Brazilian heavy rockers DARKEST SEED have entered Nitro Sound Solutions studio with producer Roger Fingle (BLOOD TEARS, SEDUCED BY SUICIDE) to begin recording their full-length debut for a late 2008 release. DARKEST SEED recently posted a promotional EP called "The Seed is Rising" on its MySpace page featuring two new songs and a ...
Riverside, California-based extreme metal quintet SUICIDE SILENCE just completed a sold-out European trek with PARKWAY DRIVE and BURY YOUR DEAD. The group will make its triumphant return to the U.S. in early July as part of the summer's much-anticipated Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour alongside SLIPKNOT, DISTURBED and MACHINE HEAD, among a slew of others. Chris ...
During the first New York stop of the Progressive Nation 2008 tour, Metal Injection sat down with renowned DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess. Jordan discussed many topics, including how he initially joined the band, playing a shorter set on this tour, his opinions on the other bands on the tour, meeting fans as ...
Athens, Georgia's JUCIFER has just released "Veterans Of Volume: Live With Eight Cameras", a brand new, limited-edition DVD packed to the gills with great special features. It's available right now for the measly price of $10 (plus postage) at www.JuciferDVD.com. Here's what the DVD contains: * A full 35-minute JUCIFER show shot with ...
Vocalist Jarno F. Moberg has left Finnish melodic death metallers CRYSTALIC. Jarno said in a statement, "It's time to go ahead. I have to leave CRYSTALIC because my heart isn't 100% in the band anymore. I've always been singer/songwriter and I want to continue my own musical journey. That means composing my own music from ...
Former STRATOVARIUS and current REVOLUTION RENASISSANCE mainman/guitarist Timo Tolkki has issued the following update: "Just thought you might want to hear this and end the speculations. "Today I made an interview with a biggest heavy metal magazine Rock Hard in Germany with a longtime journalist friend of the band, Mr. Frank Albrecht. "I was wondering ...
Pete Richards of ChartAttack.com recently conducted an interview with bassist Dan Briggs of North Carolina's BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME. An excerpt from the chat follows. ChartAttack: You must be proud of how well "Colors" has sold. Dan Briggs: Yeah, it did really well. We're really excited about it, glad that people kind ...
SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY, the Tampa, Florida-based grindcore act featuring former members of BODIES IN THE GEARS OF THE APPARATUS and DEHUMANIZED, has issued the following update: "We deeply regret our inability to perform on May 23 at the Crowbar in Tampa, Florida. There was and still is critical work to be ...
The Pulse of Radio reports that METALLICA's future with its record label, Warner Bros. Records, may not extend past the release of the band's ninth studio album this fall. According to Bloomberg.com, Edgar Bronfman Jr., CEO of the Warner Music Group, of which Warner Bros. Records is a division, declined to comment on the status ...
"Apocalyptic Zero", a new track from BLACK FLAME, the Italian black/death metal horde featuring members of GLORIOR BELLI, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the group's new album, "Imperivm" (cover artwork), which is due on June 23 via through Forces Of Satan/Regain Records. The ...
