After a period of hibernation, Finnish melodic metallers Thunderstone were planning to get together this spring, start working on new material and play gigs. Then the pandemic hit. Confined to their homes in different countries, the band was not content on resting on their laurels. “Now that we’ve been more or…
Phil Demmel – Vio-lence, BPMD etc..etc..
INTERVIEW WITH PHIL DEMMEL OF VIO-LENCE After leaving Machine Head, Phil Demmel has been busy during the past few years. The legendary Vio-lence returned to stages and several projects with different musicians such as BPDM(Blitz, Portnoy, Menghi, Demmel) going on have kept the axeman Phil Demmel hectic since the departure.…
Thrash metal legend Onslaught release a lyric video for new song “Religiousuicide”
The legendary British thrash metal outfit Onslaught has launched a new song called “Religiousuicide” from the forthcoming album titled GENERATION ANTICHRIST due out on the 7th of August on AFM. This is also the first Onslaught album to feature the new vocalist, Dave Garnett, replacing the longtime singer Sy Keeler. …
Speed Metal Party: Whiplash (USA) + more // Tullikamarin Klubi Tampere Finland
Speed Metal Party is coming again! A handsome table setting has been received for the metal festival to be held at the Customs Chamber Club on Saturday 15 August. The main band is the legendary WHIPLASH. Founded in 1984, the American Thrash metal band released the classic Power and Pain…
ONSLAUGHT To Release New Album ‘Generation Antichrist’ On August 7th
UK Thrashers ONSLAUGHT will release their long awaited new album entitled ‘Generation Antichrist’ through AFM RECORDS on August 7th. The album mixed by ‘Grammy Award’ winning producer DANIEL BERGSTRAND (Behemoth / In Flames / Meshuggah) at ‘Dugout Studios – Uppsala, Sweden is the follow up to the critically acclaimed ‘VI’ Generation Antichrist will be…
ONSLAUGHT NAME NEW VOCALIST
UK Thrashers ‘Onslaught’ have confirmed ‘Dave Garnett’ as their new vocalist and replacement for the recently departed ‘Sy Keeler’ (‘Garnett’ has already appeared onstage with ‘Onslaught’ deputising for ‘Keeler’ at ‘The House of Metal’ Festival in Umea, Sweden earlier this year.) ‘Onslaught’ guitarist Nige Rockett comments: Obviously it was a…
The singer and bassist, Fernanda Lira, quits Nervosa
Goodbye, NERVOUS! Everything has a beginning and an end, life is made of beginning and the end, it is the natural cycle of things. Some of these endings are pretty challenging and that’s definitely the hardest of my life – the hardest decision of my life. I thought I would…
Smackbound – Netta Laurenne
INTERVIEW WITH NETTA LAURENNE OF SMACKBOUND Smackbound – another new, yet interesting band emerging from Finland. Even though the band’s sounds unfamiliar for all the readers. When the band consists of members from the leading metal names of the Finnish metal scene such as Stratovarius and Wintersun, this definitely…
Roadburn 2020 postponed
Due to the recent announcements from the Dutch government that all events in the Netherlands are forbidden until June, it will be impossible for us to hold Roadburn in April as planned. We know that many of you had already guessed that this would be the case, and we appreciate…
Brutal Assault 2020 – Abbath confirmed
ABBATH -Official-, one of the legends of Norwegian black metal, a founding member of mighty Immortal and owner of one of the most iconic voices, will return to the Josefov Fortress with a new album „Outstrider“ this summer! And the second piece in today combo are the Tasmanian devils Psycroptic. While…
Children Of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho launches BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT – three festival gigs announced
The blood in most musicians’ veins would curdle if they all of a sudden learned that the perpetually globe-trotting team they have recorded ten albums with is about to implode. This was the fate staring Alexi Laiho straight in the face at a band meeting early last year. As the…
Steelfest 2020 / Info – Hyvinkää Finland
IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT Finnish government just align that all events over 500 capacity should be cancelled due virus situation until the end of May 2020. This is news what we received 30 minutes ago. We will keep you more informed as we get detailed info on…
Heathen – David White
INTERVIEW WITH DAVID WHITE FROM HEATHEN Bay Area Strikes Again is nothing, but a perfect slogan to describe these legendary thrash metal bands hailing from that area. Heathen is one of these names, which has been around since the mid-’80. Their fourth album will be out soon and the…
Obscura God-Dethroned Thulcandra – Helsinki Finland
The German progressive and technical death metal combo Obscura led by Steffen Kummerer embarked on the European tour by having such a killer package consisting of four bands. This kind of package featuring four well known and respected bands of the genre is definitely a worth of every cent to…
MACHINE HEAD TO POSTPONE EUROPEAN TOUR
MACHINE HEAD TO POSTPONE EUROPEAN TOUR It is with heavy heart that we must announce the postponement of our upcoming EU/UK tour in support of the 25th anniversary of Burn My Eyes. As residents of the Bay Area, we’ve been hit hard and have witnessed firsthand what has been going…