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HATESPHERE To Play Japan In March
Danish thrashers HATESPHERE have lined up two dates in Japan in early March. "This will be the first time for HATESPHERE in Japan and we are very excited finally to go there after having released 4+ albums in Japan," the band write in a statement. The details are as follows: Mar. 03 - Hate Thrash .....February 22, 2006
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UNLEASHED To Utilize Stand-In Drummer At Poland's METALMANIA Festival
UNLEASHED mainman Johnny Hedlund has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Some bad news first, Anders [Schultz, drums] has been hospitalized for about a week due to a lung-collapse [as first reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET on Feb. 16]. He's been through some serious pain and...February 21, 2006
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Reunited FATE To Release New Album In April
Reunited Danish hard rockers FATE will release their new album, "V", in April via MTM Music. Formed back in the early '80s, FATE made themselves quite a name on the metal/rock scene with their four superb albums. The band came to life in 1984 when guitarist Hank Shermann left MERCYFUL FATE. Hank hoo...February 19, 2006
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DEATH ANGEL Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival
Reunited San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL are the latest addition to this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24 in Balingen, Germany. DEATH ANGEL's performance at the festival will mark their only live apperance on German soil this year and th...February 16, 2006
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POWER QUEST To Team Up With PAGAN'S MIND For Co-Headlining Tour
After just finishing a successful support tour with German metal legends HELLOWEEN, Anglo-Italian five-piece POWER QUEST are hitting the road again in March on a co-headlining tour with Norwegian melodic progressive metal band PAGAN'S MIND. Confirmed dates are as follows: Mar. 24 - ProgPower UK Pre-...February 15, 2006
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HELLOWEEN Complete European Tour, Add Another Tokyo Date
German power metal legends HELLOWEEN completed a 51-date European tour in Belgium on Tuesday (Feb. 14). In addition, the group have confirmed a second concert in Tokyo on their upcoming Japanese tour. Support on the Japanese trek will come from PRIMAL FEAR. The dates are as follows: Feb. 24 - Hirosh...February 15, 2006
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MINISTRY And HELLOWEEN To Headline Sweden's GATES OF METAL Festival
MINISTRY and HELLOWEEN have been confirmed as the headliners of the Gates of Metal festival, set to take place August 4-5 at at Folkets Park in Hultsfred, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: MINISTRY HELLOWEEN AMORPHIS SAVAGE CIRCUS LUMSK THYRFING Around 16 bands will perform over...February 14, 2006
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UNLEASHED Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival
Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED are the latest addition to this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24, 2006 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows so far (6 more acts to be confirmed): FOREIGNER HELLOWEEN Y&T RIK EMMETT...February 13, 2006
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FIREWIND Begin Recording New Album
Guitarist Gus G. (ex-DREAM EVIL, ARCH ENEMY) of the Greek/Swedish power metallers FIREWIND has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We're in cold, snowy Sweden for a week now and recordings have been going great so far. The studio we're recording at is very comfortable with...February 12, 2006
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REDEMPTION: New Album Details Revealed
REDEMPTION's primary songwriter and guitarist/keyboardist Nicolas van Dyk has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "We have finished the writing for our new CD, 'The Origins of Ruin', and we have scheduled studio time in March and April to record the CD with a hopeful relea...February 11, 2006
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GAMMA RAY Add Minnesota Date To North American Tour
Hamburg, Germany-based GAMMA RAY, featuring Kai Hansen (formerly of HELLOWEEN) on lead vocals, will make their only Midwest/mid-country appearance at the Rock Nightclub in Maplewood, Minnesota, on Friday, May 12. This performance will be the closing date of their first-ever U.S. tour and the only pe...February 7, 2006
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HELLOWEEN: More South American Dates Announced
German power metallers HELLOWEEN have added more dates to their upcoming South American/Mexican tour in March. The details are as follows: Mar. 18 - Mexico City, MEX (Circo Volador) Mar. 19 - Guadalajara, MEX (Hard Rock Live) Mar. 21 - El Salvador (Feria Internacional) Mar. 22 - Costa Rica (Planet M...February 6, 2006
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KROKUS Announce Swiss Tour Dates
Long-running Swiss hard rockers KROKUS have announced a couple of dates in their home country in late March prior to their upcoming German co-headlining tour with AXXIS. The group's itinerary is now shaping up as follows: Mar. 25 – Disentis, SWI @ Raiffeisen-Indoorfestival Mar. 31 - Zürich-Airport,...February 5, 2006
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Bassist JOEY VERA: 'CLIFF BURTON Was A Bigger Force In METALLICA Than Anyone Realizes'
Cameron Edney of Australia's Inside_Out666 recently conducted an interview with current ARMORED SAINT/FATES WARNING and former ANTHRAX bassist Joey Vera. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Inside_Out666: I'd like to start by talking about some of the latest projects in your life. First off,...January 31, 2006
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MANTICORA To Record Two New Albums
Danish power metallers MANTICORA will enter Jailhouse studios in Horsens, Denmark on April 7 to begin recording two new full-length albums with producer Tommy Hansen (HELLOWEEN, TNT, PRETTY MAIDS, FATE). More information about the month-long session will be made available soon. In other news, MANTIC...January 31, 2006
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