Rock / Heavy Metal scene, the Italian SISKA, band of the six-string virtuoso Mattia Sisca, guitarist who played with Blaze Bayley (Iron Maiden) in Brazil…
Primal Fear – Release new video for “King Of Madness”
Primal Fear’s new album, Apocalypse, comes out Aug. 10 through Frontiers Music SRL and pre-orders are available here. Please follow and like us:
Deicide announce the release of their 12th studio album called “Overtures Of Blasphemy”
Death Metal icons Deicide announce the release of their 12th studio album, “Overtures Of Blasphemy”, their first album after 2013’s critically acclaimed “In The Minds Of Evil”. “Overtures Of Blasphemy” was produced by Jason Suecof (The Black Dahlia Murder, Trivium) at Audio Hammer Studios and comes with a brilliant artwork by Zbigniew…
Florida Death Metallers MONSTROSITY releases first studio album in 11 years!
‘The Passage Of Existence’ landing page with first single, front art and pre-order is live! On September 7th Metal Blade Records will release ‘The Passage Of Existence’, the brand new studio album by Florida Death Metal legends MONSTROSITY! For a preview of ‘The Passage Of Existence’ surf over to metalblade.com/monstrosity,…
HELLOWEEN Is ‘Too Lazy’ To Start Work On Reunion Studio Album
Germany’s Music Interview Corner conducted an interview with guitarists Kai Hansen and Michael Weikath of German power metal legends HELLOWEEN prior to their appearance at the South Park festival in Tampere, Finland. They spoke about the band’s current “Pumpkins United” tour, which also features former vocalist Michael Kiske, current vocalist Andi Deris, guitarist Sascha Gerstner, bassist Markus Grosskopf and drummer Dani Löble. You can watch the entire chat…
Belphegor + Melechesh + Bleeding Gods + Commander @ The Dome, London
Belphegor + Melechesh + Bleeding Gods + Commander @ The Dome, London 18th June 2018 Review and photography by Thomas James Henry Saunders Please follow and like us:
THE DEAD DAISIES – “DEAD AND GONE” – OR ARE THEY??
The video combines classic performance elements intertwined with appearances from the Undead, which were created, filmed and edited by legendary horror visionary Tony Valenzuela (Black Box TV, Villisca). During the last run of shows in Europe and when in Berlin, the band filmed the performance sequences at Black Box Music…
METAL ALLEGIANCE Announce Their New Album, Volume II – Power Drunk Majesty
Check Out The First Single, “Mother Of Sin” here! Pre-Order Is Now Available: nuclearblast.com/metalallegiance2-pdm METAL ALLEGIANCE began as a celebration of heavy metal, powered by the almost tribal bond shared between the extreme music community’s most revered trailblazers, armed with a list of contributors onstage (and off) that read like a Wikipedia entry…
NINE INCH NAILS’ BAD WITCH IS OUT NOW
Band Headlines Meltdown Festival And Plays Sold-Out Show At London’s Royal Albert Hall On June 24 Tickets On Sale Now For COLD AND BLACK AND INFINITE NORTH AMERICA 2018 Today, Nine Inch Nails released Bad Witch, the final volume in the trilogy that began with 2016’s Not The Actual Events and 2017’s ADD VIOLENCE. Download/stream Bad Witch HERE. 180G vinyl,…
ZOMBIEFICATION set release date for new DOOMENTIA album, reveal first track
Today, Doomentia Records announces July 15th as the international release date for Zombiefication‘s highly anticipated fourth album, Below the Grief. Zombiefication – or more specifically, its core duo of Mr Hitchcock on vocals and Mr Jacko (also of Majestic Downfall) on guitars and bass – are back, and while they’re still following the same (left-hand) path…
MAXXWELL to release new album and announce tour with Threshold in October
Sometimes it takes a little longer for a work to reach completion. This is what happened with MAXXWELL, who have taken a full four years to produce their fourth release, “Metalized”. Thanks to the strength of the band’s last album, “Tabula Rasa”, they played support on tours with Michael Schenker’s Temple Of Rock, Doro, Kissin’…
SISKA will play together with CHILDREN OF BODOM, SONATA ARCTICA, EPICA, SOULFLY
SISKA, hard rock & heavy metal band, have been confirmed at the Metalhead Meeting Festival in Bucharest Romania. The event, which brings together thousands and thousands of people, will take place at the Roman Arenele on July 6th 2018. On the stage of the Roman arena in Bucharest, Siska will…