Search results for 'grim reaper'

News

BRAND NEW SIN Vocalist Is Excited About Touring With TYPE O NEGATIVE

BRAND NEW SIN will embark on a U.S. tour alongside TYPE O NEGATIVE on March 28 and will be direct support until Century Media labelmates CELTIC FROST join the bill on April 9. This trek marks the group's second U.S. run in support of their critically acclaimed album "Tequila", which Decibel magazine...

News

MACHINE HEAD Completes 'Now I Lay Thee Down' Video

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Hey, hey, hey fuckers! "I write to you from the thriving metropolis that is Lubbock, Texas... day off, kickin' it right next to the freeway... woo - hoo. "We've now got the first three dates of the...

News

MACHINE HEAD: Free Autographed CD Booklet With 'The Blackening' Pre-Orders

If you pre-order the new MACHINE HEAD album, "The Blackening", from www.NewburyComics.com, you'll also get a free CD booklet signed by the band. Supplies are limited, so get over there now. As BLABBERMOUTH.NET reported yesterday, MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn is scheduled to complete his vocals...

News

MACHINE HEAD Putting Finishing Touches On 'Bonus' Song

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn is scheduled to complete his vocals for an as-yet-untitled new song at Sonic Ranch studios in Tornillo, Texas this week, to be used as a bonus track/b-side in connection with the group's much-anticipated sixth studio album, "The Blackening". The music and most of t...

News

THE STEVE GRIMMETT BAND Begins Recording Debut Album

THE STEVE GRIMMETT BAND, the new group fronted by legendary British heavy metal vocalist Steve Grimmett (GRIM REAPER, ONSLAUGHT, LIONSHEART),has entered the studio with producer Dennis Ward (KROKUS, SILENT FORCE, PINK CREAM 69) to begin recording its debut album, tentatively titled "Personal Crisis...

News

MACHINE HEAD: New Song Available For Free Download

A crushingly heavy new MACHINE HEAD song, entitled "Aesthetics of Hate", is available for download at this location (free registration required). The track, which comes off the group's much-anticipated sixth studio album, "The Blackening", was inspired by an article called "Aesthetics of Hate: R.I.P...

News

TESTAMENT, NAPALM DEATH Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

TESTAMENT and NAPALM DEATH are the first two confirmed bands for the eighth edition of the Hole in the Sky festival, set to take place August 22-25 in Bergen, Norway. Commented the organizers: "The 2007 edition is shaping up to be something out of the extraordinary. Last year with CELTIC FROST, MORB...

Review

Evernight

What happened here? This over-the-top seven-piece Finnish act unleashed one of 2005's top guilty pleasures in "Third Age of the Sun", an album that crackled with life from start to finish. Its Tolkien-inspired imagery and vocal interplay (primarily soaring female vocals and a bellowing male death gr...

Review

Killing Peace

You know, it won't win you any friends among the back-patch-and-MALICE-button set, but it's okay once in a while to admit that some of those quasi-legendary '80s bands were… well… second-tier. Not that it should affect one's enjoyment of their classic albums — hell, I'm a huge XENTRIX fan despite my...

News

BRAND NEW SIN Schedules SXSW Appearance

BRAND NEW SIN will perform at this year's South By Southwest in Austin, TX in what will mark the band's second appearance at the most renowned U.S. musical festival. The group will play at Red 7 Patio on March 14 and will follow this up with two high-profile shows on the Jägermeister Music Tour alon...

Review

Eschaton

Sometimes a band can tweak the conventions of their chosen genre, not so much reinventing anything as just approaching things in a slightly different way, and by doing so they can set benchmarks for lesser mortals to follow. ENTOMBED's "Clandestine" comes to mind — on the surface, it was a slightly...

News

STEVE GRIMMETT Superbowl Commercial Theme Explained

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., has revealed more information about its Super Bowl commercial featuring legendary British heavy metal vocalist Steve Grimmett (GRIM REAPER, ONSLAUGHT, LIONSHEART). The 30-second television commercial will air today (Sunday, February 4) during Super B...

News

JEFF KOLLMAN Collaborates With Ex-GRIM REAPER Singer On SUPERBOWL Commercial

Acclaimed L.A.-based guitarist/songwriter/producer Jeff Kollman (GLENN HUGHES, COSMOSQUAD, MOGG/WAY) and writing/production partner Jono Brown have landed a Superbowl commercial for Garmin GSP navigation systems. The 30-second spot, which is set to air just before Superbowl half-time this Sunday, wa...

News

SLAYER Guitarist Says ABC-TV Put Last-Minute 'Gag Order' On Band's 'Jimmy Kimmel' Performance

Ashley Brown of The Kansas City Star reports: For the second year SLAYER has been nominated for a Grammy in the best metal performance category. It goes to the ceremony, according to guitarist Kerry King, if only for the courtesy booze. "We went for the parties with no intention of winning," he says...

News

Ex-JUDAS PRIEST Singer RIPPER OWENS Comments On DIMEBAG Tribute Jam; Photos Available

Former JUDAS PRIEST and current ICED EARTH/BEYOND FEAR frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens was one of a number of heavy rock artists who participated in an all-star jam honoring late PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott on January 20 at the Hilton Hotel's Pacific Ballroom in Anaheim, Ca...