Iced Earth mainman Jon Schaffer has been taken into custody following his “unlawful entry into the United States Capitol Building” in Washington D.C. on January 6, 2021. Several reports indicate the guitarist turned himself into authorities around 3pm this afternoon, January 17. Jon Schaffer had been listed on the Most Wanted…
Best of 2020: Arto Lehtinen
Here is my list : 1) My Dying Bride – The Ghost of Orion 2) Paradise Lost – Obsidian 3) Benediction – Scriptures 4) Testament – Titans Of Creation 5) Vader – Solitude In Madness 6) Bodycount -Carnivore 7) Sodom – Genesis XIX 8) Onslaught – Generation Antichrist 9)…
Tribulation – Adam Zaars
INTERVIEW WITH ADAM ZAARS OF TRIBULATION The Swedish Tribulation is about to release the fifth album called WHERE THE GLOOD BECOMES THE SOUND. The album is another piece of the masterpiece of the dark and gloom metal of death. The four-piece however went thru the line-up change when the guitarist…
Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer Among Pro-Trump Mob at Capitol Hill
Iced Earth guitarist and songwriter Jon Schaffer was photographed among the members of a pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol Building on the 6th of January as lawmakers attempted to count Electoral College votes and certify President-elect Joe Biden’s win. Some eagle-eyed metal fans first singled out Schaffer from…
Finnish epic black metal band Darkwoods My Betrothed return
Darkwoods My Betrothed are back and stronger than ever! A new album has been written with 8 songs that we feel are the best in the band’s history. They will be recorded in February with the original line-up from 1993 with the notable exception that drums will be played by…
Brutal Assault 2021 : More bands confirmed
20 new bands in the Brutal Assault 2021 line-up for Xmas! If any of you orthodox metalheads do not have a ticket yet, do not waste any more time as we have confirmed a thrash legend from the Bay Area, the forerunner of Machine Head – yes, Phil Demmel will…
Finnish thrashers Prestige inks deal with Massacre Rec
The Finnish thrash metallers PRESTIGE, feat vocalist/bassist Aku Kytölä, guitarists Jan “Örkki” Yrlund(Imperia, Satyrian, ex-Ancient Rites and ex-Lacrimosa) & Ari Karppinen and drummer Matti “Matson” Johansson (ex- Korpiklaani ), will release a new digital single entitled “Exit” on the 15th of December. The single can be pre-ordered and -saved from…
Speed Metal Party: Prestige A.R.G Tullikamarin Klubi Tampere Finland
Speed Metal Party is coming again! The Speed Metal Party will be hold in Tampere Finland on the 2nd of January 2021. The event will take a place at the Tullikamari Club. The thrashing event will feature the legendary reindeer thrash metallers A.R.G., new material released by Tampere-based speed/thrash pioneers…
N.N.S (National Napalm Syndicate) – the old school thrash metal from Finland
INTERVIEW WITH THE FINNISH THRASH METAL N.N.S (National Napalm Syndicate) / NIKO KARPPINEN & JUKKA KYRÖ N.N.S known as National Napalm Syndicate being is the first generation band of the Finnish thrash metal scene from the ’80s. The band has undergone up and down hills and been on hiatus. In…
Shaun Glass – Repentance ( ex – Soil, Broken Hope, Sindrome)
INTERVIEW WITH SHAUN GLASS (REPENTANCE, BROKEN HOPE, SINDROME, SOIL, TERMINAL DEATH) Shaun Glass has been the part of the Chicago metal scene since the mid-’80s. Bands such as Terminal Death, Sindrome, Broken Hope have all carved the marks and gained the cult status in the thrash/death metal scene. Whereas Soil…
Amorphis – 30th Anniversary show – Tavastia Helsinki Finland
AMORPHIS THE 16TH OF OCTOBER, 2020 TAVASTIA HELSINKI FINLAND One of the most important exports of the Finnish metal scene is definitely Amorphis. The band started as a four-piece 30 years ago when previous bands dissolved. The band has faced up and downs and undergone quite changes a few changes…
ONSLAUGHT Release Lyric Video For ‘Strike Fast Strike Hard’ Track
The legendary Bristol, based thrash metal patrol Onslaught have launched an official lyric video for the track ‘Strike Fast Strike Hard’. Onslaught issued seventh full-length studio album Generation Antichrist on August 7th, 2020 through AFM Records. Generation Antichrist marks the first Onslaught album to feature new vocalist Dave Garnett. The new frontman…
Eddie Van Halen dead at 65
Eddie Van Halen, the legendary guitar innovator and virtuoso who led Van Halen through five decades and three lead singers, establishing himself as one of the all-time great players in rock history, died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 65. “I can’t believe I’m having to write…
SaariHelvetti Tampere Finland
How many festivals have been arranged in this current crazy era of covid-2019 ? Most of them, maybe all of them have been canceled or then postponed. The map of European festivals have mostly been blank and totally dead. Some countries allowed these big gatherings to happen in August…
Brutal Assault confirms the line-up for 2021
As Brutal Assault had to be inevitably postponed to 2021 lots of you have been curious about the line-up. With great pleasure we can announce that the vast majority of the original line-up (90 %) is now confirmed for the next year! If you can’t find any of your bands…