Sweden's ARCH ENEMY are the latest act to have been confirmed for With Full Force festival, which is scheduled to take place between July 5th and July 7th near the town of Leipzig, Germany. The full line-up of acts presently scheduled to appear at the event now looks like this: SLAYER MOTRHEAD MACHINE HEAD BIOHAZARD ...
Sweden's ETERNIA, STEEL ATTACK and THE STORYTELLER have been confirmed for the MetalFight 2002 festival, which is scheduled to be held on Friday, May 17th at Musikhuset in rnskldsvik, Sweden. For more information, visit the event's official web site at this location. ...
The second volume of Swedish metal veteran Janne Stark's acclaimed book, The Encyclopedia Of Swedish Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Volume 2, will be published in June and will contain all the bands that have surfaced after the first volume was issued in 1996, all the older acts that were missed the first time around ...
GAMMA RAY guitarist Henjo Richter will not be accepting HELLOWEEN's offer to join the latter band as a replacement for the departed Roland Grapow, according to GAMMA RAY's record label Sanctuary/Metal-Is Records. As you may recall, Richter had been holding discussions with HELLOWEEN mainman Michael Weikath about joining the latter act, but has now apparently ...
MANOWAR's new single, entitled Warriors Of The World United, has entered the official German Top 100 Single Charts at position #27—the highest-ever entry for a MANOWAR single in Germany, according to Nuclear Blast Records. The single has also entered the Norwegian charts at #48, the Swedish charts at #50 and is on the “waiting list” ...
NUCLEAR ASSAULT's show at Jaxx in West Springfield, Viriginia, which was originally scheduled to take place on Sunday, April 28th, has reportedly been cancelled due to poor advance ticket sales. Also affected by the cancellation are MISERY INDEX (featuring ex-DYING FETUS members), CANDY STRIPER DEATH ORGY, THE CROWN, ALL THAT REMAINS, and FROWN UPON, all ...
Legendary axeman GARY MOORE will release an as-yet-untitled new CD through Sanctuary Records in September (not July 1st, as previously reported). Featuring a return to the power-trio format, with Cass Lewis (bass, ex-SKUNK ANANSIE) and Darrin Mooney (drums, ex-PRIMAL SCREAM) completing the group's line-up, the upcoming album will be “a lot rawer and 'earthier' than ...
German power metallers GAMMA RAY are the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's Bloodstock UK metal festival, which is scheduled to be held at the Assembly Rooms in Derby on Saturday, August 31st. Other artists set to appear at the event include BLIND GUARDIAN, FREEDOM CALL, RETURN TO THE SABBAT, BIOMECHANICAL, THRESHOLD, ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LIMBONIC ART COMPLETE "THE ULTIMATE DEATH WORSHIP", ALBUM EXPECTED FOR LATE SUMMER RELEASE Norway's LIMBONIC ART today confirm the near completion of their forthcoming album titled The Ultimate Death Worship. The album, with song titles still pending, is expected for release later this summer. The Ultimate Death Worship has been eagerly anticipated ...
