Long-running Irish folk metal act WAYLANDER has issued the following update: "We are very pleased to announce that Hugh O'Neill has come through his trial period with flying colours and will be playing guitar with us on a permanent basis. He has impressed us greatly with his undoubted talent, not to mention his extensive knowledge ...
Powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) will hold a listening party for his first solo album, "Play My Game", at Scorchers in Akron, Ohio on Sunday, May 3 starting at around 9:15 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. A private party will take place at the same ...
Spinefarm Records has announced a mid-June release date for the third solo album from SONATA ARCTICA guitarist Elias Viljanen. According to the label "there will be 12 tracks on the album and 10 of the tracks will be instrumental." Guest musicians on the CD include vocalists Marco Hietala (NIGHTWISH, TAROT) and Tony Kakko (SONATA ARCTICA), ...
"Warriors", the new video from Danish modern metallers RAUNCHY, can be viewed below. The clip was shot in February with award-winning director Andreas Krohn and his crew. The band says, "Since we hadn't done any official music video since the 'Watch Out' video years ago [from 2004's 'Confusion Bay' album], we wanted to make something ...
Video footage of Dutch brutal death metal band SUPREME PAIN's April 25, 2009 performance at the Houten Deathfest in Holland can be viewed below. Also appearing on the bill were UNMERCIFUL, INSIDIOUS DECREPANCY and DESPISE, among many others. The group's next gig will take place on May 8 at N201 in Aalsmeer, Holland alongside FONDLECORPSE ...
SLAYER guitarist Kerry King and the "godfather" of freestyle motocross, Mike Metzger, will sign autographs at the Jägermeister pit area this Saturday, May 2, 2009 at the Las Vegas Supercross at Sam Boyd Stadium. Kerry King has been hard at work in the studio with his fellow bandmates putting the finishing touches on the next ...
AEROSMITH singer Steven Tyler's much-anticipated autobiography, "Does The Noise In My Head Bother You?", is scheduled for release on October 27, 2009. The book traces Tyler's youth in the Bronx, his early music career and influences, his legendary partnership with Joe Perry, the meteoric rise, fall, and rise of AEROSMITH over the last three decades, ...
Karagiannidis Panagiotis of Metalpaths recently conducted an interview with André Olbrich, lead guitarist of the German power metal band BLIND GUARDIAN. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metalpaths: So what are your activities in this period of time, what are your latest news? Olbrich: Well, the latest news is that ...
KISS will rock Quebec City, Quebec, Canada's 2009 Summer Festival (Festival d'été) on Thursday, July 16. Ticket on-sale details will be announced soon. Festival d'été has been taking place annually since 1968. It is organized by groups of business persons and artists of Quebec City in order to show the artistic, economic, and touristic potential ...
Former MANOWAR guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman will be presented with a commemorative plaque for his 35-year career in music by Nikos Athineos, a rock DJ and presenter on the "Stargazer" metal radio show, one of the longest-running metal radio programs in the world. The award presentation will be held on stage at the Notos ...
