Wardruna @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire (no support) 22 November 2018 Review and Photography by Jo Moolenschot
Second commissioned project for 2019 announced; Molasses will debut at Roadburn.
Roadburn is ecstatic to announce the second commissioned piece of music to be performed at the 2019 edition of the festival. Following the recent announcement of Tom G. Warrior’s Celtic Frost/Triptykon Requiem which will be performed by Triptykon and the Dutch Metropole Orkest in April, and the success of the…
New Rotting Christ song available
Dear Metal brothers around, After almost three years of silence and uncountless hours of inner search, we can proudly announce our fresh artistic worry that is represented from the song”Fire,God and Fear” that is taken from the upcoming opus ” The Heretics’” that will be released later next year. A…
Peter Baltes leaves Accept
Peter Balter has announced he is leaving Accept. “To all Accept fans: I hereby like to announce my departure as Bassplayer from ACCEPT. I have been with the band from the very beginning. Many of you have been there as well. I like to thank you all for the great…
Coffins – interview with Uchino
INTERVIEW WITH UCHINO OF COFFINS The Japanese death/d00m meta squad Coffins have been spreading the deadly metal since the mid 90’s. Despite several line-up changes the band’s leader Uchino has soldiered on and kept playing the brutal death/doom metal. The four piece spent the whole summer crisscrossing European festivals and…
Brutal Assault 2019 : more bands announced
Let’s open this update with the youngest band on the list – ALIEN WEAPONRY from New Zealand. Despite their lack of experience, these youngsters belong among the most interesting thrashing acts of the current metal scene. Now let’s stay within the genre but bring a heavy dose of nostalgia, since…
HELIX – Benefit Concert For Drummer GREG “FRITZ” HINZ Featuring KILLER DWARFS And SYRE Sold Out; ANDY CURRAN, SEAN KELLY, TRAILER PARK BOYS To Donate Auction Items
Helix frontman Brian Vollmer checked in on November 12th to report that Helix drummer Greg “Fritz” Hinz had been hospitalized and put into a drug-induced coma after falling from the roof of his house. Vollmer has checked in with news on the benefit concert for Hinz, to be held in…
SANHEDRIN Releasing Sophomore Album ‘The Poisoner’ on Cruz Del Sur Music in February
b>SANHEDRIN will release their sophomore album, The Poisoner, on February 22 via Cruz Del Sur Music. Recorded in August and September of this year at Menegroth, The Thousand Caves with Colin Marston at the helm, The Poisoner features eight songs of timeless, classy heavy metal that picks up where the band’s…
HYPERION reveal new video
November 22nd, is the one-year anniversary of Italian heavy metallers Hyperion‘s debut album, Dangerous Days, and they’ve decided to celebrate it by releasing a video clip with live footage from the song “Ultimatum.” You can see the band onstage while enjoying this killer dose of metal! See & hear Hyperion’s “Ultimatum” video…
Electric Boys release «The Ghost Ward Diaries» Out Now
We like guitar riffs, strong hooks and heavy grooves, performed on analog instruments. I guess you’d call it classic rock”, Conny Bloom. The day has come. Sweden’s hard rock legends Electric Boys release their new album, «The Ghost Ward Diaries». The record – their first one in four years – is…
Thorium – Guitarist Jens Peter Storm-Ringström
Guitarist Jens Peter Storm-Ringström – Thorium Interview by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Michael H Andersen at Mighty Music for help for setting up the interview Thanks to Mighty Music for the promo pictures of the band. Just before summer 2018, legendary Danish death metal band Thorium returned after a 10…
DEEN CASTRONOVO discuss past career, KISS, the Dead Daisies and more
INTERVIEW BY MARKO SYRJÄLÄ Deen Castronovo is an American drummer and vocalist, best known for being a member of the hard rock bands Journey and Bad English. He also has been a touring and studio member for Ozzy Osbourne, Steve Vai, Paul Rodgers, and GZR. In the late 1980s, Castronovo…
LONG LIVE QUEEN By Greg Prato Out Now
There is a reason why there have been countless books penned over the years about Queen and their legendary singer, Freddie Mercury – they were unquestionably one of the greatest and most universally beloved rock bands of all-time. However, most of these books can be neatly filed into one of…
QUEEN : Album By Album By Martin Popoff Now Shipping
..my hard cover coffee table book in which I have two or three experts per studio album go off about all things Queen—same format and sumptuous quality as my similar titles on Rush, AC/DC, Pink Floyd and Iron Maiden. Every studio album is dissected, as we talk about who write…
THREE TREMORS announce self-titled debut + pledge music campaign
THREE TREMORS ANNOUNCE SELF-TITLED DEBUT + PLEDGE MUSIC CAMPAIGN Three of metal’s greatest vocalists – Tim “Ripper” Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, DIO DISCIPLES), Harry “The Tyrant” Conklin (JAG PANZER, SATAN’S HOST, TITAN FORCE), and Sean “The Hell Destroyer” Peck (CAGE, DENNER/SHERMANN, DEATH DEALER) – have united as the Three…