MetalTeamUK.net recently conducted an interview with SONATA ARCTICA vocalist Tony Kakko. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On split with guitarist Jani Liimatainen: Tony: Well, Jani was just unable to take care of anything anymore. He was in jail for one month, for example, for avoiding the military service. There's no ...
American power metal band VAINGLORY, fronted by vocalist Kate French (CHASTAIN) and featuring lead guitar virtuoso Corbin King, is now accepting submissions for a new hard-hitting heavy metal drummer. According to a press release, the group "is looking for a professional drummer with a great attitude; who can play to a click track; is willing ...
SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser has issued the following update: "Yesterday [Saturday, September 29], we played in Cuiaba, state of Mato Grosso (MT) for the first time ever. It was a festival called 'Kura del Sur' in its first edition. "It's rare to see bands from our neighboring countries playing in Brazil. This festival brought bands ...
BENEDICTUM, RITUAL HABITS, SENTINEL, OSCURO DICIEMBRE and PCN (PAYASOS COME NINAS) have been confirmed for the Baja Metal Fest, set to take place Sunday, October 28 at Baja Sports Bar in Baja, California. BENEDICTUM's acclaimed Locomotive Music debut, "Uncreation", was produced by Jeff Pilson (DOKKEN, DIO, FOREIGNER) and features guest appearances by DIO axeman Craig ...
WISHBONE ASH, the pioneering British twin-lead guitar band that features founding guitarist Andy Powell, and BLIND EGO — the solo project of Karlheinz "Kalle" Wallner, the guitarist for the highly respected German rockers RPWL — are among the confirmed bands for the Rites Of Spring Festival (RoSfest), set to take palce May 2-4, 2008 at ...
Huliq reports: Neil Peart, who turned 55 on September 12, received some pretty cool belated birthday presents from Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip/percussion magazine worldwide, such as DRUM! and Traps magazine. During this year's "Drummies", Peart was nominated "Drummer Of The Year" by 4,000 drummers, who participated in the readership survey conducted ...
Finnish melodic metallers SENTIMENT, whose current lineup includes ex-THUNDERSTONE keyboardist Kari Tornack, have completed work on their debut album, "From Here to Ever After". At the moment the group is searching for record and distribution deals with suitable labels. According to a press release, the CD was recorded with the help of Timo Kotipelto, Jens ...
THE SICKENING, the new Norwegian death metal band featuring former members of SLAGMARK and BLOOD RED THRONE, has released a five-song demo. Four of the tracks can be found on the group's MySpace page at this location. According to THE SICKENING's official bio, the band "came to life in 2003 first as a ...
MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx was a guest on Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM earlier in the week to talk about his new book, "The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star". Listen to the interview at this location (scroll down). "The Heroin Diaries" (released September 18 via MTV ...
Norwegian thrash/death metal band PICA FIERCE has posted a brand new song, "New Beginning", on its MySpace page. The track comes off the quartet's self-titled debut album, which is currently being mixed at Fascination Street Studios (OPETH, KATATONIA, PAIN OF SALVATION etc.) in Sweden for a November release. According to the band, "New ...
